60th Birthday Tiger Moth Double Z Fold card

For this special birthday card for a very special friend - I broke one of my own rules and used some retired products.  The reason?  Well - this particular friend is quite passionate about aircraft and still enjoys the memory of his experience in a yellow tiger moth.  

The best stamp set I know for creating a yellow tiger moth aircraft would have to be the retired (but still wonderful) set called Sky Is The Limit.  

I also wanted to place his age on the "sun" but have it hidden until the card is opened.  Sadly, the current set of dies - Large Numbers - is too big to accomplish that, so I resorted to using a retired set of dies - the Little Numbers Thinlits .... which I really miss because they're a very useful size!

The landscape is courtesy of one of my all time favourite stamps from "Lovely As A Tree"

I stippled the greens into the trees using the little leaf stamp from the Totally Trees stamp set from the new Holiday Catalogue.

The sky is sponged

This fun fold is soooo easy but gives nice depth and "pop" to a card.

The greeting is from "Rose Wonder"

I used a wonderful tutorial by Dawn Griffith to create the Double Z Fold card - I simply moved the 1" strip to the top of the card to carry my aircraft.

Thanks for visiting!
'Til next time
Stephanie


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Lovely As A Tree Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Rose Wonder Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad

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Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

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So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

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Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Regals Stampin' Write Markers

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Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

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So Saffron A4 Card Stock

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Silver Foil Sheets

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Sky is the limit on Going Places

With very little time available, I needed a masculine birthday card.  What better than a combination of Going Places Designer Series Paper and the FREE Sale-A-Bration Sky Is The Limit stamp set?

A quick and easy masculine card

It's much too fiddly to attempt to cut out all the little struts etc between the wings, so I watercoloured with a little Sahara Sand to blend it in with the Map in the background.  I really seem to be into the colour yellow at the moment, so I coloured the body of the aircraft Crushed Curry with a silver (Smoky Slate) nose cone.  I used my Many Marvellous Markers to colour the aircraft.

Then all it needed was a quick layer of Basic Black and some Crushed Curry cardstock.

I used the Basic Black Satin Stitched Ribbon and added a piece of Crushed Curry ribbon. f

All done!

It brings back happy memories for me of watching my good friend in the UK enjoying a flying experience in a bright yellow tiger moth!

Thanks for looking.
'Til next time.
Stephanie

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The Sky is the limit for World Traveler & Traveler!

 Today I was making more samples for my 9 week semester of classes (starting 2 February).  

World Traveler embossing folder with Marina Mist ink - letterpress technique

This card featuring the World Traveler embossing folder with the ship from the Traveler stamp set, is for the class about the Letterpress technique.

The front of the ship is popped up on dimensionals

I liked the combination so much that I decided to pair the World Traveler embossing folder with some other modes of transport!  Since the others were land-based,though, I decided to emphasise the land masses on the globe rather than the sea.

The aircraft is from the Sky is the limit stamp set

The birthday greeting on all of the cards is from the Sky Is The Limit stamp set which can't be purchased because it's one of the wonderful FREE products that are exclusive to Sale-A-Bration - for every $90 of product you buy, you can choose one FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.

The train is from the Traveler stamp set

The label for the greeting is cut with the Project Life Cards & Labels framelits.

The aircraft is popped up on dimensionals as are the front of the ship and the front of the train.

I like this embossing folder so much that I can forgive its geographical inaccuracy!

Contact me if you would like more information about my classes at Learning in the Hills, Baulkham Hills, NSW or call Learning in the Hills direct on (02) 9639 7918

'til next time
Stephanie

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Sky is the limit - Sale-A-Bration

This card combines two stamp sets to create a little scene.  I think the aircraft was being so noisy that everyone left the park bench!

The lower half of the card uses two stamps from the Happy Home set which is in the new Occasions Catalogue.  I omitted the clouds on the stamp with the park bench because they didn't fit with the rest of this particular scene.

The top half used stamps from the Sale-A-Bration set called Sky Is The Limit.  There are 8 stamps in the set including some great greetings and clouds.

This stamp set is only available for a limited time (until 15th February or stock runs out) and can not be purchased.  It can only be obtained FREE with an order of $90 of products.

Colouring process I used:
Coloured the aircraft using the Real Red marker from Many Marvellous Markers
Applied Versamark to the aircraft and smoke trail heart using a Versamarker.
Tipped clear embossing powder over the top half of the card and tapped off excess
Used a small brush to remove embossing powder from areas I didn't want it (mainly around the edge of the plane)
Used the heat tool on the embossing
Sponged light green over the tree top
Sponged light green for the grass (darker at the bottom of the card)
Sponged Soft Sky all over the top of the card - working from the top down and edge in
Sponged Marina Mist to the top of the card and left side - blending it out
Sponged a darker green to the tree - mainly in the middle and towards the bottom
Sponged a darker green to bottom edge of the card
Used a matching darker green market to fill in the leaf shapes in the tree to give a bit more depth
Used a tissue to wipe any ink off the embossed areas
Coloured the park bench with a Crumb Cake marker and the flowers with Real Red.

If you like the Sky Is The Limit stamp set (and it IS gorgeous and very versatile) - remember that it will only be available for a short while so get your qualifying order in as soon as you can!

'Til next time
Stephanie

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