Today we are doing a Birthday Blog Hop with Stamping Inkspirations! I decided to do his and hers birthday cards with a few soon to retire sets that have been calling for me to play with them.
Before you get too comfy grab a cuppa and get ready for lots of birthday ideas. Angie has put together a group of over 30 stampers to give you loads of ideas!
- This is the first card I made. I got the sketch idea from a two year old Stampin' Up! catalog. Basically it involved a larger circle in the upper right portion of the card. Perfect for my CAS style.
- I used a blending bush to add Bermuda Bay ink to my Basic White card base in the area my overlaid circle would be.
- I cut a circle out of a Basic White card front and ran it through my Stampin Cut & Emboss with the Pinewood Planks folder.
- Then I cut another circle out of a piece of heavy Basic White cardstock. Setting the die cut circle aside for another card, I used a large scallop circle from Layering Circles dies to cut the scalloped frame from the remaining piece.
- The umbrella is punched from Daffodil Delight DSP. I'm going to miss the polka dots when these designer series papers retire! I filled it with flowers that were colored with Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo Blends.
- Add a few Basic Pearls or a little punch.
- Itty Bitty Birthdays supplied the inside greetings for this and the following card along with a few extra flowers.
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- To be honest I bought this first set, Game On, because of the little checks image. Lately I've been seeing a cards on social media using these great collage images.
- I prepared the Misty Moonlight card layer just as I did the Basic White layer in the previous card. I added it to a Basic White card base.
- Using the leftover white circle from the previous card I stamped the greeting, playing cards and checks from the Game On stamp set. I also stamped the dice image on Basic White Heavy cardstock and cut it out.
- I used a little Light Crumb Cake Blends to age the images a little more.
- The skinny Cherry Cobbler frame is done with the largest Stitched Shapes circle die which has the center cut out with a Layering Circles die.
- Sprinkle with Gold Metallic Pearls.
- The Itty Bitty Birthdays message and chess images were used on the inside of the card.
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Many of these supplies, including Game On, Under My Umbrella, Itty Bitty Birthdays and the Stitched Shapes Dies will retire in early May (5/3) and I really had been itching to use them a little more...
...but then along came a box of goodies with some new stuff and I just had to add a card for anyone who is young at heart:
- These little birds from Party Puffins are so adorable! This guy is going to be "puffin" out those candles.
- Same basic sketch but I eliminated the circle frame and chose to use a newer pattern of DSP (3 7/8" x 5 1/8") in Bermuda Bay. This is layered over a piece of Bermuda Bay cut just 1/8" larger.
- The images are stamped with Stazon to get a nice deep black.
- Colors are Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green.
- Make a Wish is from the same set and is white embossed on Basic Black on a hand trimmed flag, layered onto a similar Melon Mambo flag.
- Party Puffins will be available beginning May 4, 2021.
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Now it's time to check out the other blogs. Cheryl Hamilton is next.
Angie McKenzie ● Leonie Stuart ● Alejandra Gomez
Danielle Kassing ● Annette Ball ● Kirstie Pattrick
Linda Moore ● Mo Rootes ● Libby Fens
Tricia Butts ● Jan Musselman ● Aurélie Fabre
Narelle Fasulo ● Sandra Mastello ● Karen Henderson
Susan Simpson ● Susan Webster ● Melissa Faust
JoAnn Pollock ● Gez Carpenter ● Jo Blackman
Jill Chapman ● Rochelle Laird-Smith ● Melissa Gifford
Terry Hamilton ● Deb Macdowell ● Satomi Wellard
Shel Anderson ● Elaine de Montmorency ● Ann Krucek
Chris Smith ● Cheryl Hamilton ● Teri West
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