Wildflower Wish - Stampin' Up! Birthday Celebration

   January is always a great time to check your supply of birthday cards and make sure you have enough for your needs the first few months of the new year.  The Birthday Celebrations bundle and coordinating DSP are an easy way to make a stack of birthday cards so you're ready to pop them in the mail on time for all of your family and friends!

  

For a fast card, the die cuts that come as part of the Wildflower Birthday DSP can't be beat!  I used them

on this card and it took just a few minutes to pull together.

  I showed this card coming together in my Facebook Live last week (along with a few other projects).  You can watch the replay here if you like to see the visuals:

 I started with a Pool Party base and then added a strip of the Wildflower Birthday Celebrations in a gold and Pool Party pattern down one edge.

  Then I chose the bouquet of flowers from the die cuts.  The sentiment is stamped in Blueberry Bushel and punched out with the new To The Point Label punch and added that to the card front with dimensionals.

  I added a few smaller die cuts to the side of the label making sure to use one of the gold leaf die cuts to help tie in the gold from the DSP strip on the card front.

  A bit of Pretty in Pink stitched ribbon and an adhesive-backed heart sequin also help pull all the elements of the card together.

  If you're looking to be even more organized about sending birthday cards in 2025 then you need to check out the Perpetual Beauty Calendar Kit in the online store!  Such a handy and beautiful way to keep track of special dates each month and you only need to write them in once!  No need to transfer all the dates to a planner or paper calendar each year!

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Stamps: Birthday Celebration

Ink: Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Pool Party, Wildflower Birthday DSP, Basic White

Accessories: To The Point Label punch, dimensionals, Pretty in Pink Bordered ribbon, adhesive-backed heart sequin (Online Exclusive)

You're My Lobster - Stampin' Up! Ocean Friends

   If you're of a certain age like me and watched Friends back in the day (or reruns now!) you're sure to remember the line "She's your lobster" so I made a Valentine's Day card with a lobster.  If that doesn't make sense to you at all check out the YouTube link below to see a clip that will explain everything, well as much as Phoebe Buffet can be explained lol!

  I used a piece of retired Well Suited DSP for the card background because Night of Navy just makes the Calypso Coral lobster pop don't you think??  

  I wrapped some Night of Navy linen thread around a stitched rectangle that I had in my scraps and tied it in a bow.  The lobster is popped up on dimensionals over the thread.  And then a little punched heart is added to the bow with a glue dot.

  Finally I stamped the 'love you' sentiment from the Ocean Friends set and trimmed it down and adhered it to the lobster.  

   

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

Stamps: Ocean Friends

Ink: Calypso Coral, Night of Navy

Paper: Basic White, Well Suited DSP

Accessories: Ocean Friends dies, dimensionals, Natural Tones linen thread, House Builder punch (heart), Stitched Rectangle dies (retired)

Friend Season - Stampin' Up! Pick A Season

 Today's card started out for a color challenge for clean and simple challenge using these colors and after it was finished it wasn't CAS at all with the busy background so I didn't end up sharing it there but made another that was definitely more clean and simple.  This design uses the adorable Sale-A-Bration reward Pick a Season stamp set.  I love all the little images you can add to the tree for different seasons and occasions.  A very versatile stamp set.

  I started with an Old Olive card base and stamped the tree top stamp all over in Old Olive ink.  Using the smaller leaf stamp I filled in the open spaces for a more even look.

  A strip of Basic White has a score line at the top and bottom for detail then the sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso.  You can find the sentiment in another Sale-A-Bration (SAB) stamp set Friendly Seagulls. My Early Espresso might be past it's prime as it look very much like black and not really brown so a new one of those ink pads might be in my future.  I've had the original since Stampin' Up! made the switch from fabric ink pads to firm foam so definitely a hot minute!

  Next I used a piece of retired Pumpkin Pie cotton ribbon and tied it around the Basic White panel and then adhered it all to the card front with dimensionals.

  The tree truck is stamped in Early Espresso, the leaves in Old Olive and the flowers in Pumpkin Pie.  I fussy cut the 2 pieces and added them with dimensionals.  

  I added a few retired Adhesive-Backed Speckle Dots to finish the design.

