Category: Card ideas

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For today’s project I wanted to use the new Hats Off Bundle from the Stampin’ Up!© 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue.

My initial inspiration for using this bundle was from a family holiday experience back in 2017. Rob and I travelled with our daughters, Ashleigh and Kate, to the US for four weeks. During our stay in San Fransisco we hired bicycles, from ‘Burning Saddles’ and rode these bikes from Fishermans’ Wharf to Sausalito. At one of our stops Rob left his Tasmanian Cradle Mountain cap on the picnic table. He had trekked the Cradle Mountain walk with his friend, and our best man, Ed Manley.

To begin with, I knew that I wanted to create three different caps for the project. I also knew that I wanted the brims of each cap to be of different colours.

I also used several cardstock, Classic Stampin’ Pads and Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack colours – Basic Black, Basic White, Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight, Old Olive and Poppy Parade.

I created three different caps and needed to make a slimline card to accommodate them. Each cap was created using a different combination of colours and features. The card at the bottom of the card was actually insired by a cap worn by a man I saw ordering a coffee at my local cafe this morning.

The cardbase front measures 8-1/2″x 4″. I cut a piece of In Good Taste Designer Series Paper to use as a later on the card front – 8-1/4″x 3-3/4″. Using three of the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack twines, I double wrapped the twine before tying it off in a simple knot. Then I adhered one of the caps under the twine using Stampin’ Dimensionals. The other two caps were then adhered, also using Dimensionals. The sentiments were stamped and cut using one of Stitched Rectangle Dies.

The front of the envelope has three smaller die cut caps overlayed

For the card insert I cut the mini baseball cap in each of the five different colours used for the card front. Then I stacked them on top of each other to create this awesome cap stack. Does this look like a cap stack that someone you know has? Who would you send this card to?

Happy CAP stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Hats Off Bundle [158361] $61.00	Hats Off Photopolymer Stamp Set [155483] $30.00	Hat Builder Dies [155964] $38.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
In Good Taste Designer Series Paper [152494] $37.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Cinnamon Cider A4 Cardstock [153083] $15.25	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] $15.25
Old Olive A4 Card Stock [106576] $15.25	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00