SEASIDE VIEW RETIREMENT CARD!

 Hi, Friends,

Just wanted to check in today and share with you a card I made recently.  It is a retirement card, but the sentiment could easily be changed to whatever you needed.  However, I liked the chair stamp for a retirement card--it evokes images of sitting by the beach, listening to the waves with a cold drink beside you and a good book to read!  

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Seaside View, Itty Bitty Greetings

     CARDSTOCK:

          Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Misty Moonlight:  4 x 5-1/4

          Boho Indigo DSP:  3-7/8 x 3-7/8

          Boho Indigo DSP:  1-1/2 x 3-7/8

          SCRAPS:  Very Vanilla, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake

          INSIDE:

               Misty Moonlight:  3-3/4 x 5

               Very Vanilla:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Misty Moonlight

     ACCESSORIES:  Stitched Shapes Dies, Circles Layering Dies, Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Misty Moonlight 2020-2021 In-Color Ribbon, Linen Thread, Metallic Pearls, Dimensionals

The inside of the card looks like this:

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Misty Moonlight ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp trees on lower right corner of inside panel using Misty Moonlight ink.  

3.  Adhere inside cardstock panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

4.  Adhere Boho Indigo DSP to Misty Moonlight cardstock panel; adhere Misty Moonlight ribbon at "seam" of DSP.  Tie Linen Thread around the ribbon.  Adhere to front of card base.

5.  Use Misty Moonlight ink to stamp chair and bird images onto scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock.  TIP:  I put both the chair and the bird images onto one clear stamp and stamped them at the same time.  Use Stitched Shapes Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine to cut out the circle.

6.  Cut out a scalloped circle from a scrap of Misty Moonlight cardstock using the Circles Layering Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.  

7.  Adhere the stamped Very Vanilla circle to the Misty Moonlight scalloped circle.

8.  Stamp sentiment onto scrap of Crumb Cake cardstock using Misty Moonlight ink.  Cut out using die from Stitched So Sweetly Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.  

9.  Adhere sentiment to scalloped circle panel.

10.  Attach the scalloped circle panel to the front of the card base using dimensionals.

11.  Add Metallic Pearls to sentiment die cut (see sample for placement).

In case you are looking for the Boho Indigo DSP, look on page 9 of the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog.  It is part of the Boho Indigo Product Medley.  The Product Medley comes with a stamp set, die cuts, DSP, ribbon and other embellishments.  However, if you don't want all of that product, the Refill Kit (153925 $23.00) includes the DSP as well as some of the embellishments included in the larger kit.  It is a beautiful paper!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed the card I have shared with you.  Hope to be back soon with another awesome project!

Happy stamping,

Linda

POSTED FOR YOU — Just A Note

Hi, Friends,

I am sharing a card with you today that I made to send out with the August -- December 2020 Mini Catalogs.  Since I have only posted one, here is the second card.  I used the Posted for You stamp set and Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch for this card.

Here is a picture:

MY RECIPE:

STAMPS:  Posted for You

CARDSTOCK:  

     Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

     Old Olive:  4 x 5-1/4

     Whisper White:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8

     Boho Indigo DSP:  2-5/8 x 5-1/8

     Whisper White:  1-3/16 x 1-15/16 (3)

          SCRAPS:  Old Olive

          INSIDE:

               Old Olive:  3-3/4 x 5

               Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

INK:  Night of Navy

BLENDS:  Soft Suede (Light), Old Olive (Light), Night of Navy (Light)

ACCESSORIES:  Subtle Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch, Denim Ribbon, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Close-up of the stamped images:

I stamped the birds and branches stamp using Night of Navy ink, then colored with the Old Olive, Soft Suede, and Night of Navy blends.  

The inside of the card looks like this:

I stamped the image again on the lower right corner of the inside panel and colored it using the blends.  

HOW I MADE THE CARD:

1.  Use a scoreboard to score the card base at 4-1/4.  Fold the card base, use a bone folder to burnish the fold.

2.  Stamp signature stamp on back of card base using Night of Navy ink.

3.  Use Night of Navy ink to stamp image on lower right corner of inside panel.  Color using blends.

4.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

5.  Use Big Shot and Subtles Embossing Folder to emboss the Whisper White cardstock.  Stamp sentiment on lower right corner of Whisper White cardstock.  

6.  Adhere Boho Indigo DSP to top of Whisper White embossed cardstock.  Adhere to Old Olive cardstock.  

7.  Adhere Denim ribbon at seam.  Wrap ribbon with Linen Thread and tie in a knot.

8.  Adhere panel to front of card base.  

9.  Stamp image on the three 1-3/16 x 1-15/16 Whisper White cardstock pieces.  Color using blends.  Adhere to three Old Olive "postage stamp" pieces.  Adhere to front of card base using dimensionals.

10.  Add dimensionals to either side of the sentiment (see sample for placement).

I hope you enjoyed this project!  I will share project number three very soon!

Happy stamping,

Linda