Birthday Love - Stampin' Up! Simply Said

   I'm sharing a simple, bright birthday card today.  This one has great colors for a spring celebration and uses a fun layout that's great to show off smaller images.  I used the heart stamp from the Sale-a-Bration stamp set Documenting the Day.  They layout is one that I gave to my customers as a stamping challenge on our group facebook page.

  This one came together quickly with an Azure Afternoon card base and then a layer of Basic White embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder.  I had this embossed panel in my orphaned card parts bin because it had slipped going through the machine and ended up a bit crooked.  I thought it would work for this design and it helps hide if some of the hearts aren't exactly adhered straight lol!

  I stamped 2 or three hearts in each of the 5 colors then punched them out with a 1" circle punch.  A die would work great as well it just wouldn't be a quick.  They are adhered to the card front with dimensionals leaving a space in the center for the sentiment.

  The sentiment is from the Simply Said stamp set and is inked in Azure Afternoon.  2 retired Fine Sparkle Adhesive-Backed Gems are added on each side of the sentiment.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased or earned for free in my ONLINE STORE.

  Stamps: Documenting the Day (SAB), Simply Said

  Ink: Azure Afternoon, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green

  Paper: Azure Afternoon, Basic White

  Accessories: circle punch, Forever Plaid embossing folder, dimensionals, Fine Sparkle Adhesive-Backed Gems (retired)

Shabby Chic Birdhouse - Stampin' Up! Country Birdhouse Dies

 The Seize the Birthday challenge team is back with another fabulous challenge prompt to get you thinking about making those birthday cards!!  I get to guest design again for this challenge and let me tell you it was a real challenge for me!!  No stamping!  Yes, you read that right.  Make a birthday card without doing any stamping.  Listen people, stamps and ink are my bread and butter so I had give this one quite a think before starting!

  No stamping!!  Yikes!  I had to look through all of my supplies and see what I could work with.  My normal creative process is to grab a stamp set and start there and clearly that wasn't going to work this time.  Luckily I came up with a plan and it came out almost exactly what I had in mind!

  This one comes together with all dies and embossing folders!  Even the sentiment!  No rubber or ink pads in sight!  The card front is Basic White embossed with the Eyelet embossing folder.  Next I die cut all the birdhouse pieces in various patterns from the Country Woods DSP with the Country Birdhouse die set and put them together.

  Then I cut a bunch of flowers and leaves using the same die set and arranged them as if they were growing across and up the birdhouse.  I used Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather and Granny Apple Green for a nice vibrant look against the flaky paint and wood patterns of the birdhouse.  A few of the flowers are popped on dimensionals for extra interest.

  The sentiment is the one part that had me stumped.  Then I remembered the Thoughtful Moments hybrid embossing folder/die.  I embossed and cut out the small sentiment in Basic White then used my Highland Heather Blends marker to color the raised letters.  

  So in a pinch I can make a 'no stamping' card but it was hard!  I guess I'll have to do some shopping to remedy that hole in my card making supplies jus tin case the need ever arises again!

  I hope you enjoy trying out this challenge and enter your card in the Seize the Birthday gallery so we can oooohhh and aaaaahhh over it!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: None

Ink: None 

Blends: Highland Heather dark

Paper: Basic White, Country Woods DSP, Fresh Freesia, Highland Heather, Granny Apple Green

Accessories: Country Birdhouse dies, dimensionals, Eyelet embossing folder, Thoughtful Moments Hybrid embossing folder/die, Riverside Irregular Pearls

Delightful Spring Birthday - Stampin' Up! Delightful Wishes

   We're having a bit of spring-like weather today and whether it's a fake out or not the flowers and trees will start getting the hint and before we know it I'll have daffodils in bloom and grass to cut!  To stick with the spring theme my card today is a pretty spring card that uses the Delightful Wishes bundle.

  I started this one off with a clean Basic White thick card base.  The layer of Basic Beige is cut slightly smaller and the Elements of Text stamp set is used to create a background.  It's stamped in Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.  The small scripty font makes a nice little circular area for my sprig of flowers to be shown against.

