Lift Me Up

My friend Jan loves to make 3D projects.  For our Stamp Camps she always volunteers to make the bags that we give to customers as they come in.  The bags have a few pieces of candy in them and the customers can place their finished projects in the bag.

This is the bag that she made for our recent Stamp Camp.  All I can say is WOW!  That was a lot of work.  She made 40 of them!  Thanks Jan!

Jan used the Lift Me Up stamp set and the Up & Away Thinlits Dies as well as the Carried Away Designer Series Paper.  The designer paper is a Sale-a-bration item that you’re close to earning for FREE if you purchase the Lift Me Up Bundle.  How great is that?  The designer paper is fun because it coordinates perfectly with the bundle.  Some of the designs have hot air balloons on them and some have clouds.  COORDINATION!  Woo Hoo!  🙂

The decorated focal point is a little too large for a regular card front but with a little trimming I think it would work.  I’m definitely going to give it a try!

You can check out the Lift Me Up Bundle on page 10 of the Occasion Catalog and the Carried Away Designer Series Paper can be found on page 7 of the Sale-a-bration Brochure.

Have a great day!  I hope it’s uplifting!  🙂

Thank you to the talented Dawn Olchefske for this card idea.  Actually, I pretty much CASEd (copied) Dawn’s idea step by step.  I did change the measurements a little and only added one balloon.

Why change a good thing?  I loved Dawn’s card from the start but as I was making it I had to change a few things.

I had to change the measurements and a little bit of the layout only because I used a different sentiment.  I wanted to use the birthday sentiment since I didn’t need a card about “love”.  That meant that I had to shorten my front “flaps” a little bit to make sure the sentiment would fit in the white area.

Here are the measurements I used:

Card Base: 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ score at 1 5/8″ & 5 7/8″

Whisper White:  5 1/4″ x 4″, 1 3/8″ x 5 1/4″ (2x)

Designer Paper:  1 1/4″ x 5 1/8″ (2x)

Night of Navy:  3″ x 3 3/4″

To stamp the sentiment perfectly I adhered the large piece of Whisper White card stock to the inside of my card and then used removable adhesive to hold the two front flaps down so that my card was “closed”.  Then I got out my Stamp-a-ma-jig to perfectly align the sentiment.  When I was done stamping I just had to rub off the removable adhesive with my finger and I was good to go.

To finish off the card, I die cut my balloon and adhered just the top of it to the top flap.  Don’t put adhesive on the whole balloon or you won’t be able to open your card!  🙂

This designer paper (Carried Away) is one of the Sale-a-bration items that you can choose for FREE.  Don’t forget that for every $50 you spend during Sale-a-bration you can choose a FREE Sale-a-bration item!  Woo Hoo!

As you can see from the last picture, I couldn’t add the small balloon to my card because there wasn’t room when I used the longer sentiment.  Thanks again Dawn for your inspiration!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!