Worlds Greatest and For My Family

Hello there,

 I have the card I made for my FIL for Fathers day to share with you today, I seem to have slipped up and forgot to post this with you sooner! Ooopsie ;-)

I decided to make a tent topper card, which is one I haven't made in a while.

The DSP is from World Spectacular with the Worlds Greatest single stamp and the ever useful For My Family. All of which are retiring at the end of the month. If you "need" to add these stamps to your collection then please take a look HERE to check availability of the retiring stamps (currently both sets are available) and then please message me to place an order before they sell out :-)

 This ribbon is also retiring and will be un-available to purchase after the 1st July too, see all retiring accessories HERE. There are a few bargains in there too including 25% off this ribbon...

 You can see I stamped first the word "Greatest" separately and scrunched and inked for texture; with the "Worlds" and swirls stamped in Navy and mounted on foam pads for another bit of contrast.

 I also stamped a few of the clockworks images around the edges of the Apothecary Accents Framelits panel before adding the Dad decorated with the Vintage Trinkets button effect brads

Right, much to do today as usual so I'll be off but seeing you again soon ;-)))

Thanks, as ever for visiting today,

Stampin' Hugs,

 

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Hearts a Flutter Bundle

Hello there,

I have a whole heap of cards to share with you today, so please be warned, super long post with ooodles of pictures! Grab a cuppa and enjoy.

 I was recently asked by my upline Julie to make a selection of cards using a product from the Spring/Summer catalogue and I chose the Hearts a Flutter bundle! I am loving this set with it's matching framelits but I hadn't seen it around the web too much, so I got to work and had a play. 

This is what I came up with...

I will share three in close up with you today, saving the other two for tomorrow! I love the colours of this card, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit and Raspberry Ripple

 the middle heart is backed with Patio Party DSP, with the other hearts being stamps from the set. Sliver glimmer paper hearts punched with the small heart punch are in between and the very lovely honeycomb embossing folder was used too

 Summer Starfruit ribbon with a vintage faceted button (again) in the centre

 So, for the second card today I wanted to make a man's card, the set doesn't immediately shout men's cards but I think this is just perfect for those guys in your life, 

 just change out the "Dad" (from For My Family) to personalise it for whoever you like ;-) 

"Worlds Greatest" was stamped with Versamark and heat embossed using white embossing powder.

 the mini button brads above and this mini safety pin are from the Vintage Trinket pots, tied here with a bit of Midnight muse ribbon, but not too much so as it's "girly"!

 and you can see the curl and spritz that I gave the banners here

 Now, this is the last close up for today  ;-)

This card was made using just the small heart die from the Hearts a Flutter set and Comfort Cafe DSP.

I die cut 3 layers of each of the 6 papers shown here, inked the edges of each heart in Crumb Cake and layered them with just a tiny bit of glue in the centres, 

  then I stamped the background with Versamark ink using the hearts from the Confetti stamp set, adhered the hearts fully to the card front and sewed straight(ish) down the centres with Navy thread 

 More Midnight Muse ribbon, I'm on a bit of a Midnight Muse roll today it would seem!

 and finally a shot of the depth, luckily this would fold fairly flat for posting although it would surely be a large letter with the ribbon knot too, but at least it wouldn't need a box!

Right, I hope you have enjoyed today's post and if you are reading this bit then at least you haven't fallen asleep with all the pics! ha ha!

Back tomorrow with the other two cards from this set to share with you

Thanks for visiting today

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18th birthday with Stampin' Up's Blue Ribbon and World's Greatest stamp sets

Hello there,

I was recently asked by a friend to make a card for her son's 18th birthday and as I had just got my hands on this cool Blue Ribbon stamp set I went with it, nothing like new stash to inspire huh?

Anyway, I decided to use the papers designed to go with this set (World Spectacular) I was really pleased with how it came out, simple but stylish, a perfect man's card...

 I stamped each layer of the rosette onto crumb cake card, punching out the top scallop circle and adding a red centre, layering them all up with dimensionals. The '18' was die cut using the (retired) Timeless Type dies, I also stamped them with the congratulations stamp designed for the tails.

 I used my trusty Stamp-a-Ma-jig to position this sentiment as I only had just 6"x6" piece of this paper so couldn't afford any mistakes! 

 I also added a stamped off image inside to tie it in

 and an arty angle to finish, plenty of depth to this card, just how I like it ;-)

OK, I'm off as I have lots of card ideas buzzing round today!!

Back soon with more :-))))

Stampin' Hugs from me for today