Tea Time Birthday

Today’s card was an attempt to use the pretty, but not quite my style Petal Promenade DSP pack. When faced with florals, I sometimes struggle to find a design that works. For this card, I started by stamping and coloring the tea pot. (Love how that one turned out!!!) From there, I stamped a flower image all over a piece of Powder Pink Cardstock before layering on a piece of DSP. A sentiment and a bit of shine finished off my card.

• Stamps: Beautiful Day; Tea Together

• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Powder Pink; Rich Razzleberry Blends; Call Me Clover Blends; Pumpkin Pie Blends; Pink Pirouette Blends (retired)

• Cardstock: Petal Promenade DSP; Copper Foil; Rich Razzleberry; Powder Pink; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: Tea Time Framelits; Circle Framelits

Tropical Cupcake

Today’s card is a fun and light birthday card. It took me a few times to get the hang of the cupcake stamp set layering, but I think this one came out nicely. I made the basic elements of my card but realized it was missing just something. Turns out I just needed to add some stamped element in the background to add the finishing touch!

• Stamps: Hello Cupcake; Playful Backgrounds

• Inks: Granny Apple Green; Powder Pink

• Cardstock: Tropical Escape DSP; Granny Apple Green; Powder Pink; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

Llama Birthday

Today’s card is quick and easy! Sometimes you just don’t have a lot of time to make a card, but you still want the design to be fun and interesting. Enter washi tape! I have a giant wire basket full of random washi tape just waiting to be used. So i dug through and pulled out this awesome llama roll to feature. From there, I just found some rolls that looked good together and started adding them to a piece of white paper. A simple sentiment and punched heart finished off my card.

• Stamps: Four You (retired)

• Inks: Melon Mambo

• Cardstock: Night of Navy; Melon Mambo; Mint Macaron; Whisper White

• Accessories: Various washi tape

• Tools: Sweetheart Punch (retired)

Dragonfly Love

Today’s card is a very special card because it’s my birthday!!! My favorite color is purple, so today’s card had to have purple featured. In looking at my stamp stash, I had to pull out the Dragonfly Dreams set and coordinating dies. Such a good choice! I took my design from an example in Stampin’ Success, the demonstrator magazine from Stampin’ Up! They always have some great designs and examples to use and this one really spoke to me. It’s from a few years back, but it was the perfect design for today!

• Stamps: Dragonfly Dreams

• Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Highland Heather

• Cardstock: Just Add Color DSP; Highland Heather; Pear Pizzazz; Whisper White

• Accessories:

• Tools: White Heat Embossing Powder; Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits

Unicorn Rainbow

Today’s card is a fun watercolor background. Every once in a while, I love to get out a ton of ink and make some watercolor backgrounds. For this one, I created a rainbow using nine different color inks. I love how it all blends together. Once I created my background, I stamped and colored a fun colorful unicorn to add on top of a piece of ribbon and a sentiment.

• Stamps: Magical Day (retired)

• Inks: Basic Black; Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Peekaboo Peach, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzaz, Mint Macaron, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Sweet Sugarplum Reinkers; Various Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: Watercolor Paper; Basic Black; Whisper White

• Accessories: Whisper White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon; Exopy Shapes (retired)

• Tools: Magical Mates Framelits (retired)

Celebrate This March

Some days you don’t want to stamp on your card, and that’s okay. For today’s card, I simply die cut a sentiment and layered on some fun pattern paper pieces. This card took all of 5 mintues to create, but it still looks great.

• Stamps:

• Inks:

• Cardstock: Frosted Floral DSP; Blackberry Bliss; Vellum; Whisper White

• Accessories: Silver Wink of Stella; Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

• Tools: Celebrate You Thinlits

Layered Tea Room

Today’s card is a classic design with fun products. I really like the Tea Room DSP, but I often don’t know how to use it without being overwhelming. This layered pendant design is the perfect solution. Simply layer, add a sentiment, and finish off with a few embellishments. Easy peasy! And a great card.

• Stamps: Just Add Text (retired)

• Inks: Basic Black

• Cardstock: Tea Room DSP; Calypso Coral; Pool Party

• Accessories: Basic Adhesive Backed Sequins; Tea Room Ribbon Combo

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

A Cup of Giggles

Today’s card is a celebration of bright colors and fun beverages! The Coffee Cafe stamp set and coordinating dies are always a favorite in my stash. For this card, I made a fun confection in Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana. This striped paper from the How Sweet It Is DSP pack is just too fun. You’ll be seeing again later this month.

• Stamps: Coffee Cafe; Part of My Story

• Inks: Melon Mambo; Coastal Cabana; Smoky Slate

• Cardstock: How Sweet It Is DSP; Coastal Cabana; Melon Mambo; Whisper White

• Accessories: Glitter Enamel Shapes

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Coffee Cups Framelits

Announcing 30 Days of Birthday Cards

Every year for my birthday month I do something fun. This year I’ve committed myself to a stretch goal: 30 days of birthday cards. (I know that March has 31 days, but I think 30 Days of Birthday Cards sounds better…) I pulled out all my stamp sets and DSP and am aiming to try and and use all my stamp sets throughout the month. Of course I’ll be throwing in some quick and easy cards along with more complicated ones. Hoping for some great inspiration this coming month! And stay tuned! I will be posting some great SU specials starting tomorrow (specials are from me directly, not from Stampin’ Up! corporate).

Step It Up with Cake

Today’s cards were part of my Step It Up Class. Basically you take one card and then remake with more (or step it up). Here are the two cards side-by-side:

For the first card, I started with the idea to feature the various cakes from the Piece of Cake stamp set on a simple background. I stamped, colored, and die cut my cakes before adding a background pattern stamp and sentiment to my white layer. It’s a nice simple card just the way it is.

But then I stepped the card up! I swapped out the white layer for a piece of Twinkle Twinkle DSP on top of a piece of coordinating Smoky Slate cardstock. From there I added a piece of beautiful Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon under my sentiment strip. Finally, I added some embellishment to the cakes. It’s hard to see in this photo, but I added. few pearls to the top left cake and some clear Wink of Stella to the top right and bottom left cakes. Overall, this card has that extra something.

• Stamps: Piece of Cake; Playful Backgrounds

• Inks: Rich Razzleberry; Smoky Slate; Tranquil Tide; Mint Macaron; Sweet Sugarplum (retired)

• Cardstock: Twinkle Twinkle DSP; Smoky Slate; Rich Razzleberry; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White

• Accessories: Pearls; Tranquil Tide Velvet Ribbon

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Wink of Stella