At first, I couldn’t wait for the nice warm weather to
arrive, but now I am regretting that decision.
Warmer weather means we are just about halfway through the year,
YIKES! But also, here in the states we
get to celebrate Dads with Father’s Day right around the corner. For this month’s blog hop we are Celebrating Men! Now this would have been a perfect time to
showcase a Father’s Day card, but instead I decided to showcase a 100
Birthday! I work for Council on Aging,
in the Adult Center and one of the residents just turned 100!!! Can you believe it??? I can’t and his wife is
still right by his side, she still has a few years to go to hit the milestone. It’s amazing to me how they are still plugging
along and doing phenomenal! This card is
to celebrate Sonny’s 100 birthday!
MATERIALS NEEDED
Stamp Set: Take to the Sky Suite Collection
Paper:
Basic White CS: 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”
Night of Navy CS: 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
Basic White CS: scraps
Designer Series Paper (DSP): 2 3/8” x 4”
Ink: Basic Gray; Versa Mark
Tools/Accessories: Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls, white embossing powder
I really didn’t want to use this set because I have a feeling many of us will (well why not, it is so much fun!). But I did because all my other masculine sets have retired. Along with this suite, I thought it would be so cool to use a fairly old card technique called the Eclipse technique. Below are some simple instructions to achieve this technique, trust me, it is easier than it looks!
Step 1: Cut a piece of DSP that allows room for the word you want to spell. In my case it was the number 100. {TIP: The best words to use should only be four letters long.} Lay the DSP on the platform of the die-cutting machine, placing the number dies on top. Push them close together (almost touching) and make sure they are straight and in line. Die cut, following machine instructions. In my case I had to do this twice to get the second “0”.
Step 2: Carefully poke out the die cut letters. Make
sure to keep any inside portions of letters/numbers, like the center of the “0”.
Be careful not to rip the paper when taking it out of the dies.
Step 4: Adhere onto a dark cardstock layer (if you’re not using a layer, you can adhere directly on the card base).
Step 5: Place the die cut letters/numbers in their corresponding space (DO NOT USE ADHESIVE) this is to make sure the pattern lines up.
Step 6: Adhere the inside pieces of the “0” to the cardstock.
Step 7: Remove the letters/numbers and add dimensionals to the backs. Now adhere the letters/numbers in the empty spaces.
Step 8: Finish off the card anyway you please. I added a small plane and some accessories, as well as a sentiment stamped with versa mark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
I can’t wait to see what everyone came up with to celebrate men in their lives. If you can’t wait as well, be sure to hop on over to Steph’s page!! Also, if you like what you see, be sure to leave us a comment. Feedback is always welcome.
See you next month!
Stampin’ w/Tiziana MAY 2024 News
April
has come and gone and not one of my bday cards has been sent out. I do
have a plan for my April birthdays…just need to sit and focus.
And....now I can’t believe we are already a little more than a week into
May, Summer will fly by and then back to the Wonder Holiday Season!
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Well, my birthday month has come and just about gone. The best way to end it, is with a blog hop of course! This month we are sharing ideas with a floral theme, hence “All About the Flowers”. It was so hard to choose just one card, but I was able to narrow it down and what I went with is an alternative card using Stampin’ Up!’s Paper Pumpkin March 2024 kit. You can actually make this card with any DSP, but I just wanted to show you first, how amazing these kits are and second, how easy it is to make alternatives.
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| Alternative Cards |
MATERIALS NEEDED
Stamp Set: March Paper Pumpkin – Memorable Meadows
Paper:
Basic White CS: 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”
Fresh Freesia CS: 4 5/8” x 4” (cut down into three equal pieces of 4 ¼” x 1 3/8”)
Basic White CS: scraps
Designer Series Paper (DSP): 4 1/8” x 3 ¾”
Ink: Garden Green; Fresh Freesia
Tools/Accessories: Modern Oval Punch sequins
Lately, it seems the Paper Pumpkin kits come with card bases that are printed on the front and back of a folded card. Well, I think that is silly to waste such pretty paper to be the back of a card. What I have been doing is slicing the card in half and using one half to make the card as they intended and a second card as an alternative. My design today is using the card base cut in half as my DSP, this will be an alternative card you can make.
Step 1: Use the scoring board to score a 5 ½” x 8 ½” piece of basic white cardstock along the long side at 4 ¼”. Fold in half to create the base.
Step 2: Adhere the fresh freesia card stock to the center of the card base.
Step 3: Adhere the three strips of DSP onto the fresh freesia. If you struggle to place all the pieces equal distance, I find it easier to first place the outside pieces, then the center.
Step 4: Stamp the sentiment in garden green ink on a piece of scrap basic white card stock. Punch this out using the modern oval punch. Then sponge the edge with fresh freesia ink. Using the same ink, stamp a flower towards the right hand side of the punched oval. Adhere this to the card front with dimensionals.
Step 5: Next embellish the card front with sequins.
I am very pleased with my alternative and I hope you enjoyed it as well. Be sure to check back regularly. I really love sharing my projects with my stampin’ friends! Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done here, be sure to hop on over to Barb’s page!!
As a bonus, here is a 6"x6" scrapbook spread I made also using the Paper Pumpkin kit. The patterned pieces are also the card bases that come with the kit. The patterned paper on the right hand side is actually the envelope!
