After all my hot foiling and diecutting the other day, this Lovely Blossoms Hot Foil Birthday Card is one I made after trying out hot foiling on a piece of the Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper. I could have cut out the hot foiled “Happy Birthday” sentiment, but I decided to leave it as is and make it into a card with the designer series paper being the background layer.
The card base is Cloud Cover Cardstock, one of the In Colors. I trimmed down the foiled designer paper to 3 3/4″ x 5″ so I could add a layer of Basic White underneath to help the paper stand out a little. Then I looked through the Lovely Blossoms DSP to see if I wanted to cut out a little flower to cover a messy foil spot on the card. I found this combination of two flowers and decided to fussy-cut them. As it turned out, I liked the way it looked underneath the birthday greeting (made with the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies) so I adhered it flat to the card. I considered popping it up on Mini Dimensionals. That would be okay, too.
To cover the little smudge of gold foil, I added some white dots from the Moody Palette Glossy Dots. They worked perfectly and look just right on the card. Hot foiling gives such an elegant and professional look to your cards! It’s surprising every time!
If you have your Stampin’ Hot Foil System handy, this card is easy to make and looks like an expensive card (and they ARE expensive these days!) you would buy in the store. This Botanical Glow Colored Leaves Birthday Card is simply elegant with the gold hot foil designs! I absolutely love these Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies for the font and style plus the basic sayings that we all need almost every time we make a card.
Here’s how I made this card. The card base is Basic White, or you can use the Thick version or even White Willow cardstock. I used Lost Lagoon Cardstock for the card layer and used the Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die with Gold Foil to make the leafy design. There is also a matching stamp, but it does not line up (and isn’t supposed to!) with the foiled leaves. I didn’t use the stamp, though, on this card. I wanted to keep it simple.
After hot foiling the leaves, I colored them in with the Light Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Blend. It’s not that difficult to do all these leaves. I really like the look. It doesn’t have to be perfect!
The greeting is made with the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies. I did it in gold and then another die cut it out! Love these! For a little embellishment, I added some white Pearls of Beauty for an embellishment. They are on the Last Chance list and discounted.
As I write this, the Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die should be restocked this week (be sure to look it up in the Online Store, then fill out the email form to be notified when it is back in stock) and the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies are due back the week of September 7.
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This Begonia Belle Celebrate Hot Foil Card sort of grew and grew in its design as I worked on it! I could think it is too busy and I overdid it, or I could think it turned out great! Better than I ever planned! Mainly what I wanted to do was stamp and do some hot foiling with the leafy Botanical Glow Bundle. But then I kept adding things!
The card base is Basic White and the top layer is also Basic White. You could certainly use some colored cardstock for the card base. I stamped the Botanical Glow leaf stamp in Lost Lagoon ink. Then I used the Botanical Glow Hot Foil Die to add the Gold Foil leaves. The stamp set and hot foil die do not match up, so you don’t even have to try to get everything even.
After doing the leaves in hot foil, I used my Water Painter brush to add some green color. I forgot which ink I used, plus I tried adding a little yellow and orange. That didn’t show up as I thought it would, but I’ll try using several colors to make them look like fall leaves another time. You may think it would be tedious to do each leaf, but somehow it is easy and fun! The foil pretty much resists the ink, but you can always dab it with a paper towel if you get too much ink and water inside the leaf.
When the leaves were all finished, I spotted some stamped flowers from the Begonia Belle Stamp Set, a Product of the Month recently. If you haven’t ordered it before and if it is still available, you can choose it with a $75 order. I thought maybe a begonia would look nice with all the leaves in the background. I stamped one with Melon Mambo, doing some stamping off once or twice with the two-step stamps and the leaves. I fussy-cut the flower and leaves and popped the flower up on Stampin’ Dimensionals with the leaves stuck underneath.
For the greeting, I chose one of the words hot foiled in gold from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies. I love these for the font, the words, and how beautiful they look foiled and diecut. I popped up the greeting on Stampin’ Dimensionals also.
For a little sparkle, I added some retired Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems to go with the flower. As I said, I partly thought maybe I did too much on this card, but I also partly thought I loved it! What do you think?
A lot of the new Hot Foil products are currently unavailable as I write this, but don’t despair! It looks like they should be back in stock next week. Be sure to fill out the form for whatever product you are interested in to be notified when it is back in stock, and consider ordering it right away before it sells out again. Sometimes that happens, sometimes not.
I have to say, doing this hot foiling is really something else! Every single time you peel off the foil and see what you have just made, it is amazing how beautiful it is! And lots more is coming next month for the holidays and all the time! Also, remember, if there is a stamp set you like that is in the hot foil category, you can still buy just the stamp set and use it without hot foiling. They are just regular photopolymer stamp sets you can use any time!
My new Stampin’ Hot Foil System arrived the other day along with a few dies, stamp sets, and foil. It took another day or two to find a block of time to try it out. I admit I was a nervous wreck checking and rechecking the directions at first, so I didn’t make a mistake and ruin the whole thing. However, even my first attempt turned out BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT. I would say it looks “professional”. And that was just my first try!
Here is my FIRST TIP!! Your system will come in a variety of boxes. When you take the power cord out of its box, be sure you also take out the little extension plug, I’ll call it. I took out the main power cord, with a big black box attached. I set up all my supplies for the hot foiling and when I went to plug in the platform, the plug did not match the outlet on the side!! I thought I would be calling Stampin’ Up! today and probably would have to send the whole thing back because obviously I got the wrong thing. I checked all the numbers on my order and the box. I knew the plug is actually magnetic, but this thing did not match at all. When I told my husband about this major problem, he looked in the box and there was a short little cord with the correct plug on the end that I needed to connect to the other big cord! My HERO!! I was thrilled that I had everything I needed and glad I had not thrown out the boxes before using the whole system! So KEEP your boxes, just in case. If anything was wrong, you would want those boxes if you had to return the system. And look for that extra little cord and plug!
The next day I got everything set up again and tried it out! Everything worked perfectly! Make sure you have the little pamphlet of instructions handy and be sure you read them. I think there is just a little learning curve on the initial set up and steps, but we will all get the hang of it quickly!
My favorite hot foil die is the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die. It is one big die. After foiling your paper, you can cut it down to fit your card front or whatever size you want it. I used my Paper Trimmer and it worked fine. The Paper Trimmer worked fine with cutting the piece of foil, too, but you can also use a scissors. Another tip: Save your used pieces of foil in a folder or box because there are ways to reuse them.
The foil on the Basic White Cardstock just looks perfect!! Below is the card I made with it. I decided to put it on a card base of Melon Mambo. The greeting is in the Scalloped Blooms Stamp Set. It is stamped in Melon Mambo ink. However, if you wanted it extra-fancy, you could dry emboss (our old method with the Heat Tool and powder) the greeting in gold. I layered it on a piece of Gold Foil. The ribbon is the Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon, which is currently unavailable but due back in stock the week of September 14th. You can use whatever you have. Another ribbon that is retired I believe, that looks good with this card is the White With Gold 3/8″ Ribbon in the Spring Mini on page 24. You may have that. I adhered a piece of ribbon from top to bottom wrapped around on the ends to the back of my hot foiled piece, then added a large bow separately with Mini Glue Dots on top of the ribbon.
Here is the inside of the card. I added a Basic White layer on which to stamp or write a message. Along the side I added a scrap of hot foiling that I had cut off the Garden Silhouette piece to make it fit on my card front. Depending on what you cut off as scrap, you might save those pieces and maybe you can use them in some way!
I thought the Butterfly Flight Dies would be the most popular, but apparently it is the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die because it is “currently unavailable”. If you want this die, please put your email in the notification box when you look up that die, and Stampin’ Up! will email you when it is back in stock. Then jump on it, if you can, because sometimes a popular item sells out again as fast as it is back in stock.
