Throwback Time

Do you remember Etch A Sketch?  The children's toy that only adults with artistic ability could master?  I loved Etch A Sketch, but was NOT an adult and did NOT have artistic ability.  But I COULD draw lots of lines...

Anyway, when I saw this template by Tina Weller on the Stampin' UP! Demonstrator website, I KNEW I had to copy it.  Take a look:

 Is that not the cutest?  And it's really pretty simple to recreate.  I said, "pretty" simple.  Depending on what you choose to stamp for the "sketch".  I decided to make myself crazy...

Starting with Read Red Cardstock, I used a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece and cut out the center using the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits.  This makes a perfect "screen".  Set aside.

I stamped the trees from White Christmas using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Cardstock Vellum.  You must let this dry (patience is not one of my virtues).  Then I inked up the banner (also from White Christmas) and carefully removed the "Merry Christmas" sentiment using a Blender Pen.  This was stamped between the trees.

Once completely dry, I hand wrote "Happy Birthday" using the .01 sized Project Life Journaling Pen.  

Let dry...(whistling to myself...)

I mounted this piece on a layer of Sahara Sand cardstock (adhesive only around the edges to be hidden).

Then I carefully mounted it to the back of the Real Red cardstock with the opening.  This entire piece was then mounted to a Real Red card base.  Two 1" Whisper White circles were punched for each "wheel" and mounted with Dimensionals.  And I stamped the stars from White Christmas on the top of my Etch-A-Sketch and embossed them with White Embossing Powder.

I repeated the look on the inside, using a sentiment from Holiday Invitation.

Can't wait to send this to my nephew--he's turning 22, but is so very young-at-heart, I know he'll just love it!

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What have you created today?

Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

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Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.50

Blender Pens

$9.95

Project Life Journaling Pens

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Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

1" Circle Punch

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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White Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Perfect Anniversary Card

My brother and sister-in-law will be celebrating their 31st wedding anniversary today!  There are not alot of people who can brag about being married that long.  So of course I needed to make a special anniversary card.  I turned to a vintage stamp set that hasn't seen much ink (insert frownie face!). 

I LOVE this set, Perfect Couple.  The cute "mr. & mrs." complete with mustache and lips make me smile.  I started with a base of Smoky Slate, running it through the Big Shot with a retired embossing folder (left over from Sale-a-Bration).  I then took a piece of Soft Sky (another item without much airtime!) and ran it through the Big Shot using two framelits at once--the smaller "photo" from the Project Life Cards and Labels set and the word bubble from "Word Bubbles". 

I then stamped the "mr. & mrs." using Basic Black and Melon Mambo Stampin' Markers to ink it up; this was on a scrap of Whisper White paper, which was then adhered to my card front. 

The Soft Sky piece was popped up on Dimensionals, centered over the "mr. & mrs.".  Then I stamped "happy together" in Staz on Black and cut it out with one of the frames from the Project Life Cards and Labels set.  The little arrow comes from the Labels Card Framelit set, and the heart was punched using the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack heart punch.  So ca-ute! 

And of course, what's a hand-made card without an adorable envelope to match?

I added a flap overlay using a piece of  Designer Series Paper in  Smoky Slate from the Neutrals Color Collections Paper Stack, and then stamped just the mustache and lips on the back of the envelope.  I'm sure my brother and sister-in-law will chuckle when they see that!

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And let's get creating.