Happy World Cardmaking Day!!!
Hi readers!! Happy Saturday to you and HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!
Hi Debby here and I’m delighted to be joining you on World Card Making Day for a Creative Uses post! I get a little thrill when I run my eye over the latest stamps and dies to look for a different spin; wondering which set will trigger an ‘a-ha’ moment! As the deliciousness of the STAMPtember release was laid out in front of me, my eye was caught by the pumpkins from the Thanksgiving Table set and how similar to hot air balloons they were when turned upside down. I stamped the two sizes of pumpkin in Memento Tuxedo Black and then coloured them (in any colour other than orange LOL) and cut them out with their matching dies from the Thanksgiving Feast set.
All was looking good apart from the stem of the pumpkins sticking down, I fixed this by stamping and die cutting the toppers from the Ornaments set. The toppers are coloured to match the balloons and then trimmed along the top to remove the ring area. These were then glued to the pumpkin stems and any overhang trimmed away. The balloons were then mounted over elements from the Cloud Bank die onto a patterned paper panel. The sentiment from the Road Trip set is stamped in Black onto a white banner again from the Thanksgiving Table set :D
While the Holiday Ornaments die set was on my table I thought that one of the ornament shapes was suitable for turning into a light bulb. I cut the die from some scratch paper and then used the negative space to blend in Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Black Soot Distress Inks onto a white panel of card. The perfect sentiment is from Objects of Love and the die cut heart is from the Large Holiday Shapes set cut from Lipstick Red card and then coated liberally in Xmas Red Stickles.
There’s a little Lawn Fawn twine tied around the panel and then it is mounted onto a white card base with Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste swiped through the great Zig Zag Dots stencil. I love this stencil for adding just the right amount of subtle detail :D
I hope you get the chance today to make a card for World Card Making Day!
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Debby for continuing to inspire us!!
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Both of these are gorgeous and a fun use of the stamps(and so clever, too)! Happy World Card Making Day! Isn’t it amazing? If everyone in the world could get along and respect one another the way card maker’s do, it would be a much better place.
LOVELOVELOVE the pumpkin/balloon cards!! The first one is absolutely breath taking!! TFS!
Love Debbys card. And Happy W CMD
What a clever use of dies that were meant for something else. I just love the creativity of the artist.
Beautiful cards once again.
Sooooo clever. My goodness,how do you see something totally different than what the intention is. Simply brilliant, that’s what you are.
And I taught a card making class and did not even know it.
That’s a fantastic way to stretch your stamps:) love it!
love the colouring of the lateens.
Great cards!
So glad there is a World Cardmaking Day! Great cards!
Over the to creative! Love these cards!
Happy WCMD to everyone
and having lots of fun on
all the blogs! Wonderful
cards, love the light bulb
one.
Carla from Utah
So creative! Love the cards.
Such clever ideas! Love the triple layering on your ‘adventure’ card, especially with the die cut outline images. Well done, it’s ingenious!
Love both cards, but especially the pumpkin turned balloon card! So creative and fun! Happy WCMD!!!
Wonderful cards! So creative!
Love the cards, that background stamp is fabulous!
Great ideas! Love when we can stretch our stamps. Happy WCMD!
You are so creative and talented!
Love the colors of the balloons and the sparkly heart.
How creative and inspirational. I subscribe to the Simon blog and love getting all the fun news.
The cards are so inspiration! Perfect for WCMD!
Love the cards!
Love the pumpkin turned into hot air balloon…brilliant!
Oh that hot air ballons is amazing! Love it.
These cards are GAWGEOUS! Love the POP of color!
Both of these projects are just fantastic and alot of fun.
I love how the pumpkin stamps were transformed into hot air balloons!
love love love the hot air balloon card- brilliant!!
Happy Card Making Day~love the balloons! So fun
and I really like the effects on the background.
I so want that zig zag dots stencil used on one of the cards! I follow the blog by email.
Ahh – thinking outside the ‘stamp’ – great ideas for using stamps in unusual ways ! Thanks for sharing ! I follow the blog via e-mail .
Love the cards! Very creative.
Cute, clever and creative! Debby is SO talented!
Love the cards!!
Adorable set of cards, Debby! Thanks for the inspiration.
I love the card! Fabulous coloring and great background.
Very nice cards !
Love your cards.
love the card designs
What a completely fun way to use those pumpkin dies. CLEVER CLEVER CLEVER. and beautiful coloring on them too.
Happy WCMD. Thanks for the lovely inspiration today.
Debby is such a design master. I mean just look at these cards. Love the triangle background and the way she cleverly re-purposed the pumpkin and ornament topper stamps to create balloons. The zig zag dots stencil done in embossing paste adds such great texture behind the simple image. Always a joy to see her cards!
Clever and gorgeous too!
I never would have guessed those were pumpkins! Fun stuff!
Love the cards! Great use of the stamps too! :)
Oh, I really like the way you get maximum use out of the stamps. Love the upside down pumpkins and the lightbulb.
Eveline.
I love the coloring of the hot air ballons!
How very clever you are! Both cards are so cute.