Hubby Needs a Birthday Card - Blythe Klipple, Stamping With Blythe

My card for a monthly card swap was supposed to be a guy card or a sympathy card. Since hubby’s birthday is coming up next month it was a clear choice: Hubby needs a birthday card!

Product List

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $17.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $9.25	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $9.25
Sun Prints 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158790] $12.00	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin' Pad [159214] $8.00	Starry Sky Classic Stampin' Pad [159212] $8.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $8.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Embossing Buddy [103083] $6.00
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Stamparatus [146276] $49.00
Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $9.00

I really enjoyed making this card, especially since I haven’t used my Stamparatus nearly as much as I should/could have and I got to use it for this card. See the Stamparatus how-to steps following the card steps below.

Card Front: Night of Navy card stock, 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″ and burnished (creased firmly) with a Bone Folder.
Layer 1 and inside card layer: Gray Granite card stock, 5-1/4″ x 4″; attach as shown with the adhesive of your choice.
Designer Series Paper Layer: 5″ x 3-3/4″. Do not attach to card front until you have stamped and embossed greetings.
Designer Series Paper Strip Layer: 1″ x 5″ (reverse side of stamped layer). Wrap several time around with Linen Thread and tie in a knot. Attach to card front with adhesive of your choice.
Attach three Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots as shown in sample.

Stamparatus Steps

I used my Stamparatus “Tool” to position and space the HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY on this card.

Mark the corners of the layer of card stock you’ll be stamping on.

Position the card stock inside those marks and **carefully** secure it in place with the Stamparatus magnets. BEWARE! These magnets are very strong! That’s why mine look a bit beat up.

Position the HAPPY stamp (unlinked) on the card stock. Position the Stamparatus clear plate on the Stamparatus in the top (fully attached) position. Lay it over, onto the card layer and positioned stamp and let the stamp attach itself to the plate. Ink the stamp using Orchid Oasis ink–be careful as you ink the stamp while it’s in position on the plate. Lay the plate onto the card and stamp the image. If it doesn’t ink up as you want, re-ink the stamp, lay it over that card front and stamp again. It will not have moved from the original stamping. THEN move the plate down one ‘notch’. The position you see in the image above is after stamping the first HAPPY and moving the plate down that one notch.

Ink stamp with Starry Sky this time and repeat laying the repositioned plate and stamp onto the card front. After stamping, move the plate down one more notch.

Re-ink the stamp again, this time using Night of Navy Classic Ink.

You now have three perfectly spaced and aligned HAPPYs, with the ink getting darker with each repositioning of the plate down the card front.

The birthday greeting was stamped using VersaMark ink. Then sprinkle it generously with Black Embossing Powder, shake off excess and heat set using the Heat Tool. A video tutorial will follow this post in the next few weeks.

Do you own a Stamparatus yet? Although I don’t use mine as often as I should/could (actually I forget about its perks!) today’s card is definitely going to inspire me to use it much more often. It’s the perfect tool when you want your stamp position perfectly. You can get yours right in my Stampin’ Up! store by clicking here.

Happy stamping and I look forward to seeing you again real soon!

Stamparatus Steps

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