Hello and welcome back! Today's card is something I don't make very often - a birthday card for a child. Our cousin's daughter is turning three this week, so I thought I'd make something from the dinosaur collection in the current annual catalog. One of the samples caught my eye and I started cutting pieces to make it until I realized there was WAY more fussy cutting than I wanted to do. So I modified it a bit to make it work. Here's the card that appeared in the catalog:
It's a little hard to see behind the watermark but nearly all of the elements (dinosaur, volcano, palm tree, clouds) are fussy cut from one of the designer papers. I was not doing that! Here's what I ended up with:
My elements are a bit bigger, but I think it works. I have my stamp catalog in Evernote, so I was able to do a search and find a stamp set that had clouds that were about the right size (these are from the This Little Piggy set), but everything else is from Dino Days. I even found a roll of old retired denim ribbon in my stash that seems to be exactly like what is available in the current catalog!
I made two of these cards, so somewhere along the line, one of our other little relatives will be getting one also.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp set - Dino Days, This Little Piggy, Itty Bitty Birthdays
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Old Olive, and Whisper White cardstock: Dinoroar DSP
Ink - Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Lovely Lipstick, Old Olive, Pool Party, Soft Suede
Accessories - Denim Ribbon
Tools - Big Shot, Dino Dies, Layering Ovals Framelits, Triple Banner Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
Hello and welcome back! For today's card, I decided to try something new - a z-fold card. I don't think I've ever made one of these. Some friends are celebrating their anniversary next week and the first thing that came to mind for me was their beautiful gardens. That meant something with flowers (and coloring with Stampin' Blends)!
I've had Bloom & Grow in mind for this card for a while, but I wasn't sure exactly how to use it. A bit of surfing on Pinterest gave me this idea. The large floral pieces are popped up with Mini Dimensionals and the smaller pieces are tucked under and glued in. The coloring was the fun part!
I wasn't sure just how much I should add to this card, but in the end, decided to let the flowers take center stage. The last panel has a bit more, but it's subtle.
I pulled out some old envelope paper since this card will not fit in a standard envelope. My color choices were limited, so I went with the Mint Macaron, even though that's not a color I used. The inside also has Whisper White but the card used Very Vanilla. Not a big deal to me.
I hope they like this card. I made one using the Grace's Garden stamp set for her birthday last month and they loved that! (You can see that one HERE.)
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp sets - Bloom & Grow, Well Said
Paper - Soft Suede and Very Vanilla cardstock, 2015-2017 In Colors Envelope Paper
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron
Coloring Tools: Stampin' Blends - Purple Posy Light & Dark, Flirty Flamingo Light & Dark, Granny Apple Green Light & Dark, So Saffron Dark, Highland Heather Light, Calypso Coral Light, Old Olive Light, Mango Melody Light & Dark
Tools - Big Shot, Envelope Punch Board, Budding Blooms Dies, SNAIL, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals
Hello and welcome back! It's been ages since I entered a challenge, but I needed to make a special birthday card today so I decided to see what was available out there. I found a nice color challenge and already had a stamp set in mind, so this is what I made:
I've had this foiled paper in my stash almost since it became available in the catalog but hadn't opened the package yet. It's so pretty! And the Pretty Peacock color fit right in to the challenge at Fab Friday this week.
The challenge also helped me choose the colors for the flowers. Luckily, Stampin' Blends come in all of those colors, so I was able to enter the coloring challenge at SUO.
I didn't know if there was another challenge out there that would fit this card, but then I found the tic-tac-toe challenge at the Paper Craft Crew.
This card hits all the blocks in the center column!
The challenge at #imbringingbirthdaysback has really kept me busy this year, but I'm determined to stick with it. So far, I've distributed 75 cards: birthdays, anniversaries, valentines, get well, and sympathy. March is a particularly busy month for me, as there are at least 34 card-sending occasions on my list and I'm deep into working tax season as a seasonal accountant. Today, I made 16 cards from a retired kit and the Paper Pumpkin kits are also a life saver!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
--Cindi
Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):
Stamp set - Band Together
Paper - Very Vanilla and Mint Macaron cardstock, Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock, Noble Peacock Specialty DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Pretty Peacock, Rococo Rose
Coloring Tools: Stampin' Blends - Petal Pink Light & Dark, Rococo Rose Light & Dark, Mint Macaron Light & Dark
Tools - Big Shot, Detailed Bands Dies, SNAIL, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals