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

Stamps: Pick A Season (SAB), Friendly Seagulls (SAB)

Ink: Old Olive, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Old Olive, Basic White

Accessories: dimensionals, cotton ribbon (retired), Adhesive-Backed Speckle Dots (retired)

Open House Thank You - Stampin' Up! With You In Mind

   Last weekend I ended up canceling my new catalog open house event due to snow but did a Facebook Live showing the make and take projects that would have been at the event and this is one of them.  It's a bright, cheerful card and uses just one stamp set; With You In Mind.  

  This is a fun stamp set for beginner stampers as it has a nice mix of sentiments and they are on the larger size to help with filling space on a design.  And the little images are cute and easy to stamp.

  I used a Basic White thick card base and then had 3 panels to stamp on; Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie and Calypso Coral and I used the same color inks.

  The sentiment is stamped in Calypso Coral then die cut with one of the Around It All dies.  2 of the images are also cut with a smaller die from the same set.

  The circles are adhered with dimensionals over a silver trim ribbon loop.  Then a few Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins are added to the flower and star.

  A quick change of sentiment and you can have a thinking of you, best wishes or happy birthday card so this design is really versatile.  

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

Stamps: With You In Mind

Ink: Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Calypso Coral

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Lemon Lolly, Peach Pie, Calypso Coral

Accessories: Around It All Dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, silver trim, Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins

  

Elegant Thank You - Stampin' Up! Hearts of Elegance

   I combined a few challenges today to make a thank you card with a color combo I wasn't sure about at first but ended up loving the results.  The colors come from the As You See It challenge and are Peach Pie, Berry Burst, Smoky Slate and Basic Gray.  And the theme of 'thank you' is from the Alphabet Challenge where they are on the letter T for thank you this week.

 This was a design that I ended up using a bunch of small scraps so I felt even more accomplished when it was finished!

  I started with a Basic White thick card base then I stamped the large script-y circle stamp from the new Online Exclusive set Elements of Text in Smoky Slate.  If you love vintage and shabby chic cards or just like to have a variety of styles to choose from this set is beautiful with 3 font style stamps and 2 ink splatter stamps.  All are perfect for creating gorgeous backgrounds.

  Next I used the thank you from Wildflower Designs stamp set because the font was a perfect match to the background.  I stamped it in Versamark onto a scrap of Basic Gray then embossed it in white.

 I used the Hearts of Elegance stamp set to stamp the 3 flowers and 3 leaf stems.  Once they were all die cut I arranged them to the side of the sentiment and popped the lower Berry Burst flower on dimensionals.

  The only embellishment I added are 3 Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins.  The color matches the Peach Pie ink really well even though the product description says it's Pumpkin Pie.

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

Stamps: Hearts of Elegance (Online Exclusive), Elements of Text (Online Exclusive), Wildflower Designs

Ink: Smoky Skate, Berry Burst, Peach Pie, Versamark

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Basic Gray

Accessories: Hearts of Elegance dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, white embossing powder, Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins

Around the Flowers - Stampin' Up! Around It All Dies

   Sometimes an idea actually turns out close to the way I hoped it would!  I was looking at the Around It All dies and thinking they would be cute as layered flowers and tucked the idea away to try it out one of these days.  Then I saw that I was due to post a new stamping challenge for my customers and the colors were Coastal Cabana, Petunia Pop and Shy Shamrock. Then I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge!  It was stamping fate so this is a card that I had to make.... 'had' is doing a lot of work in that sentence but still lol!

    I started with a Basic White thick card base, then topped it with a layer of Basic White that is embossed with the Sale-A-Bration (SAB) reward Starstruck embossing folder.

  Then using the 4 smallest circles from the Around It All die set I cut a variety of circles using both card stock and DSP in Petunia Pop and Coastal Cabana.  This die set is an Online Exclusive and a nice addition to your stamping supplies as a super versatile circle-ish shape.  Eagle eyed stampers might spot that 2 of the 3 DSPs used are also Sale-A-Bration rewards! The top 2 layers of each flower are adhered with dimensionals.

Next I used the smallest circle to cut out the leaves from Shy Shamrock cardstock.  Each flower got 2 leaves.  

  Then using the layout from the challenge I arranged my flowers on the card front and adhered them with glue.  I thought about another layer of dimensionals but I think that would have made the card a bit thick for mailing.

  For the sentiment I wanted one that was very small so as not to cover up the whole flower so after searching through my sets I found this one from the Hearts & Hugs stamp set and stamped it in Shy Shamrock ink and added it to the flower.

  For a bit of sparkle I added some 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer gems to the flower centers.  I think this color combo it really cute and perfect for spring flowers and the FMS challenge came by at just the right time!

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

Stamps: Hearts & Hugs

Ink: Shy Shamrock

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Shy Shamrock, Petunia Pop, Coastal Cabana, Fruit Salad DSP (SAB), Bloom Impressions DSP (SAB), 2024-2026 In Color DSP

Accessories: Starstruck embossing folder (SAB), Around It All dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer gems

Happy 2025 - Stampin' Up! Birthday Celebration

   I still have a few more happy new year cards to send out so I've been trying to work on a fun design that I could make multiples of and then get them in the mail.  This design is not that one.  It will go out in the mail soon but it is for sure a one of kind.  I fussed over this one so much that I don't think I can bring myself to do it again even though the design part is the time consuming part and it's not the actual stamping!  Anyway, I love the colors and using a piece of the Beautiful Skies DSP just seems like a perfect choice for a new years card.  The layout is inspired by the Stampin' Up! Only Challenge layout.

  I started with a Blueberry Bushel card base, then a layer of the Online Exclusive Beautiful Skies DSP edged with a wavy strip of Pretty in Pink cut with the Ocean Friends dies.

 Using the Birthday Celebrations dies I cut the banner shape from Azure Afternoon and then the numbers from 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper.  I stamped the 'happy' in Versamark then embossed it in white.  The banner is popped on dimensionals.

  I adhered the shimmery numbers to a piece of Basic White then fussy cut around them making a border to help the number pop a bit more.

  I cut a few tassels from Pretty in Pink and Azure Afternoon cardstock and added them to the corners and highlighted them with a 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gem.

  After I had gotten this far in the design after A LOT of time it was still missing something so I pulled out yet more supplies and stamped three stars from the With You In Mind stamp set, fussy cut them and added them around the banner.  A few retired Pastel-backed sequins were the right colors so one went on each of the stars to finish the design.

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

Stamps: Birthday Celebrations, With You In Mind

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Blueberry Bushel, Pretty in Pink, Everyday Skies DSP (Online Exclusives), Basic White, Azure Afternoon, 2024-2026 In Color Glimmer Paper

Accessories: white embossing powder, Ocean Friends dies, Birthday Celebrations dies, dimensionals, 2024-2026 In Color Shimmer Gems, Pastel-backed sequins (retired)

CAS Wood Texture Birthday - Stampin' Up! Kiss of Texture

   It just so happens that the timing works out so that I'm sharing a masculine card for Testosterone Tuesday!  We all agree that guy cards can be hard especially if you don't have a stamp set that is geared towards one of their hobbies like golf or video games or woodworking!  I used the somewhat masculine colors from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge for this masculine birthday card that has some stamped texture along with a few cute birthday candles!

  Excuse the lighting in this photo!  I swear if I miss the small sweet 15 minute window in the afternoon to take card photos in my stamp room they just kind of look off!  But this one is clean and simple and you get the gist!

  I used these colors for another card that ended up being very much not 'Clean and Simple' so I wanted to try again and keep it CAS this time.

  I started with a Basic White thick card base, then using the new Online Exclusive Kiss of Texture stamp set I inked up the solid square stamp in each of my colors then "kissed" the woodgrain stamp to the inked stamp to pull away some of the ink leaving the woodgrain pattern behind which I stamped onto Basic White.  Be sure to clean your stamps after each color! After I had each color stamped I cut the squares out and adhered them down the side of the card front leaving room for the sentiment.

  The sentiment is from the Simply Said stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso.  I stamped 3 candles from the Choose Happy stamp set in Early Espresso then colored them in with Stampin' Blends markers then fussy cut them out.  I popped them up with dimensionals onto the squares.

  A few adhesive-backed Speckle Dots are added to highlight the sentiment just a little bit.  

  I'm happy with how this one turned out and the Kiss of Texture stamp set shouldn't be overlooked for the fun and easy technique you can do with it for adding texture with a stamped image!

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

Stamps: Kiss of Texture (Online Exclusive), Simply Said, Choose Happy

Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Blends: Pumpkin Pie light & dark, Old Olive light & dark, Deep combo pack (SU100), color lifter

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White

Accessories: dimensionals, Adhesive-backed Speckled Dots (retired)