Sympathy Card using Porta Craft Embossing Folder

 

Hi everyone,

My SIL's Mum passed away aged 95 so I have been working on several Sympathy Cards to pass on to family members:

It's a very simple card but it's amazing how long it can take to come up with something that is understated and unfussy!

This is also my card for the following Challenges (click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge Blog):

• Neglected Stuff Challenge - 10/25 - which is all about using your neglected supplies - mine is the embossing folder, stamp set and heart punch

I found a rectangular embossing folder in my stash that had a border around it so thought that I could turn it on its side so that I could have some white space on the bottom and top of my card.  I have had this Porta Craft Embossing Folder for ages and probably picked it up from a Craft Show here in Australia.

I used a Stamping Platform to stamp the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black.  This sentiment is from an old set by Wendy Irving and is one of my first ever clear stamp sets and dates back to at least 2010.

I punched a heart using a very old Carl Heart Duo Punch.  This punch pre-dates dies!  I added some Designer Dries Clear glue to the heart and added some Opal Glitter which has a very soft and gentle sparkle to it which I thought was appropriate for a Sympathy Card.

This panel has had the RHS corners punched using a We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper.  I added the 3/8" wide White Organza Ribbon in two separate elements - and the bow itself was made using a Bow Easy.  I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.

I glued the panel to my card base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue that has also had the RHS corners punched with the same Corner Chomper.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Wendy Irving Expressions Clear Set J6412.01 (ret)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Big Shot, Porta Craft Embossing Folder #107638 (ret), Celebrations of Australia Crystal Opal Glitter Superfine .008, Knight Smooth White Cardstock, White Organza Ribbon 3/8" wide, Fray Stop, Bow Easy, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, Stamping Platform

Punches:  Carl CP-8 Heart Duo Punch (ret), WRMK 1/2" Corner Chomper

Stampin' Up Love and Sympathy Card

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a couple of Sympathy Cards that I made:

I ink-blended the retired Stampin' Up ink colour - Soft Sky - onto Knight White Cardstock using a Blending Brush.  I wanted the ink to fade from blue at the bottom to white which is easier to achieve using a soft bristle brush.  I bought a bunch of them really cheap on Amazon and they work brilliantly.  

I punched the two bottom corners using a We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper.

The white rose is a two part die by Frantic Stamper called Long Stemmed Rose which I have had forever.  I just checked their website and it is still available so if you want one, you need to get in quick because Frantic Stamper are closing very soon due to Fran retiring.  I glued the top layer to the bottom layer using Designer Dries Clear Adhesive which has a very fine tip on it so it made it easier for putting tiny amounts of glue where it was needed.  Isn't this rose gorgeous?!!

The sentiment is by Stampin' Up - Love and Sympathy - which is a retired set.  I used a Powder Tool on my white cardstock then stamped it using Versamark Watermark Ink and heat-set it using Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.  I didn't want to use gold or silver embossing powder because I wanted something more subtle and the Liquid Platinum was perfect for what I needed.

I diecut the sentiment using an Oval Die from the Nellie's Multi Frames Oval 4 set then glued it on using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

The ribbon is from my stash and is 1/4" wide and was tied using my Bow Easy.  I glued it on using Helmar's Fabric Glue then added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.  I had to add a tiny glue dot to each tail to hold them down as they wanted to stick up and look weird.

I attached the panel to my White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue then punched the two bottom corners using my Corner Chomper.

Lastly, I added 3 x Kaisercraft Pearls in the colour Bliss.

And now, here is the Pink version:

The main differences are: 

I used Ranger Distress Oxide Inks for the ink blending in the colours Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry.  The ribbon is 1/4" wide Pink Organza - and the tiny Pink Pearls are by Prima.

I had to take this picture indoors as it was too windy and my card would likely end up in the neighbour's swimming pool - so it isn't quite as bright as it should be.

