#tgifc354 Color Challenge using the Home & Garden bundle

 Happy Thursday crafty friends! 

I'm excited to share with you this week's creation using TGIF Challenges color challenge.

I'm so glad that these combination of colors were more on the masculine side and it gave me the opportunity to make my husband's birthday card! My husband is a handyman and he really truly can fix just about anything! I love this quality in him.

The Home & Garden Bundle was just the perfect set for me to use for his card!

This isn't an ordinary card but rather a shutter card. The magic of the shutter card happens when you slide off the belly band and open the two front flaps to reveal the covered center. 

Cardmaking Tips:

• I followed the dimensions for the essential pieces for the card in DIYBlaster's video.  
  
• The overall card size measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". The Smoky Slate card base is 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored 2-1/8" from each end. 
• Cut 2 Soft Sea Foam hinge pieces to 4" x 3-1/2" then score at 1/2" along the short end. These are then flagged on the ends by marking the center with my pencil as shown below. Be sure to erase those pencil marks after you're done. Place a strip of Tear and Tape onto one end for each hinge piece.
  
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• Decorate a 2 1/2" circle to adhere onto the inside of the card, behind the hinge pieces.
  
• Use a Simply Marbleous piece of DSP that measures 3" x 5-1/2" then punch out a 2" circle in the middle using your circle punch. The best way to adhere this piece is by using a very thin line of Tombow Glue at the top and bottom edge of this piece so it give your shutter part to open and close easily.
• for the brackets, use the darker shade of the Silver Foil paper pack.
  
• For the Card Front
• Use your Soft Sea Foam Ink Pad to place the ink directly onto the Brick & mortar embossing folder so that ink transfers to your Basic White pieces (2 pcs - 2" x 5 1/4")
  
• The Soft Sea Foam belly band measures 1 1/4" x 9 1/4".
• Stamp the shovel and the scissor images onto a piece of the Simply Marbleous DSP with your Memento Ink. The handles were colored with the LT and Dk shades of Soft Suede Stampin' Blends.
• The scissor was a little tedious but I poked a hole on one end and inserted a small length of Linen thread then tied a knot so it would hang from the bracket.
  
• The ladder image was stamped onto a piece of Silver Foil using StazOn ink
• For the sentiment, stamp it on Basic Black cardstock then heat embossed it with White embossing powder and cut it into 3 separate pieces as shown.
  

This one took some time for me to assemble because I kept messing up. It is worthy of doing a video tutorial for, however, I cannot get it done this week. I just may upload one next week.

Cardmaking Supplies:

• Please click on the following link to view the list of supplies used, minus tools and adhesives and the Simply Marbleous DSP: https://s.tamp.in/8pabq2 
• Click on the following links for more information about the Sale-a-bration DSP I used, which can only be earned for FREE with a $50 or more purchase: 
•  Simply Marbleous DSP 

 

Thank you for joining me! Hope you enjoyed this week's creation!

 Until next time ...