HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!
To all the mothers out there and all the other special women in our lives, I hope your day is extra special!
My children sent me these beautiful flowers and I’m sharing them with you!
Hope you have the happiest day!
(Maybe they will let you stamp all day in peace and quiet!!)
Although I started out planning to make a different card with some extra diecut flowers I had lying on the table, I changed my mind and decided I wanted to color with the new Stampin’ Blends in the In Colors. And something pretty to color would be the floral stamp in this Layers of Beauty Celebrate Card. This would make a pretty Mother’s Day card (Sunday!) or a card for almost any occasion. It’s great to use the one big die to cut out the flowers!
This card starts with a card base of Summer Splash Cardstock. (I sure wish they wouldn’t have picked two colors so close together in tone that I can’t tell them apart!) I added a layer of Basic White to set off the designer paper I picked for the top layer. This is in the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper and is the paper that is a wash of Pretty in Pink, white, and Peach Pie. It makes a fairly solid background but with just a subtle “wash” of colors.
The big grouping of flowers is in the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set. As I mentioned, the Layers of Beauty Dies are great to have to cut out this large floral piece. If you purchase the Bundle, you will save 10%…PLUS this Bundle includes the Decorative Masks! You will find the Bundle on page 57 of the new Annual Catalog. The Bundle price is listed in the bottom pink border around the samples at the top of the page. (This new catalog is a bit of a scavenger hunt!). The Layers of Beauty Bundle (163519) is priced at $56.50 instead of the full price for all three products at $63.00.
The flowers are stamped with Memento Ink and then colored in with some new In Color Stampin’ Blends. I used Pretty in Pink Light on the roses plus a few daisies and added a few scribbles of Peach Pie as well to the roses. Then I even added a little more of the Dark Pretty in Pink on the roses. The purple daisies are Petunia Pop and the leaves are Shy Shamrock, both Dark and Light. I colored in the whole piece, then diecut and figured out which way the flowers would fit on the card. I just glued it flat but you could pop it up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting is in the Simply Said Stamp Set. The stamp says “Let’s Celebrate” but I inked up only the Celebrate word with Pretty in Pink. After I had it cut to the length I wanted the greeting to be, I inked up the edges just a little bit by placing each edge on the ink pad to pick up a little ink. This helps it to stand out a little bit on the card. I popped this up with two Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For some optional bling, I added three Iridescent Foil Gems on the card. Change the greeting to whichever one you like for your recipient or occasion. With a little coloring, this is an easy card for anyone to make!
Make this card, the Textured Floral Mother’s Day Card, for someone special to you on Mother’s Day or add a greeting for whatever occasion you need. You can do some stamping and some diecutting and then you can design your card!
I tried to make this card with mainly the new In Colors 2024-2026. I chose Pretty in Pink for the card base with a Basic White cardstock for the layer. I stamped quite a few flowers and leaves from the Textured Floral Stamp Set and then diecut them with the Textured Floral Dies. I wanted to have plenty to choose from when I put the card together.
The large flower is stamped in Pretty in Pink ink, and the smaller flowers in Petunia Pop ink and Peach Pie ink. The leaves are stamped in Shy Shamrock ink. The diecut foliage at the top is cut from Summer Splash Cardstock, just to get that color in!
The greeting is stamped in Pretty in Pink Ink and is in the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set. I didn’t leave much space for a greeting on this card so I had to choose something rather small. Even if you don’t have a “Happy Mother’s Day” greeting, you can use other ones that would still be fitting for your mother, grandmother, aunt, or whoever you are sending a card to. In this case, this “Grateful For You” greeting, appropriate for a mother, was still just a tiny bit too big even after I cut all around it. So I just cut off the “for you” and made it work! Maybe you will plan better than I did, or start with your greeting and fit the flowers around the greeting.
I loved using the new In Color 2024-2026 Shimmer Gems on this card! They are so pretty in color and have that faceted top. I used the Pretty in Pink, the Peach Pie, and the Shy Shamrock colors of gems.
You can use a different floral stamp set and dies to make a card similar to this one. Use what you have because you probably have something, maybe even this former Textured Floral Bundle. In the new catalog, the stamp sets that are returning from previous catalogs appear in the new catalog in the “Encore” section, starting on page 74 and going through page 80.
