World Autism Awareness Day

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. I decided to create a project in honor of many friends and family that have this struggle everyday.

Handmade card featuring Stampin Up Puzzle Pieces dies set. Great project for Autism Awareness.

Instructions on how to make this project:

  • Card Base – 8 1/2 x 11 cut at 5 1/2 and folded in half or scored at 4 1/4
  • 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Lovely Lipstick
  • 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 piece of Blueberry Bushel
  • Use Puzzle Piece thinlits Full Puzzle piece and cut out using Thick Whisper White
  • Cut out other colors using Larger Puzzle piece
  • Sentiments from Artfully Aware stamp set

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I sure hope you enjoyed this project today. Remember together we can make a difference and celebrate autism with awareness, research, education, appreciation, inclusion and acceptance.

XOXO

Tammy

Fun Slide Thank You Card

Super excited about this fun layout. How many times have you been in a design rut? Well, this was me, so I decided to started searching and playing around with layouts and came across one that my friend Dawn designed. So as a lot of do when we see something we love, we decide to CASE it. Here is my spin on what I CASED.

Below are the sizes and instructions:

CARD BASE:

  1. Cut a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Poppy Parade and fold it in half.  This is your card base.
  2. Cut Whisper White piece 4 1/8 x 5 3/8
  3. Cut Poppy Parade piece 4 x 5 1/4

Now with the Designer Paper Piece you will do the following:

  1. Cut Whisper White Piece 2 1/2 x 4 1/2
  2. Cut Designer Piece 2 1/4 x 4 1/4
  3. Trim Foam strips to fit Whisper White Piece
  4. Peal off strips on foam tape ONLY on the 2 side pieces. Leave the center and top foam pieces with strip pieces on. (This will be where your piece slides up and down)
  5. Place Designer Paper piece to the left of the card base
  6. Cut 2 1/2 x 3 Poppy Parade piece
  7. Cut 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 Whisper White piece. Stamp Thank You sentiment from Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and small butterfly stamp from Beauty Abounds set.
  8. Finish off with Happiness Bloom enamal dots.

PRODUCTS USED

  1. Cut Poppy Parade piece 2 1/8 x 4 1/4
  2. Cut Whisper White piece 2 x 4 1/8
  3. Staple small loop piece of mini stripped 1/4″ poppy parade ribbon at bottom of 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 piece
  4. Stamp floral image from Beauty Abounds Stamp set
  5. Use Light Poppy Parade Stampin Blend to color flower image
  6. Use Light/Dark Old Olive Stampin Blend to color leaves
  7. Attach stamped image piece on top of poppy parade piece
  8. Slide floral piece in between cardstock and center foam piece
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Hope you enjoyed this project!!!

xoxo Tammy

My favorite New Stamp Set

 

So many fun memories I will still be posting from my trip to Orlando, but there is one that I feel I need to share on the eve of one of the hardest days of my life.

As one of the fun perks of being a Stampin Up Demonstrator, and going to our OnStage event, they do what they call Prize Patrol. This is where we win certain products if our number is called.

Upon registration we receive our welcome bag full of fun goodies, they give us a button that has number on them. My number this year was number 8. This happens to be both of parent’s favorite numbers. They even married on 8/58.

Not really thinking too much about this, I was watching one of the last demonstrations on an upcoming stamp set that is going to debut in our Spring Occasions catalog. At first I thought this was a support cancer stamp set, but upon listening to the designer’s story she lost her mother to Alzheimer’s.

When the demonstration was over and they announced this was a prize patrol set I was hoping that number 8 would be called. IT WAS!!!!! So this picture was captured of me with tears in my eyes and the excitement of what I am going to create for my friends who have lost someone, continuing to battle this horrible disease!!!!!

 

 

 

XOXO

TAMMY