Stampin' Up!s Adorable Owls Stamp Set Used for a Fun Boys Birthday Card - Give This One a Try!

Have you fallen in love with this stamp set yet? Yesterday, here on my blog I shared a girl version of this card design. Today is the boy's version. They are almost identical. I only changed the hat color and the greetings. You could make multiples of this card if you have a lot of young boys in your family.

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Adorable Owls Stamp Set

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Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper

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One retired product used in this card was the Stitched Shape Framelits Dies. I used the largest circle in the set for the Peek-a-Boo Window.

Cut & Assemble Directions:

1. Cut 4-1/4" x 11" piece of Thick Basic White, score at 5-1/2"

2. Cut 4" x 5-1/4" Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper.

3. Adhere only along the edges to the card base front.

4. With your die cutting machine and largest Stitch Shape Framelits Dies, open the card flat and die cut the circle in the front of the card using the photo as reference for placement.

5. Save the Basic White circle, the Dandy Designs circle can be saved for another project.

6. On a small piece of Basic White 3" square, stamp the owl in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Color owl with the assorted Stampin' Blends listed in the shopping list and refer to photo when coloring.

7. Fussy Cut out the owl with paper snips. Use the Stampin' Write Basic Black marker (brush end) from the back side to color the cut edges black. (Makes for a much nicer looking image.)

8. Fold the card closed and adhere the Basic White die cut circle into the window opening the die cut created. Add dimensionals to the owl and adhere to the circle. Stamp the "It's Your Day" greeting in Soft Suede ink inside the card as shown. Finish with adding the Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots.

9. With two other small pieces of Basic White (1-1/2" x 3") cardstock, stamp the happy birthday and grandson greetings from the A Grand Kid set in the Soft Suede ink. Then punch out with the Double Oval punch. 

10. Adhere the word ovals to the edge of the circle on the card front without accidentally sticking them to the owl circle inside.

11. Lastly, cut a 2-3/8" x 6" matching piece from the Dandy Designs paper and adhere to the exterior envelope flap. Trim off the excess.

Ta-Da! You finished! Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll visit again soon!

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Baseball Themed Angled Gatefold Latch Cards

My dear demo friend, Lori, held her June Christmas Spirit Club sharing the Angled Gatefold Latch Card but I was unable to attend virtually via Zoom due to a double booked commitment. Following that appointment, I went to work and made four of this fun fold since I had recently received my "Last Chance" order from the Jan. - June Mini Catalog. 

I really liked the "Hey Sports Fan" Designer Series Paper (now retired) and had been meaning to order it, so I finally did before it sold out. My friend Lori, loves the San Diego Padres, so I was thinking of her when I made these cards. 

Cardstock used - Bumblebee (retired), Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Colored Cardstock: 5 1/2” X 11”, score as shown in the diagram. Then trim angles as shown.

 4” X 5 1/4” Very Vanilla for inside greeting layer.

Designer Series Paper: two complementary pieces 3 1/8” x 5 1/4” (be mindful of paper directionality and which side you want facing out. You may have to reverse the pattern below.) 

How to make the Baseball by hand:

Gather either a 1-3/4" and 2" circle punch or similar sized Circle Dies.

Gather 2-1/4" squares of cardstock - 1 piece Night of Navy, 2 pieces Very Vanilla.

Create 2 Very Vanilla Circles with the 1-3/4" Punch or 1-3/4" Circle Die. One circle will be used as a curve template to draw the sewing seam lines and the other piece will be used to make the actual ball that will go on the Night of Navy 2" Circle.

Create a Night of Navy Circle with the 2" Punch or 2" Circle Die.

With a Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker, fine tip end, use the Very Vanilla circle template to draw the two curved seam lines as shown in the photo.

With a Poppy Parade Stampin' Write Marker, fine tip end, you will draw by hand the "V" stitching marks on both sides of the curves. I found it was easy to do only one side of the "V" at the time and go back and do the opposite side, so I could try for an even stitched look.

When finished with both Stampin' Write Markers, you will stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment in Night of Navy ink from the "A Grand Kid" stamp set.

