Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Stamp Review Crew - Bonanza Buddies

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

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Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's Bonanza Buddies edition! The "Crew" is made up of a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Linda Callahan's blog, Stampin' Seasons, welcome! There are ten of us today, so follow all the links for more inspiration.

The 22 piece photopolymer Bonanza Buddies stamp set and 10 piece coordinating Bonanza Dies really makes for quick & cute cards, and not just for kids, either. I have two examples that work for grownups, too! The stitched tag and pennants dies are good for any birthday or gift packaging. And, as always, you can purchase them as a bundle and save 10% through the end of the sales period, while supplies last. (The dies are back in stock now, so grab them while you can!)

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My first card is geared more toward the younger crowd, with the adorable Koala and Toucan bringing birthday wishes. Did you notice the Toucan faces the opposite direction from the way the die cuts? I wanted it to face the Koala, so I cut around the image in the Birthday Bonanza DSP and held it up to the light to see where to place the die from behind. A little sticky note held it in place while I ran it through the die cut & emboss machine. Problem solved!

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

A little bit of DSP fussy cutting was involved for the ice cream cone, but that went very quickly! The envelope flap was decorated with matching DSP to dress it up a bit.

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

The next two cards would work for either male or female birthday celebrants. On the first one, after stamping and heat embossing, the tag was die cut and spatters were added with a Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write Marker (tapped firmly on another marker to make the little drops). I then added the ribbon, and adhered a slightly larger piece of gold foil paper behind it, trimming the angles to match.

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

Another decorated envelope flap!

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

The last card uses the Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder that is part of the Ornate Garden early release. I thought it made the perfect textured backdrop for the gold heat embossed candles. And yeah, it's probably more of a girly card with the flowers, but you could easily swap out a more generic embossing folder. *wink*

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

The candle flames were made by inking up just the tail tip on the lion (mane & tail) image. Because the stamps are clear, I could see exactly where to stamp the "flame" and didn't even need to mask off the rest of the stamp.

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

This time, to fancy up the flap I chose to use the same embossing folder instead of DSP.  This card went to one of my stamp club ladies, whose favorite color is yellow. I hope it brightened her day!

Heart's Delight Cards, Bonanza Buddies, SRC - Bonanza Buddies, 2020 Jan-June Mini Catalog, Stampin' Up!

That's all from me for now, so up next is Nikki Spencer at My Sandbox. I just love her style and eye for color!

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2 comments:

  1. Wow three beauties! You made this set very elegant with the last two! The first is adorable - I always forget about making an ice cream cone!

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  2. What an awesome line up of cards. I agree with Linda - love how you took a 'cute' set and changed it to make two very elegant cards. Your first card made me smile.

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