F un hello card using Stampin' Up! products.
Project Recipe
Cut cardstock and designer paper pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer and Paper Snips:
- card from Blushing Bride Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 3" x 4-1/4" from Bermuda Bay Cardstock
- 2-7/8" x 4-1/8" from Basic White Cardstock
- 1-1/2" x 2-7/8" of squiggly red lines on pink background design from Snail Mail Designer Series Paper, cut so the lines are horizontal on the horizontal rectangle
- 2" x 2-1/2" from Basic White Cardstock
- 1-1/2" square from Basic White Cardstock
- light pink speech bubble with the word "bonjour" cut from hello speech bubbles in different colors and languages on white background design from Snail Mail Designer Series Paper using Paper Snips
- blue speech bubble with the word "hallo" cut from hello speech bubbles in different colors and languages on white background design from Snail Mail Designer Series Paper using Paper Snips
Adhere the piece of red squiggly lines design paper to the bottom of the 2-7/8" x 4-1/8" Basic White rectangle.
Adhere the white cardstock/designer paper rectangle to the center of the Bermuda Bay rectangle.
Cut a 3-1/2" piece of the Real Red 1/8" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack.
Lay the ribbon across the matted white/designer paper rectangle so it covers the seam between the white cardstock and designer paper. Flip the rectangle over and fold the ends of the ribbon over. Adhere the ends of the ribbon in place with pieces of Tear & Tape Adhesive.
Remove the protective backing from the Tear & Tape strips and add Stampin' Seal to the back of the Bermuda Bay rectangle. Adhere it to the center of the Blushing Bride card front.
Mount the large snail with presents on his back image from the Snailed It Set on Block D. Ink it up with the Memento Ink Pad. Stamp it in the center of the remaining large white rectangle.
Pick out the matching snail with presents die from the Snail Dies. Put it on top of the stamped snail image on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the snail is centered in the die. Run through the machine.
Put the snail cut out on some Grid Paper to protect your work surface. You need to make sure that you protect your work surface with paper as the Stampin' Blends Markers do bleed through.
Use the Dark and Light Real Red Stampin' Blends to color in the lines on the snail's shell and the smaller, top package on his back.
Use the Dark Real Red Stampin' Blends to color the ribbon on the top of the packages and over the center of the bottom package.
Use the Light Real Red Stampin' Blends to outline the snail's mouth and the spots on his belly.
Use the Dark and Light Petal Pink Stampin' Blends to color in the snail's body and antenna, but leave the eyeballs white. Also color in the large, bottom package on his back.
Use the Color Lifter Stampin' Blends if needed to remove excess color.
Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the colored snail cut out to the front of the card so it overlaps the top of the ribbon a bit on the right side. Leave about 1/2" from the tip of his tail to the right edge of the matted white/designer paper rectangle.
Mount the speech bubble image from the Snailed It Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Real Red Ink Pad. Stamp it in the center of the white square.
Pick out the matching speech bubble die from the Snail Dies. Put it on top of the stamped speech bubble on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so it is centered over the stamped image. Run through the machine.
Mount the "hello" sentiment from the Snailed It Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Real Red Ink Pad. Stamp it in the center of the speech bubble cut out so the point of the speech bubble is pointing off to the bottom right.
If you haven't already done so, use Paper Snips to cut out the other two speech bubbles as outlined above in the measurements.
WITHOUT ADHERING, lay the speech bubble cut outs on the card front so they are just to the left of and above the snail image as shown to figure out spacing and placement. One at a time, adhere the foreign language sentiment speech bubble cut outs to the card front using Stampin' Seal. Then, adhere the "hello" speech bubble cut out to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals so it overlaps the other two speech bubbles as shown.
Cut a 3-1/2" piece of the Real Red 1/8" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack.
Slide one end of the ribbon under the ribbon already on the card front on the right side of the snail image. Tie in place with a half knot. Trim the ends.