So, which colour do you prefer?  I thought that I might make another one but use a really light purple.  I think it is wise to have a few Sympathy Cards on-hand because I always seem to lose my creativity spark when I need one in a hurry.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and for any comments you care to leave.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Card #1 

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Love and Sympathy #122797 (retired)

Ink:  Versamark Watermark, Stampin' Up Soft Sky (retired)

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Big Shot, Powder Tool, Heat-gun, Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Stamping Platform, Satin Ribbon 1/4" wide (stash), Bow Easy, Fray Stop, Glue Dots, Knight White Smooth Cardstock, Blending Brush (Amazon), Kaisercraft Pearls - Bliss SB718, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, Helmar's Fabric Glue

Punches:  WRMK 1/2" Corner Chomper

Dies:  Frantic Stamper Long Stemmed Rose (set of 2) FRA-DIE-09113, Nellie's Multi Frames MFD047 - Oval 4

Card #2 

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Love and Sympathy #122797 (retired)

Ink:  Versamark Watermark, Ranger Distress Oxide Spun Sugar + Picked Raspberry

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Big Shot, Powder Tool, Heat-gun, Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Stamping Platform, Pink Organza Ribbon 1/4" wide (stash), Bow Easy, Fray Stop, Knight White Smooth Cardstock, Blending Brush (Amazon), Prima Pearls, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Designer Dries Clear Adhesive, Helmar's Fabric Glue

Punches:  WRMK 1/2" Corner Chomper

Dies:  Frantic Stamper Long Stemmed Rose (set of 2) FRA-DIE-09113, Nellie's Multi Frames MFD047 - Oval 4

Stampin' Up Sketched Butterflies Thank You Card

 

Hi blogging friends,

Today I am sharing a Thank You Card for a nurse who works at my local GP clinic:

This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog - #30 - I Spy Something Beginning with B or Anything Goes if you find the former too complicated

• Can You Handle the Pressure (Dry/Heat Embossing) Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional Twist of Balloons

I pulled out a recent purchase from Stampin' Up:  Sketched Butterflies - but just used the accompanying Sketched Butterflies Dies on my card.  This bundle was on the Last Chance List but is no longer available.  My Stampin' Up Demonstrator - Rachel - did a class back in March using this bundle and I just loved them and couldn't add them to my cart quick enough when I got home after class 😀  Just as well that I did because they disappeared a week or so later!

To make my card:  I watered down some Ranger Distress Inks in the colours Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade and Evergreen Bough then added some white paint from a White Posca Pen to the colours to make pastel shades - then used a paintbrush to paint them onto 300gsm/140lb Watercolour Paper.  I made sure I had plenty of variation in the tones.  I then diecut the butterflies using the 2 different butterflies - one is the base and the top is the detailed die.

I wanted to add a bit more life to the butterflies so splattered on the same ink colours but in full strength as well as some White Posca Pen, then some watered down JoSonja Pale Gold Acrylic Gouache Paint.  To add some subtle sparkle, I coloured the top butterflies with a Uniquely Creative Clear Glitter Brush - alas not picked up by the camera.  I only glued down the centre of the top detailed butterfly so I could bend up the wings for dimension.  I added some tiny matching Self-Adhesive Rhinestones to the butterfly centres.  Even though the rhinestones are self-adhesive, I added a tiny dot of Designer Dries Clear Art Glitter Glue fitted with a fine tip to make sure they didn't fall off or move.  I have learned from past experience that they just don't stay put - the glue dot just isn't strong enough especially when alot of my rhinestones are quite old and seem to have lost a bit of their stickiness over that time.

 

The dry embossing is a Stampin' Up embossing folder called Eyelet.  It is a 3D folder so I sprayed the white cardstock with water using my Ranger Mister so it wouldn't crack when I put it through my Big Shot.  Isn't this embossing folder gorgeous?!  It is still current so go grab one!

I used a 3/8" WRMK Corner Chomper to punch the two bottom corners of the embossed panel then glue the panel to a Uniquely Creative White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.  I punched the two bottom corners of the card base using a 1/2" Corner Chomper.

I had so much trouble with the sentiment.  I seemed to spend hours messing it up.  First, the scrap of white cardstock that I stamped it on was lousy quality and when I heat-embossed it, it turned out really flat.  So I tried better quality and it turned out fine - but because I was originally using a two part sentiment, I kept stamping the 2nd one crooked despite using a Stamping Platform.  When I finally got it right, I used an oval die to diecut it and messed up the diecutting several times.  In the end, I figured I should just use a different sentiment.  I don't know why I didn't just do that before I messed up countless times - but sometimes you just don't know till you are at the point of giving up - however, I find it hard to give up on something because I am always so determined, sometimes to a fault 😏

So, I used a sentiment which is from a free stamp set that came with a UK Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine ages ago and it worked out perfectly first time around.  I stamped it using Versamark Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it with Ranger Superfine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I used a Powder Tool before stamping to take care of any stray embossing powder.

