Today begins the Designer Series Paper Sale!!!! 15% off is a great time to stock up on this beautiful paper. Check out the list of select packages towards the bottom of the post.
My card I have to share today is for a little guy’s First Birthday. I am not very good about children’s cards. Looking through the stamp sets, once I saw the Hats Off Bundle, I knew that was the one. His Dad wears a hat all the time. I thought a hat would be perfect.
Details
I love the detailed stitching on the hat! That is such a great touch and makes the hat much more realistic. I couldn’t really decide how I was going to add the “1” that I wanted on the card. The Hats Off stamp set came to the rescue with the “#1” stamp. It is intended for a #1 Dad type meaning. But I think it is just as great for my purpose.
The die used to cut the #1 is included in the set, as are several others for different emblems which match. To add a little more realism, I used the negative of the hat die cut and sponged the area beneath the bill. I placed the hat where I wanted it, layed the negative over top, and removed the hat. Then I simple slid the negative down a touch and began blending some Soft Suede Ink. It did not take very much.
The final of the details is the Old Olive background. I used the Bark Embossing Folder. It gives a great image that works for so many designs. I also die cut the Very Vanilla layer with the Stitched Rectangle Dies. This stitching matches the stitching of the hat.
Colors and Finishes
For once I have not used any Designer Series Paper! I know, it is very hard to believe. But I wanted a little guy card and grass and dirt were my thoughts. LOL! The base of the card is Crumb Cake, with a layer of Old Olive embossed with the Bark Embossing Folder. The focal layer is Very Vanilla cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies. I used the 3rd largest die.
To finish the card, I used the Happy Birthday from the Hey Birthday Chick stamp set. I love the not quite even letters in the words. I stamped the sentiment and then punched each end using the flag end of the Banner Pick A Punch. To give that a little color to stand away from the focal layer of the same color, I used the Old Olive Stampin’ Write Marker. I used the brush end and just layed the middle of the brush touching the edge of the sentiment. By using the center of the brush end, it does not bend over on the cardstock to give more color than I want. This gives a more outline look to the edge of the banner.
Below is the information on the DSP Sale. It begins today and ends on August 2nd. I hope you love the DSP as much as I do and can take advantage of this.
The picture below shows the Designer Series Papers that are included in the Sale. There are 9 to choose from!!
HOST CODE
My July Host Code is 2GKGF4Q7. Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Before I get to today’s card, I want to let you know about two sales.
The Last Chance Sale……Today is the Last Day of the sale. There are still some great deals so don’t leave items on your wish list.
Beginning tomorrow, July 1st, Stampin’ Up! has announced a Designer Series Paper Sale!! There are 9 packs to choose from and they are 15% off. This sale runs tomorrow through August 2nd. These are all papers included in the Annual Catalog, so it is not a Last Chance scenario! There is a picture of the papers further down in the post.
For today’s card I am focusing on one of the Retiring Bundles. It is the Forever & Always Bundle. Sadly I just checked and the stamp set is sold out. However the Always Dies are still available. I apologize about that. They were both available when I made the card.
Paper
The gorgeous DSP is the Sweet Symmetry Designer Series Paper. And YES it is included in the upcoming DSP Sale! As always, I pulled my other colors from the piece of DSP. The base card is Flirty Flamingo, followed by a layer of Night of Navy cardstock.
Daffodil Delight is the next layer. It is embossed with the Tasteful Textiles Embossing Folder, but does not show in the photo. 🙁 I also chose a piece of Night of Navy to hold the two flowers. I hope you will try this layout with a different flower, if you do not own the Forever & Always. There are quite a few that would work wonderfully. Flowers from the In Symmetry stamp set would be perfect and match the design in the paper. That really is a gorgeous Suite of Products!
Colors and Finishes
You know how much I love Stampin’ Blends! So of course I colored the flowers using those wonderful tools. The flower is colored with Flirty Flamingo for the petals and Daffodil Delight for the centers. The leaves are colored using Old Olive Stampin’ Blends. To complete the flowers I added a yellow dot from the Playing With Pattern Resin Dots. I love adding dots, pearls, rhinestones, etc to my projects. I believe it makes them just a bit more special.
Below is the information for the Last Chance Sale, which ends today, and the Designer Series Paper 15% off Sale, which begins tomorrow!!