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12 so get your card(s) made and I hope you receive some cards, too!
The new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog went LIVE last week on May 1st! I hope you have had time to page through the new catalog many times, whether online or with your own hard copy! This layout and design is quite different from what we are used to so some things are rather “random” but there are good things too! Maybe it will do our brains good to be challenged with something new and different and having our favorite things inside! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions!
You can click the catalog photo above to view the digital copy. If you have any trouble with finding things in the catalog, I suggest you go to the Stampin’ Up! Online Store and Search or page through to find what you want. Or ask me!
Here are some Stampin’ Up! videos you can enjoy watching to learn about some of the new products! Enjoy!
I dare you to watch this video, learning how the artists created this Suite, seeing the products, and not order it!! It went on my list after watching the video!!
This is the Suite that I preordered and have enjoyed the beautiful Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper! Actually, this Suite has two Bundles in it (I think I only ordered one…so far).
I love seeing the project samples in this short video using ribbons, and I will tell you that the new In Colors ribbons are very nice!
Did you know we have some Reversible Stamps?
I hope you are getting acquainted with the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog and enjoying seeing the new products! After I see samples in the catalog or that others have made, I get even more excited about the new products!
And don’t forget about the Online Exclusives, the ones we have now and new ones to come!
SHOP STAMPIN’ UP! ONLINE HERE!
This Simply Zinnia Home Decor Container is an idea you can use to decorate any container you may have laying around your house. Use the Simply Zinnia Dies and Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper for something bright and eye-catching!
This originally was some random container I bought maybe at Home Goods or one of those stores. I got the idea from Patty Bennett back in 2019! (Was it that long ago??!) She had also decorated some of these containers for Thanksgiving but the Christmas one with the Let It Snow Specialty Designer Paper was an idea I couldn’t pass up! I think I was lucky enough to find a couple of these containers and I decorated them for gifts. I probably put candy in the basket, maybe some other gifty things.
One that I decorated with that cute snowman paper I gave to one of my doctors and she set it on her counter. I don’t remember if she left it out forever or just since businesses started offering a separate container for used pens. Anyway, the snowman paper on hers was looking a little ragged. Finally, one day it dawned on me to take it home and redo it for a new season!
The bright colors of the Flowering Zinnias Designer Series Paper probably gave me the inspiration to make something really bright and cheery. I chose the trellis-look pattern in the package for the background, after trying out a couple of other choices. For the flowers, I die cut three zinnias and leaves using the Simply Zinnia Dies. I tried to make each one look different. I cut out two layers for each flower and then the center pieces. You could pop these up with Stampin’ Dimensionals or adhere them flat.
On each side of the container, I added one die-cut flower. I used cardstock for the background and stamped it with the little texture stamp in the Simply Zinnia Stamp Set. I didn’t take a photo but I think on the back side I used one of the patterns of designer paper, maybe the one with the white space in between the flowers on each half of the paper. You could even add paper inside the container if you wanted to.
If you make something like this, with angled sides, I found it easiest to either make a template or just go right to the paper and place the container on the paper and use a pencil to trace around it. You could even cut it out a little larger and then trim it along the edges after you adhere it to make sure you could the whole area properly. You could use Tear & Tape or the Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
You likely won’t find these exact same containers anymore, but this is just to give you an idea with what you could make with what you have or find out shopping! It’s fun to make different things like this with all our supplies for a nice gift. Remember, presentation is everything!
The Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection makes it easy for anyone to enjoy crafting and cardmaking! Stampin’ Up! offers both card and craft kits which contain all the supplies you need to make the projects. The variety changes frequently as new kits are introduced and the supply of others fluctuates. Just follow the instructions for each kit, watch the video, and begin crafting!
This week two new kits were introduced to the Kits Collection! One is the Hello Hollyhocks Kit, which makes cheerful cards to send your thanks or a hello to someone. The other is the City Sights Kit, with big city skylines for a different look, great for masculine cards perhaps.
Brighten up someone’s day with these colorful hollyhocks! All supplies included, preprinted designs and sentiments! No stamping required!
Kit includes:
* Predesigned projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
* Make 9 cards
* 9 printed card bases
* 9 printed envelopes
* Folded card: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
* Printed die-cut images and labels
* Adhesive-backed sparkle gems
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
Product colors: Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock
City Sights Kit
Make all-occasion cards with these artistic cityscape designs in neutral colors. Something different! One skyline stamp included along with all other supplies.
