Festive Sombrero

My friend, Margaret, and I have been studying Spanish together for about four years now and she's about to go to Mexico for a holiday.  How could I resist making her a Bon Voyage card with the Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper?!

A very layered card with a "die-art" sombrero

The design of the card is very loosely based on a sketch I saw on Pinterest by Pam Callaghan for Chickaniddy Crafts.

Pieces required for the sombrero

I don't have the stamp set or framelits that match this paper so, inspired by the sombreros on the paper, I set about making my own sombrero.  I used one of the Layering Ovals framelits and one of the shapes from the Blossom Builder punch.

Positioning the oval die to trim off an edge

I first took an oval that I'd cut from another sheet of the DSP and used the same oval framelit to trim a little edge from each long side.  The resulting elipse formed the large brim of the hat. 

I then glued the piece of blossom builder (Melon Mambo) to the front edge of the elipse for form the crown of the hat.  Using the same method as before, I trimmed the long edge off one side of a Melon Mambo Oval and both from a Basic Black oval.  I kept only the edges of the black one.

Elipse for the sombrero

To create the back turned up hat brim, I used the untrimmed edge of the Melon Mambo oval and lined up and adhered the main piece of hat, with the crown, a little lower to create the pink edge.  I then adhered a black edge behind the pink and trimmed where necessary.

I then used the remaining Melon Mambo and Basic Black strips to create the front edge of the hat and adhered them in position - just covering the "petal" edge of the hat crown.

To make the hat trim, I used the same oval framelit to cut strips of  DSP.  I decided to position them at the end though, so that I could make sure they lined up with the hat brim once I'd made it.  

I needed  to fill a bit more space, so I created a loop with Black Metallic Thread and stuck it to the back of the sombrero.

The sombrero

The top greeting is created with two words in the Thoughtful Banners stamp set and I punched it out with the Classic Label Punch.

The Bon Voyage greeting was created with the Labeler Alphabet.  I stamped the letters, cut them out and stuck them to another piece of card.  I used the corner and edge of that piece of card to ensure that the letters were straight.  I then cut around each word and adhered it to the front of the card.  Since the letters are photopolymer, it's easy enough to line them and stamp a word at a time but I didn't want the white space between the letters.

Layers & dimension!

I used Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Melon Mambo and Emerald Envy cardstock to create layers with a variety of the DSP patterns - there are a lot of layers and more than a few Dimensionals!  As I put it together I was thinking about Bruno Bertucci and Brian King who LOVE layers and dimensionals!

I hand cut the tails in the banner - only because they were too big for the Banner Triple Punch and I don't yet own the Banners Framelits (note the use of the word "yet"!"
 
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'Til next time

Stephanie

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Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper

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Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Thoughtful Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Classic Label Punch

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Layering Ovals Framelits Dies

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Blossom Builder Punch

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Emerald Envy 3/8" (1 Cm) Ruched Ribbon

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Basic Black Metallic Thread

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Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

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Emerald Envy A4 Cardstock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Foam Adhesive Strips

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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