Vroom Valentine

 Here's a fun card to make for Valentine's Day!  

Vroom Valentine

 

All images © Stampin’ Up!^®

Stampin’ Up! Supplies:

·    STAMPS – Driving By (158099), Sweet Conversations (157618)

·    PAPER – Basic White (15927), Real Red (102482), Simply Marbleous Designer Series Paper (158128), Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper (157616), Supple Shimmer Specialty Paper (158068)

·    INK – Memento Tuxedo Black (132708), Real Red (147084), Stampin’ Blends Markers –  Poppy Parade (154958), Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker (100082)

·    OTHER – Sweet Hearts Dies (157623), Bouquet of Love Dies (157641), Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755); Stampin’ Seal Adhesive (152813); Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack (152466), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Cutting & Scoring: 

• Real Red – 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, score at 4 1/4”
• Simply Marbleous DSP – 4” x 5 1/4”, scrap
• Basic White – 2 3/8” x 3 3/4”, scrap
• Sweet Talk DSP – 2 each 1 1/4” x 3 3/4”
• Supple Shimmer – 4” x 2”
• Red Ribbon from Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack – 5”

Instructions:

• Ink the convertible with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Let dry for a moment.  Color with Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Write as shown. Fussy cut the image without balloons after it has dried.
• Use the Stampin’ Seal to adhere the Simply Marbleous DSP to card base.  Adhere the 2 pieces of Sweet Talk DSP to upper and lower sections of the card. 
• Die cut the hearts from the Supple Shimmer paper using the six connected hearts.  Die cut the sentiment label.  Stamp the sentiment with Real Red Ink.
• Wrap the ribbon around the lower quarter of the Basic White piece as if for a road for the car.  Trim excess and tape the ends to the wrong side.  Use the excess to tie a knot to be used with the sentiment.
• Use Dimensionals for the car, the sentiment, and the Basic White piece to attach to the card between the DSP strips.
• Glue the hearts and strip of hearts as shown.  Glue a few hearts to the DSP randomly.  Attach small ribbon with Mini Glue Dots by the sentiment label.
• Enjoy!
  
  
  

You can see the items I used to make my card and order them here in my online shop:  Shana's Online Stampin' Store

See you next time!

Shana & The Big Dogs

Driving By To Say Hi!

Today's card is made for a friend who is in the hospital all alone and needs to be cheered up and to let them know that we are thinking of him!  

Masculine cards are a little more tricky for me.  I want the card to be fun but not too sparkly.  That is a fine line to walk, my friend!  

I started with the Driving By stamp set (a FREE Sale-a-bration item with $50 purchase 158099) because our friend was kind of into cars.  Perfect!  I stamped the vehicle images on the Basic White Cardstock and then colored them with these Stampin' Blends colors:   Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, and Balmy Blue.  I then fussy cut each out and I took off the presents on the top of the Volkswagon and the balloons from the little fancy convertible.  I didn't think our friend would need those.  

The base of the card is a piece of Pool Party Cardstock that was cut in half to measure 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4".  The Designer Series Paper next in the layer is from the Sunshine & Rainbows set which is a Sale-a-bration item also , #158126, FREE with a $50 purchase right now!  I cut the piece one quarter of an inch smaller than the cardstock. 

The next layer is also from the Sunshine & Rainbows set and is one quarter of an inch smaller than the previous layer (see my pattern?).

I then cut little strips of the back sides of the Sunshine & Rainbows set to act as roads to place the vehicles on.  I also put one behind my "sign" or sentiment as kind of a sign post type of thing.  The sentiment was punched out with the Label Me Fancy Punch.  

I glued down the little "roads" pieces and then put Dimensionals on the backs of the vehicles.  The sentiment was glued down.

All set!

Now the husband is going to be in charge of writing some words on the inside.  

I hope you like it!

You can find all of the items on my Project Page (My Projects Page) on my website except for the Sale-a-bration items.  Those are easily obtained by placing a $50 order for each on my website My Online Shop.  Have fun!  

Light the Candles Card Class!

January!  Brrr.  What could be more fun than joining in a super fun class with very cheery projects?  Please join me in my Light the Candles Card Class on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 6:30 pm central time.  I'll be working with the newly added Stampin' Up! kit Light the Candles.  It would be super fun to make these together so please consider purchasing a kit now so that it will arrive in time for our class.  Here is a handy link for you to get yours:  Get your Light the Candles Kit here!

 The neat thing about Stampin' Up kits are the coordination between other projects.  You can feel free to change up the cards and not make exactly what is shown here.  Get creative and go wild to create your own items.  There are no right or wrong answer when creating your own crafts!  

So that's it!  I hope we can have fun together making some awesome creations!

Hope to see you there!

See you next time!

Shana & The Big Dogs

New Catalog Kick-Off!

 Happiest of days to you!  Yesterday, Stampin' Up!'s new Mini Catalog for January to June 2022 went live along with Sale-abration!  Sale-abration is the happiest time of the year!  It means you get lots of Bonus deals for your buck!  There are so many cute and free items that you can earn with your purchases totaling $50...spend $100, there are even more!  

Please catch the replay of opening day's Kick-Off Facebook Live here:

I can't stress enough how much joining Stampin' Up! means to me!  I've met so many nice, fun, creative wonderful people through this community!  I'd so love to have you join me!  You can take advantage of a wonderful opportunity now to Join the fun group, start your own business, or get discounts as a discount shopper member.  With a starter kit now, you will get $125 of product for $99 and you can select TWO FREE Stamp Sets now through the end of February 28, 2022!  Thank you, Sale-abration!  We love you!  I'd love to have you join my team, Shana & The Fun Folds.  We're just a little cooler than Josey & The Pussycats.  lol

Here's my link to join my team!  No worries if you just want the deal.  You can do that, too!  Let me know if you have any questions and I'd be happy to help!

Join my Fun Team here

See you next time!

Shana & The Big Dogs

Happy New Year and Happy New Catalog!

Happy New Year!  I hope you all have enjoyed the past couple of weeks of the holidays.  A new year always gives me a new hope kind of feeling and I'm energized to do things.  

On January 4, the new Stampin' Up! Mini Catalog will go live!  I'm going to have a Kick-off Party on Facebook at 6:30 pm central time.  Hooray!  Please join the group through the link below and answer the joining question by saying I sent you...that's Shana, in case you forgot.  

New Catalog Kick-off Party! 

If you can't make that time, please know that the party activities will remain open for a couple of days so you can watch the replay and participate.

Here's to a fun night!

See you soon!

Shana & The Big Dogs