May we all have “epic” celebrations! Young people have a way of expanding vocabulary by adding informal meaning to words, keeping our speech lively and fun. Amazingly enough, Stampin’ Up keeps up with the trends, and added the Epic Celebrations stamp set to our Sale-A-Bration selection. I wanted to design a birthday card using a sentiment in the set, “Here’s to an EPIC Celebration.”
Hey, Here’s to an EPIC Celebration
I thought the greeting, “HEY” would be a good match for the sentiment. I used the Large Letter dies for cutting the H-E-Y from a sheet of Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper. I was careful to place the dies so they lined up evenly on the stripes. I really like the way the bright stripes show off against the Whisper White card base.
I embossed the Whisper White card base with the Hexagons embossing folder, adding to the contemporary feel.
Prior to embossing the card base, I stamped the “burst” from the Amazing You stamp set in Lemon Lime Twist ink. I used the same ink to stamp “Here’s to an EPIC Celebration,” and a Stitched Shape Circle die for cutting. I popped the circle up on dimensionals, and the front of my card was complete.
I like how the reverse side of the embossing folder decorates the inside of the card. “Happy Birthday” is from the Birthday Wit stamp set, and stamped in Pacific Point Ink.
I decorated the envelope flap with a coordinating piece of Birthday Memories DSP.
The layout of today’s birthday card was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch.
I’ll stick with saying “hi” most of the time, but an occasional “hey” will be good for my youthful soul.
It’s been cold in San Diego, and our trees are as bare as they’re ever going to be. So, this made me think of Stampin’ Up’s Lovely As A Tree stamp set, and the beautifully illustrated row of deciduous trees. Stamp sets come, and stamp sets go, but I hear this set has been around a very long time. Would it be possible to come up with a unique design? I had this brainstorm to combine it with Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a Leaflet die.
Lovely As A Tree
I just ordered my second pack of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. It lasts a long time, but it’s a favorite of mine, and I’m down to my last few pieces. I found the two I wanted for this project, and used my Stampin’ Trimmer to cut them the same size, 5 1/4″ X 4″.
I glued the tree ring piece to Thick Very Vanilla cardstock (cut the same size), because I needed it to be sturdy when placing on Adhesive Strips. Then, I cut the leaf from the middle using a Leaflets Die.
Next, I stamped the row of trees in Basic Black ink in the middle of the smooth wood. Then, I raised the leaf cut piece on top of Adhesive Strips, and glued the two layers to a Basic Black card base (5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″).
Pretty simple, when you have the right tools. I was playing around with the sunlight in this photo.
I usually have a sentiment on the front of my cards, but this one needed to be left alone. I haven’t finished the inside either, but I know it will be completed for the perfect occasion someday.
Thanks for stopping by. May you “see the forest through the leaves.” 😉
This is an exciting day for me in my craft room! I was honored to be chosen as a guest designer for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge. This challenge involves designing a project from nine elements on a Tic Tac Toe board, selecting just three in a row, going in any direction. In my excitement, I got carried away, and turned it into Blackout Bingo by using every square!
Su Mohr Guest Designer
After looking over the board with all of its elements, I began with Wildflower. I used two dies from the Sweet Cake set in the Occasions catalog, cutting three wild roses. I cut the “frame” of the flower from Whisper White cardstock, and the “inside” from printed vellum.
Some of you may remember, this is the vellum that coordinated with Botanical Gardens. I still have some, which brings me to the problem I encounter when using it. And, that is, it’s difficult to hide the adhesive. I solved that problem here, by coloring the dimensionals with my Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend, and then Popped Up my three wild roses. White wild roses have yellow touches. Yay!
My wild roses needed Green Foliage, and the same Sweet Cake die set had perfect greenery to go with them. I cut four of one branch from Always Artichoke cardstock, and three from Pear Pizzazz cardstock.
I thought my wildflowers would enjoy having a trellis for climbing, and used Wood Textures Designer Series Paper and a die from Eclectic Layers for building this structure. For added dimension, I placed it on Adhesive Strips. These give it twice the height of regular dimensionals.
I added a Fancy Border along the bottom with the diamond, cut-out shapes. You must look closely to see them. Sometimes, little pieces are just too cute to throw away. 😉
My little, yellow Butterfly(Hold on to Hope stamp set and Cross of Hope die set) was attracted to the yellow centered wildflowers.
I chose “enjoy” from the Tabs for Everything stamp set. It’s a great set for finding a tiny One-Word Sentiment. I used White Embossing Powder to heat emboss “enjoy” on Wood Textures DSP, and cut it with a die from the At Home die set. I Punched a hole, and tied it to the trellis with White Baker’s Twine.
And, for the ninth square, I’m pretty sure there are some white, fluffy Clouds on this Soft Sky card base. As a final touch, I embossed the envelope flap with a Petal Pair embossing folder.
Thank you to the design team for allowing me to be your guest. I’ll continue to play along in your weekly challenges, enjoying the inspiration.
Other than the vellum (if you really like it, I can send you some) everything is available at my online store. Just click on the “shop” button.
Welcome to Kylie Bertucci’s February Blog Highlights. This month’s theme is showcasing the new products in Sale-A-Brations and Occasions 2018 Catalogs. I was in a whimsical mood this morning, so I grabbed the Bird Banter stamp set from the Occasions Catalog.
This fanciful, little bird looks like she has a secret, doesn’t she?
Please Vote For Me
I knew I wanted to say, “A little birdie told me it was your birthday,” which was in the Bird Banter stamp set. I found the banner where she could perch in the Cupcake Cutouts die set. This is a great die, because it has score lines to make it 3-D.