I diecut the sentiment using a Lifestyle Nesting Rectangle Die then cut an angle on the RHS.  I layered the sentiment onto diecut Kaisercraft Gold Foil Paper and adjusted it to the right and down which added a tiny border.  I popped the sentiment up on Kaisercraft Double-sided Foam Pads but added a little bit of Tombow Mono Multi Glue to add a bit of extra adhesion to the dry embossing.

Lastly, I bent up the wings which you can see in this photo:

I decorated the card inside later on but it was too late to photograph it as the sun was setting and it was dreary.  It's always hard to photograph cards in Winter let alone later in the day - plus I wanted to write in the card and have it sitting on my handbag for giving to the nurse first thing tomorrow so I didn't forget to take it to my appointment with her.  They have forecast a ton of rain here tomorrow so I figured that I was unlikely to be able to photograph it in the morning and was also worried that I might forget it altogether!

The great thing about the card is that you could use it for many different occasions just by changing the sentiment.

Finished size is 105mm x 148mm which is a standard A6 card in Australia - or 4-1/8" x 5-13/16" if you go by imperial measurements.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Sincere Sentiments - SC Design by Simmone Clay (free with magazine)

Ink:  Ranger Distress Picked Raspberry + Squeezed Lemonade + Evergreen Bough, Versamark Watermark

Designer Paper:  Kaisercraft Foil Paper Pad FC220

Accessories:  Big Shot, Stampin' Up Eyelet Embossing Folder #163414, Ranger Mister, 300gsm/140lb Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper, Uniquely Creative Clear Glitter Brush UCE1811, Molossi Pink + Blue Rhinestones, Franceville Gold Assorted Rhinestones, White Posca Paint Pen, JoSonja Pale Gold Acrylic Gouache, Paint Brush, Powder Tool, Heat-Gun, Ranger Superfine Detail Gold Embossing Powder SFJ06961, Stamping Platform, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Designer Dries Clear Art Clear Adhesive, Uniquely Creative White Cardstock + Card Base

Punches:  We R Memory Keepers 1/2" + 3/8" Corner Chompers

Dies:  Stamping' Up! Sketched Butterflies #163491 (retired), Lifestyle Nesting Rectangles L-CC-006 (retired)

Stampin' Up Rock Star Birthday Card

 

Hi blogging friends 😀

I made another Masculine Birthday Card - this time for my husband's birthday.  My husband plays guitar in two bands so it was a no-brainer to use the very cool Stampin' Up Rock Star Stamp Set for his card:

This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:

• Make My Monday - #257 - Masculine Card

• A Perfect Time to Craft - #8 August - Anything Goes

It's such a shame that Stampin' Up retired this Rock and Roll Bundle so quickly.  It only appeared in the January - April Mini Catalogue in 2024 and I thought it might carry over into the new catalogue in May - but it didn't.   I think it is so unique and I will no doubt keep it forever like The Open Sea.

I stamped one guitar onto a sheet of Stampin' Up Bright and Beautiful Designer Series Paper then fussy cut it out.   I thought the stars on the paper looked really cool for the body of the guitar.  I stamped the guitar again onto Smoky Slate Cardstock and fussy-cut the pick guard, neck and head.  I stamped another guitar onto Lost Lagoon Cardstock and fussy-cut it as well.  I went around all the cut edges using an Anko Black Brush Pen to hide any imperfections in my trimming.

Once I had all my pieces stamped out, I then layered all the various pieces together and I am so pleased with how they turned out.  I often forget that I can stamp images onto designer paper to paper-piece my projects.  I should put a reminder note on the wall in front of my craft desk.

Here is a close-up of the guitars:

The designer paper on the card base is also by Stampin' Up - Rock and Roll.  I roughed up the edges using a Uniquely Creative Edge Distressing Tool then screwed up the paper a couple of times to add some creases then ink-blended around the edges with Stampin' Up Basic Gray Ink as well as a few other places to make it all grungy.  I added a few rips to the paper and I just love how it turned out.

I glued the designer paper to Lost Lagoon Cardstock then onto Basic Black Cardstock leaving about an 1/8" border of each.  I also ink-blended around the cardstock using the same Basic Gray Ink.

