Watermelon Popsicle Card

Fold kraft paper cardstock in half.  Cut a template of a watermelon complete with popsicle stick.

The tip of the watermelon popsicle is part of the fold, so don't cut the tip in other words!  Then, it can stand on its own....

Afterwards decorat with pretty paper such as pink cardstock like our retiring Razzleberry or Kaleidoscope SU! Designer Papers - they are retiring June 30!!!   

By cutting some pairs of slits across the bottom section, you thread the ribbon through - and  pop on a cute button! 

Makes a great invitation! 

Summer pool party anyone? 

Hi ladies!

Let's honour our retiring Lavender Lace and Passion Pink cardstock!

Today's card is about trying out a new lay-out which I will simply call "Open Window"

From seeing a drugstore card, I tweaked around with the idea at home. 

Thee's one flower to each window but slightly off-set  

so that  both flowers become visible from the front of the card. 

 I chose a stem and even hand-wrote

part of one message using my markers.

Another point was to use the white gel pen to make stitching lines around a window...

.....the idea is to have fun!

Inside, one card I wanted to use a scrap piece of vellum with the following greeting...

but when I put the vellum up against the pink cardstock, I thought it looked

a little bland. Part of that is because the letters were very close

to the colour of the cardstock. As well, phantom words had 

been on the vellum in the background, and parts of those are visible

making it even more dicey.

My solution was to use a scrap of lighter coloured cardstock 

behind the vellum and then hightlight the "Wonderful" word.

To hightlight the word, I used pastel chalk, and created 

a small ribbon of hot pink chalk - see pic.

And here it is, pretty simple, huh?

Of course, I need my bling!

Bring out the gem brads to the rescue! 

I love to use gem brads in place of the 

letter 'o' all the time!

Now, its got a home on the inside which completes my sentiment....

"Because of you, its a Wonderful World"

My Happy Birthday was stamped on the opposite side. 

And a few more embellishing went on....

Basically, the same card in Lavender Lace. But I chose to

have more fun with glitter on this one.

Those glue pens work great for doing fine glitter work! 

Another thing, I like to tie in my handwritten notes to the card.

I use the stamps from the card, to stamp the paper I write on - 

nothing too crazy, just one corner works great! 

I think these are the things that make the recipient feel special -

its like getting candy on your pillow at the hotel, a small gesture

but works at making you feel nice :)

So there you have it.....so make someone feel nice by 

receiving a card from you - no reason needed, just a friendly hello!

CHEERS :)
Beverly


- LEARN HAND-MADE CARD IDEAS - 

Here is a Mosaic card - because we use a strip of Stampin' Up!'s Sticky Pages (VERY tacky adhesive paper) and small pieces of beautiful paper and glitter to create a "mosaic" which we then feature on our card front. To this we add the beautiful image of a butterfly and a gem brad - its just a lovely, lovely technique! Don't you think so?

I like it very much and have used it in various projects around my house! Plus it's a neat way to use up 'scraps' of paper - scraps that you'd rather use than throw out no matter how small!

GOD’S BEAUTY MOSAIC CARD Tutorial

SUPPLIES:

Cardstock (all Stampin' Up!)
8 ½ x 11 in. green ex) Kiwi Kiss

3 ½ x 3 ¼ in. pink ex) Pink Piourette
3 x 2 ¼ Whisper White

¾ x 2 ½ Whisper White (optional for expression)

Scrap Paper -

small scraps of paper with pretty design, we used SU's Designer Series 'Walk In The Park' papers in pieces of green and pink,

Accessories
1 ½ in x 4 in. strip "Sticky Pages' (stampin' up!)

God’s Beauty Stamp Set (stampin' up!)
Pink Passion Classic Ink Stamp Pad (stampin' up!)

Old Olive Classic Ink Stamp Pad (stampin' up!)
Gem brad (co-ordinating color, ex) pink)

Silver Chunky Essentials Glitter (stampin' up!)
Double-sided adhesive

piercing tool for brad

INSTRUCTIONS:

Fold large green paper in half. Score fold.

Mosaic Strip:

Take 1 strip of Sticky Page + pull off one side of the backing papers. Set on work surface with the exposed sticky side facing up.

Cut pieces of green + Pink patterned paper + use them to cover Sticky strip – leave areas between ‘mosaic’ pieces exposed . Overlapping edges can be trimmed later.

Take “ mosaic strip” over to glitter tray, and pour glitter all over – so it fills in all remaining gaps of the sticky page strip. Press to secure. Shake off excess.

Holding strip by one of the paper pieces, pull off last remaining backing paper and carefully lay down the ‘glittered mosaic strip’ onto card, left side .


Stamp whisper white 3 x 2 ¼ in cardstock with butterfly in Pink Passion ink.
And “stamp off “ the stamp to the surrounding sides so image repeats itself in lighter shades.
Adhere to the pink 3 ½ x 3 ¼ pink cardstock.

Pierce hole in upper left corner through both cardstocks and attach gem brad. Attach the completed piece to the card, overlapping the mosaic strip ‘slightly’ – use double-sided tape.

Optional - stamp sentiment “Beauty is God’s handwriting”. Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...in Old Olive ink to small white strip and trim. Attach to lower right corner, overlapping the butterfly/pink cardstock using strong adhesive or double-sided tape.

*Note: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette are to be discontinued by June 30 - I'd order these if you would like them as soon as you can as the 'retiring' products are only til the end of the month.