If you do not want the Stampin’ Hot Foil System, do not look at any videos online of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators and Customers enjoying their new toy! Everyone seems so thrilled, so do not watch and get taken in by all the excitement!! :). You may not be able to resist!! Don’t forget – even though it is a big investment, you will earn Rewards to use on future orders and/or you can apply any Rewards you already have to bring down the cost (a little!). You know how creative all these stampers are, so I think we are only at the beginning of what we can do with hot foil! Plus, you receive the Metallic Craft Class FREE with the purchase of the system before January 2027! You can watch it any time and as many times as you like.
This Patriotic July 4th Red, White, and Blue Birthday Card is one you can make with colored cardstock strips adhered at an angle to a base piece of cardstock, then embossed. This card is embossed with the Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder, a brand-new product just released this week at Stampin’ Up! in the Online Exclusives! You will find it is part of a Halloween suite, but as you can see, the swirls, stars, and dots are great for any festive occasion, like the 4th of July!
After embossing and adhering to a Real Red card base, I added three greetings, one being from an ephemera pack. They are popped up over a twisted Real Red ribbon, at an angle to match the cardstock strips, with Stampin’ Dimensionals. If the Dimensionals are too big for the sentiment, you can use the Minis or even use the edge strip on the Dimensionals sheet as I did here. For a little embellishment, I added some small white stars – these from a Halloween embellishment pack from last year that still work, because stars are for any time! You will find a current package of stars with the soccer suite, A Wonderful Match.
What a special 4th of July we are about to celebrate in America! Just think how our Founders came up with the type of government 250 years ago that we have today, and it still works to everyone’s benefit! Everything takes effort, even being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, especially if you want to have a big business with hundreds of customers and downline, but if you have a goal in mind, whatever future you are hoping and planning for, you can achieve it here in the United States. It’s been wonderful having lots of soccer fans from other countries visiting here in America for the FIFA games and reminding us what a special country we live in, just in time for our country’s birthday on July 4th! I hope you get to enjoy one of the many celebrations across the country this weekend, and especially to watch a great fireworks display and have your heart burst with excitement and pride!
This Artisan Sketched Garden Floral Birthday Card is one I put a birthday greeting on, but could be made for many other occasions. I was inspired to make this card by one I saw on a Stampin’ Up! post SOMEWHERE! It doesn’t look like I “saved” it anywhere. I probably thought I was positive I could easily find it again, but I could not! Have you ever done that?! Liked a card, wanted to copy it, and then couldn’t find it anywhere! What intrigued me about that card was the colored striped piece placed somewhere on the card, I don’t remember where. Rather than keep feeling frustrated, I went ahead and made my own card with the Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper. This is the pack of all black & white paper, floral images of all kinds, as well as more generic patterns.
I wouldn’t have thought of coloring in between the lines of the black and white striped paper in the package! That’s what I love about stamping and seeing everyone’s ideas. There is always something new and something I never thought of. I cut a piece of the stripes at 5 1/4″ x 1 1/2″ and colored in with all the new 2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers. If you click on that link and sort for “Newest” the new In Colors will come up. But you could use any colors you like.
The card base is Hydrangea Hue. The background layer of paper, I thought, was plain enough but cute to go with the flower. I don’t know if those tiny images are foliage or flowers, but it makes a cute design. The flower is printed on one of the designer papers. They are all pretty close together, so it’s not easy to cut one out with the Paper Trimmer, so I just roughly cut around it, near the bottom of the sheet, to get it separated from the paper. I colored the flower with Barely Blush using the Stampin’ Blend Combo. This is a VERY light pink, so I put on a couple layers of light and dark Barely Blush. The little seed pod is colored in Golden Glow, and the leaves are Peaceful Pine green. After coloring the flower, I fussy cut it with my Paper Snips. If you need new scissors, new ones are coming soon!
