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The Key To New Adventures

July 9, 2019 2 Comments

Just recently I needed a new home card but couldn’t find a stamp set with that theme. Instead I grabbed a couple of sets my daughter bought me for Mother’s Day. Then with the addition of a bronze key embellishment and coordinating Designer Series Paper I got to work.

New home card with bronze key embellishment, created using the On To Adventure and Grandma's House Stamp Sets from Stampin' Up!

NEW HOME

I began with a piece of Very Vanilla Card and a Smoky Slate ink pad. First I stamped the house and trees image from the Grandma’s House Stamp Set. Then above it I stamped “Congratulations on your next adventure” from the On To Adventure Stamp Set. With that done, I cut off the sentiment and set it aside while I coloured the image.

I wanted to keep things really simple so decided to use Stampin’ Blends as a basic colouring tool instead of blending them. The colors I chose were Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade and Granny Apple Green light and dark combos. Then light Old Olive, Flirty Flamingo and Smoky Slate. Finally I added Ivory and dark Pool Party.

Once everything was coloured I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to mount the panel onto Poppy Parade Card. Then I mounted the sentiment onto a separate piece of Poppy Parade Card with more liquid glue.

NEW KEY

As I was looking through my stash of Designer Series Paper (DSP) I found one with a key design in the Bird Ballad pack. That would be perfect for a new home card.

First I cut a wide strip and mounted it onto some Smoky Slate Card using liquid glue. Then I added the layered piece to the front of my Thick Very Vanilla Card base.

The DSP reminded me about the Bird Ballad Trinkets which includes a small bronze-coloured key. The key would make a great addition to the new home card, I just needed to attach it somehow. Baker’s twine would be perfect, but I didn’t want white.

Close up of new home card with bronze key embellishment, created using the On To Adventure and Grandma's House Stamp Sets from Stampin' Up!

So instead I coloured the Whisper White twine using the light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends marker. Once the twine was dry I tied it onto the key then secured the loose end of the twine to the back of the house panel with sellotape. I then added a Mini Glue Dot under the key to keep it in place on the front.

Now I could finish off the front of the card by adding the house and sentiment panels with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Going back to that key design DSP I used liquid glue to fix a narrow strip down the right-hand edge of a layer of Very Vanilla Card. Then I added that to the inside of the card base.

Finally I attached another piece of the DSP to the flap of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope with liquid glue. Then after using my Paper Snips to trim the DSP following the shape of the flap I was done.

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PRODUCT LIST

UPDATE 2020: Sadly the following products have retired and are no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

  • Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
  • Bird Ballad Trinkets
  • Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine
  • Grandma’s House Stamp Set
  • On To Adventure Stamp Set
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Poppy Parade 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Bird Ballad Trinkets
Bird Ballad Trinkets
Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine
Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine
Grandma's House Cling Stamp Set
Grandma’s House Cling Stamp Set
On To Adventure Cling Stamp Set
On To Adventure Cling Stamp Set
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Bronze & Ivory Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Mini Glue Dots
Mini Glue Dots
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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Filed Under: Cards, Sentiment Cards (miscellaneous) Tagged With: Bird Ballad DSP, Bird Ballad Suite, embellishment, new home, On To Adventure, Stampin' Blends, twine

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  1. Pam says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:20 am

    Very creative!

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      July 9, 2019 at 9:29 am

      Thank you Pam

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