Friendly Seagulls, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I changed it just a little. You can see the original card here. Please read on to see how I put it together.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

For the layers I cut a 4-1/2" x 2-3/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Timeless Plaid" 6" x 6" stack. 

The next piece cut was the Basic White one that measures 3" x 3-3/4". I textured it using the Sale-a-Bration "Starstruck" embossing folder. 

Another piece of DSP from the same package was cut at 1-1/2" x 3".  I glued this to the textured piece. Then I glued that to the large piece of DSP. Make sure you don't put any glue on 5/8" of the right side.

I cut a stitched circle using the 3rd die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I glued that to the front of the card about 1-1/2" from the top edge of the card base.

The gull from the "Friendly Seagulls" set was stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I fussy cut it out and then colored it using my light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen for the beak and feet, dark Daffodil Delight for the fries, light Smoky Slate for the wings and tail feathers and light Gray Granite for the strips on the wings. I usually color first and then cut because if I mess it up coloring I didn't waste any time cutting. But I broke with my usual MO and cut first. I taped the gull to the circle about 1/4" from the bottom edge of the circle.

The words were typed on my computer using "Candy Buzz BTN font at 18pt. in bold.  I printed it out on Basic White card stock. I cut them into strips and snipped them on each end. I glued them in place on the front of the card and the card was done. I didn't add any embellishments because I'm sending this off in the mail and I didn't want to pay any extra postage. 

I REALLY like this layout and I'm thinking how fun this would be for my Christmas cards this year. I want to get an early start on them because I end up waiting too long and then I'm late in getting them out and I'm adding to the stress of the holiday. SO hopefully I can get some make ahead of time and lessen the stress. Wish me luck on that task! LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Storybook Moments, Choose Happy, Heart Shaped, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I found an adorable card on Pinterest that I just had to make.  You can see that card here. Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Crumb Cake card stock. A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Crumb Cake card stock was cut for the layer. I used the blade of my scissors to scrap along the edges to give it a rough raised look.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Storybook Moments" 12" x 12" package. I cut it at 303/4" x 5". I taped it to the Crumb Cake layer piece and then I taped that to the card base. 

Next I cut another piece of DSP from the same package. It measures 2-1/2" x 3-3/4". I taped it to a  2-1/4" x 4" piece of Basic Black card stock. I taped that to the front of the card.

Next came the fence. It's from the same DSP package, there's 2 sheets o

f punch out images. I trimmed some Dimensional pieces and added them to the ends of the fence and a strip in the middle. 

The plant was added next and then the duck. I added a Dimensional to the bottom of the plant and one to the top of the head of the duck.

The "hello" is from the "Choose Happy" set and was stamped on a scrap piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I cut it out using the die from the "Heart Shaped" bundle. The piece is about 1-3/4" long. I added a Dimensional to each end and slipped it under the duck's neck area.  I added a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White to the inside of the card.  And that was it, the card was done.

This was such a fun card to make. I love how colorful it is and the characters are so much fun to play with.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card find,
Wanda

Storybook Moments, Simply Said, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a cute card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see that card here. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of the card is a half-sheet of Crumb Cake card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Boho Blue card stock for the layer. On top of that is a 4" x 5-1/4"piece of DSP from the "Timeless Plaid" 6" x 6" stack. There's a lot of fun colors in this package.

Using the "Storybook Moments" 12" x 12" package of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from a sheet in there that's got all punch out characters. Aren't they adorable? This one used 5 of them.

For my card I cut a slit in the wheelbarrow so the duck would sit in it more than just be on top. And I also changed the word piece. I used the new "To the Point Label" punch on a scrap piece of Boho Blue card stock. I used my Blending Brush to scrub on some Boho Blue ink. I did this because I didn't use the punch on a scrap piece of card stock and it left an oil mark so to cover it I just "colored" it.  

The words were stamped using black Memento ink on a piece of Basic White card stock.  I used the second smallest rectangle from the "Nested Essentials" die set to cut them out. I added Dimensionals to the back and set it on top of the Boho Blue piece. Then I taped that to the front of the card.

The cut out pieces were added using Dimensionals. And for a final touch I added some colored (retired) "Candy Dots" to the front and the card was done.

This was such a fun card to make. There's two sheets so I can make another one sometime in the future (maybe LOL).  

Thank you SO very much for taking your time for stopping in and seeing today's birthday card,
Wanda

Bee Mine, Calendar Page, Weekend Project, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have the February calendar page to share with you. It's fun making these and they go together so much quicker than a card. I figured I would use the image later on a card. I'm planning on doing that with my January calendar. You can see that one here. I got the template for the calendar months at "My Stamping Addiction". The download for the calendar is just under the title of her blog. She has a lot of beautiful cards there too, so if you stop in have a look a round.  Please read on to see how the card was made. 

I trimmed my piece to 4-7/8" x 3-3/8". The top part measures a hair shy of 2-1/2 from the top of the month to the top edge.  

I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Bee Mine" 12" x 12" package and taped it to the top part of the calendar page. 

Next I cut three bees from another sheet of DSP. I set them in place using Dimensionals. I even cut out a tiny little heart and covered the 14.  And that was it.

This was so quick and simple and yet here I am waiting till the last minute to get it made!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's calendar page,
Wanda