Celebrating a 75th Birthday with "It's a Science"

Hello crafty friends!

I do hope you've had a great week this week of Thanksgiving!

I've been quite busy with many other things going on and haven't been able to publish many posts lately. However, I do want to share a special card that I just created yesterday for my father-in-law's 75th birthday.

This card features the It's a Science stamp set on a fun-fold card. My FAVORITE part was the "foam" coming out of the flask that goes perfectly with the sentiment. 

Cardmaking Tips:

• Finished card size - 6" x 6"
• fun fold card measurements were CASED from Mitosu Crafts
• I only used 2 pieces of DSP (5-3/4" x 3-3/4") for the larger areas of the card.
• Color Combo: Misty Moonlight, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green and Coastal Cabana
• To create the main background, stamp the cells and bubbles images onto a piece of watercolor paper with Daffodil Delight ink and Coastal Cabana ink. Alternate those colors using the two different images, being sure to clean your stamps in between.
• Mix together some water from your water painter and a drop of Daffodil Delight ink on a small clear block then brush it directly onto the stamped images. Repeat the same with the Coastal Cabana ink.
• Cut a 1/8" x 3" strip of Basic Gray cardstock, adhere towards the bottom of the main background piece as your table top.
• Stamp the flasks image onto a piece of Thick Basic White cardstock and color with the following Stampin' Blends: Misty Moonlight, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green 
• fussy cut the flasks and adhere to the table top with liquid glue, except for the round bottom flask.
• As for the round bottom flask, I chose to use some of my retired Snowfall Accents Puff Paint to make it look like the liquid was foaming out of the flask. Then adhere the flask to the card front using a couple of dimensionals.
• Use the same paper that was created for the background image to cut out the paper on the clipboard and the small balloon.
• The sentiment was cut out using the die from the Gorgeously Made dies.
• The balloons were stamped and cut out using the Beautiful Balloons Bundle.

Cardmaking Supplies:

All the supplies used for this project are shown below, except for the Snowfall Accents puff paint which is retired.

I sure appreciate you stopping by today! I hope you are inspired to get more use out of your Snowfall Accents puff paint with today's project !

Until next time ... 

No black ink with "Kindest Gnomes" bundle

Hello and Happy Happy November!

I LOVE November and I may be partial to it because it's my Birthday month 😉. 

This week I chose to play along with this week's TGIF Challenge 392 - What would you do... without black ink? 

This is definitely a challenge for me so I had to be careful about my choice of stamp set or bundle for this one. 

While I was admiring a cute little tag that was given to me by Erica Cerwin, from a class kit, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to re-use this tag and create a card with it. Sorry, I should've take a picture of the original tag to share with you. 

My creation uses the Kindest Gnomes Bundle, the Storybook Gnomes DSP, and the Snowfall Accents puff paint. All these products (and more) are included in the Storybook Gnomes Suite from page 42-43 of the 2022 Jan-June Mini Catalog by Stampin' UP! This bundle really does lend itself to creating projects without black ink so I was able to re-use the cute tag and join in on the challenge at the same time! 

Cardmaking Tips:

• Cut 3/4" x 4-1/4" strips of DSP, Poppy Parade CS, and Calypso Coral CS to adhere to Balmy Blue card base. Stamp "Warm wishes" onto CS using Poppy Parade ink.
• Assemble the gnome using the Storybook Gnomes Dies cut from Poppy Parade CS, Basic White CS, and Pale Papaya CS. 
• Use the coordinating dies to cut a mushroom from the Storybook Gnomes DSP and place a drops of the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint onto the circles that are on the mushroom top. Heat paint with heat gun until puffy. Adhere the finished mushroom overhanging the Balmy Blue Scalloped rectangle (3rd largest die). Then adhere the gnome on top of the mushroom with dimensionals.
• Cut a piece of basic white cardstock using the 3rd largest Deckled Rectangle die. Adhere the Balmy Blue rectangle centered on top.
• Finish with the "warm wishes" sentiment stamped with versamark ink on Early Espresso CS. Use the heat tool for the white embossing powder. Cut off both ends of the sentiment piece with your scissors at an angle.
• Finish off the inside of the card with the largest deckled rectangle from white CS and a mushroom.

Cardmaking Supplies:

Thanks so much for joining me today! 

Until next time ...