January – June Mini Catalog Last Chance Sale
Click on the image below to get the 4 page pdf of the sale. A reminder, in some cases a Bundle is cheaper to purchase the stamp set and dies individually. Some dies are discounted up to 50% off.
If you order through me, and it is as easy as clicking on the Shop Now button on the Menu Bar, I have a Perks Program. For every $50.00 in product you purchase, you earn a Blue Star. When you have gathered 10 Blue Stars, you get a $50.00 shopping on me. Plus every time you spend $50.00 I will add a small gift for you. Please use my Host Code listed below.
The picture below shows the Designer Series Papers that are included in the Sale. There are 9 to choose from!!
HOST CODE
My June Host Code is HCX2WT2A Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
I have spent a couple of days looking out into the backyard where we have bird feeders. We have a sick cat and I have been loving on him and looking out the window. The card I am sharing is one I made for my Stamp Club several days ago, but it fit with what my view has been.
Stamp Set
This sweet stamp set is the Garden Birdhouses. I love the mix of birdhouses, sweet sentiments, and the branch to hang the birdhouses. There is also a post a house can be placed on. And since Stampin’ Blends are probably my favorite method of coloring, it is a set I love!
I stamped the birdhouse in Soft Suede Ink and colored with Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. The branch is stamped with Mossy Meadow Ink and colored using Mossy Meadow Light Stampin’ Blends. For the Welcome to stand out, I used Memento Tuxedo Black to stamp it.
Paper and Embellishments
As soon as I looked at the branch in the Garden Birdhouses stamp set, I knew exactly which DSP I would use. This is a piece of the Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper. I really wanted to use the gorgeous Fall colored sheet. But thought I would hold off until Fall. So I went with this “Full Summer” leaves pattern.
The card base is Mossy Meadow with a layer of White to lighten and highlight the DSP. I chose a sheet of Bumblee cardstock to layer beneath the focal layer.
The finishing touches were both very “earthy” as well. I placed the focal layer lower than normal on the card to leave room for the ribbon. I wrapped Linen Thread around the layers and tied a simple bow. Metallic Pearls are a favorite of mine. So I used a couple of the gold ones (I love that they are not very shiny!). One is placed in the opening of the birdhouse and two others are just for some bling.
Measurements
Card base is Mossy Meadow cut to 4 1/4 X 11, scored and folded at 5 1/2
White layer is 4 X 5 1/4
Bumblebee layer is 3 1/2 X 3 1/4
White focal layer is 3 3/8 X 3 1/8
January – June Mini Catalog Last Chance Sale
Click on the image below to get the 4 page pdf of the sale. A reminder, in some cases a Bundle is cheaper to purchase the stamp set and dies individually. Some dies are discounted up to 50% off.
If you order through me, and it is as easy as clicking on the Shop Now button on the Menu Bar, I have a Perks Program. For every $50.00 in product you purchase, you earn a Blue Star. When you have gathered 10 Blue Stars, you get a $50.00 shopping on me. Plus every time you spend $50.00 I will add a small gift for you. Please use my Host Code listed below.
HOST CODE
My June Host Code is HCX2WT2A Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
I hope you were able to take advantage of the Free Shipping yesterday. I probably shouldn’t have, but I did first thing yesterday morning!
Today I have a mix of beautiful and just adorable. I mixed the beautiful Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper with the adorable Count On Me stamp set. And of course, a few extras as well.
Paper
Purple is a favorite color of mine, and this one just pops with the purple shades. The Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper is the star of the show. Who would not love those hydrangea balls of color. The strip of DSP is the opposite side of the large sheet. I never toss my scraps of DSP!
For the card base, I pulled the Highland Heather from the large DSP sheet. My second favorite color is blue. So the blue hydrangea is perfect. I have one of those bushes in my yard! To match the blue, I chose Misty Moonlight for the layer.
Stamping
The oh so sweet kangaroo is from the Count On Me stamp set. That set has such adorable and huggable images of different animals. I chose the kangaroo and her little daisy to go with the other flowers.
For the sentiment, I chose the Beauty of Friendship stamp set. I love that simple sentiment. It is stamped using Misty Moonlight Ink on Basic White cardstock. I used the Double Oval Punch to make the cut. I love that you can use one or both of the punches depending on your need or the look you wanted. I felt the scalloped larger oval was not really necessary with the busier paper. So this is simply the smaller of the ovals.
