Sunda Funday How To: Georgia Blue January Bestie Card

One of our favorite recent projects was our series of twelve cards we created using the new Georgia Blue collection from Prima.  The challenge was to make a monochromatic set of cards, even for months that traditionally aren't in that monochromatic scheme.  We had so much fun creating these cards that we decided to share them on our blog as a how to, listed with the products you need to create them.  So, to kick this off, we are going to start with our January card.  Here's what you will need to create this card:

"Winter Snowflake" stamp from My Besties

1- sheet of Bazzill Ash Cardstock

1- sheet smooth white cardstock

1- sheet Vintage Double Dot Shadow Cardstock from Bo Bunny

1- sheet Prima Georgia Blue "The Watermark" paper

1- package Georgia Blue Flowers- product #636609

small snowflake punch

1- Georgia Blue Crystal Pack

1- Georgia Blue Flower Pack- product #636630

Carabelle Background Flocons Stamp

Paris Dusk Ink Pad from Momento

Tuxedo Black Ink Pad from Momento

Seaglass Stickles

Twinkle Stickles

Blue Bayou Stickles

Month Chipboard Words- exclusive to Scrapbook Nook

Mystic Turquoise Alchemy Wax from Prima

Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Kraft Mat

Spray Bottle

Inktense Pencils

Clear Wink of Stella Pen

Copic Markers

1.  Cut a 7x10" piece of the gray cardstock from Bazzill.  Turn so that the 10" length is horizontal and score at the 5" mark.  Fold.  This is the base for your card.

2.      Cut a 4 ¾”x 6 ¾” piece of the Bo Bunny cardstock that is gray with polka dots.  Adhere to the front of the card, centered.  

3.       Cut a 4 ½”x 6 ½” piece of the Prima paper that is white with tan and gold flecks in the corner.  Before I adhered this  piece to the card, I stamped a snowflake background stamp in the upper left corner of the paper at an angle using Paris Dusk Ink from Memento.  Adhere this piece to the front of the card, centered.  

4.       Cut a 3 ½”x 4 ½” piece of the gray polka dot cardstock and adhere to the lower right of the card.  This is a mat for your stamped image.  

5.       Cut a 3 ¼”x 4 ¼” piece of the gray cardstock and adhere to the middle of the polka dot mat from the previous step. 

6.  Take out your Bestie stamp, your white cardstock, and Tuxedo Black Ink.  Stamp your Bestie on a 3x4" piece of the white cardstock. Color your stamped image with a combination of Copic Markers and Inktense Pencils.  I used the Inktense Pencils on the Bestie's dress.  Choose a blue pencil you like and add it, fairly heavily, to the places you want dark tones on the dress.  You will then take your Clear Wink of Stella marker and pull the ink outwards, away from where it is dark, to color the rest of the dress.  These pencils allow you to use one color and blend it out by adding a water based product or by using a water brush.  Before you adhere this piece to the mats, you will need to oxide the edges with Distress Oxide from Ranger.  I used three colors: Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon, and Tumbled Glass.  Make sure to dry the piece in between colors. If you have never worked with Distress Oxides, you will need a kraft mat, the spray bottle, and the three ink colors.  Rub the ink colors onto the kraft mat, one at a time.  Spritz the color with water so that the ink beads up.  Dip the edge of the stamped image piece into a color and dry before you apply the next color.  Adhere this piece to the mats, centered.  

7.  Punch three small snowflakes using the Bo Bunny Vintage Shadow Dot paper.  Adhere them randomly around the Bestie image as you like.  

8.       Stick a dark blue rhinestone to the middle of each snowflake piece.  

9.       I also added Twinkle Stickles to the bubbles on the Bestie image to give a little sparkle.  

10.   Take out your chipboard pack and find the January chipboard piece.  Color this piece metallic blue.  I used Turquoise Wax from Prima to do this.  Adhere the piece to the bottom of the card underneath the Bestie image.  

11.   Find your flower pack that comes with the stencil and choose two of the white/ivory flowers.  Adhere one to the upper right corner of the Bestie and one to the lower left corner of the Bestie.  I also added Sea Glass Stickles to these two flowers.  

12.   Take out three small flowers from your other Georgia Blue pack.  I used two navy and one tan colored flower.  Adhere one of the navy flowers to the upper right of the Bestie and the other two to the lower left of the Bestie.  I also used Blue Bayou Stickles on these small flowers.  

Enjoy making this fun card and we hope you enjoyed part one of our Georgia Blue card series. 

Check back tomorrow to see the winner of our February blog challenge!