“Vintage Dress Up Tri-Fold Card”

I was as asked by a friend to make a 50^th Birthday card, and the brief was “Vintage Dress Forms”.

I went back to my favourite “Dress Up” Framelits and got to work.

The base of the card was “Blushing Bride” from the Subtles Collection.

The overlaid card was Naturals White, which has been embossed with the “Modern Mosaic” Embossing Folder, then sponged with Crumb Cake.

I love the vintage vibe of the “Twitterpated” Designer Paper Series, available on My Digital Studio download, so this DSP, along with the “Tea for Two” DSP was used on the dress forms and on the tea cup.

The embellishments really finished the card off, what with the Pearls (Pearl Basic Jewels) for the necklaces and the Antique Brad and the Flower Trim (R) + the Candy Dots Brights in “Old Olive”.

 The wording on the front of the card seemed very appropriate “carbs, schmarbs! {eat the cake}” from the “Yippee-Skippee!” stamp set.

And on the inside of the card “I think you are amazing Just wanna let you know” from the “Lovely Romance” stamp set.

I used my Stampin’ Makers in Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, and Old Olive to colour in the words.

For a vintage and muted tone, Stampin’ Up! Ink pads used are Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive.

The jacket on the second dress is made from a paint sample card/chip from our local DIY shop.

Whenever I go in there I grab a whole swag of colours and use them for all sorts of exciting projects!

This card was case’d and adapted from a card I made in class taken by Jacque Williams a couple of years ago, but I changed it up a tad, and added and the panel with the tea cup and tea bag – yes that is a real tea bag and it is Peppermint, so gives the card an extra special aroma!

The "Finishing Touches Edgelits" finished off the bottom of this last page on my "Vintage Dress Up Tri-Fold Card"!

I am sure Tanya and her friend will be super delighted with this unique handmade card!

“Tea For Two” Designer Paper Series, My Digital Studio download

“Twitterpated” Designer Paper Series, My Digital Studio download

"Dress Up" Framelits

 “Lovely Romance”

“Tea Shoppe” (MDS Download)

“That’s The Ticket”

 “Yippee-Skippee!”

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets: “Lovely Romance”, “Tea Shoppe” (MDS Download), “That’s The Ticket”, and “Yippee-Skippee!”

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive, with Stampin’ Makers in Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise, and Old Olive

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Naturals White, “Twitterpated” and “Tea For Two” Designer Paper Series, both available on My Digital Studio download

Punches: Mosaic, Round Tab Whole, Ticket Duo Builder

Framelits/Dies: Dress Up Framelits, Chalk Talk Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits

Xtras: Antique Brads, Artichoke Denim Ribbon (R), Candy Dots, Flower Trim (R), Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, and a Tea Bag

Special Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin’ Trimmer

“Card In A Box - Flowers”

After seeing numerous versions of the gorgeous “Card In A Box” card, I had to give it a go!

I found a really informative tutorial by Tina Weller aka "The Serene Stamper" on Pinterest. 

Tutorial by Tina Weller aka "The Serene Stamper"

Once assembled, the box is then designed to lay flat to allow for posting.

For the colour theme, I decided on two gorgeous colours Melon Mambo and Calypso Coral, with hints of buttery Daffodil Delight.

  

On Tina’s Tutorial, she used 2 strips across the middle of the box to adhere the flowers to, but I used 3 strips {or beams}.

 

Not to confuse you further … instead of using strips of cardstock to adhere the flowers to, I chose to use thick clear plastic, re-purposed from the packaging on ink cartridges.

As you can see from the undercarriage of the box, I adhered the plastic strips to the cardboard “beams”, once adhered; I then cut off the excess plastic.

 

 

The flowers are stamped from the “Flower Shop” stamp set, and layered between Dimensionals.

For the centre of the flowers, I stamped in Daffodil Delight a small stamp from the “Hello, Lovely” stamp set, onto Daffodil Delight cardstock, punched from the “Boho Blossom” Punch.

