Remember This Set?

OK, who still has the now-retired Animal Outing stamp set and coordinating dies?  I hung onto them because I think they are so cute.  And when I needed a new baby card, it's the first set I thought of.  Look:

 This is a "slim-line" card, one that is long and narrow.  The images and letters dictated the size of the card, which is 3" x 6-1/2".  

The animals were stamped, colored and cut with the coordinating dies, and then I cut the letters with the Playful Alphabet dies - my current favorite!  They were cut twice, with Basic Black and Granny Apple Green, then layered slightly off-set for a shadow effect.

Since there was another animal (giraffe) and a little frog on a branch, I decided to include them inside the card.

This is for my new grand-nephew, Oliver, born last week.  So wish I could see him in person, but alas, that is not possible yet.  So this card (and a gift) will have to suffice for welcoming him into the world.  

What retired stamp sets are you hanging on to?  

Product List

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154882]

$9.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154904]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$9.00

Seaside Spray Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154901]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$9.00

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154884]

$9.00

So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154905]

$9.00

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154906]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154892]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Playful Alphabet Dies

[152706]

$34.00

Welcome Little One

When we sold our house last spring, we knew that the couple who bought it was expecting (they had just found out).  This week we are visiting our old community, and we dropped by our old house with a little baby gift.  Naturally I "needed" to include a hand-made card:

I thought Animal Outing would be a cute set to use, as I love the kangaroo with the koala bear in her pouch!

This is a "fun fold" card, a slight change to the usual 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" size, although that IS the size of the card.  I cut my Soft Seafoam cardstock to 4-1/4" x 11", but I cut 2-3/4" off the front piece, flipped it on its side, and used that as the front panel.

My "roo" was stamped with Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Crumb Cake blends (I had to research colors of kangaroos!).   I used Smoky Slate for the koala.

Happily, Animal Outing has coordinating dies, so it was a piece of cake to cut out my image. I was also able to stamp the branch (colored with Shaded Spruce) and cut it out (I had to "dismember" the little frog that was sitting on the branch--he just didn't fit on my card).

A little careful masking gave me my sentiment (the words are actually "Welcome Little One" but I had already cut the "Welcome" from Well Written dies).

Opening the card, you can see how the front panel works.

My colors are Soft Seafood and Shaded Spruce.  The gingham check on the front is from the Subtles Designer Series Paper Pack.

We dropped our gift off at our old house this morning; I also left a little something for this baby's big brother, who we got to know during the house-selling.  Come back tomorrow to see the card I made for John.

Thanks for visiting!


Product List

Animal Outing Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146600]

$21.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

[147088]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$9.00

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[145058]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

[147938]

$9.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146981]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149615]

$11.50

Animal Friends Dies

[146823]

$29.00

Well Written Dies

[148534]

$40.00

A CASE for Baby

Our new next door neighbors have a new granddaughter.  Fun fact:  On Easter Sunday, my husband and I left our old home in CA to move to our new one in OR.  We had not yet seen the new house we were building, so as soon as we arrived in our new city we went directly to our new homesite.  As none of the other houses were yet completed, there was no one else around at 4:30 Easter afternoon.  But as we stood admiring our new home (from the outside) a car drove by and stopped.  It just happened to be the daughter and son-in-law of our future next door neighbors.  So Diana was the first person we met in our new town.  And now she is a new mom.  I felt I needed to make her a card:

And having seen a similar card in the Annual Catalog, I wanted to recreate it.  I love the Highland Heather gingham pattern and the Lined Alphabet letters.  Pairing it with phrases from Well Said and Well Written completed the card.

The Balloon Bouquet punch gave me the perfect embellishment; I added some Whisper White bakers twine and a cute bow stamped with an image from Beautiful Bouquet and cut with the coordinating dies.

I find that first stamping the letters from Lined Alphabet makes it easy to line up the Layering Alphabet dies.  I love the way they make chevrons with the letters.

Isn't this the sweetest card?  Check out Lined Alphabet and the Layering Alphabet dies.  Good for any occasion; so sweet for a new baby!


Product List

Lined Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[145908]

$34.00

Well Said Cling Stamp Set

[148796]

$45.00

Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad

[147099]

$7.50

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad

[147103]

$7.50

Purple Posy Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150084]

$7.50

Gorgeous Grape 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146987]

$8.75

Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146986]

$8.75

Purple Posy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150881]

$8.75

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$9.75

Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149615]

$11.50

Layering Alphabet Dies

[145664]

$125.00

Balloon Bouquet Punch

[140609]

$18.00

Bouquet Bunch Dies

[143659]

$30.00

Classic Label Punch

[141491]

$18.00

Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine

[124262]

$3.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00