See you next month!
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| The intended cards for March 2024 Paper Pumpkin Kit |
It’s monochromatic March and I always find monochromatic cards to be a challenge. With a little help of Rock Star suite from Stampin’ Up! I think I nailed it. Let me know what you think in the comments below. And while you’re there, follow along on our blog hop! The next hopper will be sure to impress!
ENJOY!
MATERIALS NEEDED
Stamp Set: Rock Star
Paper: Basic Black CS: 4 ¼” x 11”, scored at 5 ½”
Smoky Slate CS: 3” x 4 ¼”
Basic White CS: 2 ¾” x 4”
Basic Gray CS: scraps
Rock & Roll 12”x12” DSP: ¾” x 2 ¾” and ¼” x 2 ¾”
Metallic Gold CS: scraps
Silver Metallic CS: scraps
Ink: VersaMark
Tools/Accessories: Rock Star Dies, black embossing powder
I’m constantly buying masculine supplies, but never seem to use
them. So when this theme came about I knew for sure I would want to use the
Rock Star Bundle. I dug it out my pile of new things that have never been
touched and went to work. I cased this
layout from Loven Stamps.
INSTRUCTIONS
ROCK ON and I'll see you next month!
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Just a reminder Rock Star Suite will retire April 30th! Once it is gone, it will be gone forever!
Welcome to another year of Stampin Friends Blog Hop!
Welp, that was the longest January and shortest February I’ve ever seen. Today let’s slow it down with some fun with our monthly Blog Hop showcasing fun fold cards and 3D items. This month’s blog hop was such a fun one which brought me out of my comfort zone.
If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Maureen’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Steph’s blog.
If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!
Just a reminder, less than a week to go for Stampin’ Up!’s
Sale-A-Bration sale! So for every $50
you spend in product and can select a FREE item from their Sale-A-Bration
Catalog, win, win! This month also my projects use the FREE DSP from the
Sale-A-Bration catalog, Flight & Airy.
MATERIALS NEEDED
Stamp Set: Excellent Eggs and February’s Paper Pumpkin Kit 2024
Paper: Basic White CS: (3 3/8” x 4 1/8”); scraps
Daffodil Delight: (4 ¼” x 11”) scored at ¼”, 1 ½”, 3 ¼” 4 ½”, and 5 ½”
Flight & Airy 12”x12” DSP: 2 pieces 7/8” x 4 1/8”; 2 pieces 1 1/8” x 4 1/8”; one piece 1 5/8” x 4 1/8” and one piece 5/8” x 8 ¾”
Lemon Lolly CS: 2 pieces 6” x 5”
Scraps of Lemon Lolly; Boho Blue; Flirty Flamingo; Fresh Freesia; Garden Green and Highland Heather
Ink: Boho Blue, Daffodil Delight
Tools/Accessories: Bigz Candy Wrapper Die; Excellent Eggs Die
I was looking for a fun fold card I hadn’t seen before and stumbled upon the Bay Window Card on Splitcoaststampers. If you haven’t heard of this site, run as fast as your fingers can type and check it out. This site is FULL of everything paper craft!!! You will not be disappointed. Any hoot, this is where I found the card and will borrow their instructions for this card. Also, to coordinate with the card, I wanted something with a similar fold, so again on this site I searched for boxes with six sides. They did not fail. They had a Hexagon Punch Board Box. I do not own a candy box punch board, but I do own the candy wrapper die from Sizzix, so I improvised, and it totally worked. Again, if you do have the candy punch board, check out their instructions as to how to make their version.
Step 2: Use adhesive just between the 4 1/2” and 5 1/2” score lines– only in that 1” area. Use the adhesive to adhere the front panel to the back (this will look like a book fold).
Step 4: On the second 7/8” x 4 1/8” piece of DSP, apply dimensionals on one side only going down the long edge. See image. Adhere this to the inside of the card base all the way to the right-hand side. The tab will now slip under the end panel to hold the “bay window” in place.
Step 5: Adhere the 3 3/8” x 4 1/8” piece of white cardstock to the inside of the card base.
Step 6: Decorate the front of the card as desired, I used the Excellent Eggs to get a head start on my Easter cards and goodies.
Step 1: The Candy Wrapper
Die only has four panels, so you will need to cut two pieces.
Keep one whole piece that has four panels and
trim two full panels from the second piece. Be sure to keep the “tab” on the
second piece as well, this will be used to adhere the two pieces together.
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Step 3: Place adhesive on the “tabs” and fold it inward, then adhere it to the second sheet. Place adhesive to the second “tab” and bring the other side of the paper so that it lays on top of the adhesive strip and press together. Carefully pinch the scored line at the top of the paper to shape it.
Step 4: To close the bottom of the box, place adhesive on one of the flaps and then adhere it to the flap that’s directly across from it. Continue the process until all flaps have been adhered.
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I hope you’ll give these projects a shot. They seem more difficult than they are to create. Hope I was able to pull you out of your comfort zone to try something new. I can’t wait to share a lot more with you this coming year!! Be sure to check back regularly. I really love sharing my projects with my stampin’ friends! Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated. When you are done here, be sure to hop on over to Steph’s page!!
See you next month!