Kit includes:
* City Sights Photopolymer Stamp Set
* Pebbled Path Stampin’ Spot
* Predesigned projects
* Step-by-step instructions
* Precut pieces (No prep work! Get right to crafting)
* Make 8 cards: 4 each of 2 designs
* 8 printed card bases
* 8 printed envelopes
* Folded card: 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (14 x 10.8 cm)
* Printed shaped die cuts and printed sentiments
* Corrugated cardstock accent pieces
* Copper metallic embellishments
* Enough adhesive to complete projects
Product colors: Basic Beige, Basic Black, Boho Blue, Copper Clay, Misty Moonlight, Pebbled Path
If you are enjoying the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog, here is a Double Z-Fold Unbounded Beauty Card made with some of the new paper, stamps, and gems in the catalog that you can now order! No matter how pretty you think this designer paper looks in the Stampin’ Up! Catalog, I guarantee you it is even more beautiful in person! And this Double Z-Fold card is very easy to make!
This card base is Pretty in Pink, one of the new In Colors 2024-2026 in the catalog. This card base is cut at 4 1/4″ x 11″, then scored at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″. If you have ever made a basic Z-Fold card, it is the same. Crease and fold the score lines so it looks like you have folded the front panel in half back on itself.
The other cardstock color I used is the new Summer Splash, another new In Color. This piece, the top Z-Fold piece, is cut at 3″ x 9″ and scored at 3″ and 6″. Crease and fold the score lines and see how it will fit on the Pretty in Pink base. Don’t adhere anything yet!
I chose the Unbounded Beauty Designer Series Paper in the new catalog for this card. You can make your own choice about colored cardstock and designer paper patterns, but you can see what I chose. I also used Basic White cardstock as a couple of layers to add the sentiments.
The layers for the Pretty in Pink card base are cut at 4″ x 2 1/2″ (two of these) and one at 5 1/4″ x 4″. The smaller layers for the Summer Splash cardstock are cut at 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″. The first square on the Summer Splash is Basic White, but I cut out some flowers from the designer paper and adhered it to the corner of the Basic White cardstock to decorate it. The middle square is the same pattern. The third square is also Basic White with another little flower cut out of the designer paper in the bottom corner. After stamping any greetings on the Basic White pieces you can adhere all the layers but don’t adhere them to the card yet.
To assemble the card, first center the Summer Splash first square at the fold of the Pretty in Pink. Be sure to not put adhesive on the entire back, just on the left side that is going to adhere to the Pretty in Pink. Then fold up the Summer Splash strip, put the card face down on the table, and put adhesive on the back of the third square. Don’t try to adhere it to the back panel of the Pretty in Pink on your own. Now just fold the back of the card over onto the Summer Splash piece. This way the Summer Splash third square will adhere in just the right place to the inside back panel. It sounds confusing but it isn’t. Try it first before you use glue!
This is what the card should look like from the top.
The sentiments are in the Unbounded Love Stamp Set. I stamped these with Summer Splash ink. My new ink pad seemed to stamp a little heavy with the ink so I took a paper towel folded up and lightly dabbed on the ink pad just to get off some extra ink. Then I thought the stamped image looked better.
I also added some 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems to the front panel of the card. These come in all five In Colors, in two different sizes. They are very pretty! This may seem like a lot of directions, but once you cut the two cardstock strips and score them, then you just have the difficult decision of which pretty designer paper to use!
Here is my photo of the Unbounded Love Designer Series Paper.
Have fun trying out this Double Z-Fold card!
Happy May Day! The Farmers Almanac says that May Day celebrates the return of Spring, and Maypole dances and traditions celebrate agriculture such as the newly planted fields sprouting and cattle returning to pasture. We’ve all heard of Maypole dances and May Day baskets of flowers or treats being hung on neighbors’ doors. Today we celebrate May Day 2024 with a brand-new Stampin’ Up! Catalog!!! Maybe we all need to get together and sit around a Maypole reading our new catalogs to celebrate!
