Golden wedding anniversary card... and out of my comfort zone!

Ha! Bet you never thought you’d see a card like this at All Things Stampy, eh? Not my usual style at all, is it? And, I have to confess, it was really hard to do, even though I was practically CASEing this project by Heidi Weaver. 

I tried using the spiral flower die to create the flowers from vellum but, of course, the vellum was too stiff. So I dug out some filter paper and tried again… but got in a terrible mess and ended up burning my thumb with the hot glue gun (that hurts!) 

Eventually I settled on simply punching out the filter paper and scrunching it up to create flowers. Happily I had exactly three tiny brads left, and just one gold sequin from an old kit, so could hold the flowers together easily. 

I don’t think I’ll be doing it again in a hurry, but then 50th wedding anniversaries don’t come around that often, so I think I’m safe. The alphabet dies are retired, by the way; I don’t make a habit of using retired products but these are too useful to get rid of and too perfect not to use. 

Something To Say Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134180]	Ovals Collection Framelits Die [129381]	Decorative Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133520]	1-1/4" Circle Punch [119861]
Pansy Punch [130698]	Builder Bird Punch [117191]	Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack [133787]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]
White Filter Paper [129393]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Gold Glimmer Paper [133719]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Tea Lace Paper Doilies [129399]	Silver Mini Brads [122941]
Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die [127553]

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Three-panel flower card with Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

Another fun project with the Scalloped Tag Topper punch, using my favourite stamp of the moment, Hardwood. We made this card at Crafty Friday last week, although I thought the woodgrain was a little harsh so we switched to Crumb Cake.

We started with a piece of 6” wide cardstock – the depth is entirely up to you. It’s scored at 2” intervals. If you carefully feed the cardstock into the punch, you can scallop the top edge even though it’s wider than 2” – this opens up a world of possibility for this punch!

It helps if you mark your punch somehow so that you can see where the channel lies. You can do this with a permanent pen, but I’ve used washi tape as it shows up better in the photo. Using the inside edge of the washi, you can now see exactly where to feed your cardstock. 

This project could be adapted to make a great mini album – you could make it as long as you like. A 12” strip would give you six sections, but you could make more by joining your cardstock. Why not give it a try?

Stampin᾿ Up! Supplies

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Hardwood	Scalloped Tag Topper Punch	Flower Shop Clear Bundle	Label Love Clear Bundle	Extra Large Two-Step Bird Punch - Digital Download
Early Espresso 12 X 12 Smooth Card Stock	Wild Wasabi A4 Card Stock	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad	Jet Black Stazon Pad
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad	Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad	Crushed Curry 3/4" Chevron Ribbon	Blender Pens
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock	Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad

Retro Fresh flower frame

At a (fairly recent) get-together with some of my stamping friends, we all made one of these frames. The interesting thing was seeing just how different everybody’s was. I chose to use Retro Fresh Designer Series Papers and various other elements. The great thing about getting together with other crafters (apart from the actual getting together, of course!) is they way everybody is happy to share their supplies, so you get to play with tools and embellishments you don’t have. Naturally, afterwards we just have to have them… so go home and order them for ourselves!

This could just as easily have been a scrapbook page, but we used Ikea box frames. A tip for scrapbooking if you have papers you really want to use but don’t have a photo to “match” is to print your image out in black and white. It goes with everything!

Product List

125603	127812	119858	121812	133325
119868	132993	127885	119982	108611
119247	132983	132140	129327