Hello Friends!
One of our grandsons is hitting the big double-digit birthday soon, 10-years-old, and I want him to know that he’s “Kind of a BIG deal”! Whale of a Time was the perfect fit for this occasion! I chose to use my favorite fancy-fold, the tri-fold peek-a-boo, to highlight his big 10 years!
As I recently used this fancy fold in another post, I will simply refer you back to that post for the video and step-by-step instructions of how to create this card here.
Of course, I used a different array of products to make today’s card, so a listing of those are below but the instructions are otherwise the same.
This past week has been incredibly difficult with so many throughout our state being evacuated from their homes due to the wildfires to the north, south, east and west of us. So much loss all about us… there are no words. At this point, our ranch is not in harms way and a friend of ours inquired if we’d be able to accommodate horses for people who’ve had to evacuate. Thus far we’ve taken in 8 horses. I pray that those horses and their families, as well as so many others, have homes to return to when all is said and done.
The smoke has been dense, burning the eyes, nose and throat when outside for very long. I’m sure the hospitals are being inundated with those who have asthma, COPD, and other breathing disorders. My thoughts and prayers have been significantly directed toward all the firefighters, first responders, and of course, all the people who have lost loved ones, their homes, their pets, and livelihoods. I thank God above that there are people who are willing to put their lives on the line day in and day out for the safety of the rest of us. I don’t like the smoke we’re experiencing here and yet, there are those who are rushing into the fires where the smoke and heat are truly horrendous. To those true heroes, I say Thank You and May God Bless You!
LET’S GET INKY!
Materials:
Stamp Sets/Bundle Used:
- Whale Done Bundle
- Blossoms In Bloom (happy birthday sentiment)
Metal Dies Used:
- Layering Circles
- Smooth Sailing (seaweed)
- Playful Alphabet (10)
Paper:
- Pretty Peacock (carebase – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″)
- Granny Apple Green (Mat 1 inside & out 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ – cut 2)
- Whale Of A Time DSP 5 1/4″ x 4″ – cut 2 (calypso coral for card front & seahorses for card inside)
Ink:
- Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Accessories:
- Whale Punch
- 2-inch Circle Punch
- Seabed 3D embossing folder
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
PUTTING IT TOGETHER:
As mentioned above, there is a video of this process in my earlier post here. Please refer to it; the written instructions are otherwise below.
- Fold cardbase in half and set aside.
- Adhere the DSP to the Granny Apple Green mats and set aside to dry.
- Using the 5 1/2 x 5 inch piece of Pretty Peacock CS, score the 5 1/2 -inch side at 3/4″. On the non-scored sides of that piece of cardstock, measure to 2 3/4″ and mark lightly with pencil.
- Use a paper trimmer to connect the pencil dots, to create the triangular flap.
- Use the 2nd largest (plain) circle from Layering Circles Dies, and cut the hole in the center of the “flap”.
- Emboss the flap using the Seabed 3D Embossing Folder.
- Use the largest scalloped circle die and the 2nd largest plain circle die from Layering Circles Dies to cut the scalloped “ring” from DSP to go around the hole on the front of the card flap. Adhere this ring to flap front around hole.
- Now bring in your card base… THE CREASE WILL BE ON THE RIGHT FOR THIS CARD (it opens backwards).
- Crease the flap on your score line and insert the card base with open side into the crease of the flap. (Remember – your card base will be backwards from usual, i.e. open side on left/crease on right). Make sure the top and bottom of both flap and card base are even.
- Punch a circle from a Post-It note using the 2″ circle punch, making sure the adhesive edge of the Post-It note is on the punched circle (so it will stay in place).
- Lay the punched circle in the center of the hole on the flap (will be on the front of the card base) to guide where the hole needs to be punched for the “peek-a-boo” hole.
- Remove the flap piece and place the card front, with the Post-It Note circle attached, in the 2″ punch with the Post-It Note circle aligned with the punch and punch your hole.
- Now when you lay the flap back over the card base, your holes should center up.
- Adhere the DSP inside sentiment panel (seahorses) onto the Granny Apple Green mat for the inside panel. Lay that in the card base with even borders (where it will be glued down, but don’t glue it yet!), close the card and lightly trace the circle onto the white panel with a pencil. (This marks where to adhere your numbers).
- Remove the inside panel, adhere the numbers cut with the Playful Alphabet dies and stamp the sentiments. “Hoping all your birthday fishes come true” from Whale Done, and “Happy Birthday” from Blossoms In Bloom.
- Now lay the Calypso Coral DSP with Granny Apple Green mat (that you glued earlier) on the card base front. Hold it in place and carefully open the card keeping the DSP stack in place. Lay the 2″ circle Post-It Note in the center of the circle again, lift the cardbase off, and punch the hole in the DSP stack.
- Adhere the DSP mat to the card front, lining up the holes. Stamp the “You’re Kind Of A Big Deal” sentiment on the right upper corner of the Calypso Coral DSP card front.
- Adhere the inside DSP stamped panel to the card base.
- Apply some adhesive to the straight edge of the flap (behind the score line) and apply to the back of the card so that the flap folds over the open edges of the card base.
- Use the seaweed die from Smooth Sailing Dies and cut four of those from a piece of the DSP that’s mostly Granny Apple Green. Adhere those to the card fronts.
- Punch the whale from a piece of DSP using the Whale Punch and apply to front of card using dimensionals.
DONE!
Stay safe out there!
Janet
Though I didn’t use the ribbon or sequins from the Whale of a Time Suite, I used everything else. Therefore, I listed the suite, as well as the bundle, as when ordered either in the suite or bundle, you get a 10% discount versus buying everything separately.
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