If you are one of my regular customers you should have received a catalog I ordered for you in the mail. Sometimes there are delays in the mail or glitches with the ordering system so if you didn’t get one, let me know. If you are new and interested in Stampin’ Up! products and want a hard copy of the catalog, send me your contact information and I can send you a catalog.
This new catalog has a different look and layout. If you are looking for themed projects with clear instructions and everything you need in one box you’ll find them in the Step-by-Step crafting section (pages 4-11). If you want a mix of products, check out the Quick & Easy options (pages 12-29). And if you are ready for innovative techniques, coordinating products and helpful tools, visit the Creativity Your Way section (pages 30-91).
Stampin’ Up! says, “Never underestimate how you can create, inspire, and connect with something as simple as a handmade card from the heart.”Â
Today everyone can see inside the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog!!
CLICK HERE to VIEW THE CATALOG ONLINE!
SHOP HERE TO SEE ALL THE PRODUCTS IN THE ONLINE STORE!
(You will see products that you notice don’t seem like Stampin’ Up! These are products added for the Close To My Heart Makers and customers already signed up with their CTMH account. More will come out later about Stampin’ Up! incorporating the CTMH people and some products after that company has closed. A note will come up if you click on one of those products.)
Remember, the Stampin’ Up! website could be very busy at times today so exercise patience if that little thing just spins around and goes nowhere! Hopefully, all will work perfectly and I can assure you it all works much better than it did many years ago when I was a newer Demonstrator! But computers are computers! If you have difficulty, just wait a couple of minutes and try again. Also, I would advise getting your very favorite products as soon as you can because you know how some products sell out pretty quickly.
Notice the new Core color, Basic Beige! It will be an interesting neutral. You’ll find an ink pad (#163806), reinker (#163815), cardstock (#164511), and ribbon (#163788)! You’ll want to stamp with Basic Beige and then try the No-LIne Watercoloring!
Watch this video and besides hearing about the new catalog, enjoy seeing the inside of the Stampin’ Up! Home Office in Riverton, Utah!
Lots more to talk about but go enjoy the new catalog!
***There seems to be a glitch this morning with the Stampin’ Up! website! Please be patient! More than one page of products are available but they are not showing!
Today, Tuesday, April 30, is the Last Day for the Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog 2023-2024. It seems like only yesterday (almost) that we were looking forward to getting our hands on that catalog and seeing and buying all the new products! But now it’s time to file that catalog away and start shopping with the new Stampin’ Up! 2024-2025 Annual Catalog, a copy in our hot little hands, or online if you prefer!
I thought I would share one more card with the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper. Today is the last day you can buy it! I love all the fun little animals! Some are playing musical instruments or singing and performing. Some are camping and doing outdoor activities. There is also knitting, bike riding, juggling, baking, skating, juggling, painting, and even doing yoga!
For this card, I chose the koala bear who is celebrating a birthday by juggling cupcakes! I punched him out of the designer paper using a 2 1/4″ Circle Punch and then layered him on a Pool Party Deckled Circle diecut.
The card base is Pool Party, stamped with confetti in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set. Next, are three layers underneath the juggling koala. The Basic White layer is 3 1/4″ x 4 3/4″. The Pool Party layer is 3″ x 4 1/2″ and the black and white designer paper is 2 3/4″ x 4 1/4″. Then the koala bear layered piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The greeting is in the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and is stamped in Pool Party ink and diecut with a banner die in the Stylish Shapes Dies.
To embellish the card, I adhered some Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels by the koala plus two Glossy Dots on each side of the greeting.
It’s time to check out the Last Chance Products that are still available and the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack!
Another pretty thing that is retiring from Stampin’ Up! on Tuesday, April 30 is this cute Bee Mine Designer Series Paper. You only have today and tomorrow to pick up anything that is retiring that will likely be gone for good! Before time is up, I thought I would make one more thing with the honey jar pattern in the Bee Mine paper. This paper doesn’t have to be for Valentine’s Day. You could make this Bee Mine Gift Bag for any time of year for someone! It’s easy to make and would be nice for a “sweet” gift, maybe a special jar of honey and some cookies or tea!
