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In Texas we do BIG well. If y’all have heard of our famous Beaver and his HUGE travel centers, you’ll know why my Cupid friend is a Beaver. It’s just so – Texas!! Although I tried not to make it TOOOO obvious, he’s even wearing a diaper like Cupid. Instead of a bow and arrow, he’s giving y’all his heart.
Sooo, now that told you about my Fluffiest Friend Cupid, let’s talk about the hop. We have a Love theme this week which is certainly appropriate since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. I think I might have skipped right over Valentine’s Day cards and headed straight to Mother’s Day, so let’s put on the Mother’s Day brakes and head back to Valentine’s Day.
The Fluffiest Friends stamp set has the cutest beaver, which I stamped onto Basic White cardstock with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. I used quite a large variety of Stampin’ Blends to color the Fluffiest Friends stamp set Beaver as I was experimenting with shading and color differences.
After coloring the Fluffiest Friends stamp set beaver, I used the Fluffiest Friends dies and the Mini Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to die cut the beaver. With the Bee My Valentine stamp set, I stamped two wing tips with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on the striped Vellum Basics 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. I then used the Bee Builder Punch to punch the two Vellum wings and two 2023-2025 In Color 12″ x 12″ Luster Specialty Paper in Copper Clay. I used a small dot of liquid glue at the bottom of the cut out and adhered the Vellum wings over the Copper Clay Luster wings. With liquid glue again, I glued the wings to the Fluffiest Friends stamp set Beaver.
I ordered the Meandering Meadows 6″ x 6″ designer series paper when it first became available to demonstrators months ago. I’ve seen other crafters use it, but it’s so beautiful I was saving it for a rainy day. Well, let me tell you that Texas has been dreary and rainy for about 5 days now after a long period of really, really cold weather (for the South). So, out comes the Meandering Meadows designer series paper as it a beautiful place for Beaver Cupid to be flying over.
I cut the Meandering Meadows DSP to 4″ x 5-1/4″ DSP and used the embossing buddy over the center of the paper. I stamped the Bee trail in VersaMark and sprinkled it with Gold Metallics Embossing Power and tapped off the excess. I repeated the sprinkling and tapping once more for good coverage. After warming up my heat tool on the 2nd speed, I applied heat to the Gold Metallics Embossing Powder until it was shiny a beautiful. While I was embossing, I also stamped the Bee My Valentine sentiment on Petal Pink card stock with VersaMark (after swiping with the embossing buddy) and covered it in Gold Metallics Embossing Powder. I heated it with the heat tool to make it pretty and shiny.
With liquid glue, I adhered the DSP to the Balmy Blue 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ panel. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to place the Fluffiest Friends stamp set Beaver Cupid at the end of the flight trail. I cut a 5-1/2″ length of Night of Navy and Gold 1/2″ Glittered Ribbon and then cut it in half lengthwise before adhereing the ribbon to the card front panel with Stampin’ Seal on the back side of the mat. The Double Oval punch is perfect for the sentiment here, so I used the smooth edged oval to punch the sentiment and the decorative edged oval to punch from the Meandering Meadows 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper.
I adhered the sentiment to the decorative edge oval with liquid glue. After adding Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the matted sentiment, I adhered the sentiment over the Night of Navy and Gold 1/2″ Glittered Ribbon towards the left edge. I added two small and one large Blooming Pearls in Gold to the front of the card panel. With Stampin’ Dimensionals placed on the back of the entire matted panel, I adhered the front panel to the front of the 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ Petal Pink card base.
I cut a 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″ Crushed Curry mat and a 4″ x 5-1/4″ Basic White panel. With Highland Heather ink, I stamped the Bee My Valentine stamp set sentiment on the Basic White panel. For the lower right corner decoration, I used Crushed Curry ink and stamped the honeycomb three times. Next up is the bee trio from the Bee My Valentine stamp set stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink over the honeycomb. Finally, I added a single heart from the same stamp set in Cherry Cobbler. To add a little bling, I colored the heart with Wink of Stella. I used Stampin’ Seal to adhere the Basic White sentiment panel to the Crushed Curry mat and then used liquid glue to adhere the matted panel to the card base.
For the envelope flap, I cut a 2-1/4″ x 6″ which I adhered to the envelope with liquid glue before trimming off the excess with paper snips. I used the Bee My Valentine stamp set honeycomb with Crushed Curry ink to stamp twice up the left side of the envelope. I stamped the trio of bees in Tuxedo Black Memento ink three times without reinking over the honeycomb stamp. I then used the Bee My Valentine stamp set trio of hearts and stamped it three times on the front of the envelope without reinking.
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WHOA! A flying beaver??? Well, why not? 🙂
I love your beaver cupid. So fun. Great way to use a fluffiest friend.
I took a chance and he surprisingly flew lol. 😂
Too cute and clever! Love the beaver cupid! 😊
Thank you so much, Akiko.
Your Buccee Beaver card cracked me up! I have friends who are obsessed with that lil guy 🤣 Very cute card and kudos to you for thinking outside the box 🙌🏻
Thanks so much Judi. My husband and I stop at every Buc ees we find when traveling. I understand your friends’ obsession. ♥️
That’s so cute Nel! Love your little critter flying by. 🙂
I had no idea beavers were so big in Texas…and yours certainly makes an adorable cupid! Cute card for Valentine’s Day!
Everything is bigger in Texas – especially friendly beavers. Lol
Buckeee!!! Too stinkin’ cute, Nel!
Too cute! TFS
Thanks Tara
Very cute card Nel. Love that little (BIG) beaver.
Thanks Karen!!