Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Happy Retirement - Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not #337

This week the theme associated with the sketch is "special celebration"  Having retired myself, the best celebration I can think of next to birthdays, and anniversaries, is retirement.

This week I discovered how to press flowers and leaves using the Big Shot.  I incorporated one of these background pieces into this card.



I used the Banner's framelit to die cut the pressed flower background and built the rest of the card around it.

Below is what the background looked like before I removed the pressed Geranium florets.  When the florets were removed, you could see where the "juice" from each flower was pressed right into the watercolor paper.



A small square of Sweet Sugarplum card stock with its corners rounded was placed on the right half of this banner.  The sentiment was layered on this and then  a medium Blushing Bride glimmer star was added to the lower left, and a smaller star at the lower right edge.

A Whisper White card stock layering the card front was embossed with the Starburst embossing folder prior to adhering it to the Berry Burst card base.


Before adhering this to a Berry Burst rectangle at the top of the card front, I adhered some Blushing Bride glimmer ribbon at an angle across this Berry Burst piece. The banner art piece was adhered over the ribbon with dimensionals.  A ribbon bow at the left side completed the art piece.

To complete the card I  added glimmer.  I placed three glimmer enamel dots above the sentiment, and one to the center of each of the two stars.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Teeny Tiny Wishes
Inks:  Black Memento
Papers:  Berry Burst, Whisper White, Water color Paper, Sweet Sugarplum, Blushing Bride Glimmer paper
Accessories:  Star burst embossing folder, 3/8" Blushing Bride glimmer ribbon, Glitter enamel dots, Medium star punch, Itty Bitty star punch, Corner rounder punch, Word Label Punch, Modern Word Label Punch, Banners Framelits



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