Hey Gullfriend!

This week at Just Us Girls #632 it is Trend Week: Shaped Cards. That means anything but a square or rectangle. I love making teepee cards and don't do it often enough! It is so easy and mostly about embellishing the card base. Check it out on Pinterest, there are so many ideas! I don't know what made me grab my seagulls this week, but they are so expressive and funny! Living near the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico, we know all about them and how they will steal your food if you are not careful! Never feed the seagulls!!! (Also, they are famous for something else: I have a personal seagull story below if you want a little chuckle...starts out sounding bad but is funny now! Stay tuned to the bottom of this post.)

To make the base of the teepee card, I used three 4" squares of card stock, scored on the diagonal to make my base. Look on Pinterest or You Tube for other sizes and complete instructions, depending on the size you are wanting. I stamped the sentiments on white card stock and cut closely around them so they would fit on the card, and the longest one I decided to cut into short segments to fit on the white mat side of the teepee. I was originally going to have just the sentiment on the white panel side of the teepee and leave room for a handwritten message, but I wanted to add another cute and quirky bird!! You can write a personal message on the other side of the card (which becomes the inside). 

My last three pictures look weirdly shaped but it is just the angle of the photo. I wanted to show the transition from one side of the card to the next, as well as opened up fully. My teepee card folds in half and fits into an A2 envelope! The last step was to cut a small piece of Velcro to hold the teepee together to stand. One more thing, I drew my own potato chips, lol! 

Products I used:

Ellen Hutson: Seaside Seagulls stamps and dies (birds and sentiments)

Flora and Fauna: small fish

Simon Says Stamp: tiny flying seagull stamps

Stazon Ink: Jet Black

Copic markers

Patterned paper

Lilac Lane: Seaside Holiday sequins

Velcro

So my story(ies) about seagulls: I have a penchant for being pooped on by seagulls. Here are just three of them! My mother told me that when she pushed me in my stroller as a little girl they got me a few times...then in high school a few of us went to the beach one time and while lying in the sand by two other people, I was the only one who got nailed by them! And the best story yet, on my wedding day I was walking into church to go down the aisle and guess what?!! Yep! All over my dress and veil! Several people at the entrance to the church whipped out tissues and started blotting the splotches while watching me for tears, but I was laughing. My mother had always said it was good luck (to make the best of the situation) and not to fret. At the reception, people who had already been seated in church and missed all the action upon my arrival, asked what was all over my dress and it made for a few laughs! (I made my dress too! Many long hours to make it just right!)

Back to the challenge this week, a teepee is always an easy, fun shaped card to make. And you've also got to love the variety of fun shaped cards the design team came up with...each one unique! We really hope you will join us for this challenge!

-Carol