Blue Birthday

Today's post is another cute birthday card inspired by the Birthday Memories DSP pack. I spied this great little card from Stamping with Lynn and decided to CASE the design. I fussy cut another birthday card to create my focal point. To help with the visual appeal, I added a strip of cute presents and party hats DSP. I finished the card with a nice sentiment and some fun (yet retired) candy dots.

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Pacific Point
• Cardstock: Birthday Memories DSP; Pacific Point; Whisper White
• Accessories: Brights Candy Dots (retired)
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Squares Framelits

Cupcake Birthday Girl

Today's post is another cute birthday card inspired by the Birthday Memories DSP pack. I fussy cut this cute little cupcake girl to use as my main image. From there, I added some great DSP as a background, and little frame for my cupcake girl, and a sweet birthday sentiment. My card was still missing something so I added some great gold glitter washi tape. Who doesn't love a bit of sparkle on their card? Finally, I cut out a present and a cute party hat. Such a cute little card.

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Real Red
• Cardstock: Birthday Memories DSP; Blushing Bride; Whisper White
• Accessories: Gold Glitter Washi Tape (retired)
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Hexagon Throwback

Another card featuring some great retired products. I know it retired a few years ago, but I can't seem to sell my Hexagon Punch. It's just so versatile. I can punch full hexagons, partial hexagons, or banner ends. I love using it so much! For this card, I punched a ton of hexagons from various pieces of retired DSP scraps. It's hard to see, but the floral piece at the bottom features copper foil, so it's awesomely shiny in person. Such a simple design, but this card is a great way to use up your paper scraps.

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Watermelon Wonder
• Cardstock: Affectionately Yours DSP (retired); Brights Collection DSP (retired); 2015-2017 In Color DSP (retired); Whisper White; Random scraps
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Hexagon Punch (retired)

PP352: A Purple Celebration

As part of my monthly challenge, I want to participate in other card challenges I find out in blogland. For today's card, I found this great color challenge at The Paper Players: 

I started with this fun piece of ombre DSP out of the Color Theory Stack. I love this design! From there, I pulled out the Cool Treats Stamp Set to make a fun little ice cream cone and sentiment. After laying out my ice cream and sentiment banner, I needed some shine or shimmer. Metallic foil doilies to the rescue! The big gold doily was perfect to layer behind the sentiment banner. And yet, I was still missing something. I finished off my card with some gold enamel shapes. Perfect!

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Sweet Sugarplum; Berry Burst; Rich Razzleberry; Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Color Theory DSP; Berry Burst; Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Doilies; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits

Summer Stripes

Today’s card challenge is a color challenge. When picking colors, I tend to gravitate toward the Brights Collection. For this card, I tried to use more colors from the Subtles Collection.

While I made a few substitutions for a couple of In Colors (Lemon Lime Twist and Sweet Sugarplum), I kept my card on the pastel side. I ended up pulling out the new-to-me set Thought Banners and created my own banner birthday card for a friend. I love how versatile the message can be with this set. There are so many word options! After adding a little punched banner using the coordinate Duet Banner Punch, my card still felt like it was missing something. So I added a cute coordinating ice cream cone to finish it off!

• Stamps: Thoughtful Banners; Cool Treats
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Daffodil Delight; Powder Pink; Sweet Sugarplum; Pool Party; Basic Black
• Cardstock: Lemon Lime Twist; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Duet Banner Punch; Frozen Treats Framelits

A Birthday Twist

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a birthday card. I love the new Lemon Lime Twist color! It's perfect for making fun bright cards. For this card, I did a simple watercolor background on which to put my die cut ice cream cone. It's a simple card, but I'm loving it!

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist; Tranquil Tide; Crumb Cake
• Cardstock: Lemon Lime Twist; Whisper White; Watercolor Paper
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits

Ice Cream Birthday

Another great Endless Birthday Wishes card before it retires. I love the pattern play on this card. After piecing together some great patterns, I created a fun stamped focal point. As a finishing touch, I added a few enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Endless Birthday Wishes
• Inks: Pacific Point; Chocolate Chip; Tip Top Taupe; Pool Party; Peekaboo Peach
• Cardstock: Tasty Treats DSP; Peekaboo Peach; Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories:  Tasty Treats Washi Tape; In Color Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

It's a Sundae Kind of Day!

Today’s card features one of my favorite carrying over bundles. I absolutely love the Tasty Treats Bundle was was so excited to see it on the carrying over list. One more year with this set at least! I recreated the fun sundaes from the paper into physical form with the great matching framelits. Some layering circles help highlight the sundae. From there I added a strip of washi tape and sentiment to finish off the card. 

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Chocolate Chip
• Cardstock: Tasty Treats DSP; Flirty Flamingo; Pool Party; Chocolate Chip; Pear Pizzaz; Peekaboo Peach; Watermelon Wonder
• Accessories: Tasty Treats Washi Tape
• Tools: Layering Cirlces Framelits; Frozen Treats Framelits

It's a Sundae!

Today’s card features one of the Occasions Catalog Bundles. I love the Dragonfly Bundle, but my second favorite has quickly become the Cool Treats Bundle. I love making different frozen treat cards. For today's card, I had to make a fun sundae. After making my centerpiece, I added some fun layering pieces of pattern paper, washi tape, and a sweet sentiment.

• Stamps: Cool Treats
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Tasty Treats DSP; Pool Party; Flirty Flamingo; Early Espresso; Pear Pizzazz; Watermelon Wonder; Daffodil Delight
• Accessories: Tasty Treats Washi Tape
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits; Layering Circles Framelits

Party Animal

Today’s card is a variation on a card that I made during my March Birthday Celebration. I mixed up the pattern paper using scraps from the paper pack. Instead of a flower, I decided to attach a fun ice cream cone instead.

• Stamps: Cool Treats; Designer Tee
• Inks: Emerald Envy; Soft Sky; Pacific Point
• Cardstock: Party Animal DSP; Crushed Curry; Pacific Point Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Wink of Stella
• Tools: Frozen Treats Framelits