Looking for a card to mark a special occasion? Check out this customized Celebration Card! The colours can be changed out to suite the recipient’s colour scheme – whether it be school colours, wedding colours or favourite colours! The main image in this card is from the new Stampin’ Up! set Big Wishes (available in wood mount or clear mount). I used some new In Colours – Pineapple Punch and Lovely Lipstick – because they’re bright and celebratory! The background cardstock is embossed with the Scattered Sequins Embossing Folder, and I added a few paper spirals to tie in with the ticker tape image. (Obviously this card might be better just sitting on top of a gift or being handed to the recipient rather than travelling a distance through the postal system…).
To get the multicoloured look, I inked a portion of a Stampin’ Sponge with the Pineapple Punch ink, and then dabbed it directly onto the rubber of the stamp, randomly. I then used a sponge inked with Lovely Lipstick and dabbed it randomly onto the rubber stamp as well. Once the rubber was coated, I stamped onto the Whisper White cardstock. Easy peasy! Just be sure that if you’re doing multiples of this card, you clean the stamp in between each use. You can use the Stampin’ Scrub with some Stampin’ Mist, or the new kid on the block, the Simply Shammy with some water. That’s how easy it is to make a customized celebration card!
I confess that I also used these colours because they’re pretty close to my son’s high school colours! (see that title, customized celebration card…it’s customized for him!) We are in the final days of his high school years – I can’t believe it! It’s been final concerts, banquets, prom…and now we’re into final projects and exams. Add in the process of completing the university acceptance (picking a residence, creating shopping lists, starting to cough up the money…LOL) and it’s been a bit of a whirlwind! Thank goodness that I am able to escape into the craft room every once in a while, and I have lots of new things to play with from the new catalogue!
Unlike my son and his friends, however, I will still be having classes over the summer! Monthly card classes will continue in July and August, though please note that the July class will be the SECOND Wednesday of the month, not the first Wednesday. Stampers Club will also continue on the 3rd Monday of each month, and new members are welcome to start at any time. You can find other dates on the YamStamps Events Page. I’m thinking I may have more time on my schedule to have a few more classes come autumn, when my son is away at university?!! (Contact me to book dates so I don’t get too socially isolated come the fall….please….LOL).
