Stampin' Unicorns with Elizabeth Giles: February 2019

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Special Birthday Card for a Co-Worker

I love making cards for special occassions. I always thrive when I have a specific reason for creating. I made two cards but this one I was able to "customize" a little better.

My coworker's name is Briawna, "Bri" for short. Using the large letter dies and the embossing mats, I embossed her name in the Grapefruit Grove foil paper.

The card was a little different. The card is a "long" cut card, so it's 4 1/4x 11. To get the fold, you simply fold the card in half so it's 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and then fold one of the halves backwards to create a "Z" type fold.

Using the Broadway Birthday Bundle, I stamped the base of the card in Grapefruit Grove ink. Then I stamped the saying in Momento Black ink on Melon Mambo cardstock. Lastly, I cut Wish out of Basic Black cardstock using the framelits.

I also stamped in Melon Mambo ink on the cardstock on the front with the numerous sayings included in the Broadway Bound stamp set. It added a nice tone on tone and adhered it to the front of the card. Next I closed the card to see where I would need to position the top piece. I wanted to cover the saying on the inside.

After everything was taped down, I added a little black string to the jeweled button for a little accent.

Bri really loved her carad and I was happy to make something special just for her. Happiest of Birthays!

Product List

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

[146327]

$15.00

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

[149712]

$0.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[140272]

$7.75

Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115320]

$8.50

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121045]

$8.50

Basic Black Solid Baker's Twine

[141682]

$3.00

Tinted Faceted Buttons

[146349]

$7.50

Broadway Birthday Photopolymer Bundle

[148321]

$41.25

Large Letters Framelits Dies

[141712]

$99.00

Stampin' Trimmer

[126889]

$30.00

Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad

[147142]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147051]

$7.50

Friday, February 1, 2019

Pop Up Box Card for My Pops :)

My wonderful father turned 60 earlier this month (my parents are only 8 days apart in age) and I created this Pop Up Box Card. HE LOVES FROSTING AND CAKE!

I stamped the sentiment on clear acetate with StazOn and placed it over the stamped Pineapple Punch mat. For the pop up pieces, I use clear acetate to hold up the pieces. I like this look as you don't see all the paper and they appear to be floating.

I also added a row of candles. Since these have adhesive already on the back, I added them to the strip and then used my embossing buddy on the back to so it wouldn't stick to the other parts of the card. Another row shows the numbers (retired dies) and then using the balloon punch, I added several very easily.

On the outside of the "card" I added some tone on tone. I didn't want it to stand out but I didn't want it to be plain either. I smeared the ink pad over the card base. The stamped and punched out the cakes which were stamped in the same hue as the paper.

You can see how well everything works together. The designer series paper brought my color scheme t o life! This paper is designed as a "traveling" theme but I found it worked very well for this card...so you can't just limit things to what they're "designed" for.