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Zany Zoo Wobble Card for Sagan

Hi!  It's hard to believe that my granddaughter was 5 on April 25th.  She'll be going to kindergarten this fall!  Time sure does fly.  We've had a couple celebrations and I'm going to share a card I have mailed to her using the new Zany Zoo Bundle and the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper.  It goes live on May 2nd when the 2023-2024 Annual Catalog goes live.

Zany Zoo Bundle  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Sagan birthday  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Isn't that just too cute!  This card has several new items for you to see. 

Zoo Crew Suite Collection

Here is a picture of the Zoo Crew Suite Collection.  The designer papers have lots of animals doing the cutest things:  ballet, birthday, music, home activities, outdoor activities, and stuff on wheels.  The backside of the paper is in black and white.  I used one of the cards on this page as an inspiration for my card today.

The base of the card is Thick Basic White measuring 4 1/4 x 11, scored and folded at 5 1/2.  

Use a piece of Basic White cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 and run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine with a new folder called Countryside Blossoms.  This folder is part of the Countryside Inn Suite Collection. Glue this layer to the front of the card.  

For the backstage of the card, cut the black and white paper to 2 x 2 3/4.  Glue this piece to the center of the card.  Mine might be a little more toward the top of the card to leave room for the words.  Cut the curtains and scalloped piece from Pool Party cardstock.  You can even cut curtain tiebacks with the Zany Zoo dies.  Add the scalloped top.  Trim as needed.  The curtains do extend beyond the black and white paper, but why waste it?  Add the tiebacks.

The tiger ballerina is cut using the dies.  The pages of the designer paper feature lots of animals.  The animals that are also in the stamp set will also cut the matching ones in the designer paper.  The one on my card is cut from the designer paper.

Zany Zoo Bundle  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside Blossoms EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Wobble  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

I ordered the action wobbles from Amazon.  Here is the link I used:  https://www.amazon.com/Hampton-Art-Mini-Action-Wobbles/dp/B01GUG2CW6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=23B5825CZN115&keywords=wobbles+for+card+making&qid=1682449989&sprefix=wobbles+for+cards%2Caps%2C587&sr=8-2

Peel off the backing from one side of the wobble and add it to the cut out.  Then peel the backing from the other side and put the cut out where you want it to appear on the card.  It's so easy!

Zany Zoo Bundle Card Pictured to the Side to Show Wobble  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside Blossoms EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Wobble  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This pictures shows how the tiger is raised above the card.  You can flick it to make movement.

Use the Sweetest Cherries stamp set for the saying.  I took several of the sayings and put them together to say what I wanted.  Since I cut the words apart that was simple to do.  Use an embossing buddy over the paper before stamping.  Stamp the sayings on Basic Black in Versamark.  Use the Basic Embossing Powders to emboss in white.  Use the Heat Tool to melt the powders.  Cut out the words that you want and add with glue dots.

 

Zany Zoo Bundle  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside Blossoms EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Wobble Inside of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Fussy cut the lamb from the designer paper and add to the card inside.  See how I used the notes from the set to make the saying a song!

Zany Zoo Bundle Card Standing at an Angle  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

So there you have it.  I can't finish this post without a picture or two of Sagan.

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And here is a picture of Sagan, her sister Hazel and Grammie!

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Since the new 2023-2024 Annual isn't live yet here is a listing of supplies not yet available to you.  May 2nd is only a week away!

161319 Zoo Crew Suite Collection $78.50

161315 Zany Zoo Bundle $54

161305 Zany Zoo stamp set $26

161314 Zany Zoo dies $34

161304 Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper $12.50

161473 Countryside Blossoms Embossing Folder $8.50

Thanks so much for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed a sneak peek at some new items coming soon!

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Zany Zoo Bundle Card Pictured with DSP  Zoo Crew DSP  Countryside Blossoms EF  Zany Zoo dies  Basics Embossing Powders  Wobble  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

 

 

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It's Hazel's Second Birthday! And Taco Fiesta!

Can you believe that Hazel is two???  Where did the time go!  I'm using a video that I found that makes the cutest taco.  I wish I could take credit, but no.  This taco was designed by Di Barnes.  You can find her video here.  I'm making a Book Binding Fold today.  I just love those.  I've made several lately.

