Happy Cake Day - Stampin' Up! Birthday Celebration

   I just got home from a lunch with some fellow demonstrators and one of the Demonstrator Development Managers from Stampin' Up! and it is always a fun time meeting up with other stampers.  We could have talked for like 2 more hours!!  We even got a sneak peek at 2 kits that are coming out in April, so fun!  I'm glad I already had a card ready to share because actual creating time will be limited today!  I've got another one of my class projects to share today using the Birthday Celebrations stamp set from the January-April mini catalog.

  This card pulls together annual catalog, Online Exclusives and mini catalog products and just goes to show how versatile Stampin' Up! products are.  Don't get yourself stuck in a box by only using a stamp set with the matching dies or the DSP that comes in a suite.  Branch out and mix and match and see all the lovely things you can create!

  This one starts with a Basic Black card base then I gave my stampers a choice of any of the Full of Life DSP patterns which they needed half of one 6x6 sheet.  Using the Around It All dies aka "Wonky Circles" they cut 2 circles (in 2 sizes) then adhered them to a piece of Basic White.  The panel is then embossed with the Soft Waves embossing folder before being added to the card front.

  We used the Birthday Celebrations stamp set to make this custom sentiment from 3 separate stamps and embossed it on Basic Black with white embossing powder.  Then using the smaller "wonky circle" die it's cut out. A bit of Iridescent Striped Trim (hard to see in the photo) is flagged on the the backside of the circle before popping it up on dimensionals.

  Since the Full of Life DSP has so many colors I pulled all the ink pads and let my stampers choose whatever color went with their DSP pattern to stamp the cupcake from the With You In Mind stamp set.  The cupcake is fussy cut and popped on dimensionals.

  Then finally, Riverside Irregular Pearls are added (with one on top of the cupcake) and they pick up the DSP colors beautifully no matter which of the 3 pearl colors were chosen.  This was truly a "Choose Your Own Adventure" card and the hardest part about it for my stampers was deciding between all the awesome Full of Life designs.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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

Stamps: Birthday Celebration, With You in Mind

Ink: Petunia Pop, Versamark

Paper: Basic Black, Basic White, Full of Life DSP

Accessories: Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), Soft Waves embossing folder, white embossing powder, dimensionals, Iridescent Striped Trim, Riverside Irregular Pearls (Online Exclusive)