Foxes and trees and bears, oh my! Could there be a more suitable Stampin’ Up!® product suite for me than the Happy Forest Friends Suite? It’s also perfect for my friend Donna, who shares my love of woodland creatures and all things arboreal.
I made her this notebook and card using the Happier Than Happy stamp set and Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper. For foliage, I used the Forever Flourishing Dies, and I added texture to the background panel of white using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder, all from Stampin’ Up!®.
The projects are a great example of recycling designs. The notebook is based on the Nature’s Harvest card and the Apple Harvest card I showed you a few weeks ago.
I have arranged the Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper in a similar way, and grouped my elements in the bottom left section as before.
I stamped the bear in Soft Suede and the fox in Cajun Craze, then fussy-cut them both out because I don’t have the Happy Forest Dies. I also stamped and fussy-cut the own but he didn't make the final cut so has gone back into the stamp case for next time. I have started keeping my excess stamped images in the case as I find I am far more likely to use them that way.
For foliage, I used the the Forever Flourishing Dies but any leaf or tree dies would work well here; I just used what I had.
I’ve
laid all these elements onto a panel of Basic White cardstock which I
have embossed using the Timber 3D Embossing Folder, matted onto Cajun
Craze.
To personalise the notebook I die-cut the letters from Mossy Meadow cardstock. I must confess here that I have used a retired set of dies, Playful Alphabet. I hardly ever keep retired Stampin’ Up!® items because I don’t like to show people products they can no longer buy but these dies are just too useful to give up.
To make the letters stick on neatly, I first attached the cardstock to a Foam Adhesive Sheet, then die-cut as normal. This gives you a perfectly formed foam backing to each letter and you can see this technique in action here:
The card follows a similar design, without the angled Designer Series Paper and with the addition of some Linen Thread which I forgot to add on the notebook!
As this is a belated birthday card I stamped ‘Wishing you the very best’ from the Friends Are Like Seashells stamp set. I cut the sentiment in half and popped up both pieces on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I said this was a great example of recycling designs and mentioned earlier cards which inspired these projects. Well I’ve made the notebook before too. Only last week I made this notebook to welcome a new member to my team. It’s very similar but I’m sure you will spot some differences – including the fact that I remembered the Linen Thread that time!
I hope you like my Happier Than Happy projects and are inspired to recycle your own designs. If you would like to purchase any of these products and are in the UK or Ireland, please visit my store and, if you use the November 2022 host code 2FB3CGFD, I’ll send you a thank you gift in December.
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