Taco 3D  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Delicate Desert DSP  Stylish Shapes dies  Book Binding Fold Birthday Card  Taco Fiesta  A Grand Child  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

The taco on this card is 3D.  It is attached with a wobble spring.  You can find these here.  The taco is so cute wiggling on the card!  Here are the things I used, but it's all on the video mentioned already!

Needed to make the taco for this card are:

Decorative Circle Punch using Pale Papaya cardstock for shell

Hedgehog Builder Punch using Granny Apple Green and Parakeet Party for lettuce

Whale Punch using the drops in Basic White for the sour cream

Tailor Made Tags dies using Basic Black  tag holes for the olives

All That dies using Polished Pink for tomato pieces (Yes that kind of a funny color, but it's got to match!

For the book fold:

Pale Papaya cardstock 4 1/4 x 11.  Score at 5 1/2 and 6 3/4.  Fold in half.  Fold back the next fold.  Glue down the area it makes.

For the spine area, you'll need Polished Pink 1 1/8 x 4 1/8 and paper 1 x 4 from the Delicate Desert Designer Series Paper.  Stamp designer paper first with the candy stamp from the Taco Fiesta stamp set.  Add the layers.

For the large area, the paper is cut to 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in Polished Pink cardstock.  Stamp the 4 x 4 layer of designer paper in the same way as the thin piece.  Add these layers to the card front.

Cut a piece of the Enjoy the Journey Designer Series Paper with the largest square from Stylish Shapes dies.  Add with dimensionals.  Here's where you'll actually add the taco with the wobble.  Just pull the backing and stick on!

The saying is from the A Grand Kid stamp set.  Stamp in Polished Pink on Basic White and fussy cut it out.  Glue.

Taco 3D  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Delicate Desert DSP  Stylish Shapes dies  Book Binding Fold Card  Taco Fiesta  A Grand Child  Inside of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

For the inside cut a 4 x 4 piece of Basic White.  Stamp the horse from Taco Fiesta in memento black on a piece of white scrap.  Color with the Polished Pink Combo Blends and the Pale Papaya Combo Blends.  Draw a straight line down part of the white layer with a Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker. Fussy cut and add the horse with dimensionals.  

The saying is from A Grand Kid.

Don't forget to decorate the envelope.

Taco 3D  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Delicate Desert DSP  Stylish Shapes dies  Book Binding Fold  Taco Fiesta  Decorated Envelope  A Grand Child  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

While at Walgreens I found a Taco Pez Dispenser.  I had to have it!  To make a bag I needed a whole 12 x 12 paper.  I used a matching paper from the Enjoy the Journey Designer Series Paper.  Score at 6 and fold in half.  Add a piece of Tear & Tape down the side.  Fold over and stick down the side.  Add a piece of the Tear & Tape at the bottom.

Taco 3D  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Delicate Desert DSP  Stylish Shapes dies  Book Binding Fold Card  Taco Fiesta  A Grand Child  Pictured with Taco Pez  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Stamp, color, and cut out another horse.  Add a short length of black twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack by adding a piece of tape just on the inside of the bag.  Add a small piece of tape at the bottom.  Add the horse with dimensionals hiding the end of the twine.

Add some M&M's with glue dots to look like candy coming from the horse pinata.

Tie some of the Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon for handles.  I punched small holes.  I was afraid that the ribbon might pull through with a lot of handling.  I did put some tape over the ends on the inside of the bag.

Slip in the extra candy so there will be some to eat.


Taco 3D Bag and Card  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Taco Fiesta  Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

So you have a have a picture of our beautiful birthday girl.  What a joy she is to us!

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Thanks for joining me today.  Hope you enjoyed the card, envelope, and bag.  Hazel did!

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Taco 3D Card  Enjoy the Journey DSP  Delicate Desert DSP  Stylish Shapes dies  Book Binding Fold  Taco Fiesta  Decorated Envelope  A Grand Child  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

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Day at the Farm DSP and the On a Farm Bundle

Stampin' Up! is known for their coordination of products.  The pairing of the Day at the Farm Designer Series Paper (a free Sale-a-Bration choice with $50 purchase) and the On the Farm bundle with the stamp set and dies is incredible!  The sad part is that the last day to get the Day at the Farm DSP is Tuesday, February 28th.  That's right!  The last day of February.  Mind you, Sale-a-Bration items are while supplies last!  By the time you see this post, it could already be gone.  This card is a fun fold that really shows off this paper!

