Something Old - Something New - Happy Together

Happy Together and Branch Out

The minute I saw the Happy Together stamp set I saw a Valentine's Day card.  The little birds are perfect for a pairing!  And I just had to use the fence idea from my previous posting one more time.  This time I ramped it up a bit by "growing"ivy on it!  This also a continuation of my Something Old - Something New theme.  This time the old set was just recently retired but still one of my favorites. 

 Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Happy Together (114314 - free through the Sale-a-bration Mini)
• Pendant Park (115456)
• Branch Out (113200 - retired from the 2009 Spring Summer Catalog) 

Ink - 

• Basic Black Classic Ink (101179)
• Handsome Hunter Classic Ink (105215)
• Certainly Celery Classic Ink (105217)
• Really Rust Stampin' Write Marker (100073)
• Close To Cocoa Stampin' Write Marker (100072)

Paper - 

• Whisper White Card Stock (100730)
• Handsome Hunter CArd Stock (105122)
• Bashful Blue Card Stock (105120)
• Real Red Textured Card Stock (108698)

Accessories -

• Small Heart Paper Punch (117193 - Occasions Mini)
• Pinking Hearts Border Punch (117649 - Occasions Mini)
• Crimper (101618)
• Paper Snips (103579)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) 

Putting It Together Tips:

• To create the picket fence, I used a strip of Whisper White Card Stock 11" x 2 1/4"  I first stamped the leaves using the Pendant Park tree with HanDsome Hunter and Certainly Celery.  Always ink the lighter ink first and then the darker ink.  Then I punched the Pinking Hearts border, and then crimped the entire strip.  Now is the time to measure the size of fence you need for the card.
• I've started double matting my cards.  It gives them  really nice finished look.  I started with a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of Handsome Hunter and the matted a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Bashful Blue on top.
• The hearts, sign, and birds are mounted on Stampin' Dimensionals to get them to pop off the page.
• Two strips of SNAIL applied to the Bashful Blue hold the fence to the card base beautifully.

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Comments

[Mary Fish]

1.

The picket fence is total charm. Big dose of clever, Mike! Hugs, M

[Jeanne Nielsen]

2.

Love the fence idea! And the hearts against the blue sky are so vibrant -- love this! TFS!

[Cookie]

3.

Oh Mike, you've outdone yourself... I love this.... I think it's the fence that did it for me. The fence & the greenery on the fence. 3 big thumbs up for you.....

[lorijane]

4.

Mike,
So precious! You never fail to inspire me with your attention to detail.
lorijane

[Debadoo]

5.

This is too cute for words!! This is the first thing I've seen with branch out that I've totally flipped over. lol So creative.
Deb B.

[Mary C. Anderson]

6.

You are on a roll with cards that use the beautiful fence you have created. I love this series of cards. They are gorgeous and so very refreshing. Thank you Mike for sharing your talent with all of us.

Maty

[Ann Schach]

7.

You are really rockin' that fence! I wonder if we could start a write-in campaign to bring back Branch Out! I love that tree!

[Carrie Fitch]

8.

This is adorable. Those hearts really pop!

[Susan]

9.

this is really nice; SU retired the wrong set, don't you think?, TFS!!

[Anne Beale Yancey]

10.

Please DON'T stop using this picket fence idea! You're on a GREAT roll with it!

[Alta R.]

11.

Cute ideal. I saved the Branch out set also. See just love those old stamps. LOL

[Gina Shaw]

12.

Amazing--as usual! I love everything about this card! It's always such a joy to see what you create and you never disappoint. And you always seem to have such fun with your cards.

[Colett R]

13.

This is sooooo cute. I love how you put the fence in front of the tree and the hearts in the tree. That's also a great idea using the pinking heart to edge your sentiment tag.

[Linda Callahan]

14.

This could be one of my all time favorites - I have little fences all over my desk now thanks to you.............

[Helen]

15.

Oh Mike that is just perfectly gorgeous! TFS
Helen
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