Super Combo Challenge Anniversary Card!

Hello and welcome back! So, my sister and one of my oldest friends both have wedding anniversaries on Valentine's Day. A lot of the challenges this week seem to have kind of a "love" theme, so I decided to see how many of them I could combine into one card. It turned out to be SEVEN!!! Here's the card.

Here's the challenge roll call: CAS Colours & Sketches color challenge called for Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, and Real Red; Try Stampin' on Tuesday called for a monochromatic design; Double Trouble Challenge wanted something other than a standard A2 card; SUO Challenges was looking for a Valentine; the Inkspirational photo challenge was a floral heart; the center column at Tic Tac Toe Challenges had embossing, purple or pink, and a shaped card; and the Retro Rubber Challenge theme this week is "love."

I think the most challenging part of making this card was hand cutting the card base. I used my largest heart die to cut the glimmer heart and then measured how big my base would need to be - it turned out to be 5-1/2" wide by 10" long, scored at 5". I adhered the heart to the base just below the fold and then cut around the heart with my snips. It's not perfect but it'll do!

I had originally planned to heat emboss the sentiment on the front to satisfy one of the Tic Tac Toe requirements, but decided to dry emboss the inner hearts instead. Then as I was assembling the cards, I realized that I had forgotten to use an older stamp set - oops! So I pulled out Banners for You (from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog) and made a new center sentiment banner.

Again, here are the challenges.

How do you think I did, combining all these challenges?

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Love & Happiness, Flowing Flowers (on envelope), Banners for You (for Retro Rubber Challenge

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Melon Mambo and Basic White Cardstock; Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper

Ink - Real Red, Blushing Bride

Tools - Big Shot, Hearts Collection Framelits, Bouquet of Love Dies, Bloom Dies, Bunch of Banners Framelits, Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

More birthdays!

Hello and welcome back! Well, the first part of tax season is over, so it's time to start making more birthday cards. I've been finishing up some kits in my limited spare time to tide me over, but I need to get my mojo working again!

Using a sketch as inspiration, here's what I came up with today:

I loved this Birthday Bouquet DSP when it came out about 4 years ago, and like every good paper crafter, it's been in my stash ever since. I think I've only used it a couple of times. If I were to make this card again (which I might), I'd probably use the Mossy Meadow as the anchor layer to make the DSP stand out a bit more.

I also made a slightly different version for a young lady from my church choir who celebrated her birthday last week.

These cards were inspired by the sketch at Sunday Stamps Challenge.

That's it for now. Back to the stamp studio!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi



Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets -- Number of Years (retired), Banners for You (retired), Beautiful Bouquet
Paper -- Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Blushing Bride, Pool Party, Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White Cardstock; Birthday Bouquet DSP (retired)
Ink - Mossy Meadow, Pool Party, Blushing Bride
Accessories - Mossy Meadow 3/8" stitched satin ribbon (retired)
Tools - Big Shot, Layering Circles Framelits, Stitched Shapes Framelits, Large Numbers Framelits (retired), Bunch of Banners Framelits (retired), Timeless Type Sizzlits (retired), Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals