#stampinup #faithfulinkspirations #saleabration2017 I used to sing in a choir. I don’t like to brag, but it was the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Choir. Whoa, that was fun and exhausting. And then I had a baby….that was almost 23 years ago, so I think my singing “career”–aside from congregational singing during worship–is over. If you pull up next to my car, you may hear me singing away to the radio, well, that is if I’m not engrossed in a true crime podcast.
Anyway, one of my choir directors–either at BSO, or the Laurel (MD) Oratorio Society, or in college, or maybe as far back as high school–used to start the chorus off with the exhortation, “Once more, with gusto!” (I’m sure he wasn’t the only choir director to use that phrase.) I like it and I find it comes in handy for non-musical settings, too. Like when I’ve had a week of blog posts with the same (stinkin’ cute) stamp set. Really. Five days. Five posts–every one a different “take” on the gorgeous “Avant Garden” stamp set that you can earn for FREE with a $50 purchase. Seriously. After seeing all these cards, you know you want this stamp set! Contact me today and I can hook you up.
I was inspired by these projects by Jennifer Downey, one of the amazing Creation Station design team members. I can’t believe I’m on a design team with TWO Stampin’ Up Artisans along with many other awesome artists from around the world. Our blog hop is once a month, on the first Sunday of the month. You can start on my blog and hop all the way around the blog and be inspired every month.
Wow! I’ve digressed again. I thought that using “Avant Garden” for a one-sheet wonder set of cards would be fabulous–and think my cards are pretty spiffy! The one-sheet wonder technique is a great way to make a bunch of cards in a jiffy. If you search “one sheet wonder templates” on Pinterest, you’ll get a bunch of ideas. I, however, went simple, because I wanted to create my own designer series paper with this stamp set and have that shine as the focus of the cards.
So, I started with an 8-1/2″ by 11″ sheet of Whisper White Card Stock and stamped the flowers in Melon Mambo, followed by Sweet Sugarplum, and then Blushing Bride. Then I cut the paper at 10″ on the long side and 7-1/2″ on the short side, which, when cut into quarters, yields four 3-3/4″ by 5″ pieces of your one-sheet DSP. I saved the 1″ strips to use on two additional cards.
I adhered the quarter pieces onto 3-7/8″ by 5-1/8″ pieces of Basic Black Card Stock–putting black with these vibrant colors makes them pop even more! I wrapped a length of Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon around before adhering the stamped piece to a Melon Mambo Card Stock card base. I stamped the “happy birthday wishes” sentiment from the same set in Basic Black Archival Ink onto Whisper White and cut them out with one of the Stitched Shapes Framelits. I adhered this to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I switched it up a little when using the 1″ strips of DSP. I embossed a 3-3/4″ by 5″ piece of Melon Mambo Card Stock with the Petal Burst Embossing Folder and adhered this to a 3-7/8″ by 5-1/8″ of Basic Black Card Stock. I wrapped a length of the SAB Silver Metallic Ribbon around this piece before using Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere it to a Basic Black Card Stock card base. I used the same sentiment, cut with the Stitched Shape Framelits, for these cards, too!
Here’s the whole lot of the cards I made with this method. Quick and easy–and really pretty, too! And now my #imbringingbirthdaysback cards for February are made. I just have to write inside and get them in the mail….details, details.
tams# 11784 Card One
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