Check out this new card tutorial video featuring the wonderful Shannon West, from the Stampin' Up! home office!  She's showing you how easy it is to create an adorable birthday card using the Swirly Bird stamp set.

Hi Stampers!

Today I'm sharing the birthday card that I made for my momma!   At the beginning of the month I went to the Stampin' Up! catalog premier.  It was a fun night, and I received a new stamp set for attending.  I couldn't resist using it to create a fun birthday card.

Isn't the tag really cute?  I also added on some hardwear to draw attention to the most important part of the card - the slice of cake!  Yum!  I stamped the cake on a separate sheet of cardstock, colored it with markers, and then fussy cut it out.  The slice is popped up on a dimensional to give more of a 3D look to the tag.  I paired it up with some fun and festive patterned paper designed by Kelly Purkey.

Hi Stampers!

Today I have a card that I made a while back but I still wanted to share it with you!  It's a fun (and easy) card that I made with the Birthday Cake a la carte stamp (retired). I adore this color combo.  I think it would also look fabulous in a combo of Hello Honey and Blackberry Bliss in case you want to CASE this card but switch it up a bit! I am in love with the chevrons on this stamp and how they coordinate with the chevron paper that is in the Brights paper stack!  Gah, it makes me giddy when everything matches so nicely!  Love that about Stampin' Up!  

See those rhinestones on the cake?  To keep them straight, I used the rhinestone strip that comes in the Basic Jewels Rhineston pack and just cut it down to the size that I needed.  Who has the time to perfectly line up all of those rhinestones?  No one!  I love that the work was already done for me.  

 

Every stamper has made tons of birthday cards.  Do you have one that you made and really love?  Let me know in the comments!

Here's the card I created based on this sketch.  I love a clean and simple style.  Washi tape is great for adding in some quick and easy embellishing that doesn't add a lot of bulk to you card.  A great way to make mailable cards.

I love washi tape so much, I put it everywhere!  It's awesome for decorating the interiors of cards as well as the envelopes.  Everything is so easily coordinated! 

I used the Big Wish stamp set that was from the Occasions 2014 catalog.  Sadly, this stamp set is no long available to order, but the digital stamp brush set is still available for My Digital Studio users and this card can easily be made into a hybrid card!

Here's the link if you would also like to play along on this sketch challenge!

Hi Stampers! 

Today I have a card for this weeks challenge over on the Freshly Made Sketches blog.

Here's this week's sketch.  It is pretty basic so I had to think outside of the box to decide on how I was going to embellish on it.

First I decided on which Designer Series Paper I wanted to use, and from that I chose my color combo. I went with something bright and cheery - the Quatrefancy DSP!

I thought that a little bit of Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo would be nice on a day we are expecting more STUPID SNOW!

To make the flower, I stamped the image from the Simple Stems stamp set three times - once in Island Indigo, once in Melon Mambo, and one final time in Daffodil Delight.  Then I cut out the different layers of flowers.  I used my two-way glue pen to add some Dazzling Diamonds around each flower edge for extra sparkle.  I layered them with Dimensionals and added a Basic Rhinestone to the center.  The final step was to stamp the sentiment from the Gifts of Kindness stamp set in Melon Mambo.

Stampin' Supplies:

Card Stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Designer Series Paper: Quatrefancy

Stamps: Simple Stems, Gifts of Kindness

Ink: Island Indigo, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Embellishments: Dazzling Diamonds, Basic Rhinestones

Hi Stampers!

Today I have a card that I made using the Chalk Talk stamp set.  This set is a lot of fun to stamp with because all of the images look like they were drawn with chalk on a black board.  For this card I went with a color combo featuring lots of neutrals with Pool Party.

Stampin' Supplies:

Card Stock: Smoky Slate, Pool Party Coredinations

Designer Series Paper: Subtles Paper Stack

Stamps: Chalk Talk

Ink: Jet Black Staz On

Big Shot: Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Circles Collection Framelits, Chalk Talk Framlits

Other: Basic Black 1/8" Taffeta  Ribbon

Hi Stampers!

Have you seen the Cycle Celebration stamp set in the 2013-2014 Idea Book and Catalog?  I love this set.  It was on my first order from that catalog.  Here is a masculine birthday card that I created using that stamp set and the Birthday Basics  Designer Series Paper.  I love that the DSP coordinates with the stamp set.  It makes creating beautiful cards super easy!  You may notice that the sentiment in the stamp set is much longer than just Happy Birthday.  Using your Stampin' Write markers allows you to ink up the entire stamp, or just the parts that you want for your project.  

I used the pewter embossing powder for the bicycle.  It's my favorite embossing powder out of all the colors Stampin' Up! carries.  It's super versatile!  I then added two Bermuda Bay candy dots to the centers of the wheels to give some added diminution.

Stampin' Supplies:

Card stock: Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Bermuda Bay, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Birthday Basics

Stamps: Cycle Celebration

Ink: Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Versamark

Other: Finishing Touches Edgelits, Sponge Dauber, Pewter Embossing Powder, Brights Candy Dots, Heat Tool, Paper Snips, Dimensionals

If you want to make a card shaped like one of your framelits, it's really easy.  Cut a half sheet of card stock, as if you were making a regular old A2 size card,  score it down the middle, and fold it over.  Then line up your framelit over the folded card.  Make sure that the crease is just within the cutting area of the framelit.  Cut the card on the Big Shot as you normally would.  The frame lit will cut through two layers.

You can see that there is a very small amount of the crease that is not cut off.  I hope you get a chance to try this out.  I would LOVE to see what you have made!

Hi Stampers!

While I'm off filling my face with delicious gelato, I'm leaving you a little bit of stamping goodness to enjoy.  This is another card featuring the A Round Array stamp set.  I love this image from the set which reminds me of both a doily and a snowflake....hmmmm... keep that in mind for the winter season cards!

I'm going to miss the More Amore Designer Series Paper.  Don't forget the Spring Catalog Sales Period ends on May 31st, so if you have had your eye on a product in the catalog don't wait too long to order it!

Stampin' Supplies:

Card Stock: Primrose Petals, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: More Amore

Stamps: A Round Array, Made For You

Ink: Primrose Petals, Jet Black StazOn

Punches: 1" Square, Postage Stamp