I stamped the sentiment using Versamark Watermark Ink and heat-embossed it using Stampendous Detail White Embossing Powder.  I used a Powder Tool first so I could get a cleaner image.  I then diecut the sentiment using the giant pick from the Rock Star Dies.  Doesn't it look amazing!!

The LHS guitar is popped up on a scrap of white cardstock and the RHS guitar is popped up on 3 layers of scraps of white cardstock - then glued to the designer paper using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

The stars were diecut using Stampin' Up Summer Splash Glitter Cardstock which I thought matched the Lost Lagoon Cardstock really well.  The lightning bolts coming out of the bottom of the guitars were diecut from Kaisercraft Silver Glitter Cardstock.

I was so pleased with how my card turned out.  It took a while to get there because originally I had three guitars and I had paper-pieced a number of them before I was happy with what I ended up using.  Sometimes a card comes together really quickly and other times, you try various things and you are just not quite happy - then you pivot, and bam, it works out and you love what you have ended up with.  But you learn along the way and that's a good thing especially if you want to make another card with the same stamp and die set.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Rock Star #162696 (retired)

Ink:  Stampin' Up Basic Gray, Versamark Watermark

Designer Paper:  Stampin' Up Rock and Roll 12" x 12" #162695 (retired) + Bright and Beautiful 6" x 6" #161449 (retired)

Accessories:  Stampin' Up Summer Splash Glitter Cardstock #163771 (retired), Kaisercraft Silver Glitter Cardstock, Kaisercraft Trimmer, Ink Blending Tool + Domed Pad, Heat-gun, Powder Tool, Stampendous Detail White Opaque Embossing Powder DP100, Uniquely Creative Edge Distressing Tool, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Fussy-cutting Scissors, Cardstock - Stampin' Up Lost Lagoon + Smoky Slate + Basic Black, Scraps of White Cardstock

Dies:  Stampin' Up Rock Star #162705

Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures Vintage Car Cards

 

Hi blogging friends 😄

I continue to be very busy in my Craft Room whipping up masculine cards for all those birthdays our family has in August plus one for Father's Day in September.  This time, I pulled out my Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures Designer Papers which I bought on clearance not too long ago.  They are from 2016 and I really love them because they are just a classic design.  None of the men in our family are into fishing, play sport, gaming or drinking so I am always after designer papers that aren't any of those things.  

Pion Design closed at the end of 2023 and I really, really miss them.  Their vintage-inspired papers were so unique and it really left a hole in the market.

Anyhow, onto the first of my 3 cards:

This card is also for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - August - Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

• Crafty Catz - Challenge #699 - Anything Goes

This card is for my husband for Father's Day which is in September here in Australia.  The vintage car was trimmed from one of the Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures designer papers then layered onto Kaisercraft Shadow Cardstock.  I ink-blended around the edges using Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink and my Ink Blending Tool which was fitted with a Domed Pad.

On a whim, I decided to stamped around the edges of this main panel using Antique Linen Distress Ink and two stamps:  Uniquely Creative Longhand and Kaisercraft Vintage Clocks.  You can see a close-up of the stamping here:

I really like how that simple bit of stamping just added something to the whole vintage-vibe that I was trying to create.

The centre panel was dry embossed using my Big Shot and a free Mini Embossing Folder that came with a UK Papercraft Magazine.  I also ink-blended the panel with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Both the top and bottom designer paper are by Authentique - Manly - which is from 2020.  

The sentiment was also trimmed from the same Pion papers, ink blended with Antique Linen Distress Ink then popped up on scraps of white cardstock.  I added some Inque Boutique Brads to each corner.  This pack of brads has a variety of tarnished metal colours and suited the vintage theme really well.  Lastly, I glued my card front to a Cream Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

And here is a pic of the inside:

Both the sentiment and vintage car are by Stampin' Up from a retired set called Guy Greetings.  I stamped them using Stampin' Up Night of Navy Ink and used a Stamp Positioner so I could stamp the images several times.

Here is my 2nd card:

The vintage car is again from the Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures Designer Paper.  I layered the car onto some Pion Design Brown Designer Paper then onto Kaisercraft Grey Cardstock which has brown tones in it and matched really well.  I stamped around the Vintage Car using the same stamps and ink as my first card.

