As I was finishing this card, I realized I had made an “oops”. Originally I was going to use a Designer Series Paper that included Night of Navy so I had made my card base with Night of Navy but had used ink, ribbon, and Designer Series Paper for Blueberry Bushel. I still like the end result so I kept the mixing of the blues.
Welcome to the Pals June, 2018 Blog Hop. This month we’re going to Pick a “B”. Projects for Babies, Birthdays or Brides, that is. Be on the look out for creations using new products from Stampin’ Up!
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For today’s project, I took creative license and picked another “B” to celebrate: Buying a House.
When I saw the Pop on By bundle in the new annual catalog, it was on the top of my wish list. My husband is a mortgage loan officer and each time he has a client close on a home, I make him a card to bring to the closing. I’m constantly trying to come up with a new variation of a card to celebrate someone buying a house and this bundle will give me lots of options!
Since I was using the pop up house on the inside of the card, I wanted the front of the card to be simple to really help the inside “pop”. I’m not used to making the inside of the card the centerpiece but it was a fun change. I love all of the different ways you can personalize the pop up house – I initially ran the Whisper White cardstock through the Big Shot but then ran the thinlit through two other times – one time to get a colorful roof and the second time to get a colorful house to adhere to the original pop up cutout. The adhesive sheets worked perfectly for this. I backed the Sahara Sand and Tranquil Tide paper with the adhesive sheet before running it through the Big Shot. It was so easy to peal and stick the roof and the house shape on top of the original pop up since I wasn’t worrying about snail runner or the fine tip glue pen in such an intricate area.
I chose my color palette this time based on the actual colors of the house the clients bought to give it the extra degree of personalization.
Here you can really see how the house pops when the card is opened:
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I wanted to make a “just because” card for my husband. I love how bright and summery the Pineapple Punch yellow pairs with the Lemon Lime twist.
I used the background stamp from the Share What You Love stamp and stamped the Pineapple Punch off once before stamping it on the cardstock to give the lemons an extra layer.
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