I am back in my happy place! That is making cards and sharing with you all. To celebrate feeling normal again I have a bright and shiny Birthday card. It is for the Make My Monday Challenge Blog. The designers got to choose our favorite theme of the previous year. Mine is most definitely Birthdays. This one shares some new products as well.
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Paper
This paper is amazing! And should receive top billing on this card. It is the new Dry Brushed Designer Series Paper. There are two different patterns. This one contains gold and Soft Succulent and the other is Gold with Calypso Coral and Petal Pink. They are part of the Delicate Desert Suite on page 42 of the Mini Catalog. Trust me, this is beautiful paper.
To highlight the gold in the Specialty Paper, I turned to an oldy but lovely piece of DSP. The background for the cake is the Gold and Rose Gold Specialty Paper that is in the Annual Catalog. This paper carried over from previous and has been a go to for me. I love the detail in the paper. It looks like etching lines.
Stamps
This stamp set, the Best Day, was at the top of my purchase list. The other Birthday stamp is a cat in a cupcake paper. You know how much I love cats. And yet I haven’t used that stamp yet! Crazy, I know….
Matching the cake to the paper gave me the idea of a generic birthday card. Perfect for anyone! It was a bit difficult to decide how to color the cake with the Soft Succulent as the basis. So I went with shades of green. I have included Bermuda Bay, Mint Macaron, and Soft Succulent to pair with So Saffron and Cajun Craze.
Finishes
Since the paper on this one is so beautiful, I didn’t need a lot of bling. However you know I had to add a bit. Then I went with a bit more! The Festive Pearls in gold seemed a perfect fit for the gold in the papers. They are like the little edible pearls you see on fancy cakes.
Thank you for visiting today! I am so happy to be back in my craft room and posting again. This crazy weather has made a lot of people sick and I hope you are not included in that! Take care!
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I am late getting my post out today. Sadly I have the nasty crud that is going around so I am moving pretty much in a fog. Luckily I had a couple of cards already made. Today’s is a fun gnome card with a mix of the old and new.
Stamps
This cute little flower power gnome girl is from the Friendly Gnomes stamp set. It is new in the upcoming January – June Mini Catalog. She makes me think of the flower power from the 70’s. She is stamped and colored using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Stampin’ Blends. Naturally I went with the colors from the gorgeous DSP which carries on the flower power theme!
Dies
There are two die sets used here. The first is the Gnomes Dies. They are carried over from the Mini that is ending tomorrow. And match the new Friendly Gnomes in the next Mini Catalog. To make the oval that is perfect for the little flower child, I used the Framed Florets Dies. There are several focal layers in that Die set. This is the most simple one, but all I needed was a background. And it works perfectly in size.
Papers
These two fun DSP papers are from the upcoming Mini Catalog. And are in the Regency Park Designer Series Paper. The pattern reminds me of the flower power as I said. But I believe I had a pair of jeans with a similar pattern on them!!! Yikes!! Now I feel really old. 🙂
Embellishments
For a touch of added flowers, I used the Fun Flower Resin shapes that are in the Annual Catalog. There are a few different colors included. I used three of the colors in these flowers. They seem to be the perfect choice with the flowers in the beard.
Here is an open view of the card, as it is a fun fold.
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My New Year wish is for everyone to Happy, Healthy, and Safe! And to go along with that, today’s project is about the Happy New Year also. Even if a day late, this is my first post of 2023.
This bright card has a bit of Old (going away) and New (current products) to reflect a happy New Year to come. It is also my Design Team entry for the Make My Monday Blog Challenge. The theme for this challenge is Something New. That could be taken a few different ways, but my thought was totally new, as in the New Year. You can see all of the designers’ cards, and enter the challenge yourself by clicking on the little MMM badge below.
Paper
Once again the paper is the standout of the card. This is one that is almost gone in terms of being purchasable. It is the Celebrate Everything Designer Series Paper and is a Host reward in the current Mini Catalog. So you only have until the end of day on January 4th to order it. Actually these are the two sides of one paper. I loved the brightness of the red and pink piece. And the fireworks page was perfect for a Happy New Year.
Stamp
This beautifully scripted sentiment is from the Brightest Glow stamp set. And with cheers of joy, it is carrying over! All of the sentiments in this are beautifully written. With the bright papers, especially the fireworks, I did not think this really needed a lot of extras. So I kept it fairly simple with the one sentiment and paper layers.
Embellishments
To say simple and go from there is a bit lacking. There must still be some bling. Especially with the fireworks! They are their own sparkle but still need something! So I added to the center of the fireworks a variety of colors from the 2021-2023 Opal Rounds. Some of the colors match and others are fairly close. I think they give some subdued sparkle to the card.
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Today I have another sneak peek for you. If you have followed me for very long you know I love cats!! The upcoming Love Cats stamp set is a must for cat lovers.
