Loads of Cake for You

Today’s card features a multitude of fussy cut birthday cakes. I wasn’t a huge fan of the piece of DSP that featured these cakes (too busy for me), but it was perfect to cut up. This card has so many layers that in person, it looks even better.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

• Ink: Lovely Lipstick

• Cardstock: Broadway Bound DSP; Lemon Lime Twist; Lovely Lipstick; Whisper White

• Accessories: Whisper White Ribbon; Lovely Lipstick Ribbon

• Tools: Scattered Stars Embossing Folder; Rectangle Stitched Shapes; Everyday Label Punch

Shiny Birthday

Today’s card is a fun and shiny birthday card! I wanted to make a birthday card that wasn’t overly feminine. SO I dug through my DSP stash and found this great gold and white pattern from the Broadway Bound DSP pack and paired it with some greens and blues. The resulting card is a riot of pattern and shine.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

• Inks: Blueberry Bushel; Pool Party; Granny Apple Green; Lemon Lime Twist

• Cardstock: Broadway Bound DSP; Blueberry Bushel; Whisper White

• Accessories: Gold Sequin Trim

• Tools: Gold Embossing Powder

Bunch of Balloons

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a celebration card. I decided to put away my Christmas supplies and pull out some items from my regular stash to create a fun and sparkly birthday card.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday

• Inks: Blueberry Bushel

• Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP; Copper Grimmer Paper; Call Me Clover; Whisper White

• Accessories: White twine

• Tools: Balloon Punch

#SSINKCC52: Polka Dot Birthday

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using the following colors: 

Color challenges are always so much fun and always stretch my creativity. For this card, I immediately knew I wanted to make a masculine birthday card, but played around with a lot of layers and layouts before deciding on this one. I wanted to keep the card simple but add some kind of dimension. Enter my stash of embossing folders. I love adding texture to cards through embossing folders. I went with Simple Stripes, but contrasted that with the polka dot paper. Love the simplicity of this card!

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Pacific Point; Call Me Clover
• Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP; Balmy Blue; Pacific Point
• Accessories: Crumb Cake Ribbon
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Stripes Embossing Folder

King of the Birthdays

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a punch. I have a few images pinned on Pinterest with fun animals you can make with the Fox Builder Punch. I spied a cute little lion and knew I had to pair that creation with the fun Animal Expedition DSP. I kept the card simple, but had fun layering some paper, creating my lion, and adding some gold sequins. 

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Early Espresso
• Cardstock: Animal Expedition DSP; Crushed Curry; Early Espresso; Crumb Cake
• Accessories: Gold Sequins
• Tools: Fox Builder Punch; Layering Circles Framelits

CASEing Rebecca

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE our newest Design Team Member Rebecca! In looking through Rebecca's Blog, 101 Projects with Rebecca, I was struck by her great designs and color choices! For today's card, I chose to CASE this Share What You Love card from late April. I took her design and changed out her soft palette for a riot of color! I didn't pay a lot of attention to where I placed my bows and gems resulting in a fun haphazard look. After making my card, I realized that I used the Picture Perfect Birthday Stamp Set for last month's CASE card. Guess it's become my go-to. Love love love it!

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Lemon Lime Twist, Call Me Clover, Rich Razzleberry, Blackberry Bliss, Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo
• Cardstock: 2018-2020 In Color DSP, Blackberry Bliss, Flirty Flamingo, Lemon Lime Twist, Whisper White
• Accessories: Clear Faceted Gems
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

Tutti-Frutti Birthday

Sadly we are losing the super fun Tutti-Frutti DSP stack, the shiny Metallic Foil Doilies, and lots of ribbon. So why am I posting these cards today? Because this design is just so versatile! Simply pick some fun paper, layer on some coordinating cardstock, wrap the layers in some ribbon, and add a layered sentiment. Easy Peasy! It was so easy, I went a little crazy and made six different versions. Thankfully I always need birthday cards on hand to send out. These will be going to good homes in the next couple of months.

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Garden Green, Berry Burst, Melon Mambo, Real Red
• Cardstock: Tutti-Frutti DSP, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Garden Green, Lemon Lime Twist, Island Indigo, Pool Party, Tangerine Tango, Peekaboo Peach, Real Red, Calypso Coral, Whisper White
• Accessories: Metallic Foil Doilies, Crushed Curry Ribbon, Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon, Basic Gray Shimmer Ribbon, Peekaboo Peach Ribbon, Calypso Coral Shimmer Ribbon
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Put a Bow On It

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to CASE a card from fellow Design Team member Nichole Loe. You can find Nichole at Scrappy Stamps and Ink. I decided to CASE this gorgeous and yet sparse card from January. I love the layers and the bits of sparkle and shine.  And so I looked at my stamp sets and tired to find one that I thought would look good in the design. I settled on the Picture Perfect Birthday and Playful Backgrounds Stamp sets. From there, I just started layering. Love how this card came together and especially the pops of sparkle!

• Stamps: Playful Backgrounds; Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Sweet Sugarplum; Bermuda Bay; Pool Party
• Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; Rich Razzleberry; Whisper White
• Accessories: Bermuda Bay Mini Chevron Ribbon; Myths and Magic Washi Tape
• Tools: Lots of Labels Framelits

Quick and Easy Layers

Today’s card is being featured at my DSP Part 2 class featured in later March and April. (See the Crafty Events on the homepage for full details.) I added multiple pieces of DSP to create a fun layered look.  A simple card, but very striking! For class, participants get to create this card with their choice of DSP combos. 

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Pacific Point
• Cardstock: Birthday Memories DSP; Real Red; Whisper White
• Accessories: 
• Tools: 

Coffee Cups for You

Today's card is being featured at my birthday cards class. I loved the idea of repeating shapes and so I modified the idea for a birthday card. I die cut a ton of small coffee cups from the awesomely bright Picture Perfect Party DSP stack and created my focal grid. From there it was just a matter of adding some texture via embossing folder and a nice birthday sentiment. 

• Stamps: Picture Perfect Birthday
• Inks: Berry Burst
• Cardstock: Picture Perfect Party DSP; Lemon Lime Twist; Bermuda Bay; Basic Black; Whisper White; Myths and Magic Glimmer Paper (Lemon Lime Twist)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Simple Stripes Embossing Folder; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits