50th Anniversary Card

I was so pleased when a friend mentioned to me that her sister and husband would be celebrating their 50th anniversary today! She didn't have to ask me twice to make a special card for them!

I started out going for a vintage look, which is why I chose Crumb Cake to brayer over the Bride specialty paper, and then textured Soft Suede as a card base. Vintage Vogue seemed to be the perfect stamp set to work with, and I just love the script lettering in the Whimsical Words and Well Scripted stamp sets. I decided to stretch myself and make a square card to fit in a 5.5" square envelope, and my only "rule" was that the card would have to be pretty flat so it wouldn't get damaged in transit.

I chose Rose Red and Riding Hood Red for the flowers and flower centers, and decided to hold them together with Antique Gold brads. I cut out a handful of leaves stamped in Old Olive next. Using what I had cut out already, I played for quite awhile with the layout for the front of the card, but it just seemed too flat. I ran what I had in front of a friend who doubles as my second set of eyes, and she suggested I add blue to the mix -- and I was off and running! The rest of the card design came together quickly, even though all the cutting, layering, and glueing took quite awhile.


Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I actually like the inside of the card better!


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Whimsical Words, Well Scripted
Papers: Soft Suede textured cardstock, Bride specialty paper brayered with Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Other colors: Rose Red, Riding Hood Red, Ballet Blue, Old Olive
And: Antique Gold and Silver brads, Soft Suede polka-dotted grosgrain ribbon (reversed), "Hug" from the Occasions Mini, scalloped oval Nesties, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot (for the "50" on the front)

HAPPY 50th ANNIVERSARY, BILL AND LOLA! Wishing you many more happy years together!

Smiles,
Joyce Spear a.k.a. StamperJoyce
www.stamperjoyce.stampinup.net

Five More Anniversary Cards

I managed to put together five anniversary cards this afternoon to complete my friend's order. I just loved playing with my new toys and papers from the Occasions mini catalog!

Card 1:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Colors: Real Red, Regal Rose
DSP: Sending Love
Punches: 1-3/4" Circle, Heart to Heart, Pinking Hearts Border, Modern Label, Scallop Border
Big Shot: Stampin' Up! Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die, Texture Plate
And: Mistletoe ribbon (from the Holiday Mini), Stampin' Dimensionals

Card 2:

Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Colors: Old Olive, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Punch: Modern Label, Eyelet Border
Big Shot: Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Stampin' Up! Punch Windows
And: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt

Card 3:

Stamp: Great Greetings
Colors: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Punches: Scallop Trim Corner, Scallop Trim Border
Big Shot: Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die
And: Paper Piercing Tools

Card 4:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Whimsical Words
Colors: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Rose Red, Old Olive
DSP: Thoroughly Modern
Punch: Wide Oval
And: Soft Suede Polka Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon, Antique Brass brads, Stampin' Dimensionals

Card 5:

Colors: Rose Red, Whisper White
Big Shot: Manhatten Flower embossing folder
And: Halfback pearls from the Pretties Kit, Whisper White Organza Ribbon

Not bad for a day's work, eh?

Coming up: Build-a-Bear cards!

First Card of the Year: Vintage Vogue

My first card of 2010 is an anniversary card, one of ten requested by my friend and adopted mom Cathy. My goal is to have a total of five done by Saturday when we meet for lunch.

Without further ado, here's the card:


I got to use a whole bunch of new toys in putting this one together! Most obvious is a new stamp set called Vintage Vogue. Don't you just LOVE those flowers? Just wait until you see the rest of the stamps in the set! This set will always be special to me now because it's the first Stampin' Up! set I own designed to be used with clear acrylic blocks instead of the traditional wood mounts. I'm hooked, as the clear-mount stamps are less expensive and so much easier to store. {Insert satisfied sigh here.}

The other new toy that I'm just WILD about is the Scallop Trim Corner Punch. Check out the corners on the Sahara Sand panel... is that classy or what? It gets better, too: There's a coordinating border punch available as one of many free Sell-a-Bration items! I placed an order bright and early this morning and will be eagerly awaiting the UPS guy ("Mr. Brown") to bring my box of goodies next week! I can't wait!!

Other new stuff (well, new to me) on this card include Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper and Vintage Brads. Also, while I usually use SNAIL adhesive for as much as possible, today I broke from my pattern and adhered my fussy-cutted flowers with glue dots to raise them up just a wee bit. One flower is raised higher using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Here's the inside:


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Great Greetings
Colors: Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Rose Red, Old Olive
DSP: Thoroughly Modern
Punches: Scallop Trim Corner, corner rounder
And: Vintage brads, Champagne Mist shimmer paint

The "Happy Anniversary" sentiment is from a long-retired SU! set named Great Greetings, circa 1992. It was one of the first sets I ever bought, and -- get this -- it's mounted on FOAM blocks! Stampin' Up!, you've come a long way!