January – June Mini Catalog Last Chance Sale – Only 5 Days Left!!
Click on the image below to get the 4 page pdf of the sale. A reminder, in some cases a Bundle is cheaper to purchase the stamp set and dies individually. Some dies are discounted up to 50% off.
If you order through me, and it is as easy as clicking on the Shop Now button on the Menu Bar, I have a Perks Program. For every $50.00 in product you purchase, you earn a Blue Star. When you have gathered 10 Blue Stars, you get a $50.00 shopping on me. Plus every time you spend $50.00 I will add a small gift for you. Please use my Host Code listed below.
HOST CODE
My June Host Code is HCX2WT2A Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Today only is Free Shipping on orders of $50.00 and up! If you have items on your Wish List, now is the time to place that order.
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January – June Mini Catalog Last Chance Sale
Click on the image below to get the 4 page pdf of the sale. A reminder, in some cases a Bundle is cheaper to purchase the stamp set and dies individually. Some dies are discounted up to 50% off.
If you order through me, and it is as easy as clicking on the Shop Now button on the Menu Bar, I have a Perks Program. For every $50.00 in product you purchase, you earn a Blue Star. When you have gathered 10 Blue Stars, you get a $50.00 shopping on me. Plus every time you spend $50.00 I will add a small gift for you. Please use my Host Code listed below.
HOST CODE
My June Host Code is HCX2WT2A Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Before I get to today’s card, I want to remind you about Stampin’ Up!’s FREE SHIPPING that is for Tomorrow Only. Any order totally $50.00 in product earns Free Shipping! Woohoo!!!
For today’s card I have used the Sweet As A Peach Bundle. This is such an adorable stamp set. And the Designer Series Paper is beautiful, as always. Living in Georgia, this stamp set is a must!!
Colors
I love everything about this card, even if I did design it. LOL!!! More specifically, I love the colors. The You’re A Peach Designer Series Paper has awesome shading of Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral for the peaches and flowers. To me the paper is definitely the star of the show.
I chose the Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzaz cardstock colors from the DSP. The stamping is also done using those colors in the flowers and the branch. For the peach, I stamped it using Pale Papaya Ink and then sponged some Calypso Coral around the edge and top for the same look as the paper.
I die cut the flowers using the matching Peach Dies from the Bundle. The flowers stamp and cut three at a time. I stamped and cut twice for extra flowers.
Layout and Finishing Touches
Because the DSP is so pretty, I pushed the focal layer over to the right a bit. I wanted to focus on it as well as show off the two peaches that are on the left side of the DSP. After doing that placement, I was happy for the extra flowers. One of the extra ones is placed on the bottom right of the focal layer. The second one is hanging off the edge on the upper left. I like to have a little piece coming over the edge for added dimensions.
The finishing touch is to add the center to the flowers. Even though I did not add a dot to each flower, I think the three I used were a good touch. These black dots are the Matte Black Dots. They are a bit bolder than the black centers in the DSP flowers, but I love the look.
Measurements
Base card of Calypso Coral is cut 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4
Pear Pizzazz layer is cut to 5 1/4 X 4
DSP layer is cut to 5 1/8 X 3 7/8
Small Calypso Coral layer is cut to 3 X 3 1/2
Focal layer of White is cut to 2 7/8 X 3 1/8
January – June Mini Catalog Last Chance Sale
Click on the image below to get the 4 page pdf of the sale. A reminder, in some cases a Bundle is cheaper to purchase the stamp set and dies individually. Some dies are discounted up to 50% off.
If you order through me, and it is as easy as clicking on the Shop Now button on the Menu Bar, I have a Perks Program. For every $50.00 in product you purchase, you earn a Blue Star. When you have gathered 10 Blue Stars, you get a $50.00 shopping on me. Plus every time you spend $50.00 I will add a small gift for you. Please use my Host Code listed below.
HOST CODE
My June Host Code is HCX2WT2A Please use this code for orders under $150.00. I will have a small gift for those with orders over $50.00 in addition to the Perk Rewards Program. You can read all of the information at the top of the page in the Menu Bar under SHOP / Perks.
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
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