I adhered the flower to a panel of Barely Blush cardstock cut at 3 3/4″ x 1 3/4″. It looked fine just that way, but I decided to add a layer of Hydrangea Hue cardstock to go with the card base. It is 4″ x 2″. This whole panel is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
You might think Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are very skilled and creative at all times, but that is not true! I was trying to get some glue out of this nearly empty small bottle I use for intricate areas I need to glue, but it was clogged. Next, I turned to my close-to-empty bottle of Multipurpose Liquid Glue (what I put in the little white bottle), but it was clogged up too. After trying to unclog the tip, I wisely thought to see if any would come out on a piece of scrap paper. Well, it certainly did come out in a big blob of glue! So I used the green bottle to pick up little bits of glue from that puddle and dab it on to the fussy-cut flower very carefully. There are other ways I could have done it, but this worked ok.
The best idea would be been to stick that roughly cut out flower from the designer paper on to an Adhesive Sheet, then I could have had the flower be like a sticker with no need for glue! But I didn’t and usually don’t think that far ahead with Adhesive Sheets!
To finish off this card, I added as small a bow as I could make with the Barely Blush Ribbon using Mini Glue Dots on the back. I realized I didn’t have a greeting, so I stamped “Happy Birthday” with Hydrangea Hue ink using the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. Since the flower was popped up I needed to pop up just the right side of the greeting so the left side could lie flat on the flower panel. I also added three Barely Blush 2026-2028 In Color Dots to the card.
It looks to me like a lovely, simple card, maybe with the In Colors being very soft and calming. Don’t forget to try different things with our designer papers!
I just got this Wild Bunch Stamp Set a few days ago because I ordered late since we were on our cruise. Also, it seems like June just started, but it’s 3/4’s over! I can barely keep up! I saw that this Wild Bunch Stamp Set, the June Product of the Month, is sold out already. However, maybe you already have it and are looking for ideas. While the English version is sold out, the French version is still available! It doesn’t matter what language the stamp set is in for the cute animals, but of course the sentiments will be in French. But you can substitute from your other stamp sets.
To get the Product of the Month, you must spend $75 on Stampin’ Up! products and then only pay $5 for the Product of the Month. You must have your own Stampin’ Up! account.
For this first card using the Wild Bunch Stamp Set, the Wild Bunch Happy Birthday Card, I used Pecan Pie cardstock for the card base. The fold is at the top of the card, but you can put it on the side as usual. The pattern layered as the background is in the Lovely Blossoms Designer Series Paper. I wouldn’t have thought, “I think I’ll use the paper with tiny white flowers on it for my card,” but once I saw it in the package, I thought it would be cute with this little koala bear. Koalas aren’t really bears, they are marsupials.
The koala is stamped on Basic White cardstock with Memento Ink and colored in with Stampin’ Blends. You can use whatever colors you like. I’m not an expert on what colors various animals should be! He was fussy-cut after I colored him.
The background for the koala are two Scalloped Blooms Dies, one in Pecan Pie and one in a striped paper in the Lovely Blossoms Designer Paper. I put the stripes on a slight diagonal rather than trying to have them straight. The koala is popped up on the scallops along with a little gift colored in Pool Party.
The greeting is stamped in Pecan Pie ink on Basic White and then just flagged one end. The greeting is in the Wild Bunch Stamp Set.
For some final embellishments, I used a few of the Crumb Cake pearls in the Pearls of Beauty Pack.
I stamped and colored all the animals so they would be ready when I want to make another Wild Bunch card!
If you haven’t tried Paper Pumpkin yet, or if it has been years, you might want to sign up now and get this July 2026 Paper Pumpkin Kit, Hooray For Birthdays. All of the Paper Pumpkin Kits are fun and easy for anyone, but some are just a little bit more extra-special, and I think this one might be one of those. We all need birthday cards, and these will be a little different! These are “easel cards,” which means the front of the card can be propped up due to the card design, so it displays just a little differently when the recipient displays it on their table or wherever they like.
“The cards in July’s Hooray for Birthdays Paper Pumpkin Kit go beyond the ordinary. Opening them is only half the fun! These easel-style cards fold to stand, so recipients can show them off while celebrating their special day.” You will love crafting and gifting these unique cards, which feature colorful precut flower designs and holographic accents for an elevated look.
