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Sunburst Sayings

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I was playing with the Sunburst dies the other day and cutting out a number of samples when I used the Have a Cuppa DSP. Actually I was planning on using the reverse side but it didn’t work out. This combination of colours though I really like.

Stampin' Up! Sunburst Sayings and Sunburst Thinlits Die and Have a cuppa DSP

The sunburst is larger than the pool party card base so I trimmed it after gluing the centre with the multipurpose glue. This way there is no glue on my stampin’ trimmer! Once I’d done the trimming, I attached the ends with snail. You can use any glue for this. Then I stamped the sentiment from Sunburst Sayings in bermuda bay on a scrap of pool party and punched it out with the 1 1/4 inch punch. I made a mat using bermuda bay and one of the circles collections framelits dies. I dry embossed the envelope although you can’t really see it here. But I just cannot send out a plain envelope!

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How are you doing on sending cards this year? Did you decide to join me and resolve to send more? I’m doing better than I expected, I’m up to 14 so far this month with one slated for a birthday tomorrow. It’s amazing how happy it makes people to receive a hand made card. I encourage you to give one to somebody today.

See you tomorrow,
Liz

Sunburst Sayings

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This card gave the big shot a bit of a work out – I don’t think I’ve used so many different dies on a single card before. And there was almost no stamping, just the sentiment from Sunburst Sayings – which coordinates with the Sunburst thinlits die.

Stampin' Up! Sunburst Sayings and Sunburst thinlits die and Party Pop-up thinlits dies

I actually cut out a number of the starbursts as I was trying to decide on the direction of this card. A couple of tips – use the big shot brush to get the cut piece out of the die and cleaned up (or the paper piercing tool) and not your thumb. I have a pretty good cut from the card that I tried that with! Also I put glue on the sunburst to the ends before trimming to fit the melon mambo cardbase, that could have been planned a little better. This DSP is from the It’s My Party DSP which is a fun collection of papers in happy bright colours. In this case, crushed curry and whisper white, so I continued those colours with the stamping and the mat. I punched out the sentiment with the 1.25″ circle punch and used the circles collection dies to cut out the mat which is popped up with dimensionals. I used another piece of the DSP to line the outside flap of the envelope to coordinate. And there’s one bright and happy birthday card. Except, that’s not all. There’s more fun on the inside.

Stampin' Up! Party pop-up thinlits dies and It's My Party DSP

This is the second die from the Party Pop-up thinlits dies with another piece of the It’s My Party DSP behind it. I cut the crushed curry at a quarter inch smaller than the card base, scored it in the middle and then lined the tabs on the die up with the score line.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Botanical Gardens Designer Series Paper

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The Sunburst Sayings and thinlits die was a bundle that was delivered at the end of last week and another thing that I had to play with immediately rather than going to bed! I also got the Botanical Gardens designer vellum stack which is one of the freebies in the Sale-a-bration catalogue and it matches the Botanical Gardens DSP.

Stampin' Up! Botanical Gardens DSP and Sunburst thinlits die and Sunburst sayings and Botanical Gardens designer vellum stack

I used the sunburst thinlits die to cut out the vellum and then cut out the piece of DSP to match. I stuck the vellum down with the multipurpose glue in the middle where I was going to have the sentiment and then flipped the DSP over and started trimming. I’d done three sides before I realised that I should’ve left the ends and folded them over the paper and glued then on the back of the DSP. Instead I put tiny drops of the glue, using a paper piercing tool, onto the vellum where there was stamping. It worked pretty well and it’s hard to see which of the four sides is folded under. Which side do you think is folded?

I then stamped the sentiment from the Sunburst Sayings, which I got in a bundle with the die and saved 15%. Gotta love that. I cut this out with the coordinating 1 1/4 inch circle punch and then cut a matching mossy meadow mat using the circles collection framelits dies and my big shot. I like how it gave me a narrower border than using two of the nested circles framelits. I popped the sentiment circles up on dimensionals and then glued this to a mossy meadow card base.

I also cut another piece of the DSP and glued it to the back flap of the envelope and then trimmed the excess with my paper snips. It’s a quick and easy way to dress up the envelope. I don’t think I’ve sent out a “naked” envelope in over a year now!

By the way, it’s the right hand side of the card which had the vellum folded under.

See you tomorrow,

Liz