Sunburst

SUOC147 Sunburst Grad

April 26, 2016 By Connie | 4 Comments

It’s time for the SUO Challenge and we are celebrating “Congratulations”…could be any type of congratulations, including graduations! Since my son will be graduating with his Masters from The Ohio State University in a couple weeks, I decided to use this challenge to make his graduation card…we are SO proud of him! Holding down a FULL time job (with travel and extra hours), an almost 3-year old at home who is busy, busy…it was not easy over the past 18 months. His wife, Beth, has certainly picked up the slack!

Adam is a “simple” type of guy, so I didn’t go overboard with embellishments or extras on his card. Just used the OSU colors of Scarlet and Gray and the Sunburst Framelit…with a little bit of Silver Glimmer Paper bling.

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Smoky Slate, folded in half.
The Sunburst Framelit was cut from Real Red cardstock and layered over a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Smoky Slate, with the extra ends cut off. It was placed on the base card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Congratulations, Grad from Stampin’ Up!’s B.Y.O.P. stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Whisper White and colored with the Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker, then punched with a 2″ Circle Punch.
It is layered on a 2-3/8″ Scallop Circle punched from Silver Glimmer Paper, then popped up on the Sunburst with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Yep…that’s it! But Adam definitely doesn’t like a lot of fru-fru, so it’s perfect for him and personalized with OSU colors. This card would also be perfect if you had to mass produce a bunch of them…wouldn’t take long at all!

Make sure to check out the rest of the SUO Challenge Design Team to see what they did with the Congratulations theme!

Sunburst Flower Roommate Gift

April 19, 2016 By Connie | Leave a Comment

Oh…had a wonderful time at On Stage Live in Salt Lake City…loved catching up with friends and meeting new ones. AND…being one of the first to see the NEW CATALOG! Can you say WOW! Yes, my pocketbook is screaming already in anticipation! All is well, except that my flight coming home was delayed almost 3 hours in Phoenix and I didn’t get home until 2:00 AM Monday morning! lol!

I wanted to show the On Stage Roommate Gift I made using the Sunburst Flower again, this time with Night of Navy Polka Dot pattern DSP. It is adhered to a thick notepad of paper, so I went with the red/white/navy color scheme.

The notepad was already covered with the navy/red print.
I cut four Sunbursts from the navy Regals Patterned DSP Stack, then cut with varying sizes of Circle Framelits.
Just a Note from Watercolor Wishes is stamped with Real Red on Whisper White, then punched with the 1-3/8 Circle Punch and layered on a 1-3/4 circle of Red Glimmer Paper, then added to the center of the flower.
A Real Red button is tied with White Baker’s Twine and tied in a bow, then adhered to the center with Mini Glue Dots.
A Sunburst was cut from Mossy Meadow cardstock and cut for the flower leaves.
Finally, the letter A was cut with the Serif Essentials Dies (retired) from Whisper White cardstock, adhered to the front and blinged up with Rhinestones.
There was also a matching pen for the notepad.

I love making these type of gifts for friends and roommates! But I especially LOVE this flower!

Patriotic Sunburst

April 13, 2016 By Connie | 2 Comments

Yes, I’m still continuing to play with my Sunburst Thinlet. Guess I’ll find out SOON if it will be in the new catalog…crossing my fingers BIG time!

I played with several different ways to do a Patriotic card. This one is my favorite.

Here are the details:

The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Whisper White, folded in half.
The Sunburst was cut from regular Whisper White, then added to a 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Real Red.
Shine from Sunburst Sayings was heat embossed with Whisper White Embossing Powder on Night of Navy, then cut with the Star Framelits. It was added to the Sunburst with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Silver Glimmer Paper was cut with the smallest Star Framelit and added to the Night of Navy Star at an angle.
Finally, some Silver Star Neutrals Sequins were added around the front of the card.

It turned out SO cool! I love it!

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