My husband is a whiskey fan so when I saw the Whiskey Business stamp set in Stampin’ Up!’s new annual catalog I just knew I had to get it! It was the perfect card for a Father’s Day card!
It’s Make It Mine Monday and that means that I got my inspiration for this card from somewhere else. I knew this stamp set would make the perfect Father’s Day card for my husband but I didn’t know where to start. It was time to head to Pinterest and the Demonstrator Planning Place Facebook Page (yes, there’s a whole FB page where we demonstrators share ideas….it’s great!). However, I didn’t find any inspiration. Then I headed to the place I should have started with….Stampin’ Up!’s Annual Catalog! Duh! The catalog is filled with ideas and inspiration and all I had to do was look up the stamp set name in the back of the catalog and head to page 33. There it was. The inspiration I was looking for.
I liked how the artist of Stampin’ Up!’s card placed the decanter and glasses. I did try out the designer paper but decided I wanted a cleaner look. Then of course I didn’t use the label for the sentiment because I didn’t have that die set (Tasteful Labels #152886 $31). Of course now I’m thinking I need this die set because there are so many interesting label shapes in it! Ha! I used the “straight up you’re the best” sentiment on the inside of my card along with a glass.
The images were stamped on the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with StazOn ink and then I watercolored the whiskey. I used a combination of Cinnamon Cider and Bumble Bee ink refills for my whiskey. I think it lighted a little more than I thought it would so I could probably have used a little more of the Cinnamon Cider ink on it.
The decanter was stamped directly on my focal point. The glasses were stamped and colored on scrap pieces of the watercolor paper and then cut out. I adhered one of them with Stampin’ Dimensionals to make it pop a little and the other with Mini Glue Dots. I used the new Brass Foil Sheets on my border layer. It’s a real nice color between the Copper and the Gold.
This was a pretty easy card once I had it designed. The hardest part was figuring out how to watercolor the whiskey.
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!