#TBT #ThrowbackThursday #StampinUp - Sharing my older SU Demo Cards 3 of 9 featuring Fun Pair of Flip Flops, Poppin' Pastels, Masking/Sponging and my first CASE attempt

Welcome back to another #ThrowbackThursday for my old SU Demo card shares from the early 2000's.


1)  Here's a super cute flip flop card I created for one of my "stamp camps" at my monthly crops using an online pattern I adapted from.  The card opens up to clean writing surface on both sides of the inside.  No technique featured, it was just super fun assembling a bright summer themed card.

Here's a current photograph I took of this same card. It's held up well over the years with apparent fading. 

Here's the inside sentiment that I stamped with Green Galore ink from the Birthday Greetings set. 

2) The next card was my attempt to "CASE" the card seen on the cover of the Stampin' Up Keeping in Touch Portfolio Series Idea Book.  Oh how I coveted this idea book!! I sadly can't find this book anymore.  I can distinctly picture myself agreeing to lend it to one of my regular monthly crop attendees whom I no longer keep in touch with anymore.  I remember telling her to borrow it with an open ended return date.  I'm sure life happened and we both forgot. Darn it! I loved that book!

And here's my attempt at "CASE"ing that cover card.  I guess I didn't have all the exact supply items or I was too exhausted from all the detailed work at this point in my stamping abilities, thus my simplified version. That card on the front was ethereal and so elegant looking featuring my two favorite color combinations of light teals and greens with a touch of purple. This scan of the book cover just doesn't do it any justice. My attempted version came out Sage Green and Lovely Lilac. I remember agonizing over those paper ribbon ties in each of the eyelete corners! Oh eyelets were the big thing back then. To date, this was the most detailed card I had ever attempted!

I may have to hunt this idea book down one day if I can find one at a reasonable price. The technique that came into play was Poppin' Pastels, stamping in versamark and then using the SU chalk to add color for a fresco affect.

3) I think I created the next one just for fun because I became so enamored with the sweetness of the You are my Sunshine stamp set.  To this day, I still am.  I remember creating this one on my own downtime at one of my monthly 12 hour crops, and then misplacing some of the stamps in this set. To this day, 12-15 years later, I'm still missing those stamps.  Nothing technically complicated with this one with just versamark stamping the background, masking to create the sign shine rays with a random sheet of 3 x 5 post it note I usually carry in my tool tote, and then coloring in the stamped images with SU markers and a blender pen for a water colored effect.

 

"Tropical Blossoms Flip Flop Sandals" Card
Paper: SU Smooth White CS, SU Green Gable CS
Stamps: SU Tropical Blossoms; SU Birthday Greetings
Ink: SU Green Gable; SU Only Orange; SU Yo Yo Yellow; SU Black 
Embellishments: SU Green Gable Grosgrain Ribbon  
Size: 4.25" x 5.25" rectangular 

"Pastel Flowers" Keeping in Touch Portfolio Series CASE Card
Paper: SU Smooth White CS, SU Sage Shadow CS, SU Lovely Lilac CS
Stamps: SU A Greeting for all Reasons
Ink: Versamark; SU Lovely Lilac; SU Sage Shadow;  
Embellishments: SU Poppin Pastel Chalks; Eyelets; Michaels Sheer Ribbon 
Size: 4.25" x 5.25" rectangular 

"You are My Sunshine" Card
Paper: SU Smooth White CS, SU Brilliant Blue CS
Stamps: SU You are My Sunshine
Ink: SU Black; SU Markers; Versamark; SU Blender Pen
Embellishments: SU  Yo You Yellow Grosgrain Ribbon 
Size: 4.25" x 5.25" rectangular