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)

Desktop Tuesday #3

Finishing out my February Memory Planner pages amongst random card making supplies. I still need to finish making my 30 birthday cards so there’s a lot of those supplies underneath there somewhere.

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)

Tobe's Birthday Stampin' Up! Specials

Every birthday, I want to share the Stampin’ Up! love. So, I created my own specials to feature this month. Keep in mind that these specials are through me directly; they are not sponsored by Stampin’ Up! To order, follow the directions on the graphic or contact me directly. tobe.buffenbarger@gmail.com

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

March Crafting Goals

A recap of last month’s goals:

• Finish January MP Pages — Success!

• Finalize travel/hotel plans for April’s Stampin’ Up! Convention — Success! Pam and I booked a cute AirBnB fairly close to downtown.

• Schedule February and March Classes and Events — Fail.

• Finish 2017 in Quentin’s PL Album — Success!

• Start 2019 Family PL Album — Ummm…. well, I have actually started it, but I did buy the new album and page protectors.

• Prep weekly sales for March — Success!

• Prep 30 Days of Birthday Cards (March) — Success! I have some of the cards already done and started prepping drafts and ideas for the rest.

March’s Goals:

• Finish out my 30 Days of Birthday Cards — It’s been started. Now I need to finish it!

• Prep for April’s OnStage Event — This will be here before I know it. I need to check with my friend to work out some details and decide what to take with me.

• Make Swaps for April’s OnStage Event? — Possibly making swaps for OnStage, but what exactly?

• Dive into Quentin’s 2018 PL Album — I’ve got the physical album and page protectors. Now to start the spreads.

• Schedule March and April Events — I’ve got this started (things are on the calendar), but I need to work out what cards for what events and such.

• Retiring Season Plan — The new SU catalog comes out in June. In May, I usually have events and posts highlighting retiring products and such. I want to brainstorm some ideas this month.