Hooray From Concord and 9th – Take Two

Hello there, I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!

Today’s card is a CAS(E) of one of Concord & 9ths inspiration cards for the Birthday Stacks stamp set.  I made today’s card for a friend who is celebrating his birthday.  I originally planned to use shades of blue, but then I realized that blue ice cream doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.  In the end, these shades of yellow and orange and the way the scoops overlap reminded my friend, and other friends around the table, of tennis which is how we all met.  I love it when things work out in ways you didn’t imagine!

I started by stamping the ice cream scoops in Versafine Onyx Black ink onto Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock.  Then I used the coordinating die to trim off the top part of the scoops.  Since the die wasn’t long enough to stretch across the card, I used my paper trimmer to finish the horizontal cut to the edge of the paper.  I then used the same ink to stamp the ice cream cones.

For the ice cream scoops, I used Hero Arts Soft Vanilla and Altenew Citrus Burst and Sunkissed inks.  And for the cones, I used Hero Arts Pumpkin Pie.  The stamp set includes solid stamps for these elements which makes the stamping very easy!

For the sentiment, which is Concord and 9ths standalone Hooray die, I used a scrap piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper because I wanted to blend the Altenew Inks and I usually find it challenging to blend dye inks smoothly.  The Bristol Smooth paper has a coating that allows the ink to sit on top of the paper longer which gives you extra time to blend.  I die cut the sentiment, and then placed the die cut back into the negative space so that I could easily hold it in place while blending.  I used foam blending tools to sponge Sunkissed along the bottom and Citrus Burst across the top, blending in the middle.

I die cut the sentiment four more times out of scrap 110# regular cardstock and layered the pieces on top of each other, adhering all of the layers together with liquid adhesive.  Then I adhered the inked sentiment on top to create a chipboard-like embellishment.

Then it came time to assemble the card. I adhered a A2-sized piece of kraft cardstock (I like the Recollections cardstock from Michael’s which is 60# weight and great for layering, not to mention its affordable price point) to a card base.  Then I cut a piece of orange cardstock, also from Recollections, and adhered it to the back of the ice cream scoop piece, leaving an edge of orange peeking out.  Then I adhered that combined piece to the card base.

Finally, I created some loops of twine and sandwiched it between the sentiment and the card.  I used a couple of acrylic blocks to hold it all in place while the liquid adhesive dried.  And that finished off the card!

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