Happy Birthday

I have a number of birthdays coming up this month, so I use the Happy Birthday SAB stamp to make a couple of cards. In this card, I included some new products from the Mini Catalogue which sent live yesterday. That's one thing wonderful about Stampin' Up - everything coordinates so nicely.

I wanted to use the Birthday Bonanza DSP from the Mini Catalogue, so I picked the colours for this card using this paper. Although this is a paper for children, some of the designs are age neutral like the striped DSP I selected.

The image was stamped on Whisper White and coloured with flowers with Stampin' Blends (Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green. Rhinestones were placed in the flower centers and Glitter Crystal Effects applied to the petal edges,

 I wanted the flowers to be the focal point, so the cake and stand were coloured a very light neutral Smokey Slate colour.  To make the image pop the background was coloured  lightly with a watercolour pencil  and blended with a blender pen.

The image was die cut using the new Sweetly Stitched Label die, and matted with a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock before adding it to the card front with dimensionals.

The card base is Coastal Cabana layered with Whisper White. A strip of Birthday Bonanza DSP is added in the middle and on the left edge is a piece of Coastal Cabana card stock punched with the new Braided Edge punch.  Some 1/4" Whisper White crinkled seam binding is woven in this punched piece before it is added to the card front.

The sentiment, from Itty Bitty Birthdays is added below the birthday cake.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Happy Birthday to You, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Coastal Cabana, Mango Melody, Granny Apply Green, Smokey Slate) Watercolor pencil (Coastal Cabana)

Papers: Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Birthday Bonanza DSP

Accessories:  Sweet Stitched Label dies, 1/4" Whisper White crinkled seam binding, Braided Edge punch, Glitter Crystal Effects, Rhinestones

Below is another birthday card with flowers coloured with Mango Melody

A Wobbly Birthday - another Mini Catalogue Sneak Peak & SAB stamp

For this card I stamped a second Little Ladybug, fussy cut it and place a wobble behind it. This made for a rough landing on the single flower that this time was coloured with a Highland Heather Stampin' Blend.

The coloured images were die cut with the new Stitched So Sweetly Die and matted with a slightly larger piece of Rich Razzelberry card stock.

This was added to a Rich Razzelberry card stock base with dimensonals, which is layered first with Whisper White card stock,  and then the new Peaceful Poppies DSP.

The sentiment is from "Happy Birthday to You", stamped in Rich Razzelberry ink on Whisper White, matted with Rich Razzelberry card stock, and mounted to the card front with dimensionals.

To finish the card, some Shimmer Crystal Effects was applied to the flower alone, giving it a shiny appearance.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Little Ladybug, Happy Birthday to You
Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends
Papers:  Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Peaceful Poppies DSP
Accessories:  Small wobble, Dimensionals, Shimmer Crystal Effects

Little Ladybug Thanks - a Mini Catalogue sneak peak Sale-a-bration item

At On Stage in Toronto early in November, most of the demonstrators there fell in love with the adorable ladybugs in the "Little Ladybug" Sale-a-bration stamp set. And those little critters are cute.  Not as cute as my two little adopted kittens, but that's another story.

I had a lot of fun colouring the various elements of this card, but if you're not into colouring you don't have to.  I just love to colour.

On a 3 3 4/ by 5" piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the flower 4 times, followed by the lady bug landing on one of the flowers.

Stampin blends were used to colour both the flowers and the lady bug.  The background was coloured with Light Balmy blue, with the fine dots in darker blue using a stamp from the "Happy Birthday to You" SAB stamp set.

Here are the colours I used:
Flowers:  So Saffron (dark), Daffodil Delight (dark), Early Espresso in the center
Stem and Leaves:  Old Olive (Light and Dark), and Light Daffodil Delight
Lady Bug:  Real Red, Basic Black, Dark Smoky Slate.  The face and hands were coloured with the Ivory Stampin' Blend

To make the flowers stand out a bit more, I went around the edges of each with a dark Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend.

This art piece was matted with Basic Black and then mounted on a Daffodil Delight card base.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Little Ladybug, Happy Birthday to You (both SAB)
Inks:  Black Memento .  See above for others used
Papers:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight