Striped Card Design Using Border Stamps

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am at the Blank Page Muse Blog with this striped card. Did you notice that cardstock strips are very commonly used in card designs lately? It might look tedious but I like this card design since it gives me the opportunity to use my scraps. 

I usually search the internet for color combos. Once I find the one that I like, I look through my cardstock collection for cardstock that matches the color in the combo. If you are not into this or if you just don't have the exact color of cardstock, you can either blend ink to a white cardstock or color a white cardstock with a marker. You can also blend ink to the colored cardstock to get the right shade of color. 

I used the Blank Page Muse Beyond the Border Mixed Media clear stamp set to add an embossed design to each strip of cardstock. The stamp set consists of 5 border stamps. I assigned a border stamp to a color of cardstock. I stamped the border design to the cardstock using Versamark ink. I poured Wow! White Pearl embossing powder to the sticky ink then heat embossed it. I trimmed this to create a border strip.

I love the effect of the pearl embossing powder. It adds a subtle yet elegant look to the card design. What do you think?

I adhered the strips to a scrap 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" typing paper. I made sure that the strips are butted next to each other making it look like one continuous paper when done. I die cut this using a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" rectangle die. You can use a trimmer to do the cutting but I just like to use a die since it allows me to choose which part of my created panel to use on the card. 

I die cut the Birch Press Big Hello Sugar Script on blue vellum. The sentiment die cut is a cut created using the shadow die. Isn't that great? I love it when a product offers more possibilities than what it is intended for. I die cut two more pieces of the hello shadow, one on white vellum and one on white cardstock. I adhered the white vellum die cut on the back of the blue vellum die cut, offsetting it to create a shadow. I adhered the white die cut to the back of the vellum for some dimension.

For the additional sentiment, I embossed this on navy blue cardstock. I embossed the sentiment using white embossing powder. I used a craft knife to cut the sentiment into a narrow strip. 

I jazzed up this design with some gems and baubles. 

I hope you like today's card. There are so much possibilities with this card design. I encourage you to use those border stamps and create a striped design.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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