Come Stamp With Me "Happy Spring" Cards

Today, I am starting to post cards from the Come Stamp With Me classes in March, April, May, and June.  I will continue to do this over time until they have all been posted.  The card for today's post is Spring Birds on a Branch.  I really love this card and believe it can be used for many occasions; Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, Thank You, Congratulations, Retirement, etc.

I created this card using products from the SU 2018 Occasions Catalog and the SU 2017-18 Annual Catalog.  Many of the products I used are now available in the SU 2018-19 Annual Catalog.  See the Supply List below.

 For the front of the card there are many pieces to

create this beautiful scene.  The card base is made

using SU Whisper White Thick.  The Whisper

White Embossed piece is 5 1/2 x 1 3/4 and embossed

using the Petal Pair Embossing Folder.  The blue

panel for this card was made using SU Soft Sky cardstock

which is now retired.  I would use SU Balmy Blue instead.

The panel is embossed using SU Falling Softly Embossing

Folder. 

Adhere the white embossed panel on top of the blue 

panel, there will be a small overlap.  The two panels

together should measure 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.  Take the 7" piece 

of white organza ribbon (retired), you can substitute

SU Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon or Lace Trim, adhere it

to the white and blue embossed front panel using 

mini glue dots or tape.  Adhere the panel to the front of the card.

Using SU Whisper White cardstock stamp 3 birds from the 

Petal Palette stamp set in Memento Black.  Using SU Light

Cherry Cobbler Blends and the SU Lift Off Blend, color 

the breast of the 3 birds.  Die cut them using SU

Petals and More Thinlits Dies.

The branches and flowers are die cut using SU Seasonal 

Layers Thinlits Dies.  The branches are done in 

SU Soft Suede cardstock.  The flowers are done using 

SU Shimmery White cardstock and highlighted using

SU Powder Pink and a sponge dauber.  Adhere the 

branches first, add the flowers, and then, using mini 

dimensionals adhere the 2 birds to the branches.  The 

third bird will be placed on the inside of the card,

see photo below.  

The sentiment is also done on SU Shimmery White 

cardstock about 2 1/2 x 3/4, use the 

sentiment of your choice.

This photo shows the inside of the card.  Adhere

the bird using Tombow glue.  You can make a 

fourth bird for the envelope.

I didn't use any sentiment, leaving it up 

to the participants choice.  Many people don't like 

to use sentiments on the inside of the card.  

They prefer to write their own

note to the person receiving the card.

Supplies:

Paper:

Whisper White Thick - card base, 5 ½ x 8 ½, scored @ 4 ¼ and 5 ½ x 1 ¾ embossed vine piece;

Soft Sky (R) or Balmy Blue - to emboss front panel, 5 ½ x 4 ¼;

Shimmery White - 2 ½ x ¾ for the sentiment and  3 x 4 to die cut 5 flowers for front panel;

Soft Suede -  6 x 3 to die cut 2 tree branches,;

Whisper White - 5 x 3 to stamp and  die cut 3-4 birds  ;

Whisper White envelope

Ink:

Memento Black to stamp the 3 - 4 birds and sentiment

SU Stampin’ Blends:

Cherry Cobbler Light for breast of bird & Lift Off Pen to lighten, and Pink Pirouette Light for inside of flowers

Stamps:

SU Petal Palette to stamp the birds

SU Colorful Seasons to stamp the sentiment

Other:

SU Seasonal Layers Thinlits & Petals and More Thinlits

SU Petal Pair & Softly Falling Embossing Folders

7” white organza ribbon

I hope you enjoy this card and it inspires you to create your own card.  Please comment if you have any questions about the card, my monthly Come Stamp With Me Classes, or how to purchase Stampin' Up products.  

Creatively Yours,

Sher

18th Birthday Card - three fold card technique

I love creating scenes on cards; it is something I have done for over 25 years.  Stampin' Up has many stamps that can create beautiful scenes for card that are ageless and genderless.  I like that.  With this technique, you can create any season card using different stamps that work for the season.  I have all kinds of ideas, including a Christmas card.  I hope this gets your creative juices flowing.

This is a card I made for my husband's great-niece who was turning 18.  She loves nature, is an individual thinker, and cares for animals and humans alike.  So, I had seen a technique to make a three fold card which also created a scene.  So, I decided to use this technique to create this 18th birthday card.  I hope you like it.

Dancing by the Sea Card

Paper used:  Whisper White Thick, 8 1/2 by 11, card base; Wood Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP), for beach chairs; and Whisper White medium envelope

Stamps used:  Beautiful You - Dancing Woman;

Eastern Beauty - "life is beautiful" sentiment on the front; 

Number of Years - top sentiment on inside of card;

Butterfly Basics - Happy Birthday on inside of card; and 

High Tide - front of the card and first inside layer for the beach, the sea, and the seabirds.