Then adhere both layers together. Dimensionals will only go on the left side as you look at the ball, to create the closure mechanism. You will have to "bend" the card front a little bit to go under the baseball, but it is a great way to keep the card closed.

Here's the finished cards below - Enjoy! Don't forget to decorate your envelope flap too with a piece of 2-3/8" x 6" coordinating Designer Series Paper. Adhere and trim off excess with paper snips.

Part of the package of Hey Sports Fan Designer Series Paper had these great baseball ticket and Play Ball saying that I fussy cut out and adhered to the card front. 

The Resin Star embellishments were added on the finished card.

Here's the Products I used to create these cards: Some are retired, some are current. You may be able to find some of these products on Ebay or Etsy if they are not in my online store. This list is for reference only, no clickable links.

I encourage you to give this fun fold a try with whatever products you have on hand in your papercrafting stash. 

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New Latching Angle Fun Fold Birthday Card

This week I'll be sharing the cards from my Stamp and Chat Class that was held this past weekend. We had a fun time even though there was a power outage! Luckily, my hubby has a large capacity generator and once he got that turned on, we were good to go!

I cased this Angle Fun Fold layout from V and A Creations, but I improved it by creating a "latch" mechanism to keep it closed much better!

Use a full sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock cut diagonally from the upper right corner to the lower-left corner. You'll get 2 cards this way.

I started with the Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper from the Sale-a-Bration brochure and cut two pieces 4" x 5-1/4". Cut those diagonally from the upper left to the lower right. Again you'll have extras for the second card option. Then I trimmed 1/8" more from them on the portion that will become the outer side edge. That should help the triangles fit well.

Here's my latching idea. I punched two 1-3/8" circles and adhered them together. Put adhesive on only half of the circle and attached to the right side triangle flap only. Then you can add 3 or 4 dimensionals around it on the left side triangle flap as shown so they are not touching. Then attach your prepared two-layer circle sentiment with scallop circle backing.

Here's a peek at the inside.

Here are the products used in this card:

Melon Mambo cardstock

Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper

Retired Layering Circles Dies

Melon Mambo Ink

Basic White cardstock

Retired Enamel Dots

Dimensionals

This fun fold will work for any occasion and any special person in your life. Give it a try!

Have a lovely day! 

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Alcohol Ink Background Technique

The latest technique trend is the 91% Isopropyl Alcohol (can't be a less %) and Stampin' Blends on Vellum cardstock. Have you tried it? I hadn't until recently and I'm sharing my creations with you today. One thing about this technique is you will never have the same result twice. Each card will be unique!

Here's how I did the process:

1. Color spots, blotches, dots with whatever color's of Stampin' Blends you think will look nice together on the vellum cardstock.

2. I filled a retired aqua painter in my collection with the alcohol, but Stampin' Up! currently sells Water Painters (set of 3 for $12). I would use the pointy medium tip. Squeeze some alcohol so the brush tip is kinda drippy.

3. Tap the aqua painter/water painter on your index finger and let the alcohol drops fall where they may on the vellum cardstock. Try not to have the drips start pooling up too much. The larger the pool of alcohol the larger the "bleeding/running" of the Blends ink on the vellum cardstock. (You can see the variety of sizes of my dots.)

4. Keep dripping alcohol until you are pleased with the look. If you want to try blowing the puddles around with a straw that may help with color coverage.

5. Take your heat tool and on the lowest setting, heat up the vellum to help speed the alcohol to dry/evaporate. The vellum cardstock will start to curl up. Don't panic yet!

Here's where you have some choices to make! What color cardstock are you going to mount your artwork on? My top two photos above the vellum is mounted to Basic White. The bottom photo it is mounted to Gold Foil. Interesting change in look don't you think?

The trick to getting your vellum to lie flat again is to use the Adhesive sheets. Cut your adhesive sheet so it will cover the vellum completely. I love the fact that the adhesive doesn't show a bit!

Now you have more decisions to make about how you want to make your card. My cards are simple to accent the color, but they are still gorgeous in my opinion. Let me know what you think in the comments!

 

I highly recommend you try this technique, you'll have a lot of fun!

Have a great day being creative!

  

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