Using the Deck the Halls Turnabout on my last Christmas card made we want to pull out the Concord and 9th Birthday Basics Turnabout. I have had some problem with this turnabout. I didn’t mark it when I first got it and I just couldn’t get things to line up. I can’t tell you how many times I threw away my efforts. This time I decided to try something different. I scanned the image that has the example of what the stamp looks like with one, two, three, and four rotations, using only the first layer. I then sized it to be the same size as the stamp (this took a couple of tries). I now had a template that I could try to use, and viola it worked. I’m sure I’ll use this stamp many more times now that it gives a good alignment.
I was going for a masculine card and used green, blue, and yellow for each layer. I decided to frame the background using My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangle Frames die, cut from a deep blue cardstock. Foam tape was added to the back of the frame and the turnabout background was cut to be just smaller and adhered to the back.
I used KB Riley’s Happy Birthday Die and cut it from the same blue cardstock and sticky back foam to add dimension and adhered to the front of the card with liquid glue. To make it a little more festive a single balloon was cut using Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet from the blue cardstock and adhered to left of the sentiment, tucking the balloon string behind the “y”.
A great masculine designs.
PRODUCTS USED:
- Concord & 9th Birthday Basics Turnabout
- KB Riley Happy Birthday Die
- Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet Die
- My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangle Frames Die
- Copic Markers; B28, B26, B24
- Distress Oxide: Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch, Mustard Seed, Mermaid Lagoon Inks
- 3M ½” Foam Tape
- Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs Base Weight Blue Denim Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
- Darice Sticky Back Foam