Inspiration: Hand Stamped Sentiments #441
I wanted to craft but could not find inspiration, so I looked through my Mintay papers and decided to do some fussy cutting to pass the time. Once all of the remaining images from the Paradise collection were cut, I was inspired to start putting something together, Hand Stamped Sentiments' current challenge has summer polaroids on the image, so it fit nicely with the Paradise collection. I used one of the Polaroid cut-apart, and I started layering some of the images over it.
I wanted to use the empty space at the top to add a sentiment, and I remembered I have a gold Thickers set with summer sayings, so I checked out what was in there. One sentiment said "Sun + Fun", so I pulled out my Dymo to write words to fill the sentiment in. I initially did "Have a Fun Birthday" but I was struggling to fit the words comfortably on the design, so I shortened it to "Have Fun" and it looked much better.
I was initially planning on cutting the extra parasol that was hanging out the side of the card once everything was glued in place, but I realized that it would not look as cool if I did, so I decided to keep it as is and just make an oversize envelope out of the remaining patterned paper to fit instead. I added one more polaroid frame and a couple of fussy cut images on the envelope as well.
I'm working my way through this collection to try and finish it off as I don't have a lot of it left.
Supplies
Cardstock: Certainly Celery (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Paradise (Mintay)
Ink: Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)
Dies: Zig-Zag Stackers (Penny Black)
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board (Stampin' Up!);
Crochet Thread; Heat Wave Thickers (American Crafts);
Mini Blender Tools (Ranger); Label Machine (Dymo)
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