Hurray, it’s time for the One Stamp At A Time (OSAT) Blog Hop! This month’s theme is On the Red Carpet. This month we’re sharing glamorous projects (think the red carpet at the Oscars) and/or projects made using new products (as in rolling out the red carpet for the new stuff.) I decided to go a bit literal with the theme and create a project with a glamorous lady on the red carpet. The fancy lady is from the You’ve Got Style stamp set.

I created the texture for the red carpet background and for her fur coat using the suede card stock technique. It’s really simple – just burnish the paper with a Bone Folder on both sides and in all directions until the two paper layers separate. It just just take a minute or so. Each of the resulting two pieces will have a regular smooth side and a fuzzy suede-like side. 

Here’s what I made:

Here you can see the suede-like texture of the Real Red background and the Very Vanilla coat and hat. I just wish I could get the Wink of Stella on her jewelry and champagne to show up in a photo!

Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:

• Whisper White Thick card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ , then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Gold Foil Sheet layer cut to 5-1/4″ x 4″
• Real Red card stock (CS) layer cut to 5″ x 3-3/4″
• Whisper White CS layer cut to 2-1/4″ x 3-1/2″
• Very Vanilla Thick CS cut to 2-1/4″ x 3-1/2″

Created “suede” card stock pieces:

• burnished the Real Red CS layer and the Very Vanilla CS piece with a Bone Folder until the layers separated

Stamped with the You’ve Got Style stamp set:

• lady in black ink onto the Whisper White CS layer
• lady in black ink onto the “suede” Very Vanilla CS
• sentiment in black ink onto a scrap of Whisper White CS

Cut using the Everyday Label Punch:

• sentiment
• NOTE: The Everyday Label Punch is my free gift to you when you use the Host Code SWA494ST and place an order of at least $75 by May 31!

Colored using a Blender Pen:

• lady’s face, hands, and legs in Powder Pink ink
• lady’s Very Vanilla coat and hat in Crumb Cake ink

Colored using Stampin’ Write Markers:

• shoes, rings, and earrings in Crushed Curry
• champagne in So Saffron

Colored using a Clear Wink of Stella Pen:

• champagne, rings, and earrings (Wink of Stella doesn’t show well in photos)

Cut using Paper Snips:

• very vanilla coat and hat

Assembled the card:

• Very Vanilla coat & hat glued over the coat & hat on the Whisper White CS layer
• one end of the sentiment glued to the back of the Whisper White CS layer
• Both Whisper White CS pieces adhered to the Real Red suede CS layer using Tear & Tape
• Real Red suede CS layer adhered to the Gold Foil layer using Tear & Tape
• Gold Foil layer adhered onto the front of the card base using Tear & Tape
• 3 Gold Faceted Gems applied to the Real Red suede CS layer

Here’s the hop:

Be sure to follow it around to all the stops on the hop!

Here are all of today’s colors:

You can click on each one to see all the products that come in that color!

Here’s what I used:

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