When I read the name of this bundle, I imediately thought of the the giant search lights that are were over New York City and Chicago when I was a kid. Those rotating beams drew attention to clubs, theaters, car dealerships, grand openings etc. My Daddy trained and owned race horses so we spent the summers in big cities racing. While sitting in the grandstand watching Daddy's races with my Mom, I'd see those lights and wonder what people were drawn to them and what event it might be. I had a great childhood, growing up on a farm, but with exposure to all big cities had to offer as well.
The spotlight in this bundle is the circle dies. There are 12 dies and patterns with six different sizes. You can use these dies to spotlight the stamps in the set in many different ways. I have three examples to show you today. All using the Spotlight in Nature bundle, but with different colors and layouts. Colors are listed below each card and a full tutorial for the last one.
You'll notice I always say, "alcohol ink markers." I already had a HUGE collection of Copic Markers when Stampin' Up! came out with Stampin' Blends. It was not difficult for me to come up with a fairly close equivilent to SU colors. I couldn't just let all those lovely Copics sit there unused. I did buy a rather nice collection of Stampin' Blends to use in my classes. Stampin' Blends are a great product, especially if you are new to alcohol inks, as they are cheaper and easier to use with a simple blending system; each marker comes in light and dark. Copics have a rather complicated blending system using the numbers and letters of the markers. Odd and even numbers two away from each other blend nicely, etc. If you too, have Copics, and would like to know what colors are an approximation of SU colors. I made a chart (of course!). Here is a copy. I got design inspirations from Christey Gridley and Tammy Civello.
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Cardstocks: Basic White, Berry Burst. White embossed greeting, images stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Alcohol ink markers. Butterfly has Wink of Stella to provide some glimmer. White baker's twine.
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Cardstocks: Peach Pie, Basic White. Ink Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black, Peach Pie, Petunia Pop. Colored with Alcohol ink markers. Butterfly has Wink of Stella to provide some glimmer. Unbounded Love dies, Peach Pie Bordered Ribbon, Zinnias embossing folder inked with Peach Pie then run through Cut & Emboss machine.
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Measurements in Inches
Materials:
Stamps & Dies: Spotlight On
Nature bundle
Cardstocks: Coastal Cabana, Basic
White, Shaded Spruce, Highland Heather
Ink Pads: Shaded Spruce, Coastal
Cabana, Highland Heather
Linen Thread
Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder
Purple Fine Shimmer Gems
Stampin' Dimensionals
Preparation:
Coastal Cabana cs card base 5-1/2
x 8-1/2 scored at 4-1/4.
Embossed Coastal Cabana cs panel 5
1/4 x 4 plus two embossed 1/2 x 4 strips.
Shaded Spruce cs circle 3 1/4 die
cut with the Spotlight On Nature dies.
Embossed Coastal Cabana cs circle
2 1/4 die cut with the Spotlight On Nature dies.
Highland Heather cs circle 2-3/4 x
2-3/4 die cut with the Spotlight On Nature dies.
Basic White cs leaves, flowers, &
butterflies – fussy cut with paper snips.
Basic White cs sentiment panel 3/4
x 2 and use paper snips to cut both ends at a slant.
Basic White cs inside panel 5 1/8
x 3 7/8.
Linen Thread
Assemble Card:
Start with a Coastal Cabana
cardstock card base. Cut a Coastal Cabana cardstock panel.
Diecut three circles from the
Spotlight On Nature dies: Shaded Spruce, Coastal Cabana and Highland
Heather.
Dry emboss the 5-1/4 x 4 Coastal
Cabana and the diecut circle with the Dotted Circles 3D
embossing folder.
Glue the Shaded Spruce cardstock
circle to the center of the embossed Coastal Cabana panel. Then glue
the embossed Coastal Cabana cardstock circle and the Highland
Heather circle to the card front overlapping the Shaded Spruce
circle.
Stamp the leaves twice in Shaded
Spruce ink, the flowers in Coastal Cabana ink, and the butterfly
twice in Highland Heather ink on Basic White cardstock.
Color the leaves and the
butterflies with Stampin’ Blends and the flowers with the Coastal
Cabana watercolor pencil & blender pen. Fussy cut the colored
images. Add Wink of Stella to the flowers and the butterfly wings.
Glue the leaves to the card front
overlapping the diecut circles. Add the flowers with Stampin’
Dimensionals overlapping the leaves and diecut circles. Use glue
dots and a Stampin’ Dimensional to add a butterfly above and
slightly tucked under the flower.
Tie Linen Thread in a bow and
adhere on the right side of the card front. Adhere
the panel to the card front with Dimensionals.
On a Basic White scrap, stamp the
sentiment from in Highland Heather ink. Cut both sides of the
sentiment panel at a slant.
Add the sentiment to the left side
of the card front overlapping the Linen Thread and flowers &
leaves with a Stampin’ Dimensionals and glue dots. Add Purple Fine
Shimmer Gems to the sentiment panel and card front.
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