Hi Stampers. Do you know someone who love wild cats? I have the perfect fun fold birthday card using the Wild Cats stamp set and a simple fun fold.
You may have noticed, I really like this card fold. It starts with a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Soft Succulent CS, scored at 5-1/2″. Then the front is cut in half and the piece cut off is spun 90 degrees and adhered to the left side.
The In The Wild DSP was cut to 4″ x 2-1/2″ and 2-1/2″ x 4″. (One was cut portrait orientation and the other landscape, due to the pattern on the paper). The portrait portion was adhered to the card base and landscaped portion is added to the CS that was cut off. Using Stampin’ Seal, I adhered the top layer to the card by centering it in the card, but only putting adhesive on the portion that touched the front of the card on the left.
For the focal point, I used the Rectangle Postage Stamp to punch out a label from Very Vanilla CS. The sentiment was stamped onto this label using Evening Evergreen ink. A sponge dauber with Cajun Craze ink was used to highlight the edges of the label. This was then adhered to a Cajun Craze CS rectangle slightly larger than the postage stamp label, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The two were then adhered to the card front using Stampin’ Seal.
Inside the card is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Very Vanilla CS with a 1/2″ x 4″ strip of the In The Wild DSP on the left side. The sentiment, from the Wild Cats stamp set, was stamped in Cajun Craze ink and the leaves were stamped in the corners using Evening Evergreen ink. I just love how those leaves can be seen with the card closed.
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Hi Stampers. One of my most popular pins was a Christmas card done with the Twist & Pop fun fold. Today’s card uses that fold to make a birthday card using the Counting Sheep stamp set & Sheep Dies. Both of these are level one items in the mid year Sale-a-bration brochure
Isn’t this Twist & Pop fun fold fun?!?!
The card base is 4-1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5-1/2″. The outside and inside layers are all three the same – a layer Daffodil Delight 4″ x 5-1/4″ followed by a layer of 3-3/4″ x 5″ Basic White CS. Using Balmy Blue, Soft Suede and Garden Green ink and the Blending Brushes, I added color to the Basic White layer for the outside of the card.
Using the Counting Sheep stamp set, I stamped the sentiment and the sheep in Basic Gray ink and then colored the sheep with the Stampin’ Blends. Next, that sheep, the fence (Soft Suede CS) and sun (Daffodil Delight CS) were die cut using the Sheep Dies. The fence was adhered with Mini Glue Dots, while the sheep and sun are adhered using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
This mechanism in the middle is the only hard part of the entire card and it’s not really that hard – you can follow along with the video pretty easily. The mechanism is made of two pieces of Pacific Point CS – 10″ x 2-1/2″, scored at 2-1/2″, 5″ & 7-1/2″ and 8″ x 2-1/2″, scored down the long way at 1-1/4″.
The panels across the middle each have a 2-1/4″ x 2-1/4″ layer of Daffodil Delight CS followed by a 2″ x 2″ layer of Basic White that has the stamping on them.
You can see here how the sheep on the right has had the color lifted used on it to lighten the colors. At the time of these photos, I still need to go back and do that to the other sheep.
This close up here shows the light Pool Party Stampin’ Blend that has been added around the outside edge as an accent. Once the color lifter gets used here, this will be much more subtle. THIS is why you need a color lifter.
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Hi Stampers. Boy do I have a fun card for you today! I was asked by a customer to make a Hey Birthday Chick shaker card.
My Hey Birthday Chick shaker card started with a Bermuda Bay card base, 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″. I used the Rectangle Stitched Dies to create the next two layers. The Coastal Cabana layer is approx. 5-1/4″ x 4″ layer, followed by a DSP layer that is approx. 5″ x 3-3/4″. Next, I skipped two sized and used a smaller die to cut the center out of those two layers for my window.
The Coastal Cabana layer and the DSP layer (with the window cut out) were adhered together and gently placed over a 5″ x 3-3/4″ layer of Basic White CS and I made light dots in the for corners of the window opening, so I knew where to stamp my inside layer. A layer of acetate was then added to the back of the front layer. I stamped my inside scene and colored with Stampin’ Blends and then erased the pencil marks.
Adhesive Foam trips were adhered around the Basic White CS layer and then I added the bird seed (it was supposed to be chicken feed, but I don’t have chickens and that was way too much to spend for a card – lol). Next, the backing was pulled of the Adhesive Foam Strips and the top layer was added, then the whole thing was added to the card base with Stampin’ Seal (optional foam strips along the outside edge to hide the gap (see both versions in the video below). The final touch was stamping the two chickens for the top layer and coloring them with Stampin’ Blends. These were die cut using the Birthday Chick Dies and adhered to the front with Stampin’ Seal.