The centre strip of designer paper and the sentiment is from Mister Tom's Treasures - Borders.  The top designer paper is Pion Design and the bottom is by Authentique - Manly.  I again added Antique Linen Distress Ink to all the edges.  I added the Inque Boutique Brads to each corner which are a lovely burnished copper colour and matched the car perfectly.  I glued the card front to a Cream Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

Here is a pic of the inside:

I used the same Stampin' Up set as Card #1 but used Ranger Archival Potting Soil for the stamping.

And now for Card #3:

Everything was done pretty much the same as the previous two cards.  The Dark Brown Cardstock is from my stash.  The top and bottom designer paper is by Authentique - Manly.  The centre strip of designer paper is by Pion Design.

I forgot to add the brads before I glued the card front to my Cream Card Base - oh well......

Here is a pic of the inside:

I used Stampin' Up Early Espresso ink for the stamping.

It was really good to do three cards using the same layout and mostly the same supplies so I could get them done as soon as I could as I have a few more masculine cards to do yet.

Finished size of all three cards is 5-3/4" x 3-15/16" or 146mm x 100mm.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Card #1:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Guy Greetings #137178 (retired) - card inside, Uniquely Creative Longhand UC1832, Kaisercraft Vintage Clocks DD904

Ink:  Ranger Antique Linen Distress, Stampin' Up Night of Navy (card inside)

Designer Paper:  Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures (2016), Authentique Manly #MAN010 6" x 6" (2020)

Accessories:  Big Shot, Embossing Folder - free with magazine, Ranger Ink Blending Tool + Domed Foam Pad, Inque Boutique Brads, Cardstock - Kaisercraft Shadow + Scraps of White + Cream Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Stamp Positioning Tool

Card #2:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Guy Greetings #137178 (retired) - card inside, Uniquely Creative Longhand UC1832, Kaisercraft Vintage Clocks DD904

Ink:  Ranger Antique Linen Distress, Ranger Archival Potting Soil

Designer Paper:  Pion Design Mister Tom's Treasures (2016), Authentique Manly #MAN010 6" x 6" (2020)

Accessories:  Ranger Ink Blending Tool + Domed Foam Pad, Inque Boutique Brads, Cardstock - Kaisercraft Grey + Scraps of White + Cream Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Stamp Positioning Tool

Card #3:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Guy Greetings #137178 (retired) - card inside, Uniquely Creative Longhand UC1832, Kaisercraft Vintage Clocks DD904

Ink:  Ranger Antique Linen Distress, Stampin' Up Early Espresso

Accessories:  Ranger Ink Blending Tool + Domed Foam Pad, Cardstock - Dark Brown + Scraps of White + Cream Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Stamp Positioning Tool

Stamperia Sea Land Masculine Birthday Card

 

Hi everyone 😄

I have loads of masculine birthdays coming up in August so I have been very busy in my Craft Room.  I had some very old stripey Wendy Irving Designer Paper in my stash which I pulled out to make a card and was thinking that I would colour up a Penny Black Dog Stamp to match it.  I just happened to pull out a Stamperia Sea Land 12" x 12" Paper Pad when I was looking for some other masculine papers and popped the paper pad on top of the stripey paper - and then realised they matched so perfectly that I thought I was absolutely meant to use them together for a card.  And here is what I created:

This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:

• Love those Pretty Papers - July - Anything Goes with Optional Theme of Birthday.  Note that they want to see LOTS of your paper and not just a tiny scrap

• Crafty Catz - #699 - Anything Goes

The main image was trimmed from one of the Stamperia papers and layered onto some Brown Cardstock from my stash.  I went around the edges with Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink and my Ink Blending Tool fitted with a Domed Pad.  I popped up the panel on scraps of white cardstock.

The Wendy Irving Designer Paper is called Relax and is from their Urban Dude Collection and dates back to 2007.  You can't get this paper anymore from my search on the internet.  All I know is that it is Australian.  I layered the paper onto Brown Cardstock and went around the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

I really wanted to do a Carrick Bend Knot with the twine on the bottom panel.  The Carrick Bend Knot is a sailor's knot and I thought it fitted the whole theme of the card.  I used two strands of the twine instead of one because it looked better.  The designer paper on this panel is by Kaisercraft - High Tide - and if you look closely at the paper, the rope on it looks very similar to the Carrick Bend Knot.   I went around all the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  I glued my twine on using Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive and just trimmed the ends of the twine flush with the panel as it was far easier than tucking them underneath and having so much bulk.