  The flowers are stamped in Petal Pink and Powder Pink.  The leaves are Granny Apple Green and the branch is die cut from Pecan Pie.

  Once all the pieces were die cut the blossoms are adhered with dimensionals and the branch and leaves are adhered with  glue.

  The sentiment is stamped in Basic Beige and backed with a length of Petal Pink Scalloped ribbon and also popped on dimensionals.

  The Antique Pearls are the perfect embellishment to play off the soft spring colors and give a bit of shine to catch your eye.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Delightful Wishes, Elements of Text (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Versamark, Petal Pink, Powder Pink, Granny Apple Green, Basic Beige

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Basic Beige, Pecan Pie

Accessories: Delightful Wishes dies, white embossing powder, dimensionals, Petal Pink Scalloped ribbon, Antique Pearls

Scraps & Stripes Birthday - Stampin' Up! Saying Hey

   Today is my monthly stamp class so I'm more pressed for time but still needed to make a card to share so I grabbed some more scraps from the Frames & Flowers DSP and paired them with the Inspire. Create. challenge layout.  This is the perfect layout for various widths of DSP.

  Nothing earth shaking here just used different widths of the DSP and alternated the pattern across the Pretty Peacock card front. 

  The sentiment is from the Saying Hey stamp set and I stamped it on a Spotlight on Nature die cut circle in Pretty Peacock ink.  

I stamped and punched a leafy branch and little flower sprig with the Layering Leaves stamp set and Bough punch and tucked them behind the sentiment banner which is stamped with Pretty in Pink ink onto Petal Pink card stock and die cut with the Stylish Shapes dies.  

  I added a little bling with a Pretty Peacock & Gold Metallic ribbon and some retired Opaque Faceted Gems in Calypso Coral.  

 

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 All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Saying Hey, Layering Leaves

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Pretty Peacock, Frames & Flowers DSP, Basic White, Petal Pink, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Spotlight on Nature dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Bough punch, dimensionals, Pretty Peacock & Gold Metallic ribbon, Opaque Faceted Gems (retired)

Textured Petal Thank You - Stampin' Up! Textured Floral

   I'm back again with the last of the Frames & Flowers DSP cards that I made last week!  I've been busy designing and preparing for my monthly class the last few days so I'll be able to share those projects soon but in the meantime I'm glad to have another idea to share with this fun DSP. I haven't finished the pack yet but I'm closer after all of these cards! The paper goes a long way!!

  I pulled in another of my favorite floral sets to make this one!  The Textured Floral stamp and die set has been around for a bit and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it retires at the end of this annual catalog in April so get it now while it's still available.  It makes lovely cards!

  I started with Petal Pink for the card base, then a larger layer of Frames & Flowers DSP from which I pulled the rest of the colors.

  The square panel is Basic White, backed with Pretty Peacock.  I stamped the 2 leaves onto the Basic White panel stamping each off once for a bit lighter look.

  The flowers are stamped in Petal Pink and Calypso Coral and are die cut and then clustered in the corner and adhered with dimensionals.

  The sentiment is stamped in Pretty Peacock and then is backed with a length of Pretty Peacock & Gold Metallic ribbon.

  To balance out the open corner (which I think I ended up cutting the square too large) I added some gold sequins.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Textured Floral, Simple Said

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral

Paper: Petal Pink, Basic White, Pretty Peacock, Frames & Flowers DSP

Accessories: Textured Floral dies, dimensionals, Pretty Peacock & Gold Metallic ribbon, gold sequins

Storybook Badger Birthday - Stampin' Up! Storybook Moments DSP

   This is one of those cards that started out completely different and ended up not using much of any of the original elements!  I think maybe the card base and sentiment lol!  Sometimes it works out like that.  I took advantage of the great die cuts that come in the Storybook Moments DSP to create this little scene.

  This is a sweet little card in some soft nature-y colors.  I start with a Boho Blue card base for this one.  And just a quick note; the 2023-2025 In Colors of which Boho Blue is a part of will be retiring at the end of April so if this is a color you want but don't have or is a color that you love and use all the time you'll want to order/restock soon before the mad rush starts!