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

For the front of this card, the real work is done by the designer paper.  The Cherry Cobbler paper is cut with the 4th rectangle in on the Stitched Rectangles dies.  Fussy cut the trees.  The cow is cut from the designer paper with the On the Farm dies.  The saying is from the On the Farm stamp set.  Stamp it directly on more patterned paper.  I used the Stylish Shapes dies to cut out the saying.  Use the thicker banner die.  Then use a square die from the set to cut the straight end.  All looks stitched.

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  Close Up  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

But wait until you see the opened card.

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  Fully Open  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Let's start at the  beginning.  You will need a piece of the Day at the Farm paper cut 5 1/2 by 12.  So you could get two of the cards from one 12 x 12 sheet with a tiny bit left over.  Score the paper at 4, 6, and 8.  Fold the paper so that you have a mountain fold in the center.  Then fold up on those outside folds.  Be careful as you fold and make sure you keep everything very straight.  This gives you a base of 4 x 5 1/2.  With the card folded shut, glue the back of the card to a base of Pear Pizzazz cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I did need to use my paper trimmer to get everything even at the bottom.

The paper you see from the front of the card in the first picture is on the back of the paper you see in the picture above.

From here on out, the designer paper is the star.  I cut out the cow, sheep, pigs, and flowers directly from the paper.  I did cut the pigs apart for some of them.  One of the sheep was glued on the fold.  Only half of it got the glue.  I fussy cut some trees, the barn and silo, little cows, duck, and chickens from the paper.  The wind mill was cut using the On the Farm dies from Basic Black.

For the last part of the fold, cut a piece of the chicken wire paper to 2 1/2 x 3.  Stamp the saying from Cheerful Basket in Memento on it.  I used my Stamparatus to be sure to have a good image.  Mount on a piece of Pear Pizzazz that is 2 5/8 x 3 1/8.

Here comes more pictures of the inside of the card.

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  First Panel  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This is the first section of the card.

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  Middle Panel  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

This is the middle section.  There is a fold there in the middle.  The sheep near the bottom is glued over the fold.  Glue the back of the sheep and allow the front to be free.  That works fine.

Day at the Farm DSP SAB  On the Farm bundle  On the Farm stamp set  On the Farm dies  Paper Snips  Cheerul Basket  Last Panel  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create
This is the last section.

Thanks so much for taking a look at my card for today.  I hope you'll try this fold.  It would work for so many of the designer papers that you can find at Stampin' Up!

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Happier Than Happy Bundle and Fun Fold

Love a fun fold?  Love an easy fun fold even more?  I've got one that looks hard, but it's not.  We often find that, don't we?  The Happier Than Happy Bundle caught my attention right away when I first saw our new annual catalog.  Remember, I have granddaughters.  Their parents have assigned them an animal when they were born.  Hazel is a fox.

Happier Than Happy Standing Card  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

I'm also using the Happy Forest Friends Designer Series Paper that goes along with the suite.  It's just so cute.

For this card begin with a base of Sahara Sand that measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.  Score at 1, 2, 5.  You'll need another piece of Sahara Sand cut to 3 1/4 x 8 1/2.  Score this one at 4 1/4.

On the big card, fold the first fold at 1 inch down and the 2 inch fold goes up to make a small mountain.  The next fold goes down.  That larger area opens to the inside of the card.

Happier Than Happy Card  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

You can see here the basic fold from the side.  We'll add our designer paper now.  The very front small area has paper measuring 1 1/8 x 2 3/4.  You will need two of these as one goes on the inside of the card.

For the larger area between the 2 and 5 inch score lines gets 2 pieces of DSP that measure 1 1 x 2 x 2 7/8.  These go on each end.  

A piece of the trees DSP goes on the front of the small extra card.  That measures 3 x 4.  Directionality counts here so watch out how you cut.

On this small card the hello comes from the Artistically Inked stamp set.  Stamp in Soft Suede ink.  Cut some trees from Old Olive card stock.  I used three.  Use the Happy Forest dies.  

Happier Than Happy  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Close Up of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Stamp the bear in Soft Suede and the fox in Cajun Craze on Basic White scraps.  Cut these out with the coordinating dies.  Add the bear to the small card front with dimensionals.  Add the fox.  It will have dimensionals on the left.  Use glue where the fox overlaps the bear.

