The card I have today is one for a Team Member’s 5th Anniversary with me. I wanted a fun card and this one is with the Taco Fiesta set.
Stamp Sets
The very fun set of Taco Fiesta is a great set for anyone. And I do love that it will work for men, women, and children, since most people like Mexican food. I know I do! So I made a bright and happy card with the images. All of the images are stamped and then colored with Stampin’ Blends. They are all fussy cut, but all of the images are easy to cut out. The confetti is done in the different paper colors of the card for some added brightness.
The second set used is the Brewed For You set. A margarita is a nice compliment to some tacos I believe!
And the final stamp set is the Biggest Wish. This one has the different sizes of a few sentiments. I chose the Thanks for this card.
Colors
The brightness of the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series paper fits great with the fun theme. And of course the other colors can easily be pulled from those bright stripes. I used Lemon Lime Twist, Bubble Bath and of course Basic White. Although the first two are not ones that you would normally put together! There is also the Azure Afternoon for the “thanks” sentiment. I love bright and happy and this one fits the bill!
Finish
To help the taco images pop a bit, I added a 1 3/4 Circle of the striped DSP. Then with the fun sentiment simply stamped on white, it needed a little something. I used the Sheer Ribbon Combo in the blue attached to the back of the strip to ground it and let it pop against the other white. There are also a scattering of the Tinsel Gem 4 pack embellishments.
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My card today is showcasing a look at the Trucking Along Bundle. Hopefully you were able to get it last week. If not, do not fret, it will be coming back! I understand why it was so popular and even extra supply was exceeded! This is a year round set.
Stamp Bundle
This great Tucking Along Bundle is a Punch Bundle! Those are my favorite. Punch bundles are less expensive and just as fun! However this stamp set has so many extra stamps! There are a variety of additions for the back of the truck and added scene images. The truck is great on it’s own but also has additional wheel wells, side window, and tires included in the punch.
My truck is stamped and colored with Real Red Stampin’ Blends. I added the bed rails as well as some gifts in the bed. A tip for you is for when you fussy cut the rails and gifts, leave the bottom of each long. I adhered the extra length for each to the backside of the truck. It is so much easier to do than trying to layer in place.
Background
Last week I used a watercolor background for Zany Zoo and now I have repeated that for the truck. Watercolor Paper is used along with the Water Painter brushes. The colors used are Azure Afternoon, Old Olive, and Pecan Pie. The truck was then added using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Papers and Sentiment
To highlight my red truck, I went with Real Red as the card base. And to carry on the wood of the bed rails and tree branch I went with the Pecan Pie Glorious Gingham. Since this is a guy card, I did not use bling. That is shocking even to me! But I did use the Banners Pick A Punch to flag the ends of the sentiment. And the sentiment is from the Zany Zoo stamp set.
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The Beautiful Balloons Bundle is a fun one for a multitude of reasons and uses. Plus the Bright & Beautiful DSP is exactly what the name says!
Stamp Bundle
I have used both the stamps and the dies for today’s card. As I said in the beginning it has a lot to offer. There are cute and versatile sentiments to go with fun images. And the Dies are just as wonderful. I have showcased two from the dies with the tag and the star. The sentiment is from the stamp set. This card would work for a variety of reasons. Since Graduation is fast approaching, I believe it would be a cute Graduation card.
Papers
To go along with the Beautiful Balloons Bundle, I used the matching DSP. It is the Bright & Beautiful Designer Series Paper. This is one of the 6×6 packs, which I love. Both of the pieces I used are from the pack. There are fun and “Party” type sheets, as well as some more generic ones. But they all coordinate.
To pull the colors from the paper for the card base was so easy. I went with the boldness of Berry Burst. This returning color is a wonderful one. And I paired it with the softer, but totally new, Lemon Lolly. This is a bright but light yellow. I think the two work great together to separate and highlight the DSP pieces.
Finishes
For finishing the tag I turned to the 2022-2024 In Color Baker’s Twine. I am so happy this carried over. Baker’s Twine is such a great accent and so easy to work with. I doubled the twine and made the Vera Bradley pull. It stays in place much better than the old bookmark loop.
As the final touch I added some of the Adhesive Solid Gems. That is such a plain name for some adorable colored gems. They are in Lemon Lolly, Boho Blue, and my guess is Copper Clay. But I love the look of them. So I scattered some around on the blue DSP and the tag.
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The project I have to share to do is a bit of a different look for me. This one uses the large card front size die in the Two Tone Flora Die set. The unusual part is that I don’t generally use those large dies, and that I used DSP as the paper for it.
