Lawn Fawn blew it out of the water again with its Summer release. They're just full of lovely, unique ideas and I love how the new stuff always coordinate with the older stuff, breathing new life into supplies we already have. So I came home with my new purchases, spent part of the evening cutting my dies apart and organizing my new stuff, knowing I would have more time to stamp over the weekend. (Three day weekend the day after new release = perfect timing!)
When I woke up Friday morning, this idea popped into my head: how 'bout making a band camp card, inspired by American Pie's famous quote: "This one time, at band camp..." I had the Critter Concert music-playing animals, and I remembered that the Screen Time stamp set had a little girl. In all of two minutes, I knew I wanted to use the curtains from the Shadow Box Theater Add-On dies, the Speech Bubble dies to add the quote, the Little Music Notes dies to embellish and make a Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up to get dimension. I wrote those ideas down quickly on a sheet of paper, because unfortunately I was expected at work and couldn't get stamping, but Friday evening, after work, I went straight to working on that idea.
Pretty much all I had to pick was a color combo, because the rest of the design was very clear in my mind. (This does not happen often, but I love when it does!) I wasn't sure how I would work the flute into my little girl's image, but the way her hands are placed is just perfect to have her hold the flute, which I handcut from the racoon image. There's a little circle on the left side, which is the racoon's hands, but really, it looks here like the metal mouthpiece from a transverse flute. The quote was designed in Word and printed on cardstock, before I die-cut it using the Speech Bubbles dies. I layered the bubbles over a music staff die-cut out of gold foil paper.
I am so, so pleased with the final result. And I just crack a smile every tme I look at it.
Supplies
Stamps: Woodgrain (Stampin' Up!); Musical Background (Taylored Expressions)
Cardstock: Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder, Raspberry Ripple, So Saffron, Whisper White, Gold Foil (Stampin' Up!)
Designer Series Paper Stack: 2011-2013 in Color
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Blackberry Bliss, Wisteria Wonder, So Saffron, Raspberry Ripple (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Critter Concert, Screen Time, Speech Bubbles, Shadow Box Theater Add-On,
Little Musical Notes, Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frames (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Markers (Copic); Stampin' Dimensionals, White Medium Envelope (Stampin' Up!)
I had to google "this one time at band camp", having never seen American Pie! Anyway, your creation is ADORABLE! Great little critters and a fun little scene!
Posted by: LeAnne | May 22, 2018 at 19:47
This is so awesome! Love it!
Posted by: Tracy | May 27, 2018 at 23:07