Stampin’ Up! Gift of Love You Lots!

Happy Hawmmp Day!  Do I spell that different each week…?  Hmm…  maybe.

Maybe you know – or don’t – my hubs and I have been married for….26 years!   Yup – 26 years last April.  And we were together for a few before that.  Crazy, huh?  Yes, I married him when I was 14 – it’s the only possible way this could have happened! 😉

Or not.

Anyway – I miss him!  I miss our routine.  And knowing what he’s going to do or say before he does or says it. Even though sometimes that drives me nutso when I’m home! 😉

So – I decided to send him a card.  And I used a fun little Host-Exclusive set, called Lots of Love.  Now, this is a stamp set that it took me a while to decide I needed.  I mean…turtles?  Hedgehogs?  Elephant?  What the heck was I going to do with those?

Well – I still haven’t done anything with them – but this card uses the image that was the final deciding factor:

Seriously?  Just about as cute as it gets.  The set didn’t have the exact sentiments I wanted – but another of the Host sets: Gift of Love did. (didja notice how clever I was with the title of this blog post??  Go ahead and take another look – I’ll wait….)

So I used them both.  Take a look-see:

The layout and the color scheme were both inspired by challenges.  My layout came from the RetroSketches challenge #233:

And I picked my colors thanks to the Can You CASE It color challenge #129.

I called on a couple of the fun new 2016-2018 In Colors – Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo.  Using the Designer Series Paper Stack, I built the card front, SNAILing pieces of each polka-dotted paper onto a mat of Basic Black card stock.  Then I SNAILd the Flirty Flamingo panel to the Dapper Denim panel.

I used a couple of little pieces of Flirty Flamingo 3/8″ Ruched Ribbon and adhered them with some Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue.

The sentiment panel is Whisper White.  I stamped the sentiment from Gift of Love in Dapper Denim.  Then I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to align and stamp the ladybug couple, in Basic Black Archival Ink, over the top.  I colored them with my Dapper Denim and Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Write Markers.  See?  One is me…and one is Wayne… 😉

I cut a couple of hearts, using the dies in the Sweet & Sassy Framelits set – one in Flirty Flamingo and one in Dapper Denim – and layered them together with Multi-Purpose Liquid Glue.

I popped my sentiment panel over the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then used more of the Liquid Glue to adhere my stack of hearts.  I decided to add a few more little hearts, so I cut some with my Confetti Hearts Border Punch and glued them down in the corners.

On the inside, I used another panel of Whisper White and stamped a second sentiment from Gift of Love.  I only wanted part of the sentiment – so I only inked that piece.  Since this is a photopolymer set, it was easy to ever-so-carefully ink just the words “I Miss You”.  Then I added a couple more of my Confetti Hearts Border hearts underneath.

I used some Pop of Pink Melon Mambo (hey – the challenge said “pinks” not “pick one and only one pink”!) and Moroccan Dapper Denim Washi Tape across the bottom, SNAILd the panel to a Basic Black mat and into my Dapper Denim card base.  I popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals, and the card was done.

My Whisper White Medium Envelope got more Washi Tape across the front…

…and a custom flap with some Dapper Denim DSP Stack paper.

Et Voila!  A cute little card to tell my honey I miss him.  And – not to worry – he’s plenty secure enough in his manhood to deal with pinks! And ladybugs!! 😉  I know he’s going to like it – and I hope you do, too!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the goodies you need to make this for yourself! 

HOST CODE FOR 14 Jul – 31 Jul 16: J62ZFZYG

Use this host code when you order and receive a free gift from me! But, if your order is over $150, please don’t use this code (you’ll miss out on your own Stampin’ Rewards if you use it) but you’ll still get the free gift – your choice of any item valued up to $8.00 in the 2015-16 Annual Catalog.

Only Two Weeks Left!

For every $50 you spend* between July 7 and July 31, you’ll get a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use between August 2–31, 2016! This is a great opportunity for you to get items from your wish list, whether you buy them now or with your coupons in August. This is the first time Stampin’ Up! has offered this type of promotion, and it’s a deal everyone will want in on!

NOTE: Bonus Days coupon codes will be delivered via email, so an email address is required to participate in this promotion. Stampin’ Up! cannot resend emails with coupon codes, so make sure you save the email and write down the codes in a safe place so you don’t miss out on the coupons you earn.
*Participants will receive a Bonus Days coupon code via email for every $50 they spend in a single order (catalog price before shipping and tax).

Details:

• An email address is required to participate in this promotion; Bonus Days coupon codes can only be delivered to participants via email.
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Dates:

• Promotion period: July 7–31, 2016
  
• Promotion Deadlines: July 31, 2016 by 11:50 PM (MT)
  
• Redemption period: August 2–31, 2016
  
• Redemption Deadlines: August 31, 2016 by 11:50 PM (MT)

Remember – both these sets have to be purchased with Stampin’ Rewards points!  I’ll be glad to help you earn them so you can add these to your stash – give me a holler!

See you tomorrow for the Happy Stampers Blog Hop!

TTFN

Mary

P.S.  Give me a hot second – I’ll be using those other cute little animals in Love You Lots real soon! 🙂

STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS USED IN THIS PROJECT:  

CARD CUTS FOR THIS PROJECT:

Dapper Denim Card Stock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base, scored and folded at 5 1/2″); Sweet & Sassy heart and Confetti Hearts

Basic Black Card Stock:  4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mats for card front and for inner liner); 2 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mat for Flirty Flamingo rectangle); 2 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ (mat for sentiment panel)

2016-2018 In Color DSP Stack: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (Dapper Denim card front); 2″ x 5 1/4″ (Flirty Flamingo panel); Envelope Flap in Dapper Denim

Whisper White Card Stock: 4″ x 5 1/4″ (inner liner)

Flirty Flaming Card Stock:  Sweet & Sassy heart and Confetti Hearts

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