You can vary the height of this bag if you want it taller or shorter. My gift bag starts with a piece of the Bee Mine Designer Paper cut at 6″ x 11″. You want to think about the direction of the pattern, if you use a paper like this one with a pattern. You wouldn’t want the honey jars to be upside down! Score at 2″ across the bottom of the paper, which is where the bottom flaps of the bag will be. Then score at 2″, 5 1/4″. 7 1/4″ and 10 1/2″. Cut up on bottom flap score lines up to that 2″ score line. Cut off the little corner piece that is 1/2″ x 2″. Crease and fold all the score lines and see how the bag is going to go together.
Fold the 1/2″ piece on one side to the inside and apply adhesive. Fold the other side over to adhere both sides to form the bag. Then fold in the bottom flaps and adhere. Stick a Bone Folder or ruler or something down inside the bag to press the bottom flaps together so the adhesive will hold.
You can leave the bag open at the top or pinch it closed, as I did. Then use a hole punch to punch holes for ribbon if you want to tie it closed. You could also use some kind of clip to just clip the top of the bag shut after you put the gift or goodies inside. I used the pretty Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon. I hate to see that color and that ribbon retire!
To decorate the bag a bit, I stamped and punched out parts of the bee with the Bee Builder Punch. To help the bee stand out on the bag, I diecut a Deckled Circle in Sweet Sorbet. The greeting is in the Bee My Valentine Stamp Set. This stamp set and the Bee Punch are NOT retiring, but will not be available as a Bundle in the new catalog. So if you want to save 10% on the stamp set and punch, you need to purchase them before they retire.
Since the greeting was pretty long, I cut it apart and put one part of the greeting above the bee and the remainder at the bottom. I think it turned out cuter like that than one long strip across the bottom of the bag.
If you want to see another gift bag project, click HERE.
This is an easy and cute little project! Make the gift bag and hang on to it until you need it for a gift or treat! You will be happy to have something handy!
Last Two Days for the Annual Catalog and the Spring Mini!
It had been a little while since I played with this A Little Latte Designer Series Paper. It’s so much fun because you can make little coffee scenes with it. Every sheet has something to do with coffee except maybe a plaid and a stripe. There are even patterns that look like coffee spills and coffee beans! This A Little Latte Hello There Card came about from looking through the designer papers and deciding on combining these two patterns.
The card base is Pecan Pie. You can use Early Espresso with this designer paper also, but I liked the lighter brown. I chose these two patterns for this card. The Calypso Coral paper with coffee beans gives a place to set the coffee cups. The two coffee cups are just cut out of one of the designer papers. They are easy to fussy-cut but there is a set of dies, the Latte Love Dies, that you might like to have. The little blue latte cup I glued down flat on the card and the yellow one I popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For the greeting, I chose one from the Latte Love Stamp Set. I stamped it on Basic White in Calypso Coral ink and then diecut it with one of the label dies in the Unbounded Love Dies. These are coming in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog on May 1st. To help the greeting stand out better without a layer, I just sponged on some Calypso Coral ink around the edge, just a very narrow border around the greeting. Then the greeting is popped up on Dimensionals.
For some embellishment, I used the Adhesive-Backed Swirl Dots that come in the A Little Latte Suite Collection. Of course, you can buy each product separately, but if you want it all, just put in the one item number for the Suite and you get everything! If you are a coffee-lover, you probably do want everything in this Suite!
You’ll find all these Latte products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives!
It’s time to shop at Stampin’ Up! THIS WEEKEND!! Tuesday, April 30th is the LAST DAY to shop the Last Chance Products! Take your time this weekend looking over the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and the January – April 2024 Mini Catalog (known as the Spring Mini) to check what is retiring that you want! Some products, especially in the Annual Catalog, are discounted.
Keep in mind that any Bundles of two products from the Annual Catalog that are carrying over to the new Annual Catalog will be “taken apart” so you will pay full price for each item rather than 10% off now during the current Annual Catalog. This is what they do and of course, there are new Bundles in the new catalog with a 10% discount.
Also, notice that some products are going up in price in the new catalog. If you have received your catalog, you might want to compare prices on basic products and maybe stock up, saving a dollar or two on each one. Some are very minimal price increases and some are about $2.50. That’s the theme anywhere we shop these days. Just ask me how much my favorite Blue Bell ice cream costs these days!!
Check out the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack that was refreshed the other day! There were aboout two pages of products (not a lot) but now we are down to a little less than one page. There are some good deals on dies, several papers, a couple of ribbons. Just go look! It can change at any moment.
