Tag: Half Full

Stampin’ Up! Half Full birthday card

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

I CASE’d this card from one I found on Pinterest by Paula Dobson. I needed a birthday card, and this fitted the bill perfectly!

I’ve mentioned before how much I like this stamp set, not least because I know I’ll use every stamp in the set. There is usually a stamp in each set that you are unlikely to use isn’t there? Well not in this set – not for me anyway.

I used watercolour paper and my Stamp-a-ma-jig to repeatedly stamp out the bottle and glass with Memento Tuxedo black ink.

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

Then I used Aqua Painters to paint the bottle and glass. For the bottles I used Pear Pizzazz, and for the glasses Real Red and So Saffron. I used a watered down wash of Crumb Cake for the labels.

I popped up the sentiment – may your glass always be half full – on the front of the card.

Stampin' Up! Half Full birthday card from Maudiepapercrafts

For the cardbase I used Fresh Fig which seemed to go well with the wine theme, and added some Whisper White on the inside to write on.

I hope this set gets carried over to next year!

Here’s what I used to make the card:
Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Half Full Christmas card

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

Following on from my last post, here’s the Christmas card I made at the same time. This card also uses the Half Full stamp set, but with a Christmas twist – love it!

I used watercolour paper and ink pads as palettes as before. This time I added some of the Quilted Christmas 6″ x 6″ DSP to give the card a festive feel.

Here’s the inside:

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

I’m going to a Christmas craft fair at the beginning of December – the AIKB one in Gouarec for anybody who is in the vicinity. I’m going to make some of these cards for the fair because I think they may be popular.

Stampin' Up! Half Full Christmas Card

I’m part of the Pootles design team for November so I’ll be back soon with the first of 5 projects – posted on each Thursday during November.

 

 
Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Stampin’ Up! Half Full card

Stampin' Up! Half Full

It’s not often that I know that I’ll use every stamp in a stamp set, but this is one of those occasions – I love every stamp in this set!

Did you miss it in the Seasonal catalogue? It’s on page 42, and easy to miss amongst all the Christmas and Halloween sets. One of the things I like about this set is it isn’t just for Chrismtas, you can use it all year round.

I got out some watercolour paper for these cards, and used the ink pads as palettes to colour in the bottle and glass. The Archival Basic Black ink pad is good for watercolouring, just give it a little time to dry first.

Stampin' Up! Half Full

That tag fits exactly into the Scallop Tag Topper punch which is good news. I stamped the background with the row of glasses in the set and used Fresh Fig for the base of the cards.

Stampin' Up! Half Full

I’m pleased with these cards and already have lot of birthdays coming up that they’d be suitable for.

Next time I’ll have a card using the same set, but with a Christmas theme.

Don’t forget that you only have a few more days for the buy 3 get 1 free DSP offer – it ends on 31st October.

 
Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.