#ShopYourCraftStash Birthday Blossoms

Hello Stampers ~ I went way back to 2007 for  my #ShopYourCraftStash Birthday Blossoms creation today.

My plans got waylaid yesterday.  I was listening to a training video and Remi called.  She talked to me for about 30 minutes.  That totally blew my schedule.  By the time I finished the training video it was late afternoon.  I headed to my studio and only had time to make my card for today.  That means I will be working on videos and cards today.  I am hoping to get 2 videos created this morning and then later this afternoon I can work on some cards.  That will leave 1 video for Sunday and the rest of the cards.

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For my #ShopYourCraftStash creation today I went back over 10 years for something in my stash.  How many of you remember the Watercolor Crayons?  How many of you still have them?  Well I pulled them out to play with them.  To tell you how long ago it was I had to search for a video to see how to use them!  Since the colors listed on them we no longer have I decided to swatch each color and see if it matched what we currently have.  I was amazed to find that of the 2 containers of crayons I have each one had at least 4 matches to current colors.  I began by stamping the flower and leaves onto Shimmer paper using Staz-on.  Then I used the watercolor crayon to trace around the image just inside the stamped lines.  I chose to use the Real Red, Regal Rose, Yoyo Yellow, and Taken With Teal.  These colors match Real Red, Blushing Bride, Pineapple Punch, and Pretty Peacock.  Using an aqua painter and water I spread the color around on the stamped image until all the crayon was dissolved.  I set the images aside to dry and I took a piece of Whisper White card stock and embossed it with the Polka Dot Basic embossing folder.  I used a piece of the retired Real Red grosgrain ribbon and attach it at the top of the embossed panel.  I used Tear & Tape to add the embossed panel to a Real Red card base.  The Pansy punch was used to punch out the flowers and the leaves were fussy cut.  I attached the leaves to the flowers using glue dots.  The flowers were then arranged onto the card base and when I was happy with the placement I attached them using glue and dimensionals.  A bow was tied using the same ribbon and added to the ribbon at the top with glue dots.  Here is the completed #ShopYourCraftStash Birthday Blossoms creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside of card and envelope

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you enjoying my #ShopYourCraftStash series?  Here are some other ideas.  This card uses some of my favorite retired designer series paper.  This card has one of my all time favorite images.  I paired retired designer series paper with a current stamp set for this idea.

Stampin’ Up supplies used for my creation