Inks used:  Crumb Cake and Soft Suede for the beach and beach grass;

Early Espresso for front sentiment, dancing woman, and Happy Birthday on inside of card;

Pool Party and Bermuda Bay for the sea and Bermuda Bay only for top inside sentiment;

Soft Sky and Marina Mist for the sponged sky; and 

Basic Black Archival for the seabirds.

Other Tools:  Layering Oval Framelits for the cutout on the front of the card; and

Seasonal Layers Thinlits for the beach chairs

I am showing this photo first so you have an idea of 

what the card is suppose to look like.

Step One:  Using a scoring tool, score the 8 1/2 by 11 Whisper White Thick

cardstock at 4 1/4 down the length of the cardstock.  Then turn the cardstock

and score at 5 1/2 across the width of the cardstock.  Turn the cardstock 

lengthwise again.  You will see the cardstock has four sections.  You

will now cut out the top left section so you have three sections

as shown above in the photo.  Set that piece aside to use for another card.

Fold down and burnish the top right section,

this will be the first inside layer.  Fold over and burnish the bottom

left section and this is the front layer.  Lightly mark this layer with

a pencil.  This is so you know which section you will cut out the oval frame.

Lay the card down on the Big Shot making sure you will only be cutting

through the front layer.  Cut out the oval frame.  Set aside the oval to use 

on another card.

With the card folded so the oval frame is open on the 

first inside layer, lightly mark in pencil the top, bottom, 

and both sides of the oval on the first layer.  This

gives you the boundary for creating the scene you

want to have show on the front of the card.

Now, to create the scene.

Step Two:  Open up the card so you can stamp on the front of the 

card.  You will create the beach only for the front.

Using the long beach stamp with the chair insert in it,

stamp the beach with Crumb Cake, sometimes 

stamping off for lighter shades.  Go up on the bottom

of the oval.  Now, using the small beach stamp and 

Soft Suede ink stamp randomly to add depth to the 

beach.  You will want to test to see if you need to 

stamp off so the beach isn't too dark.  I played with 

this on scrap paper until I found the combination

I liked.  Using the beach grass stamp and Soft Suede,

randomly stamp the beach grass.  Again test to see

what you like.

Step Three:  Using the Seasonal Layer Beach Chair die, cut out

two chairs on the Wood Textures DSP.  Pick the

color you like, there is a great variety.  I actually

cut out a number of chairs to see which one I liked

for the scene.  Lay the Beach Chair on the front 

covering up the hole for the chair.  The stamp the 

sentiment on the front using Early Espresso ink.  

Don't adhere the Beach Chair yet.  Turn to the first 

inside layer.

Step Four:  You are going to want to fold back the front layer

of the card and flatten the first layer so you can stamp

the scene without getting anything on the other

two layers.

As you stamp, you may want to stop and check to

see what is showing through the oval frame.  

Create the beach like you did on the front of the card.

Then using the water stamp, first stamp with Pool

Party ink, being random and stamping off so you have

some white spaces and different shades of water.

Then stamp with Bermuda Bay, definitely stamping 

off until you create the sea you like. You may want

to go back over it with Pool Party again.  I played with 

this on scrap paper until I got the look I liked.

Next you will create the sky using a sponge dauber with 

Soft Sky first.  You can create texture and color variation

by going lighter or heavier with the dauber.  Always start off 

the edge of the cardstock so you have a more blended look.  Have

paper under the card to keep the edges clean.  Leave some 

white spaces here as well.  Then use Marina Mist very

sparingly to add depth to the sky.  Again, I played on scrap paper

until I liked the combination for the sky.

Once you like your scene, then stamp the dancing woman

in Early Espresso.  Note, she will be close to the bottom and 

won't fully show through the oval frame.

Then in Basic Black Archival ink, stamp the seabirds in the sky.

I angled it up slightly.

Step Five:  Lay the Beach Chair on the inside scene, don't 

adhere yet.  Close the front of the card to see if

it aligns with the front beach chair.  Once you have

both Beach Chairs where you like them, adhere with 

Tombow glue to allow you to move around.  On the

Beach Chair for the front, do not put glue on part

of the Beach Chair that will be over the oval frame

as it will glue the card shut.  Eek, I almost did that.

Almost done.

Step Six:  You can choose whether you want to stamp the 

top of the inside layer or not.  Remember,

to use colors that won't show through on the

scene which is on the other side of the section.

I did it because visually it looked better to me.

Otherwise, the bottom inside layer would have

been very busy.

This is the bottom inside layer with the sentiment

stamped in Early Espresso.

Step Seven:  Here is the envelope and finished card;  I would 

recommend doing the envelope at the same time you

are creating the beach for the scene on the front and inside.

You could also add Happy Birthday if you wanted to the 

envelope.  Have fun and make the card your own.

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