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  • 3 Cheers For You!

    Are you in the party and festive spirit yet?  I know for me once the Christmas music starts up in the stores and the sparkling lights and ornaments come up, I feel like its party season – even though I don’t go to that many parties (thanks to two small kiddos) but I still love the idea!

    That is probably why I am drawn to the Happy Hour stamp set.  It makes me think of friends, great conversation, and cheers and toasts all around! 

    card designed by Chelsea Malouf

    And did you see it is on sale as part of the Online Extravaganza?!  Those darn holiday sales, makes those fun things you’ve had your eye on for a while all the more tempting because of the discounts!  In this case, Happy Hour is on sale for 25% off.  You can also get a ribbon bundle that includes this Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon for 25% off too!

    Anyway, back to the card.  I didn’t do the best job taking pictures, but I was trying to show off what I thought was a cool element of the card – the popped up glass in the upper left corner of the card.

     

    It is a 1 3/4” Circle punch out of the card front itself.  Then punch a 1 3/4” Circle out of Primrose Petals cardstock and glue it to the inside of the card so that it shows through the hole in the front.  Then stamp your glass on Whisper White paper and punch it out with the 1 3/8” Circle punch and adhere to the center of the Primrose Petals circle using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  It makes for a really cool look in person.

    You should totally give it a try!

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    3 Cheers Card Recipe
    Stamps:     Happy Hour
    Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Primrose Petals, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Midnight Muse, Calypso Coral
    Paper: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Primrose Petals, Whisper White
    Accessories: Big Shot, Cheveron embossing folder, Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, 1 3/4” circle punch, 1 3/8” circle punch, Diamond glitter, Stampin’ Dimensionals

  • Manly Monday Card–Happy Hour

    So, I’m coming off a fun weekend where my Fabulous Fall class focused on fall colors and cards that could be used for guys.  So, while I go take pictures of those cards, I thought I would share another card that I love that follows in that theme of fall and/or manly cards.

    (I would say this is a masculine card – makes me think of an old style man’s home library with old books, the leather back chairs and brandy on the shelf…. but then I think if you squint it could be fall colors too… or is that too much of a stretch?) 🙂

    designed by Lori Staley

    I actually received this card as a swap and loved all the textures and patterns.  It was also what make me fall in love with the Naturals Designer Buttons.  I thought these buttons were actually wood but really they are a resin that is made to look like wood… just so you know what to expect if you see them in person.  But I think they are still great looking anyway!

    Another thing I loved about this card is the scoring around the stamped image in the middle.  You can just take your Simply Scored tool or a bone folder and your trimmer and score lines about 1/4” from the edge of your mat (in this case the Early Espresso cardstock) on all sides to create that frame.

    Here is another picture to help show the scoring:

    And finally, isn’t it cool how the Argyle embossing folder, International Bazaar dsp, and Happy Hour stamp set all have similar patterns so they look perfect all stuck together?  Got to love when you can coordinate like this.

    So that is what I like about this card, but I’d love to hear what you think.  What is your favorite part of the card?

     

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    Happy Hour Masculine Card Recipe
    Stamps:     Happy Hour
    Ink: Lucky Limeade, More Mustard, Early Espresso
    Paper: Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso, Whisper White, International Bazaar designer series paper
    Accessories: Big Shot, Argyle embossing folder, Simply Scored, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Naturals designer buttons, glue dots, White baker’s twine