Candle Congratulation

Happy Labor Day!

I decided to spend part of my day crafting! That’s unusual! 

I was inspired by this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week –

I say inspired because I made a simple one layer card –

What I was actually playing around with was extending the banner die length in this set!

And, it worked!!! I folded a strip of Whisper White in half placing it past the halfway point on the die.

Ran it through the die cut machine and when opened, it was longer! I smoothed out the crease and stamped the sentiment. (Bottom is the original size.)

The sentiment is a photopolymer stamp called Magnolia Blooms. It is not in the catalog, but inline. Very nice, simple stamp set.

The longer banner fit nicely over the four candles! I’ll be trying this idea again. I hope you enjoy this tip as well!

Stampin’ Up Supplies –

• Stamp Set – Magnolia Blooms
• Dies / Embossing – Doily Wishes Dies
• Card Stock – Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape, Melon Mambo, Call Me Clover, Blueberry Bushel
• Ink – Black Memento