Teah Woodward: Shepard's Care

Friday, June 20, 2025

Shepard's Care - Cloud Cover

Shepherd's Care

Every Friday I participate in the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Insta Hop on Instagram. This week's color features the new 2025-2027 In Color Cloud Cover. I chose a simple card design with minimal elements, so that the intention of the sentiment would not be lost in a layered design.

This color actually had a chemical reaction to the foam pad used in the Stampin' Up! Classic Stampin' Pad, but there is a work around to avoid that chemical reaction. The Un-inked Stampin' Spots have a felt pad, and the ink does not have any issue with the felt. So I used the Cloud Cover ReInker to ink up one of the un-inked Stampin' Spots. Now I have an ink pad of this great new color.

Shepherd's Care

When I saw which color was going to be featured this week, I had all kinds of ideas.... but I kept being drawn back to this stamp set. So I went with it. I stamped the images and sentiments with Secret Sea, colored in the shepherd's head-dress with Stampin' Blends Light Cloud Cover, and his garment with Stampin' Blends Dark Cloud Cover. I used a Blending Brush to add the color to the perimeter of the card front.

Shepherd's Care

My inside sentiment is not perfectly straight, but I just decided that I am not a perfect person and that my Shepherd loves me anyway..... the sentiment would stay as is.

Cutting instructions:

Card base - Basic White Thick: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". This is a side fold card.
Front matte layer - Cloud Cover: 4" x 5 1/4"
Card front layer - Basic White: 3 3/4" x 5"
Inner matte layer - Cloud Cover: 4" x 5 1/4"
Inner message liner - Basic White

Assembly Instructions:

Using Secret Sea ink, stamp sentiment and images on card front layer.
Using Cloud Cover ink and blending brush, blend ink around edges of card front layer, as desired.
Using Cloud Cover Stampin' Blends Combo Pack, color in shepherd's apparel.
Add Rhinestone to center of star.
Adhere card front to front matte layer. Adhere to front of card base using dimensionals.
Using Secret Sea ink, stamp sentiment on inner message liner.
Using Cloud Cover ink and blending brush, blend ink around edges of inner message liner, as desired.
Adhere inner message liner to inner matte layer. Adhere to inner card base.

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Hugs,

Teah