Posts Tagged ‘Congrats’
Looky Here
I've been known to head straight to the corner on Friday after work for happy hour with a group of exceptional ladies. The "corner" is a small Mexican restaurant in a convenient location for us all. It's not a fancy place and the service is lousy. But the food is delicious and the top-shelf margarita’s are incomparable (so they tell me). We have a great time and I treasure the moments we spend together. This week, our beloved Barb retired so I made this card to encase her retirement gift.
The Front
The Tempting Turquoise cardstock base was folded and set aside. A segment of Kaleidoscope DSP sheared with the Scallop Edge Punch is layered onto Regal Rose cardstock. This was wrapped using ⁵⁄₈ inch Regal Rose ribbon and tied with a simple knot. Tempting Turquoise brads were mounted on circles of So Saffron punched with a ⅜ inch hole punch and attached using the mat pack and paper piercer for placement. The sentiment was stamped with Tempting Turquoise using the Congrats set from Sale-A-Bration 2009. This grouping was set aside until the inside was completed.
The Inside
Regal Rose cardstock was put through the BigShot using the Look Here Pop-Up die. This is a tricky die cut and I recommend doing a few practice runs with scrap paper. The tutorial from Dawn’ Stamping Studio was extremely helpful, naturally. As she suggested, I backed the upper half with So Saffron before folding and attaching. I ran a second of portion of Tempting Turquoise through the Big Shot to create the arrow layers. The sentiment was also stamped with Tempting Turquoise using the Congrats set from Sale-A-Bration 2009.
Once the inside was completed, I adhered the front grouping on to the cardstock base.
Summary
Stamps: Congrats (retired)
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Kaleidoscope DSP
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Look Here Pop-Up die, Ribbon, Brads, ⅜ Circle Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack & glue dots & adhesive.
This was a fun card to make and the WOW factor of the pop-up packed a punch!
