This Enjoy The Moment Birthday Card is made with the Enjoy The Moment Stamp Set that is retiring on Monday, May 2. This is an odd stamp set to me! I would generally say I don’t like this stamp set … yet, when I have made cards with it, I really like the card! Probably a lot of people don’t even know what the images are in the stamp set. They are nuts, seeds, and pods…I guess! Anyway, there is something about this stamp set that is fun even though I don’t care for it!
The card base is Garden Green cardstock. I don’t use this color very much, but I had already chosen this green and white floral pattern of paper in the Hand-Penned Designer Series Paper (now retired) for the background layer. Then I just stamped three of the images from the stamp set, and cut them down 1 1/2″ wide and just long enough. I layered those on the Garden Green cardstock and hoped they would fit okay on the card without doing the math! They did! I just used Garden Green ink to keep it monochromatic and simple.
I adhered the images flat on the card. You could pop them up on Dimensionals if you wanted to. The birthday greeting is in the same stamp set so I stamped that in Garden Green ink also and cut it out with the little banner die in the Tasteful Labels Dies. These dies are retiring on May 2 and are even discounted so you can save about $6 on these dies right now. These have been some of my most-used dies. I hate to see them leave. This greeting I did pop up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
On the inside of the card, since the cardstock is rather dark if I wanted to write something inside the card, I added a Basic White layer on which I stamped another image in the upper left corner and added a strip of the same designer paper across the bottom. Now the inside carries the same look to the inside and is ready for stamping or writing a personal note or message.
Here’s another card I made with this Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set.
I think this set was used in a virtual Stampin’ Up! event a while back. I know I wouldn’t have just bought it on my own. But as I said, each card I have made I have enjoyed! So, are there really any “bad” Stampin’ Up! stamp sets??!! I even used one of the seed pod (?) images to look like fireworks on THIS CARD last July.
I think Stampin’ Up! should have included these live oak tree pollen things we have here in Texas that have caused so much allergy suffering by those allergic to the pollen. For weeks now, our live oak trees have been shedding this yellow dusty pollen and leaves and now these “catkins” have been falling and are all over yards and sidewalks. Along with the falling leaves from the trees, these catkins, which are male flower parts, are just everywhere. You can leave them and have your yard completely covered or rake them up into bags and hope the yard waste garbage truck comes by. In almost a few minutes, you will have to rake again! There is your science lesson for today!
If you are interested in plants and nature, you might like this Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set (it’s even on sale!) but be sure to order it soon as Monday, May 2 is the last day for this stamp set.