  I added an embossed strip of Mossy Meadow to the center.  The Eyelet embossing folder makes a nice sweet pattern for this style card. 

  Next I used one of the cute pre-designed panels that are part of this pack of DSP.  One side has a regular full page vine pattern but the opposite side has 11 individual panels that can be cut apart and used as layers on your card or scrapbook page.  I chose this one with the blues and greens and rounded the two top corners to soften it just a bit with all the other straight edges that were coming together already.

  I added my 3 die cut images to make a little scene and I popped the little butterfly on a mini dimensional.  I used the sentiment strip to make a base for the badger and plant to be adhered over so they wouldn't look like they were just floating.

  For embellishments I added a retired scalloped lace trim bow and now that I'm thinking this might be a good guy birthday card I may change it out to something a little more masculine like twine or linen thread.  And some Crushed Curry Faux Glass dots are added to highlight the sentiment strip.

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All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Simply Said

Ink: Mossy Meadow

Paper: Boho Blue, Mossy Meadow, Storybook Moments DSP, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Eyelet embossing folder, dimensionals, Faux Glass Dots, Scalloped Lace Trim (retired)

Simple Stripes Birthday - Stampin' Up! Delightful Wishes

   Are you sick of seeing Frames & Flowers DSP or are you inspired by the many different designs you can make with some patterned paper?  Hopefully the later!  This design uses up some long skinny scraps for this seemingly never ending pack of paper!

  I've stuck with a similar color palette to the previous Frames & Flowers DSP that I've made using Lost Lagoon as a card base that complements the DSP strips that I wanted to use.  I had this embossed panel in my orphaned card parts bin and thought it would be a good background but it ended up mostly getting covered up but you can still see a little bit of the pattern along the edges.

  Next I added my DSP and then the sentiment stamped on a Around It All wonky circle in Pretty Peacock ink.  If you haven't check out the Simply Said stamp set in the Annual catalog take a look and see if this versatile sentiment set would be a good fit for your collection.

  I jazzed the circle up with a few flowers from the Delightful Wishes stamp set.  I used Petal Pink for the base and Calypso Coral for the detail.  A few stamped off Garden Green leaves are added to soften the flowers.

  I came up with some retired Pretty Peacock faceted gems to accent the circle as a final touch.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Delightful Wishes, Simply Said

Ink: Pretty Peacock, Petal Pink, Calypso Coral, Garden Green

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Basic White, Frames & Flowers DSP

Accessories: Dotted Circles embossing folder, Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), Delightful Wishes dies, dimensionals, faceted gems (retired)

For the Books Congrats - Stampin' Up! For the Books

   Sometimes it works out that a color challenge and a sketch challenge are a perfect match for each other.  That's what happened with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge.  I had fun putting this card together with such fun elements. The For the Books stamp set is perfect to show off these colors as bright book bindings!

  I started with a Lemon Lime Twist card base.  Using the largest of the Around It All wonky circle dies I cut a half circle from a piece of Summer Splash. I stamped a few small hearts in Summer Splash ink and then embossed the sentiment in white.

  Both stacks of books are stamped in Basic Gray and then colored in with the challenge colors using Blends markers. It's fun to mix and match and try to get a balanced look with a limited color palette. The books are fussy cut and then adhered to the card front with the one in the foreground popped on dimensionals.

  On the inside I stamped and colored another stack of books and added a "let's Celebrate" sentiment.  This would be a great card to congratulate someone who has graduated or finished an advanced degree/training program.

 And I again hit up my retired embellishment stash and came up with these retired white sequins for the finishing touch.  

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All of the current products used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: For the Books

Ink: Versamark, Summer Splash, Basic Gray

Blends: Calypso Coral light & dark, Lemon Lime Twist light & dark, Summer Splash light & dark

Paper: Lemon Lime Twist, Summer Splash, Basic White

Accessories: Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), white embossing powder, dimensionals, white sequins (retired)