Age Awareness with a Cherry on Top for As You See It Challenges

How's your age awareness? Mine is too darn good! I went for a long walk yesterday with some friends and ended up with a sore foot that I had to ice to relieve the swelling and pain! That wouldn't have happened even three years ago! My body keeps telling me that it doesn't work as well as it used to. As I make an effort to exercise to improve my fitness level, the old body keeps letting me know that it isn't going to be as easy as all that! So, yes, I'm very Age Aware! But all this to tell you that I used the Age Awareness stamp set for stamping this new card for a sketch challenge from As You See It Challenges, and complimented it with new paper from the Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack.  Here's the sketch:

I stuck pretty closely to the sketch for this one because I loved the opportunity to use the bow builder punch again. I love those little bows!

• Don't you just adore the colours in this Cherry on Top Designer Series Paper Stack. They are so bright and full of life! Perfect for a birthday celebration! I like the way the balloons I stamped using an image from Age Awareness echo the balloons on the designer paper. Here's some great news - the DSP stacks are now 6" x 6" which means the paper can be oriented either landscape or portrait, depending upon the way your card is turned. Still a great deal, you get forty-eight double-sided sheets (4 each of 4 designs) for only $10!  And have you noticed that Stampin' Up! has started offering a coordinating cardstock pack for each of its Designer Series Paper collections! Helps to keep your projects coordinated and enables you to get the most from your DSP!
• The Bow Builder punch is a favourite of mine since it arrived on the scene last year. It makes the most attractive little embellishments to add to all your projects. Be aware that you must punch twice to have enough pieces to assemble the bow!

Well, that's it for today! It's Friday and time to wrap up so I can work on preparation for my new Catalogue Launch tomorrow from 1 to 4 pm. I hope to see you there. There will be games, goodies, and make and takes featuring new catalogue products. Be prepared for great door prizes! And I have so many retired products looking for new homes! For every dollar you spend on retired merchandise, you will get 50% in free new products! (Rumour has it that you might even get to sample some real Mint Macarons!!) Let me know if you're planning on attending here.                                                                                      

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Age Awareness Photopolymer Stamp Set [135381]	Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack [138443]	Tip Top Taupe 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138336]	Watermelon Wonder 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138334]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323]	Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad [138324]	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [131173]	Bow Builder Punch [137414]
Banner Triple Punch [138292]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Glue Dots [103683]

Quick and Cute Birthday Card with a Cherry On Top

Just a quick post today with a quick and cute birthday card that would be great for a child. It features two of the new In Colours and a new Designer Series Paper Stack called Cherry On Top. It's also a gate fold card with some fancy die cutting happening using the Balloon Framelits.

I had an idyllic stamping day yesterday! Picture this if you will:  A cloudless sky, temperatures in the mid 20s (Celsius), a large, shady front deck overlooking a beautiful vineyard, countless hummingbirds visiting a myriad of feeders around the deck and a lively, fun-loving group of ladies all crafting together! Does that sound like heaven to you? Well, it was! It was my regular monthly card class in a little town about 40 minutes south of where I live and I always look forward to meeting with this group. That we could be outside in a vineyard today was just the "Cherry on Top!" Why, oh why didn't I take some pictures that I could share with you???

Back to the card of the day:

• I used the new Watermelon Wonder cardstock for the card base! It's such a happy colour! And so is Cucumber Crush which forms the banner at the bottom and the same colour ink is used for the sentiments, "I Think You're Great" from new stamp set of the same name, and Happy Birthday from Celebrate Today stamp set.
• The DSP on the front of the card is from the Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack, a new stack that I got with my pre-order from the new 2015-16 Annual Catalogue from Stampin' Up! With it's primary colours, it has many cheerful designs perfect for children's cards.
• I used the Balloon Framelit to cut the balloon shape, half on each side of the gate fold fronts. I made a mark on both the top and bottom of the die, halfway across so I would know where to position the second one to form a perfectly round die cut. The trick was to line up the die exactly in the same place vertically. I used a pencil mark added using a ruler to make sure the negative space lined up on both sides. The pencil mark was cut out with the die cut so it doesn't show at all. I glued on the DSP pieces before doing the die cut.
• The green banner was notched using the new Triple Banner Punch. If it's any indication of the future, I have used that punch everyday this week already! I think it's going to be one of my most well-used tools.

Thanks for dropping by today. I'll be back tomorrow with a design for As You See It Challenges! Hope to see you then!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Sneak Peek Products from the new 2015/16 Annual Catalogue, available June 2, 2015:

I Think You're Great Stamp Set, Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack, Watermelon Wonder cardstock, Cucumber Crush cardstock, Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad, Cucumber Crush Classic Stampin' Pad, Triple Banner Punch



Product List

Celebrate Today Photopolymer Stamp Set [137138]	Celebrate Today Photopolymer Bundle [138869]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Balloon Framelits Dies [137362]	2" Circle Punch [133782]
Big Shot [113439]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]