Happier Than Happy  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

Fold the large card.  Glue the front of the small card to the center of the front small fold.  Watch where you put your glue.  Now with the large card folded, turn everything over carefully.  Glue the back of the small card to the back of the large base.  Notice that part of the card will extend up over the other.  Again, watch where you put the glue.  You don't want to glue the card shut.

Happier Than Happy  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Inside of Card  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

For the inside you'll need a piece of Basic White cut to 2 7/8 x 5 3/8.  Add the small strip of designer paper to the bottom.  You might want to add a few extra Old Olive trees inside.

Happier Than Happy  Happy Forest dies  Happy Forest Friends DSP  Fun Fold  Pictured with stamp set  Jo Anne Hewins  Luv 2 Create

I hope that all makes sense.  It did in my head.  Please ask me if you have any questions.

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Hippest Hippos Book Fold Card

Hippest Hippos are also the cutest hippos around!  I have a great book fold card for you today featuring the Awash in Beauty Designer Series Paper from the annual catalog.  Here's my card.  

Hippest Hippos  Hippo dies  Stylish Shapes dies  Positively Pink Woven Ribbon  Awash in Beauty DSP  Full View  Jo Anne Hewins  luv 2 create

For this cutie, start with a base of Polished Pink cut 4 1/4 x 11.  Score it at 5 1/2 and 6 3/4.  Fold in the center and then the next score line will be folded back.  There is the basic fun fold.  I love this fold because the rest of the front of the card is a square.  That works so well with the stitched squares in the Stylish Shapes dies.

Hippest Hippos Book Fun Fold Card  Hippo dies  Stylish Shapes dies  Positively Pink Woven Ribbon  Awash in Beauty DSP  Jo Anne Hewins  luv 2 create

For the designer paper, you'll need one piece that is actually 1 1/8 or just a tiny bit smaller by 4 1/8 or just a tiny bit smaller.  I like a smaller border on my cards but the 1/8 should really be 1/16.  Glue this piece in the smaller section.  Tie some of the Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon around the card and tie into a know in the front.  Glue the small section closed.

Use the same designer paper for the rest of the front.  Cut it to 4 1/8 x 4 1/8.  Remember that it could be just a tiny bit less on 2 sides. Glue.

Hippest Hippos Card  Hippo dies  Stylish Shapes dies  Positively Pink Woven Ribbon  Awash in Beauty DSP  Close Up  Jo Anne Hewins  luv 2 create

Cut the largest square from Stylish Shapes in Polished Pink.  Cut the next smallest square in Basic White.  When you are ready to add the pink layer, use dimensionals.

Stamp the hippo with a flower in Basic Gray in the center of the white square.  Color in the hippo using the Polished Pink Blend Combo, the Light Petal Pink Blend, and the Smoky Slate Blend Combo.  Color the leaf in Old Olive.  Cut the tiniest flower from the Hippo dies in Polished Pink and cover the stamped flower.  Cut the green grass in Old Olive card stock, 2 for the front and 3 more inside the card.  Cut flowers with the die that has 2 flowers together in Polished Pink.  Cut as many as you wish for inside and out.  Glue these in place.

Hippest Hippos Card  Hippo dies  Stylish Shapes dies  Positively Pink Woven Ribbon  Awash in Beauty DSP  Open  Jo Anne Hewins  luv 2 create

Here's a picture of the inside to help.  The Basic White piece inside is the same size of the designer paper covering the front of the card.  Stamp the saying inside in Polished Pink.

Hippest Hippos Card  Hippo dies  Stylish Shapes dies  Positively Pink Woven Ribbon  Awash in Beauty DSP  Partially Open  Jo Anne Hewins  luv 2 create

The Hippest Hippo stamp set and the Hippo dies are both part of the offerings for the SU Sale-a-Bration during July and August.  Each are free with a $50 order, so you could get both with a $100 purchase.  If this is something you want, I would not wait to order.  All SAB items are while supplies last.  The Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam Cards & Envelopes are already gone.

If you don't have a demonstrator I would love for you to order from me.  I would appreciate that so much!

I do send a group of tutorials out each month to customers who purchase $50 from me.  Usually there are around 25 made up from different demonstrators.

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