Birthday Fishes

 It's birthday month in my family with 4 birthdays over 2 weeks.  And today is my daughter's special day.  When I made this card, it wasn't intended for her - I was just having fun - but my husband thought it would be perfect for Aly, so...

I had the large fish sitting on my desk after playing with the fabulous Sea Life dies.  When I put it against a piece of the retired Whale of a Time patterned paper, it came together, but wasn't yet a birthday card.  Just a fish in the water.  

But then I was looking at the Whale Done stamp set, and found the greeting "Hoping all your birthday fishes come true", and inspiration struck!  

I had just gotten the Sale-a-Bration Counting Sheep set with the coordinating Sheep dies and there was my party hat!  Perfect!  So I cut a few more little fishies, stamped and cut the hats, and broke up the sentiment to get "Birthday Fishes".  Ha ha!  I loved it!

And inside:

It can be such fun to mix and match stamps and dies to find a way to use them in a different-than-expected way.  Take a look through your stash and see what you can find!

Product List

Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[152470]

$17.00

Counting Sheep Cling Stamp Set (English)

[156591]

$0.00

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[153112]

$9.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154885]

$9.00

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154878]

$9.00

Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154887]

$9.00

Brights Stampin' Write Markers

[147157]

$30.00

Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146989]

$8.75

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Sea Life Dies

[155684]

$29.00

Sheep Dies

[156600]

$0.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

A Whale of a Birthday!

 My youngest grandchild is ONE!  Today is Hannah’s birthday, and this card is for her, because, you know, she’s “kind of a big deal!”  😍

Yeah, I pulled out all the stops on this one, but why not?  

And the images in the Whale Done designer paper made it easy!  First I punched the whale from the patterned paper, using the Whale punch.  And I “fussy cut” the sea turtle with my Paper Snips.  And finally, I used the patterned paper with the Smooth Sailing dies to create the sea grass.

Then it was all put together - a Basic White card base, with a Seabed-embossed Basic White layer and a frame cut with the Ornate Frames dies.  The greeting is from Whale Done, stamped in Tuxedo Black and cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies.

Happy 1st Birthday, Hannah!  You are a BIG DEAL to me!  

Product List

Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[152470]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[152460]

$11.50

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock

[159229]

$8.25

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Whale Builder Punch

[152699]

$18.00

Smooth Sailing Dies

[149576]

$32.00

Ornate Frames Dies

[150664]

$34.00

Seabed 3D Embossing Folder

[152700]

$10.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Thanks a Ton!

 I've been commissioned to make 50 cards for a friend (by November, so I'm good) and a few are for a 10-year old boy who writes thank you notes for gifts (does anyone really do that anymore?  I'm so impressed).  

So I was trying to think of themes for his cards, and decided on Whale Done for one of them:

This is a "fun fold" card, meaning that it opens a little differently than a standard card.  The card base is 5-1/2" x 7" (instead of 5-1/2" x 8-1/2").  Take a look:

Isn't that fun?

When creating this card, I used a piece of the Whale of a Time patterned paper.  I cut it to 5-3/8" x 4", and then split it into two pieces - one is 5-3/8" x 2-7/8" and the other is 5-3/8" x 1-1/8".  This allowed me to continue the pattern across the front of the card, over the two panels.  And that 5/8" strip from the top of the paper is along the bottom inside:

I stamped the whale using Pretty Peacock ink, and punched it out using the Whale Builder Punch.  

It's mounted to a Layering Circle on which some seaweed is stamped along with a Granny Apple Green greeting.

And check out that smiling sea turtle!  He is one of the images on the patterned paper - I used my Scan-n-Cut to cut him out so I could add him to the card.

I would love to get a card like this from one of my grandkids!  Wouldn't you?

Product List

Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[152470]

$17.00

Whale Done Bundle (English)

[154053]

$31.50

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$7.50

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Whale Of A Time 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[152460]

$11.50

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[150880]

$8.75

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

[100730]

$9.75

Whale Builder Punch

[152699]

$18.00

Layering Circles Dies

[141705]

$35.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00