Yummy Ice Cream With a Cherry On Top!

Valentine’s Day is coming soon, but it’s always a good time to tell someone you love them! And it’s so easy with the Share A Milkshake Bundle.

Stampin’ Up! 2023 Spring Mini Catalog, page 12

I’ve been having a lot of fun with this set! Here are the materials I used for this card (in inches):

  • Sweet Sorbet cardstock (card base folded to 5-1/2 x 4-1/4)
  • White cardstock: 5-1/8 x 3-7/8
  • Country Gingham DSP – red plaid: 5 x 3-3/4
  • Layering Diorama dies: use third smallest
  • Sentiment stamped in black ink and die cut with Stylish Shapes dies
  • Sweet Sorbet cardstock for ice cream dish
  • Chocolate Ice Cream stamped in Cinnamon Cider (retired)
  • Whipped Cream die cut in white (see note below about the sprinkles)
  • Cherry stamped in Real Red ink
  • Sequins are from the retired Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins

To make the sprinkles, I used the retired set called Sweet Ice Cream. I colored directly on the stamp using Stampin’ Write markers in Poppy Parade, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry. I stamped on white cardstock, then used the whipped cream die from the Share A Milkshake dies.

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And This Bird Can Sing! (Get the Beatles reference?)

I am the World’s Greatest Beatles fan!! So anytime I can work in a Beatles reference, I am ON IT! Ha!

As noted on my previous post, I love this Sweet Songbirds bundle! I think the fun new In Colors really complement this adorable singing bird. This card is done in Tahitian Tide and Parakeet Party. So bright and colorful! The card below is done in Sweet Sorbet and Starry Sky.

This set is on page 31 of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. It can be ordered individually or as a bundle with the Songbird Builder Punch.

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Sweet Songbirds Treats for Back To School!

So, this is the first time in 30 years that I have not been preparing my classroom (as a teacher) or preparing a school (as a principal or assistant principal). It is…different. I miss the camaraderie; I LOVE my teacher friends!! But my husband is still teaching, so I am helping him by creating things for his classroom.

He has a garden theme in his second grade classroom, so for Meet the Teacher, I made him some Sweet Songbirds welcome treats! Yes, complete with gummy worms!

I started with the largest Celebration Labels Die (now retired), which I scored and folded in half. (You could use any large symmetrical die that will fold in half, or just a rectangle.) I had a full pack of Seaside Spray cardstock (now retired), but you could use Balmy Blue for this project as well. The branch and leaves are from the Sweet Songbirds stamp set, which I stamped in Soft Suede and Parakeet Party, one of the new In Colors. The bird wing is stamped with Sweet Sorbet, also an In Color, then punched out with the Songbird Builder Punch. The bird body is also punched in Sweet Sorbet, the belly is Whisper White, and the beak is Mango Melody. The eyes are stamped in black. The sentiments are stamped in Soft Suede and then die cut using the Stylish Shapes dies.

You can find this set and punch on page 31 of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. They can be purchased separately or as a bundle. When you buy the bundle, you save 10%.

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