Stampin' Up! We Must Celebrate

Happy Friday!!!  I thought this would be an appropriate post for a Friday.  Are you celebrating anything this weekend?  I'm celebrating that I am spending a long weekend in Michigan with my kids.   It won't be long and I will be living back in Michigan permanently. 

Isn't this stamp set the cutest?  Today I'm posting an image of the whole set for you to see just how versatile this set is.  I think this set is great for so many occasions, and I especially like that there are so many group sentiments.  Great for cards you might need to give out at work or from a group of friends.   You can use these critters all together, as I have done today, but did you know that you can also use just one of them?  Here are a few options for using them individually:

• Stamp the whole image and cut each of the critters out.  Add where needed on your card.
• Place a sticky note over the part of the  image you don't want to use, ink up the stamp, remove the sticky note and stamp onto your cardstock.
• And lastly, and don't gasp, but you can actually cut your stamp set into 4 pieces.  I would recommend a xacto knife as the best way to be able to see exactly where you are cutting.

Here's what I used to create my card:

• Lemon Lime Twist cardstock cut at 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4"
• Whisper White cardstock cut at 4" x 5 1/4"
• Lemon Lime Twist cardstock cut at 3" x 3 3/4"
• whisper White cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 2 1/4"
• We Must Celebrate Stamp set (item #145895)
• Simple Stripes embossing folder (item #145648)
• Whisper White Bakers Twine (item #124262)
• Stampin' Blends Markers in bronze (item #144607), Smoky Slate Light (item #145054), Crumb Cake light (item #144582), Pool Party light (item #144595), Calypso Coral light (item #144042), Old Olive light (item #144574), Pink Pirouette dark (item #144592) Daffodil delight (item #144586), Pumpkin Pie Light (item #144578)
• Memento black ink (item #132708)

Here's how I created my card:

• Fold card base in half and burnish with a bone folder to get a good crease.
• Stamp the mushroom and snail image onto the bottom edge of the 4" x 5 1/4" whisper white cardstock piece using Memento black ink .  Color images  using Stampin' Blends markers. Attach this piece to the front of your card base.
• Place the 3" x 3 3/4" piece of lemon lime twist cardstock into the simple stripes embossing folder and run through the big shot.  Open the embossing folder and turn the  embossed cardstock 90 degrees.  Run this piece through the Big Shot again.  This will create the square pattern.   Attach this piece to the top of the whisper white cardstock as shown in the image above.
• Stamp the 4 critter friends onto the piece of 4 1/4" x 2 1/4" whisper white cardstock. Stamp the sentiment onto the upper left corner.  Color using the Stampin' Blends markers.  I used bronze for the body of the bear and the belly of the squirrel. I used crumb cake for the belly of the bear and body of the squirrel.  Smoky slate was used for the raccoon.
• Once colored, attach this piece to the center of your card as shown.
• Wrap the Whisper White bakers twine around the top of your card twice and tie a bow.

NOTE:   Please remember when you are coloring with the Stampin' Blends Markers, they WILL bleed through your paper.  Make sure you have a piece of scrap paper underneath your image and color BEFORE attaching to your card.

I hope that you love this project today as much as I do.   If you need supplies for this, or any other project, I hope that you will visit my store today.  You can visit by clicking HERE.  Please use HOSTESS code ZE4SHYW7 at checkout and I will mail you 5 beautiful handmade cards as a gift from me with your $50.00 purchase. 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Debbie