GO WILD WITH A QUICK & EASY CARD MAKING STRATEGY!

 Hi Stampers!

Today I have a card making strategy to share with you. I use this when I need a card in a hurry, or when I just have no idea where to start on a card. I have 4 cards to share with you. They are all made with a card base, a 3” x 3 1/2” piece of DSP, and a 3 1/4” x 3 3/4” mat for the DSP. Just add a greeting and other images of your choice. You can dress up the card, or keep it simple. It’s totally up to you.

Here are my sample cards.

All the DSP I used is from the PATTERN PARTY collection. It will be available in the upcoming STAMPIN’ UP!®️ 2021-22 ANNUAL CATALOG  for purchase with STAMPIN’ REWARDS.

WILDLY GRATEFUL

This card features images and a greeting from the LOVELY YOU stamp set, along with a Blushing Bride and Gold color scheme.

LOVELY YOU 

(CARRYING OVER TO NEW CATALOG)

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CARD

* A Blushing Bride card base plus a scrap of Blushing Bride cardstock.

* Gold Foil Sheet - a piece cut to 3 1/4” x 3 3/4” + some for die cut greeting mat and for the leaves

* DSP cut to 3” x 3 1/2”.

* Basic White cardstock - 4” x 5 1/4” for inside of card

* Versa Mark & Gold Embossing Powder

* Blushing Bride ink

* Gathered Ribbon - Rococo Rose / Gold (Retiring Item)

* Curvy Dies (Mini Catalog)

* Tasteful Labels Dies (Carrying over to new catalog)

* Dimensionals (I used dimensionals on all 4 cards.)

* Metallic Pearls - gold (carrying over).

WILDLY HAPPY

KANGAROO & COMPANY (MINI CATALOG)

WILDLY HAPPY (RETIRING)

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CARD

* A Petal Pink card base

* A piece of Basic White cut at 3 1/4” x  3 3/4” and a piece for stamping the kangaroos and for the greeting and a piece cut at 4” x 5 1/4” for the inside.

* DSP cut at 3” x 3 1/2”

* Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Petal Pink ink.

* Stampin’ Blends - Flirty Flamingo (light), Gray Granite (light), Crumb Cake (light & dark), and Ivory.

* Kangaroo Dies (Mini Catalog)

* Stitched Shapes Dies Circles (retiring item).

* Dimensionals

WILD ABOUT YOU

ZANY ZEBRAS (RETIRING)

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CARD

* A Pumpkin Pie card base plus a scrap for the greeting mat.

* Bermuda Bay card base cut at 3 1/4” x 3 3/4”

* Basic White cardstock cut at 4” x 5 1/4” for the inside and a piece for stamping the greeting and the zebra image.

* Memento Tuxedo Black ink and a Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend or Stampin’ Write Marker (for zebra ear).

* Stitched Shapes Dies - ovals (retiring).

* Paper Snips / scissors to fussy cut the zebra image.

* Dimensionals

RUSTIC RETREAT BIRTHDAY 

RUSTIC RETREAT (RETIRING)

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO MAKE THIS CARD

* A Basic Black card base

* Basic White card stock cut at 3 1/4” x 3 3/4” and one cut at 4” x 5 1/4” for the inside, plus a piece for stamping

* DSP cut at 3” x 3 1/2”

*  Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

* Post It Note or other thin paper to make a mask for the beat image.

* Paper Snips / scissors to cut out mask.

* Stitched Rectangles Dies (carrying over)

* Elegant Faceted Gems (carrying over)

* Black Dimensionals

+ Stamp the bear image on Basic White. Stamp the image on the Post It Note cut it out and place the Post It Note over the stamped bear on the Basic White. Now stamp the tree images over the masked bear. Remove the mask.

That’s it; my strategy for a quick and easy card. As you can see this strategy is very versatile. It is great for portrait and landscape oriented cards. This strategy works great with all kinds of images and sentiments. 

That is it for today.  Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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Wildly Happy

WILDLY HAPPY

LITTLE SOONER IS ON HER WAY

This is an exciting day for our family. We will be welcoming a new member very shortly! My niece and her husband are at the hospital as I write this! This baby is their first child, a little girl. She will be named Sooner. Some of you might find than an odd name for a child, but for people in our local area the name is not so strange.

During the summer of 1974 the sleepy little river town of Vevay, Indiana (and all of Switzerland County) became a bustling hub of activity. NBC had selected our town as the setting for a made for TV movie! The movie, A Girl Named Sooner, was based on a book of the same name authored by Suzanne Clauser. Clauser also wrote the screenplay. Many of us worked as extras! My sister and I, along with two girls who a few years later would become my sisters-in -law were among the ones chosen as extras. My sister-in-law, Shannon, was about 11 years old at the time. She actually had a speaking role in the movie. Today Shannon’s daughter will bring her own little daughter into the world! 

If you, like several people around here, think my niece named her daughter after the character in the movie...... well, no - the child is not named after the fictional Sooner. You see, my niece’s husband is a big fan of the Oklahoma Sooners! Yep, that is who this little sweetie is named for!!!

I made a card to welcome little Sooner into the world. I used the Wildly Happy stamp set.

I used a Petal Pink card base, layered with a mat of Very Vanilla, and topped with DSP from the Peony Garden collection. The image is stamped with Smoky Slate on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock. I used Stampin’ Blends to add a touch of color to the rabbits’ noses and ears (Petal Pink -Light). I use the Smoky Slate - Light and the Color Lifter to add a shadow below the rabbits, and I lightly added color around the rabbits with the Pool Party - Light Stampin’ Blend and color lifter. I used the Layering Squares Dies to die cut the rabbit image and the scallop borders around the image. I adhered the image and borders to the card using liquid glue.

* Please note, Memento Tuxedo Black is the recommended ink for stamped images one plans to color with Stampin’ Blend markers. From time to time I stamp images using the Classic Stampin’ Pads, and add color with the Stampin’ Blends. I take care, and use a very light touch. Now and then I have experienced spots where the Classic ink will bleed out from the image a bit, but not all that often. 

Next I stamped the sentiment with Smoky Slate ink on Very Vanilla cardstock, and die cut it using the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. The sentiment is adhered to the card with dimensionals. 

To embellish the card I chose the Petal Pink Organdy Striped Ribbon and a few Petal Pink gems from the Elegant Faceted Gems. 

I chose a Very Vanilla envelope for the card, and stamped the rabbit image in the lower left corner using Smoky Slate ink. I slipped a piece of scrap cardstock down inside the envelope to prevent the alcohol ink from bleeding through the envelope, and used my Petal Pink - Light Stampin’ Blend to give just a touch of color to the rabbits’ noses and ears.

SOONER HAS ARRIVED!!! 

Time to sign this card, and drop it in the mail.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim