Star Celebration

Inspiration

Here's a card for a coworker who has an April Fool's Day birthday - It is VERY easy! The only stamping is the sentiment - the rest is just choosing coordinating papers, then cut-punch-paste!

Ingredients

Note: Finished card size is 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”

Paper

Kraft (SU!)	4 1/4” x 11”, scored at 5 1/2"
	3/4" x 3"
Naturals Paper Stack patterned paper(DCWV)	dark lined pattern 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and 2" x 2"
	circle pattern 3 1/8" x 5 1/2"
	tan paper 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" and 2" x 2"
Very Vanilla (SU!)	1/2” x 2”

Inks

Early Espresso (SU!)

Stamps

Starring You (SU!)

Accessories

Star Nestabilities(Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Copper Sheeting

Scor-Pal

Adhesive Transfer Gun 714 (Scotch)

Rotary trimmer with straight blades (Fiskars)

Circle punches - 1 3/4", 1 3/8", and 1" (SU!)

Instructions

Sentiment

Stamp the sentiment in brown ink on the small vanilla strip.

Clip the ends of the small Kraft strip to make a flag, and mount the vanilla on the Kraft.

Star

Cut and emboss the star from the tan paper, using the largest star Nestabilities die.

Punch a 1 3/4" circle from the dark striped paper, and a 1 3/8" circle from the tan paper.

Punch a 1" circle from the copper sheeting.

Now mount the graduated circle in order, from largest to smallest, in the middle of the star.

Assembly

The assembly goes quickly at this point:

• Mount the dark patterned paper on the base
• Mount the circled patterned paper centered over the dark paper
• Mount the star stack on the upper portion of the card
• Mount the sentiment stack on the lower left area of the card

Final Notes

Inside I put another vanilla panel, measuring 4 1/8" x 5 3/8", with a greeting stamped in the same brown ink.

It makes a very nice, masculine card, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

April Fools Birthday

Inspiration The card is for the team to give our  boss who celebrates his birthday on April Fool’s Day.  I’m sure he doesn’t read my blog, so I’m going to post it early.  Hopefully it will make him smile (and you too)!

Ingredients

CARDSTOCK (All SU!): Real Red, Ballet Blue, Garden Green, Whisper White
STAMPS: Card Games (SU!), In the Cards wheel (SU!), Sentiment (Paper Garden)
INK: Basic Black(SU!), Real Red (SU!)
ACCESSORIES: SU Markers (Real Red, Ballet Blue, Garden Green, Summer Sun, Blush Blossom); Sheer yellow ribbon (Michaels); Scor-Pal; Foam tape; Adhesive Transfer Gun 714 (Scotch); Corner Rounder punch (SU!); Rotary trimmer with straight and Pinking blades (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD:  Cut a 12” x 12” sheet of red cardstock in half using the straight blade, and score one piece in the middle at 6”.  Fold the card on the score, and then trim the edge opposite the fold with the pinking blade.

Ink the wheel with red ink, and roll the wheel along the pinked edge of the front of the card.

IMAGE:  Using the pinking blade, cut a 4” x 4” square from the blue paper. Tie the yellow ribbon close around the square, close to one edge.

Stamp the Jack card image in black ink 3 times on white paper.  Color all three with markers. Trim all three very closely.

Mount the card images to the blue square, fanning them like a deck of cards.

SENTIMENT: Stamp the sentiment in black in on a rectangle of white paper measuring 1 1/2” x 4”.  Clip the corners with the corner rounder punch.

Using the pinking blade, cut a 1 3/4” x 4 1/4” rectangle from the green paper.

Mount the sentiment on the green mat.

ASSEMBLE:  Mount the blue square first to the red, then add the green matted sentiment.

Enjoy your April Fool’s Day!

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