Bright Sunny Days - Stampin' Up!® Month By Month

   I saw the Addicted to CAS challenge the other day and thought it was was a fitting prompt for this time of the year; Sunshine.  It was blazing hot so it was easy to get inspired for a hot sunny card!  I had a great time with this one mixing and matching supplies from different stamp sets and bundles. 

 I had two small sun stamps from different sets but they were so small I was having a hard time envisioning how to use them for a CAS card.  After poking through my supplies I realized I had this burst stamp that was in the Virtual Album Retreat stamp set the Month by Month set.  I could work with that!

  I started with a Basic White thick base then cut a Textured Notes dies out of Basic White and backed it with a panel of Timid Tiger.  I stamped the burst stamp twice.  Once in Daffodil Delight and once in stamped off Timid Tiger to make my sun rays.

  For the sun face I punched a 1" circle out of Daffodil Delight and sponged the edges with the same ink.  I used the Bee My Valentine stamp set to make the mouth.  I used one of the bee face stamps and just inked the mouth with my Basic Black Stampin' Write marker.  

  The sunglasses are die cut using the glasses in the Poppin' By die set.  I used Blueberry Bushel and Basic Black.  The lenses are colored over with clear Wink of Stella for a fun sparkle.  Once that was all adhered I popped the circle up on dimensionals over the rays.

  The sentiment is from the Spring Corners stamp set that is currently on sale on the Last Chance List.  Finally I added a few retired blue glass dots that coordinated with the blue of the sunglasses. 

  I was happy with how all my mixing and matching of unrelated stamp sets and dies turned out.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Month by Month (Virtual Album Retreat), Spring Corners (Online Exclusives), Bee My Valentine

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Timid Tiger, Memento Black

Paper: Basic White, Basic White thick, Timid Tiger, Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel

Accessories: Textured Notes dies (Online Exclusive), circle punch, Poppin' By dies, dimensionals, adhesive-backed milky dots (retired)

New Home Congrats - Stampin' Up!® Humble Home

   I needed to make a congratulations on your new home card recently and I pulled out my Home Builder punch and got to work.  I hope you all have already gotten this punch because it just sold out a week ago.  It was originally in last years Sept.-Dec. mini catalog.  It's adorable and I will be keeping this one in my collection for sure.  The stamp set is still available so look for it in the Last Chance category in the online store.  It's a great price!  I'm sharing this one over at The Alphabet Challenge where they are on the letter H for Home.

  I started with a piece of black and white dotted retired Pattern Party DSP.  Next I added a Basic White band down the center that is embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.  I used Pool Party to cut a rectangle with the Textured Notes dies for the house background.

  I knew what the new house looked like so I wanted to match the colors as closely as I could.  I punched the house base from Gray Granite, stamped the roof and windows in Memento black and fussy cut them.  The door is stamped in Cherry Cobble and also fussy cut.  I out all the pieces together and popped the house on dimensionals. 

I had to search through my stamp sets to find a "congratulations" that would fit the rectangle and not overpower the house.  I found the perfect one in the Extraordinary Flora stamp set.  Then I popped the big panel on dimensionals.

  4 black enamel dots finish off the corners for the last detail.  

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Humble Home, Extraordinary Flora

Ink: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Basic White, Pool Party, Pattern Party DSP (retired), Gray Granite

Accessories: Forever Plaid embossing folder, Textured Notes dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, Home Builder punch (retired), enamel dots (retired)

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