It’s so much fun receiving an order of new Stampin’ Up! products! As a Demonstrator, I got to preorder certain products from the new Stampin’ Up! catalog this month. One of the products I got were all the Stampin’ Blends Markers in the new In Colors. They are not all pictured in the photo above, but I did get all five new In Colors.
Here’s a tip when you get new Stampin’ Up! products! Check them over! After receiving the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock and tried out each color, brush end and tip end. You want to do this to make sure you don’t have a defective marker that maybe is dried out. I have rarely had this happen, but you know, stuff happens sometimes. I think sometimes there is a batch of a certain product that isn’t perfect. I just try out each marker, just scribbled a little test scribble. I suggest coloring on Basic White so you can see the true color of the marker. I have done it just on my grid paper but it’s not the same. You might find out if the markers all work properly, but scribbling on white cardstock lets you see the color. And that’s something you want to know with a new marker color!
Naturally, I forgot to order a few things on my first preorder so I had to place another order, like for the new Basic Beige cardstock and ink pad, plus the retiring Stampin’ Write Core Colors markers. These markers came out last year when we had the big color refresh to fill in the colors we already had. When I saw that these markers were on a good discount at 50% off I thought it was a great deal to get them!
As I said about the Stampin’ Blends markers, I sat down with a scrap of Basic White cardstock to test out all the Stampin’ Write Markers and make sure they were all working fine. They were! What I didn’t think about at first is that these are the new design of Stampin’ Write Markers! I realized they felt thinner than the markers I had plus the tip end had a new design! I really liked the new tip end! How do we get so excited about such things?! That’s why we are papercrafters I guess!
These Stampin’ Write Core Color Markers are 50% off!! So if you need to fill in these colors, or even most of them, it’s time to order them before they disappear. Actually, I thought they were sold out but more must have come in! The colors are Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Pecan Pie, and Pretty Peacock.
And while we are talking about Stampin’ Up! colors, here are cardstock colors I stocked up on that I needed before prices go up. But when I held the packages together, I just thought “How pretty all these colors are!” So I had to take a photo to show you! One of the best things about Stampin’ Up! is how pretty their colors are and how the products all coordinate. You won’t get a red ink that doesn’t quite match the paper.
There are six days left of the Stampin’ Up! 2023-2024 Annual Catalog and the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog (the Spring Mini) and the discounts on the Last Chance List! Don’t miss out!
HURRY!! Go shop the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Refresh TODAY!!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, beginning at 12:01 am MT.
New items added! Get up to 60% off select products!
Available while supplies last!
Shop early for best selection!!
Today, April 22 is Earth Day, a special day celebrated since 1970 and since 1990 observed in 190 other countries as well. I didn’t start with that theme as I began making this Earth Day Zoo Crew Card, but as I colored in the background of the alligator riding his bicycle with some dirt and grass, I thought maybe he is celebrating Earth Day today. Maybe he is just out riding his bicycle to enjoy nature, maybe he is on his way to a park to help plant a tree, or maybe he is going to plant the flowers in his basket somewhere! Who knows?!
I have loved this Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper and the Zany Zoo Stamp Set and am sorry to see them retiring in only about another week. The characters are all so cute and fun. You can find one of the animals doing almost any activity you are interested in!
The card base is Pool Party with a black and white dotted layer of one of the designer papers in the pack of Zoo Crew DSP. I added a strip across of another pattern of the paper.
The alligator I cut out by hand just for fun to layer on the label for the focal point of the card. I die cut a Basic White cardstock piece and a Pool Party piece from the Nested Essentials Dies. These two sizes are great to layer together. Before adhering together, I used my Pool Party Stampin’ Blend Marker to scribble in the sky background and the Smoky Slate Combo markers to scribble in some dirt and rocks at the bottom with a few blades of Lemon Lime Twist grass. Then I glued on the Zoo Crew alligator letting his tail extend beyond the label. I popped up this piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I added one of my last little Brushed Brass Butterflies following right behind the alligator!
The greeting is a little layered banner with the Zany Zoo Stamp Set birthday greeting. I tied a little black and white gingham bow at the top and added three Pool Party Glossy Dots.
If you enjoy these Zany Zoo characters, be sure to grab them before they retire!