Stampin’ Up! Boho Blue Pets & More Birthday Card
Welcome to week thirteen of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Boho Blue, a gorgeous soft blue that is one of the 2023–2025 In Colors.
We have so many birthdays on both sides of our family in July so surprise, surprise, I’ve made another birthday card this week!
This fancy fold card is for my niece who turned 8 earlier in July however as she has been overseas we will be catching up for her birthday later in July.
Mimi recently told me her favourite colour has changed from purple to blue – luckily I discovered this before I made her card!
I love making cards that move for children, which is why I went searching for a shutter card tutorial. I discovered a video tutorial for an easy double shutter card by a paper crafter called Sam Callott (Mixed Up Craft) – here is her video if you’d like to watch her tutorial.
I’ve used the new Birch folder to emboss the Boho Blue cardstock barn doors and my double shutter card opens to reveal a dog. My dog’s name is Superman and Mimi adores him. In fact, I’m pretty sure he is her favourite cousin!
The grass is made from Old Olive cardstock that has been die cut using the grass dies from the Beach Days dies. The dog is from Pets & More stamp set, which is a reversible stamp set. I’ve stamped the reverse side of the stamp in Pecan Pie stamped off once and the front of the dog stamp is stamped in full strength Pecan Pie. The dog bowl is also stamped in Pecan Pie and fussy cut.
After photographing the card I realised one of Superman’s hairs is on the card. How perfectly apt!
The doghouse is made from the Country Birdhouse die with the base chopped off. The flowers are also from the Country Birdhouse dies and I created the stems using the narrow roof edging die from the same set. The thicker roof die has been used for the top of the dog house.
These bones and the dog ball from the Pets & More stamp set have been fussy cut.
I used a circle punch to create finger pulls and pull tabs.
The card sits on a 5 x 7 inch card base which I will stamp and decorate inside too before I give Mimi her birthday card next weekend.
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday, 31st July, showcasing Bubble Bath.
I hope you can join us then!
