Card of the Day - Sunflower Shutter Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! I have a couple of friends celebrating "I just signed up for Medicare" birthdays this month, so a special card is in order.

I've been wanting to try a shutter card, and I found a really good tutorial on Lisa Curcio's blog. There's a video and she gives all the measurements, along with some great tips. You can find it HERE.

There was one thing that I don't think she mentioned, so I'll do it here. Make sure when you cut the circle in the inside panel that it is closer to the center top to bottom. I put mine too close to the top and when I added the dimensionals, the shutter couldn't line up correctly. I ended up using a foam adhesive strip so that I would have a little more space. The benefit is that the strips are a little thicker than dimensionals so there is more room for the shutter to work.

A bonus is that this design is perfect for the sketch challenge at TGIF this week, and I pulled the colors from this week's challenge at the Paper Players.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Celebrate Sunflowers, Band Together, Dragonfly Garden

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Bumblebee, Blackberry Bliss, and Whisper White cardstock; Dandy Garden DSP

Ink - Bumblebee, Blackberry Bliss

Tools - Big Shot, Circles Collection Framelits, Layering Circles Framelits, Sunflower Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Foam Adhesive Strips, Tear & Tape

Time for another Challenge Combo!

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