The Tutti-Frutti Designer Series Paper from the Occasions Catalog is brightly patterned paper, perfect for my whimsical theme. I used a Stitched Shape die to cut the oval from the Lemon Lime Twist Kiwi print. My birdie was very happy with this as a background. But, she suggested I add foliage with the Layered Leaves embossing folder to the Whisper White layer.
We both came up with the idea for leaves using the Leaf Punch. The Tutti-Frutti black & white speckled paper was our choice. I punched a few more leaves from Thick Whisper White cardstock, so I could glue them together for thickness.
I colored birdie with Light and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends, and a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Write. For a bit more color, I added some of those fabulous, self-stick sequins.
I covered the envelope flap in a Tutti-Frutti, Lemon Lime Twist print. And, I photographed the backside of the Kiwi paper (black and white stripe) for you to see.
My inspiration for the sketch design was this week’s Global Design Project challenge. I also added that bit of white Baker’s Twine, because of the sketch.
Tutti-Frutti inspiration was from Mary Fish.
I hope you enjoyed seeing my project. I sure enjoyed sharing it with you. I finished it just in the nick of time for participating in Kylie’s Blog Highlights, so if you go there to cast your vote, you’ll find mine at the bottom of the gallery. Thank so much, and have a great day!
True confession: I am definitely NOT a seamstress. In fact, I find it challenging to sew on a button. But, the challenges I do like involve paper crafting, and I couldn’t help but think of three while making this thank you card.
I just love puns, and wordplay makes me laugh, even if I’ve heard it a million times. So, when I saw sewing was the theme at Paper Players, I started thinking of how I could use the word sew.
I also needed to use a sewing related item.
CAS(E) this sketch challenge provided a design sketch.
And, three of the elements in the Tic Tac Toe challenge, Oval-Plaid-Green, would be part of my design.
I started the project with a piece of plaid, True Gentleman Designer Series Paper. I used a Stitched Shape die to cut an oval an appropriate size for the sketch. Happily, it had Tranquil Tide, a green color I needed for Tic Tac Toe.
Since the background of the plaid was Very Vanilla, I chose that for the card base, which I embossed with the Quilt Top embossing folder.
I wanted some contrast, so I constructed a Wood Texture Designer Series Paper “sewing table” rimmed in Tranquil Tide cardstock.
With the main elements set, I was ready for the words. I cut the word “thanks” from a retired die set, and snipped off the “s.” The plaid “YOU” is from our new Sale-A-Bration die set, Celebrate You. I created “sew much” with the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. I love that this set enables you to say exactly what you want.
Before attaching the “sewing table” and plaid oval, I looped some lace trim beneath them. It seemed (seamed LOL) like a seamstress thing to do.
Now for the sewing related items. I found the scissors in the Crafting Forever stamp set. I stamped it in Tranquil Tide on Very Vanilla cardstock, fussy cut it, and colored the handles with a Bronze Stampin’ Blend. The spool of thread is from the retired Quilt Builder die set. The needle is from the same, retired set, die cut from Silver Foil. The navy thread is from my real sewing drawer, so I know where to find thread the next time I need it. LOL. Doesn’t the needle look real? Except, the eye is much larger, and easier to thread.
The last detail was embossing the envelope flap with the Simple Stripes embossing folder.
Gee, this was fun! I hope you all have a marvelous day!
Welcome to the Remarkable InkBig Blog Hop for February 2018. This month our theme is “lions, and tigers, and bears, oh my”.
You may just be starting the blog hop here at my blog, Su Mohr, or may have come from the person previous to me in the list. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you see all the projects.
When Cat heard about the upcoming Remarkable Ink Blog Hop, she was very excited, figuring she would be able to participate. No way would she let me even consider using a Panda!
So, here she is, once again, being featured on one of my cards.
The big decision was deciding what fur she would show off for this very special blog hop. She remembered the cover of a book that she found in my collection of Little Golden Books. Remember when they were 39 cents? The Tiny Tawny Kitten was published in 1969, the year my first daughter was born. So, this well loved book provided our inspiration.
I used the brush end of several Stampin’ Blends, painting stripes on Whisper white cardstock, and let it dry a bit. Then, I punched her out with the Cat Punch. You can’t see her pretty, blue eyes, because she is facing backwards.
She wanted to frolic among the daisies, and the Daisy Punch made that request an easy one to accomplish. I used the flower from the Daisy Delight stamp set, and stamped it in Pool Party ink to mimic the ones on the book cover. I stamped and punched, lickety-split! The center discs were stamped in Daffodil Delight ink, cut with the 1/2″ Circle Punch, and glued in place.
The card base is Wild Wasabi, layered with Garden Green that is embossed with a Petal Pair embossing folder. Since this embossing folder is just 2 1/4″ wide, I ran it through the big shot twice. Don’t you think it looks like a garden? After everything was popped up on dimensionals, Cat seemed pleased with the results.
We found the sentiment, “wild about you!” in the A Little Wild stamp set. We thought it was perfect for the blog hop theme of “lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”
But, Cat still wanted to play, and insisted on a game of hide and seek. She found some Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper that was perfect for making this happen.
I used the Stampin’ Trimmer to cut a 4 X 5 1/4″ piece of DSP, and used the Daisy Punch to cut out two daisies. Then I glued this DSP with the two daisy holes to a Garden Green card base.
Watch this video to see how this “eclipse” technique is done.
I used the Daisy Punch to cut more flowers from Whisper White cardstock for layering the two daisies, making them sturdy. Cat was layered also, and I think she did an excellent job of hiding, don’t you? Three, two, one, ready or not, here I come!
Cat and I want to thank you for taking part in our blog hop. Now hop along, because there are many amazing ideas and inspiration you don’t want to miss. Remember that currently, you are on my blog – Su Mohr at Aromas And Art, so check the blog hop line up list to see who is next on the list.
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