Inside the Hey Birthday Chick shaker card is a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Basic White CS. I used my markers to ink the confetti and sentiment stamp. The chick is stamped in Memento Black ink in the lower left corner and colored with the Stampin’ Blends. I die cut the chicken feed bag out of Crumb Cake CS and I adhered that in the bottom right corner.
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Hi Stampers. As you know, I’m currently on vacation. This is a box of San Francisco Giants (SF Giants) Thank You and Happy Birthday cards in a gift box that I made for the friend I am staying with.
This handmade box easily holds three Thank You and three Happy Birthday SF Giants cards with envelopes.
The SF Giants baseball themed gift box is made in two parts and one slides over the other.
The card starts with a Basic Black card base 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″, followed by a 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer of Very Vanilla. Next up is a 1-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ strip of Pumpkin Pie CS and a 1″ x 5-1/4″ strip of Very Vanilla.
I stamped “thank you” in Memento Black ink onto that Very Vanilla strip, adhered it to the Pumpkin Pie strip and adhered the two the card front using Stampin’ Seal. Using the Hat Builder Dies, I die cut the hat from Basic Black CS and the stars from Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie CS (with Adhesive Sheet on the back). The S & F were die cut from Pumpkin Pie CS (with Adhesive Sheet on the back) using the Playful Alphabet Dies.
Inside this card I stamped the “You’re the Best” sentiment from the Hats Off stamp set in Pumpkin Pie ink.
This card is basically the same, only this time I stamped “Happy Birthday” (from the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set) in Memento Black ink.
I placed three stars because I’ve been told (by those more artistic than me) to add those types of elements in odd numbers.
This time, I stamped this sentiment (from the Lighthearted Lines stamp set) in Pumpkin Pie ink on the inside layer.
The SF Giants box is decorated with the Hostess Only Pattern Party Designer Series Paper, followed by a 1″ strip of Pumpkin Pie CS. For the focal point I used the Layering Circle Dies to die cut a Basic Black scalloped circle and a Basic White straight circle. To this I added a small baseball cap (die cut with the Hat Builder Dies out of Pumpkin Pie CS) and some elements from the Batter Up! Paper Pumpkin kit. The baseball on top is added using Stampin’ Dimensionals to make it kind of appear as if it’s been it by the bat. (Note: to learn to make the box – watch my YouTube video below).
I think my friend is really going to like these cards. Might even need to make a set for my daughter, who is also a HUGE SF Giants fan!
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Hi Stampers. Today I’m showcasing the Lighthearted Lines stamp set. It was some awesome sentiments! This is the final card I made using the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper… sniff… sniff… I’m going to miss this beautiful paper! I can’t believe it, but there is still some left in the online store! Go get it! You won’t be sorry.
This Lighthearted Lines card starts with a Highland Heather card base, followed by a layer of Hydrangea Hill DSP. While the DSP is retiring, the Hydrangea Haven stamp set and Hydrangea Dies are sticking around. I used them, with Smoky Slate, Highland Heather and Pear Pizazz ink to create the Hydrangea for the card front.
The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Lighthearted Lines stamp set and is stamped onto a 1″ x 5-1/2″ strip of Basic White CS. This was adhered to a 1-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ strip of Highland Heather CS and then adhered to the card front using Seal Adhesive. The Hydrangea is adhered over that with Stampin’ Dimensionals and a few Pastel Pearls were added for accent.
Inside the Lighthearted Lines card is a layer of Basic White CS with the sentiment (also from Lighthearted Lines) stamped in Highland Heather ink.I may have regressed back to my Creative Memories days when I added the triangles of DSP in the corners. LOL
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Hi Stampers. Do you have a man in your life who likes Whiskey? The Whiskey Business stamp set could make just the perfect masculine card. I chose to CASE a mostly monochrome card with a touch of vellum and some heat embossing to give it a special touch, made by the talented Kelly Acheson.
Today’s card starts with a Basic Black card base, followed by a layer of Basic White CS. Using Memento Black ink, I stamped the decanter all over this layer (and also on a scrap of Basic White CS). I used the Stampin’ Blends to color it and then fussy cut out the decanter from the scrap of Basic White.
Over the Basic White layer, I added a layer of Vellum, the same size with Stampin’ Seal across the lower part of the card front. The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed in white onto a strip of Basic Black CS. I adhered this over the Vellum Adhesive to hide it. Then the decanter is attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A few randomly placed Gold Enamel Dots add a little splash of color to my (mostly) monochrome card.
Inside the card is a single layer of Basic White CS 4″ x 5-1/4″. Using Cinnamon Cider ink, i stamped the sentiment in the center of this layer. In the lower right corner, I stamped the decanter in Memento Black ink.
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