Wrappiing Up Birthday Week

So all week long I've been sharing cards that we made at my Birthday Party last week.  It wasn't MY birthday, but we had a party to make Birthday cards (and eat cupcakes, of course!).  Today I'm sharing the last of our cards:

This subtle card is easy to make.  Whisper White Thick Cardstock (#140272) is the base.  We then took a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Lost Lagoon (#133679) and cut a circle using the Circles Collection Framelits (#130911).

The stamp from And Many More (#134273) was inked with Lost Lagoon (#133644) and we inked the leaves from Botanical Blooms (#140757) in Versamark, stamped them onto Lost Lagoon and heat-embossed them with White Embossing Powder (#109132).  They were cut using the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies (#140625), with which we also cut the flower using Soft Sky (#131203).

A White Perfect Accent (#138416) was added to the middle of our flower, and we colored some Pearl Basic Jewels (#119247) with a Copic marker for a finishing touch.

This card was also made with a Basic Black layer, black leaves and a Watermelon Wonder flower.  So pretty!

So that does it for my Birthday Party!   I hope you like the cards we created.  Please leave me a comment or contact me if you want further directions, a video or have questions.  I'm only an e-mail away!

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Love You More Than Chocolate

What?  No way...
Nothing trumps my chocolate.  But I must admit that this stamp set, Lovely Amazing You, has some great sentiments, and I was hooked.  (Not enough to give up my chocolate, though)

I was playing around with ideas for an anniversary card for my hubby, and this is one of the cards that evolved (I ended up using another; see it here).  But I do like how this came out, and I'm sure I'll use it for another occasion.

I started by scoring my Whisper White card stock layer at every 1 inch on my Simply Scored Scoring board, using the diagonal plate.  And I did it on the back side of the paper, so that it looks embossed.  I stamped the sentiment using Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock, and cut it out using the Hearts Collection framelits.  A second heart (Early Espresso) was cut and paper pierced, using the Occasions template pack and a paper piercing tool.

My card base is Early Espresso, with a layer of DSP from the Neutrals Paper Stack.  Little banners were cut using the DSP also, and adhered at the top.  "Love you" was stamped, using Banner Banter, and punched with the Banner Punch, and "I Heart You", from And Many More, was stamped and cut out using an arrow from the On Film Framelits.

The final touch was adding Pearls Basic Jewels, colored with an Early Espresso Blendability pen (sorry...I still have mine and am using them!) and added to each intersection of the diagonal score lines.


A nice card for expressing how much you love chocolate!  <grin>


All items can be purchased here.

What have you created today?

Lovely Amazing You Photopolymer Stamp Set

$14.95

Simply Scored

$29.95

Simply Scored Diagonal Scoring Plate

$11.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Hearts Collection Framelits Die

$26.95

Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack

$7.95

Stampin' Pierce Mat

$4.95

Banner Banter Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$17.95

Banner Banter Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$13.95

Banner Punch

$12.95

And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$36.95

And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$26.95

On Film Framelits Die

$29.95

Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments

$4.95

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Got Treats? Final "How To"

Thanks for joining me once again, as I give you the "how-to" of my last treat packaging idea.  Remember this post, and the ideas:

All week I've been describing my creations, and today is the final one--my homemade treat container:

This was my favorite project, and the one I had the most fun creating.  I started with a Stampin' UP! embellishment holder.  These sturdy plastic containers have tops that snap on tightly.  I started by covering the outside of the bottom with Motley Monsters Designer Series Paper, and also glued a skinny little strip around the top edge of the container.

I then took a 5" piece of Window Sheet and rolled it (I played a little with the length so that it would fit snugly in the base) and used a piece of Sticky Strip to create the clear cylinder.  This was then sticky-stripped to the inside of the bottom container.

Adding the top, I then tied it all up with gorgeous Tangelo Twist Stitched Satin Ribbon.  But it still needed something...

...a label of course!  Project Life Point and Click had this great word bubble (which matches perfectly with the Word Bubble Framelits); it was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Then I stamped the bat from Project Life Holiday Cheer and the sentiment from And Many More, and cut it out with the framelits.  A Crushed Curry 2" circle punch for the "moon" behind the tag, and it was "stood up" with a piece of Window Sheet:

Won't this be a great treat holder for the upcoming holiday?

What do you use to package your treats?  Won't you leave me a comment and let me know?

All supplies can be purchased here.

And let's get creating!

Motlley Monsters Designer Series Paper

Window Sheets Base Material

Sticky Strip

Tangelo Twist 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon

Project Life Point & Click Photopolymer Stamp Set

And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Word Bubbles Framelits Die

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Project Life Holiday Cheer Photopolymer Stamp Set

2" Circle Punch

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Happy Father's Day!

To all the fathers out there, I wish you a Happy Father's Day!  I'm fortunate to still have my dad, and am married to a dad, and my son is a dad...looking forward to speaking with two of them and spoiling the other (can you guess which ones?).

So here's a cute Father's Day card I made for my dad:

When I first saw this set, Something for Baby, with the matching Baby's First framelits, I decided I didn't need it.  Then, as often happens, I saw some cute samples, and suddenly I HAD to have it!  The only stamp I really wanted was this tie (but of course, I'll use all the other stamps soon).

I stamped the tie in Real Red and Night of Navy, and cut them out with the framelits.  I also cut one using the Maritime Designer Series Paper. 

These were all adhered to a piece of Coastal Cabana card stock, which was mounted on a slightly larger piece of Whisper White. 

I ran a piece of Night of Navy through the Big Shot using the Stylish Stripes embossing folder, and placed that on another piece of the Maritime DSP.  This was all mounted on the card base of Coastal Cabana.

The cute phrase is from Banner Banter, stamped using Stampin' Write markers in Coastal Cabana and Real Red, and cut out with the Word Bubbles Framelits.  I cut another one from Real Red, and the two bubbles are offset and popped up with Dimensionals.

Carrying the theme of "you're the best" to the inside, I found this sentiment, from And Many More:

And of course, what's a special card without a special envelope?

The tie was stamped one more time in Night of Navy on the front, next to the address.



What do you think?  Will my dad know that he's my favorite dad? 

All supplies can be ordered here.

And let's get creating!

Something For Baby Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$29.95

Baby's First Framelits Die

$24.95

And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$26.95

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$5.95

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$6.95

Maritime Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Big Shot

$99.95

Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95