Welcome to my blog. Today, I am sharing two cards for two very special people in my life. On Friday our wonderful twins celebrated their 18th birthday. We have had a fun weekend marking this official transition to adulthood. I wanted to make a special card for this milestone and plumped for fancy fold cards. The cards have an eclectic mix of products from the current catalogues, Sale-A-Bration items and old favourites.
I first saw a twisted pop up card on Brian King's blog, and I hoped that it would work brilliantly with the Geared up Garage suite. I have mixed the graphic images on the papers with the dies and I'm pleased with the way it turned out. I even used the Big Shot embossing mats to give the die cuts extra depth and dimension.
The Number of Years stamps and dies are sadly no longer in the catalogue, but I brought them out of retirement for these cards as they are perfect for BIG birthdays! I've also used some of my favourite punches and dies - the stitched shapes framelits, 2" circle and Starburst punches must be some of my most used tools!
The Let it Ride stamps were my go to set for the second card and the pop-up cube card gives a wonderful canvas for several images. The horses are stamped in Early Espresso ink and then water coloured using an aquapainter. There is a swoosh of glitter from a Wink of Stella pen, which I know isn't strictly equine (but it is reminiscent of a love of unicorns). The small 18th on the front is stamped with Versamark and heat embossed in gold to add a touch of luxury. The Braided Linen Thread and Old Olive twine are tied around the edge to finish the scene on the front.
It has been such fun to create these keepsake cards and I have completely gone to town with these cards for this special occasion, so the list of products I have used is quite extensive! There are two completely different fun fold cards, so I hope you'll allow this indulgence on my part!
If you want to purchase the items used for these cards, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop. You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.
As always, happy crafting,
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