Stamp set
This cute Hanging Out Cat is from the Love Cats stamp set. There are a couple of different “purrfect” cat positions that any cat person would recognize immediately. This one spoke to me because one of my cats lays like this from almost any platform. Here is one of her favorite positions.
Additionally, the sentiments are just as cute as the images. The one I used is perfect for any occasion but really emphasizes the image. This is one that makes me Smile! I hope it does for you as well.
Papers
This color choices for today’s project was mainly because I wanted to use something different. Not red, green or blue. And Blackberry Bliss is a color that I do not use very often. Especially as the overall color. So here we are. Of course with all of the Stampin’ Up! DSP, I was able to find a beautiful piece to work perfectly. This gorgeous print is from the Pretty Prints Designer Series Paper. I love the variations of the color.
Punch and Finish
The sentiment gave me a bit of trouble as to how to position it. I could not decide on a layer. But with the small Blackberry Bliss heart the cat is holding as inspiration, I decided on a larger heart. The small heart is from the Country Bouquet Punch. It punches two hearts at once. However the larger one was too narrow for the sentiment. So I went to the smaller of the Heart Pack Punches. It is the non-scalloped one. Then all I needed to do was adhere the sentiment to the heart and trim around it with the outline of the heart. Easy Peasy!!
To finish this fun card it needed a bit of bling. I only wanted a small bling. So the Iridescent Hearts fit the bill perfectly. It adds a bit of white to the dark heart and has some shine.
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I have a sneak peek for you from the upcoming Mini Catalog. This is such a fun card and the stamps are quite different from previous ones.
Stamps
Lately I have been starting my post about the DSP. And this DSP is amazing. But the star of this card is the fun Stamp set. It is the Taco Fiesta. You know that I love fun and humorous stamp sets the most. And this fits the bill perfectly. This adorable piñata is just so darn cute!! Adding in the bowl of guacamole with chips is just perfection. We love Mexican food, as does the recipient of this card, so this set was at the top of my preorder list.
Colors
The images are all stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, They are then colored using Stampin’ Blends. Usually the DSP calls the colors I use, but not in this case. The guacamole and it’s stone bowl were a given on the must do colors. I did bring in the DSP colors on the blanket of the Piñata. But it needed a color to Pop! The Dark Pool Party was the blanket and hat brim blue.
To add another bright color to the mix for more Pop, I went back to the blanket blue but a little more. The blue highlights are the Coastal Cabana for the card stock and the new 3 Twine Combo Pack for the blue twine. These two pops of blue really made a difference.
Paper
This fun DSP is another upcoming product. It is the Dandy Designs Designer Series Paper. This is another mega DSP pack that is in the upcoming Sale-A-Bration catalog. The two sheets you see are the front and back of one sheet.
Here is a view of the inside of the card. It is a gift card holder of course. The inside sentiment is from the Best Day stamp set, which is another upcoming new set. You will definitely be seeing that set soon as it has a cat!!!
Hopefully you have your upcoming Mini Catalog by now. The upcoming product images are not available from my supply list builder yet. If you do not have a catalog in hand, and are in need of a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, please reach out and I will be happy to send you a catalog!
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Today’s card is a mix of current and upcoming products. I love how Stampin’ Up! products work well together regardless of old or new.
Paper and Colors
I knew which stamp set I wanted for this card, but needed some direction with the color and flow. Turning to my DSP is always my next step. The colors and patterns are wonderful. Yesterday I shared with you the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper. (You can see that card HERE!) And today I have gone back to the Fitting Florets for yet another piece of that gorgeous paper.
This one is very bright and happy. And it led me to this finished product. The Night of Navy and Balmy Blue are a perfect match. It is the unexpected Polished Pink that is the surprise and the star!
Stamps
Beginning with the Polished Pink and hearts was a fairly certain thing. The stamps used are from the upcoming Country Bouquet stamp set and punch Bundle. Did you notice Punch Bundle? They are my favorite type of Bundles because they are less expensive and so quick and easy. The two hearts are on one stamp but punch with one punch due to the layout. That is an extra bonus. Personally I also love the distressed, or I suppose Country, look of the hearts. A bit of a softer look.
Punches
I went a bit heavy with punches for this card. The background of the focal layer is the Decorative Circle Punch. Then the leaves and flowers are from the Boughs Punch. And last but not least is the sentiment layer of the Label Me Fancy Punch. But as I mentioned before, they are so easy to look at your punch stash and decide what works best.
Hopefully this card works for you! I love the mix of the dark and bright colors. So to finish it off, I went with a few of the 2021-2023 In Color Opals in Polished Pink. They are scattered on the boughs and a larger one on the sentiment layer. And to finish the sentiment layer I chose one of the 2022-2024 items. It is the Twine in those In Colors. This one is Starry Sky, but against the mix of Night of Navy and Balmy Blue, it works perfectly.
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