Ahoy

 Today’s post is one of the alternatives that I came up with for the April 2018 My Paper Pumpkin You Are My Anchor kit. I love the paper pumpkin kits but this You are My Anchor kit rocked except for the size of the cards so I used the kits with other stuff in my stash including the Large Letter Framelits #141712 and the Swirly Scribbles Thinlits #141497 to create fun thank yous for my customers that place orders in June!

You Rock

 Happy Birthday to my music loving, vinyl collecting better half- Brad! I made this card to celebrate Brad’s birthday.  It features the True Gentleman DSP #145593 from the Stampin Up Occasions Catalog. I cut the letters from the Large Letters #141712 Framelits and made the record using Circle punches.  I added a piece of the 3/8″ Navy Corduroy ribbon #145597 to add the perfect masculine finish.  Happy Birthday and keep on Rockin!

Big Bithday Wish

 I love making the eclipse cards using the Stampin Up Large Letters Framelits #141712.  Before cutting out the letters I used the candles from the now retired Merry Patterns Christmas stamp set.  Once the design was complete, I cut the letters out and also in black.  The letters were layered, popped and placed back in the negative space to achieve the eclipse look.

Bee Mine

 Happy Valentine’s Day.  For today’s card which is my favorite Valentine card I made this year It’s always fun to send punny Valentines and this one is no exception. I made an eclipse style card using the Large Letters Framelits #141712 and the Bubbles and Fizz DSP #147244 from the  Stampin Up Sale-A-Bration catalog. The Bubbles and Fizz DSP is one of many free items you can earn during the Stampin Up annual Sale-A-Bration campaign ongoing now thru March 31st.

To achieve the Eclipse look I cut several layers of letters in black and 1 layer from the Bubbles and Fizz DSP and then stacked them and placed them back in the spot on the card front.  It sounds more confusing than it is.  I then stamped the bees using the Dragonfly Dreams #142924 stamp set and cut them out using the coordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits #142749.  I looked thru all my stamps and found the “Mine” in the now retired Crazy Mixed Up Love stamp set and hand cut a banner to place over a punched heart.  Hope your day is filled with love, flowers and chocolates!