On the reverse side of the box, I stamped the words “You can never have too much happy” from the “Yippee-Skippee!” stamp set, with Melon Mambo and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Markers.

As the box can be folded flat, the back panel leaves room for a special message for the lucky recipient.

 

For the birds, I punched one complete bird from the “Bird Builder” punch, and then punched a second wing, that sat behind the bird, to make it look as though they were flying.

 

This card was a great way of using up scraps, as you can see from the list or papers I used!

I really enjoyed making my first “Card In A Box”, and am making another version tomorrow, so watch this space …

“Epic Day This and That” DSP

“Soho Subway” DSP

“Tea For Two” DSP, also available on My Digital Studio

“Flower Shop”

“Chalk Talk”

“Hello, Lovely”

“Yippee-Skippee!”

 "Beautiful Wings" Embosslits

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets: “Chalk Talk”, “Flower Shop”, “Hello, Lovely”, “Yippee-Skippee!”

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral, and Daffodil Delight, with Melon Mambo and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Markers.

Cardstock: Naturals White, Old Olive, “Epic Day This and That” DSP, “Soho Subway” DSP, “Tea For Two” DSP, also available on My Digital Studio

Punches: Bird Builder, Boho Blossom, Corner, Pansy

Framelits/Dies: Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Chalk Talk Framelits,

Xtras: Black Rhinestones for the bird eyes, recycled plastic packaging, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Special Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin’ Trimmer

“See Ya Later ... Alligator”

Reilly had a birthday party to go today, and being 12 {well he’s actually 12 going on 14 on Tuesday!!!}, the card needed to be “cool”, hence the Alligator from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set “See Ya Later” and the croc from the “Zoo Babies” stamp set seemed perfect.

My new stamp “Hardwood” has just arrived and I have used it in two projects today, I think it has now become my favourite!

Stamped in “Crumb Cake” on the front of the card, it gave a neat background to the snappy alligator!

I have seen many crafters replicate the alligator using the Petite Pennants Builder punch, so I can not give credit back to the original artist – sorry.

Punched in my favourite colour Old Olive, I also used the Old Olive to stamp the croc from the “Zoo Babies” stamp set, and the words “Yippee-Skippee” from you guessed it … the “Yippee-Skippee!” stamp set!

Now back to the croc, I gave it some googly eyes and gnashing teeth (in Whisper White) to make it seem more scary!

The birthday wishes are also from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set “See Ya Later”, and the Stampin’ Makers used are Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Real Red.

Stamped on to Naturals White, and cut using the Chalk Talk Framelits, layered and adhered to Old Olive cardstock, and then dimensional’d.

A Candy Dot in Old Olive completes the card and anchors the corner.

On the inside of the card, and cut from Old Olive, I have used my favourite “Top Note” Bigz Die to make a pocket for the gift voucher, and added a Pin Wheel for added fun!

Also on the inside of the card and stamped in Crumb Cake is the “Gorgeous Grunge” stamp set.

So {hopefully} this card is totally grunge and way cool dude!!!

 

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"See Ya Later" {SAB}

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":Zoo Babies"

"Hardwood"

"Gorgeous Grunge"

"Yippee-Skippee!"

 

"Petite Pennants Builder" Punch

"Owl Builder" Punch

"Top Note" Bigz Die

"Beautiful Wings" Embosslits

Recipe Ingredient List

Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, Hardwood, See Ya Later {SAB}, Yippee-Skippee! and Zoo Babies

Ink:  Crumb Cake and Old Olive, with Stampin’ Makers Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Real Red

Cardstock: Naturals White, Old Olive, Polka Dot Parade DSP, Whisper White

Punches: Owl Builder, Petite Pennants Builder

Framelits/Dies: Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Chalk Talk Framelits, Top Note Bigz Die

Xtras: Brad, Candy Dot, Googly Eyes, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Special Tools: Big Shot, Stampin’ Scrub and Stampin’ Cleaner, Stampin’ Trimmer