I layered the bottom panel onto Brown Cardstock and punched the bottom with a Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch - then popped the panel up on scraps of white cardstock.  If you are no stranger to my blog, you will know that I use this border punch ALOT for masculine cards.  

The sentiment is from the High Tide Designer Paper.  Kaisercraft always have lots of sentiments in the back of their small pads which comes in very handy when you want a matching sentiment.  I again went around the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink then popped the panel up on scraps of cardstock.

As a finishing touch, I added some Stampin' Up Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots which I thought matched really well.

Once I had finished my card front, I glued it to a White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

Finished size is 6" x 6" or 150mm x 150mm.

This card will be going to my brother-in-law who retired to Tasmania and his house overlooks the sea.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  None

Ink:  Ranger Distress Antique Linen

Designer Paper:  Wendy Irving Relax J5111.01 12" x 12" (from Urban Dude Collection - 2007), Kaisercraft High Tide 6-1/2" x 6-1/2", Stamperia Sea Land 12" x 12"

Accessories:  Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Ink Blending Tool + Domed Pad, Stampin' Up Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots #163464, Twine (stash), Square White Card Base, Cardstock - Brown + Scraps of White

Punches:  Fiskars Threading Water Border

Stampin' Up Silly Goose Birthday Card

 

Hi everyone 😀

I have taken a break from making Thank You Cards to make a Birthday Card for my daughter's birthday:

Challenges:

This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined links to take you to their blog:

• Crafty Catz Challenge #697 - Anything Goes

• Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Feathers (my feathers are on the goose)

My daughter really loves playing "The Untitled Goose Game" which is a really fun video game that was developed in Australia.  So it really was a no-brainer to use the adorable Stampin'Up Silly Goose Set to make a card for her birthday.

I stamped the image onto Ranger Watercolour Cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black Ink.  I coloured the image with a mix of Lyra + Derwent Watercolour Pencils + Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.   I used my Zigs to add some blades of grass underneath the goose.  Of course, after I had done that, I noticed that there is a stamp in the set that you can use to stamp grass.  I hadn't really noticed it before for some reason!  Isn't that goose just so adorable?!

I re-stamped the image and cut out just the balloon and went around the edges with an Anko Black Pigment Brush Pen to hide the white edge - then popped up the balloon on a 0.5mm foam pad.  I went over all the black lines of the goose etc. with an Anko 0.05 Black Pigment Pen to darken then up after my colouring.

I diecut the image using a My Favorite Things Inside and Out Stitched Rectangle Stax Die - then glued it to some designer paper.  I rounded the corners using a We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chomper.

The sentiment was diecut using an old retired Spellbinders Labels Trio Die.  This is another die that I have used countless times over the years.

All the designer papers are by Echo Park - Happy Birthday - which were released in 2017.  I didn't use any cardstock for my layers - they are all designer papers.

The bottom panel was punched using a Fiskars Scallop Border Punch.  The ribbon is from my stash and was originally purchased from KMart some years ago now.

Once I had finished my card front, I glued it to a Uniquely Creative White Card Base.  Final touches were Stampin' Up Dazzling Details Glitter Glue to the balloon and the party hat and three x Aqua Couture Creations Gemstones.

Finished size is:  4-1/8" x 5-3/16" or 105mm x 148mm.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Silly Goose #160734 (retired)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Designer Paper:  Echo Park Happy Birthday 6" x 6" (from 2017) (retired)

Accessories:  Big Shot, Lyra + Derwent Watercolour Pencils, Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers, #4 Round Paintbrush, Ribbon (KMart), WRMK 1/2" Corner Chomper, 0.5mm Self-Adhesive Doublesided Foam Squares, Ranger Watercolour Cardstock, Stampin' Up Dazzling Details Glitter Glue, Couture Creations 3mm + 4mm Aqua Gemstones, Anko Black Pigment Brush + 0.05 Liner, Uniquely Creative White Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Punches:  Fiskars Scallop Border (retired)

Dies:  My Favorite Things Inside and Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX MFT-0848 (retired), Spellbinder Shapeabilities Labels Trio S3-147 (retired)