Yearly Archives: 2018

Hello Stamping Friends,

What a flurry of a month this has been!  Our new grandson, Emmitt, was born January 9!

What a miracle is a new little life!  Fun and adventures for all in the future!

Today I will feature the Party Pandas stamp set:

I saw this card setup on stampsnlingers.com with the pandas and balloon, then changed the designer series paper and the balloon and the circles and added hearts; so I guess this is a CASE that is copy and selectively edit instead of copy and share everything! What I would recommend with this stamp set is doing what I did here with the panda’s eyes to make them friendlier.  I used a white gel pen to increase the size of the whites and then made a bigger black dot in the middle of the white.  I thought the eyes were too beady.  Can you tell a difference?

The Designer Series Paper is Pop of Pink.

• Base of the card:  Melon Mambo  5 1/2″  X  8 1/2″  Scored at 4 1/4″
• 1st Layer:  Whisper White   4″ X  5 1/4″   make two so you have one for the inside
• Top Layer:  Designer Series Paper (DSP)  3 3/4″  X  5″
• From the DSP punch a balloon for the inside – Balloon Bouquet Punch #140609, page 207
• From a scrap of Melon Mambo punch a balloon for the front, sponge the edges and use a white gel pen for the line
• With the Big Shot, cut two Melon Mambo 1 7/8″ Stitched Shape Circle Framelits and two Whisper White same size
• Melon Mambo 4 x 4 and Whisper White 4 x 4 needed for the circles, they are offset and pink on white then white on pink
• Whisper White 2 1/2″  X  4″  for stamping the two pandas with Tuxedo black, color the circles in the hat and then fussy cut
• Stamp Happy Birthday on Whisper White Scrap and cut with the Bunch of Banners framelit
• The hearts are from the Brights Enamel Shapes on page 196 of the Annual Catalog #141680
• The Baker’s Twine I used is retired but there is solid white #124262 or black and white striped  #134576  on page 199.  Trick:  to adhere your Baker’s Twine, position the twine, put a small dab of liquid Tombow on a scrap of paper, slightly lift the twine and slide the scrap with the glue under the twine, let the twine absorb a little glue then remove the scrap.  No mess!
• Melon Mambo Marker and Black Marker were used to add a little line on the balloon to look like a tie from the twine
• The inside greeting comes from the Ribbon of Courage stamp set, the confetti is from Party Pandas

Ribbon of Courage in clear mount is $19, the Balloon Punch is $18, The DSP is $3.90, the Enamel Shapes are $9.00 and twine is $3.00 so you can reach your $50 with those purchases and get the Party Pandas for free!!

SAL,  Stamp A Lot, Smile A Little and Share A Love

Karen     (Click on the image to go to the store)