Die
This full size die is beautiful. And as I mentioned, quite different for me. I love the look, but do not think to use these. In this instance, the DSP was what prompted it. And this Die has so much gorgeous detail that it would work with anything.
Paper
The DSP is the Fancy Flora Designer Series Paper. While I was sorting through it to pick a layer, I had the large die on my desk. Looking at the paper and then the Die was like a commercial of bumping into each other and the mix working. Since it was a floral die, I pulled color from the DSP piece to choose the other colors. The strip for the sentiment is the opposite side of this DSP piece.
Stamps and Finishes
With the Die and the paper, the stamp set was the least of the products on this card. But this simple sentiment is from the Art Gallery stamp set. To finish everything I added a scattering of the 2021-2023 Opal Dots. These are the outgoing In Colors. So I mixed some of the Evening Evergreen ones with a few of the Pale Papaya and love the result. This card uses very little in the number of products and would work with any DSP!
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Today’s projects is a Retirement card using the Special Moments and Best Delivery stamp sets. Moving On To Retirement is a good thing!
Stamps
Making it to Retirement is a wonderful event. But cards are a bit difficult for this, and especially when it is a man! However, as soon as I saw the big moving truck, I knew it would make a perfect retirement card. Guys like motor vehicles and it has that large side for the announcement. So Best Delivery stamp set to the rescue!
For the sentiment, I turned to the Special Moments stamp set from Sale-A-Bration. That set has amazing sentiments for so many occasions. And to add some excitement to a large truck, I used the balloons from Best Delivery set, in two colors, blowing out the back. I can envision using this truck for other announcements now. On the inside, I stamped the Happy Retirement sentiment from Senior Years stamp set.
Colors
Since the truck is rather large, I went with a couple of cardstock layers instead of DSP. Not a lot of the layers are actually seen. So Bumblebee and Misty Moonlight were my colors of choice. And that is definitely a change for me since I tend to use multiple pieces of DSP on a card! For the truck to be lighter and allow the outlines to show, I went with Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends for the cab and boarder of the cargo part.
I hope you will see this truck in a new light now and consider all of the “Announcements” that it can be used for.
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The card I am sharing today is a special one. It was made as a shower card for a sweet young lady I consider to be my Goddaughter. And of course her fiance as well . Pink is not really one of her wedding, or shower, colors. But pink and a peony just seem to go together.
Stamp Sets
The star of this card is the peony. It is from the Prized Peony stamp set and has matching Dies but is no longer a Bundle. The Peony is stamped with Versamark onto Basic White cardstock. I then used White Embossing Powder to heat emboss the image. Next was the fun part. It is an old technique that we used to use the sponges to create. However, now we have the awesome Blending Brushes. I used Polished Pink Ink and a Blending Brush to cover the entire embossed image. After adding the color, I went back over the flower with a tissue and wiped the ink off of the White embossing.
Not to leave well enough alone, I tried a different technique as an addition for the leaves. Using the Just Jade Light Stampin’ Blend, I did basically the same thing except just over the leaves. I then used a tissue to wipe it off of the embossed area. It is not as dark as I anticipated, but I like the subtle shading it gives.
For the sentiment I found this sweet one in the Color & Contour stamp set. I stamped it using the Polished Pink Ink. The ink color matches the darker areas in the Designer Series paper.
Dies and Punches
To cut out the peony image, I used the matching Die set that is aptly named Peony Dies. It really does allow the peony to be the star of the card. After choosing the band of Gold Foil to ground the peony, it left me without an area to stamp the sentiment. Since I love punches, and have all of the current ones, I checked all that would fit the size I needed. The one that fit the bill the best was the Essential Tag Punch. It has just enough of a defining shape without competing with the flower and paper. I did trim about 1/2″ off the bottom as it was a tad larger than I needed.
Paper
It is hard to believe that this fabulous paper is my final area to comment on. For once the Expressions In Ink Designer Series Paper is NOT the star of the card. That is really hard to believe. Because this card was for a special occasion, I went wild with the Gold Foil. That is not something I normally do. Usually less is better. However, when dealing with the gorgeous DSP and the veins of gold, I had to have gold as the background layer. Then I needed a grounding of some kind for the peony and tag. So add a strip of gold instead of a piece of ribbon as I normally would.
The finishing touch is a scattering of tiny Pearls. There are more than I normally would use, but they add to the elegance. I also used the Simply Elegant Trim (It has both Silver and Gold Trim in the Combo pack) to make a tiny bow for the tag. I hope you are as happy with this final result as I am!
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