Hip-Hip-Hooray Popsicles

This is probably my last popsicle card before the Mouthwatering stamp set retires...sniff.  It was one of the more popular cards at my May Stamp-a-Stack even though there was a little extra work involved.  To get the bold colors, we stamped the popsicle sticks in Crumb Cake, then restamped with colors on scraps and cut out the popsicles.  Did you notice the embossing?  If you run your cardstock through the Big Shot the "normal" way, the scallop fans are sideways.  So I ran it through with the cardstock at a 90 degree angle.  Then I slid the cardstock up to send it back through the Big Shot to emboss the still flat section.  It's an extra step, but it's nice to have options. 

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Happy Birthday Popsicles

This card was made with the soon to be retired Mouthwatering stamp set.  It's a cute set of 4 stamps, but I find that I am drawn to the popsicle stamp the most.  I did this card for a swap with other demonstrators a couple of months ago.  Don't look too closely at the happy birthdays because they aren't all lined up, but I got myself into a system by stamping the Melon Mambo at the top, middle and bottom.   Then I came back through with the Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi.  It lined up well enough that I wasn't interested in using the Stamp-a-ma-jig, but for those of you perfectionists out there, that's another option. 

 

 

 

Last summer I made a wiper card using the popsicle stamp that turned out great too.

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Versatility in Card Making - 4 x 4 Cards

The great thing about paper crafting is that it is so versatile.  I made these cards full sized, they can be tweaked a little and become 4 x 4 cards.  Here are the full sized versions.  Card 1, card 2 and card 3. 

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Happy 4th of July

Here is my red, white and blue card for this Independence Day.  We will be making this card on Friday at my July Stamp-a-Stack. It uses the cherries from the Mouthwatering stamp set and the new Delicate Doilies Sizzlit.  I can't believe I never connected those words to one of my cherry stamps! 

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Mouthwatering Wiper Card

Each month I try to do some sort of interesting fold with my stamp club.  Last month we did this wiper card with the Mouthwatering stamp set and now retired In Colors.  I have to say this is one of my favorite cards, and it was about the time that I made this that one of my stamping friends turned 50.  So I made her a card with a "50" on the pop-up wiper piece.  We also used the scented embossing powder on the popsicles which makes them shiny and smelly in real life. 

Here is a wiper card I did a couple of years ago. 

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