Over the Moon Birthday - Hand Stamped Sentiments #320

I had a bit of fun creating this card for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments #320 here  using the cows from "Over the Moon" to deliver  a birthday message to their fellow cow who seems better the worst for wear.

On a thick Very Vanilla card base was layered a piece of Early Espresso card stock, and on top of that some Woodgrain DSP embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder.  Using a finger dauber, some Soft Suede ink was gently rubbed over the embossed DSP to bring out the highlights.

A 2 1/4" circle was punched in the embossed Woodgrain DSP after which this layer was adhered to the Early Espresso layer using dimensionals.

At the far left end a smaller strip of a darker shade of the Woodgrain DSP was added which was converted into a bard door using the hard ware die cut from the Barn door dies. The door does not move.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, two of the cows were stamped.  The third cow was stamped using reverse stamping.  This was done by stamping first on the silicone sheet and then placing the card stock directly onto the silicone mat.  All 3 cows were coloured with blendabilites and fussy cut.  Two of the cows were inserted into the punched circle underneath the door.  The head of one of the cows was cut along the neck line so that the head could extend over the circle.  Some branches were die cut in Crushed Curry, & adhered under the die cut circle to mimic hay(?).  The third cow, tired from partying, is lying on the ground below the window.

The birthday sentiment, from Cake Soiree, was stamped onto a Crumb Cake die cut tag (from Delicate Birthday \Edgelet dies). This was added at an angle over the door, using dimensionals,  with a bow made with two stands of Linen Thread added to the top.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Over the Moon, Cake Soiree

Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Basic Black, Real Red, Ivory, Bronze, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive)

Papers:  Very Vanilla (Thick), Whisper White, Early Espresso, Woodgrain DSP, Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Woodgrain Embossing Folder, 2 1/4" circle punch, Detailed Birthday Edgelets, Linen Thread, Barn Door Dies, Dimensionals

Mr. Ed and friends - SUO Challenge #217

It was really difficult to narrow down a favourite stamp/item from the Occasions and /or SAB catalogues for the SUO Challenge #217 here , and I finally narrowed it down to the horse stamp "Let's Ride".

As I mentioned in my previous post here seeing the horses on this set takes me back to a time when my daughter was young and 'horse crazy'.

For this card, I incorporated the "Sliding Barn Door" framelit and coordinating stamp set with the "Let's Ride" set.

Three horse heads stamped using the Stamparatus were coloured with watercolour pencils and a blender pen as well as Stampin' Blends. Each was fussy cut and the edges sponged.

A window was die cut  in a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Crumb Cake using the Rectangle Stitched framelit and the horses were placed as above like they were looking out the window. Mr. Ed is the one at the lower front.

Using the Sliding Door Framelits, the door was die cut in Early Espresso and embossed with the Barn Door Embossing Folder.  The sliding mechanism and hardware were die cut in basic Black card stock and attached to the Crumb Cake layer over the die cut window on the left side of the card.  The door looks like it should move but it doesn't.

The 'hello' sign, stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink using the "Barn Door" stamp. was added to the door front.

On the right of the window is attached a piece of Woodgrain DSP

This Crumb Cake layer was adhered to another piece of Crumb Cake card stock using the foam adhesive strips which in turn was added to an Early Espresso card base.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Let's Ride, Barn Door

Inks: Black Memento, Watercolour Pencils, Stampin' Blends (Light and Dark Soft Suede, Light and Dark Crumb Cake), Cherry Cobbler

Papers:  Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Woodgrain DSP

Accessories:  Sliding Door Framelits, Rectangle Stitched Framelits, Foam Adhesive Strips, Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Happy to Know You

I can't believe Sale-a-bration days are drawing to a close.  The days have slipped by me as I have been busy preparing for my Giant Stamp/craft sale on Saturday.  It's been a lot of hard work, and I hope it pays off.

The sale comes at a good time.  A new roof was put on my house almost 14 years to the date I had the last roof put on.  Because of climate change roof's no longer last 25 years before they have to be replaced.

Most of my profit will go towards paying for the roof.

Today I finally had time to play with one of the new SAB products from thee new brochure  "Springtime Foil Specialty DSP".  What beautiful paper!!!  As soon as I opened the pack I fell in love!

The images on this paper can be coloured with the Blendabilities, but I was reluctant to do so because the paper is so gorgeous, but I broke down .

For this card I used 2 of the patterns adhered to a Basic Black card stock base.

The leaves in the upper DSP were coloured with both shades of the Old Olive Blendabilities.  I started out tentatively hating to destroy the beauty of the paper, but I quite like the results.

Some 1/4" natural trim with silver ribbon was adhered on the seam between the upper and lower patterns.  A bow was made of the same ribbon and added to the front with a glue dot.

The sentiment, embossed with silver embossing powder, was die cut with a stitched circle framelit and added to the card front with dimensionals.  A petite petal flower and leaf were punched, shaped and added to the card front on the left of the sentiment.  A pearl, coloured with a blendability, was added to the center of the flower.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Barn Door
Inks:  Versa Mark, Stampin Blendabilities (Old Olive)
Papers:  Basic Black, Springtime Foil Specialty DSP, Silver Foil
Accessories:  Stitched Circle Framelits, Petite Flower Punch, Leaf Punch, Pear coloured with Old Olive Blendability, 1/4" Natural Trim with silver, dimensionals. Silver embossing powder

Sliding Barn Door Birthday

Today I used the Barn Door Stamp with Birthday Wishes to You and Panda Wishes for make a Birthday card.  Now that I've figured out how to make the interactive sliding door I see a lot of  different applications.  Stay tuned for another way to use this stamp and coordinating framelit.

I used the Wood DSP as a backdrop to the door, but because it is not as sturdy as card stock or DSP I adhered it to some copy paper before die cutting the tracks.

My biggest decision was selecting a colour for the door, eventually settling on Calypso coral.  The door is decorated with a Pear Pizzazz wreath with a Bermuda Bay ribbon bow and flowers.

The track and hardware were die cut using Basic Black card stock.

The birthday sentiment was coloured with Bermuda Bay stampin blendabilies with birthday confetti stamped in Bermuda Bay and Calypso Coral, using the Party Panda stamp.

This card front was adhered to a Calypso Coral card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Barn Door, Birthday Wishes for You, Party Panda
Inks:  Black Memento, Pear Pizzazz, Bermuda Bay, Bermuda Bay Blendabilities, Calypso Coral
Papers:  Wood DSP, Calypso Coral, Whisper White (thick), Basic Black
Accessories:  Sliding Barn Door Framelits, Dimensionals, Washers (3/16 by 1") non SU, Corner rounder punch

Sliding Barn Door

I don't know why I thought this card would be hard to put together.  In actual fact, it was quite easy!!

Now that I have put this interactive card together once I can see possibilities for branching out.  But here is the card I put together today.

For the background I used the "Hardwood" background stamp with Soft Suede ink on Pool Party card stock.  A barn door needs a barn board background.

The barn door was stamped with Crumb Cake ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock  The hardware was die cut with Basic Gray cardstock

The door slides on washers across the front of the card, moving between sentiments stamped with Early Espresso ink on Very Vanilla cardstock.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Barn Door, Hardwood

Inks:  Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Sweet Sugarplum

Papers:  Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Sliding Door Framelits, washers (non SU), dimensionals, Foam tape, corner rounder punch