About the Kit:
Say Happy Birthday with stand-up easel cards perfect for showing off! • Makes 9 cards: 3 each of 3 designs with 9 coordinating envelopes • Holographic foil accents • Precut paper pieces and printed stickers • Coordinating colors: Basic Black, Darling Duckling, Hydrangea Hue, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Timid Tiger (Stampin’ Spot)
Talk about a quick & easy card to make! This Sincerely Noted Ephemera Happy Birthday Card is it!! I only added one extra thing that you could eliminate if you didn’t want to do ANYTHING extra. Just make a basic card with designer paper and slap on an ephemera greeting! That’s it. Now, usually we like to add more elements and sometimes fancy things up quite a bit. But if you are a beginner or you are in a big hurry to beat the mailman, this very basic card is just fine!
Let me give you the “detailed” instructions! Make a card base with Basic White cardstock. Adhere a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the Everyday Essentials Designer Series Paper. This package of paper has no particular theme, as most of our designer papers do, but instead is a variety of patterns in soft, easy-to-use colors in lots of ways. I bought it because I loved the little floral paper with pink flowers, but I also liked the stripes and the notebook paper pattern. You’ll find this paper in the new Stampin’ Up! catalog in the Mix & Match section with the ephemera. It’s a good package of paper to have for when you want something neutral or subtle.
For the greeting, no stamping! Not that we don’t love stamping, but sometimes you want something quick that will still look very nice. This greeting is from the Sincerely Noted Ephemera Pack. There are quite a few packs to choose from in the catalog plus older ones in the Last Chance category, maybe on a slight discount. They are fun to use as well as being quick and handy! For this card, I chose the “Happy Happy Happy Birthday” piece. These even have adhesive on the back if you peel off the backing, which makes them like stickers. If you have difficulty removing the backing, just use adhesive or Dimensionals.
To add a little more color to the card, I adhered the greeting onto a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock, one of the coordinating colors of the ephemera pack. Since the greeting is a hexagon shape, I cut around the edge, leaving a slight margin, to provide a colorful layer underneath. I just used a scissors; you could also use the Paper Trimmer. I think a larger scissors works better for something like this. You could also just use a square or rectangular piece of Calypso Coral as a layer if you didn’t want to cut it to match the shape.
That’s it! Card done! Just stamp or write a message inside to send!
Now if you got this far and want to embellish it a little bit, add some dots or gems or tie a little bow or knot at the bottom of the greeting with ribbon or linen thread.
This Notes of Spring Stamp Set is one of the Product of the Month choices Stampin’ Up! has released the past few months. It is still available if you would like to choose it with your $75 minimum order, although there is a new Product of the Month, a beautiful die, out for April. The Notes of Spring Stamp Set has three cute little woodland animals in it, plus some river plants and even gree/tings. Definitely a lovely stamp set to own.
The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock. The designer paper as the background layer is that Easter paper, Easter Joy Specialty Designer Series Paper. Except, Easter is over, but here is a way to use the leftover paper for other cards besides Easter! This pattern goes well with the Crumb Cake cardstock.
For the focal part of the card, I cut a piece using the Branching Out Dies. These dies are on the Last Chance list so if you want them be sure to order them soon. It’s a nice set of dies. I stamped the little deer on the lower part of the diecut label. It is two-step stamping to fill in the deer with color. The greeting is also in the stamp set Notes of Spring. In keeping with the monochromatic look of the card, I used some Linen Thread to tie a double bow and attached it to the top of the label after wrapping some thread around the piece about three times. This whole label piece is then popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I’m really happy with the way this card turned out! I guess the colors and simplicity feel calming to me. In any case, it’s an idea of how to use up some of that Easter Joy Designer Series Paper in case you still have some left and don’t like to hoard it. Oh, never mind! We all like to hoard our paper! But if you do want to use it, get out those non-holiday patterns and see what you can do!
This Splash of Sparkles Z-Fold Birthday Card is made with some of the happiest paper we have ever had! Wait until you see it in person! That’s how I felt the first time I made a card with this paper – it made me feel happy! The colors, the foil accents, the splashes of colors in all different designs – it’s just wonderful paper to have fun with! You will want to put the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Paper on your next order!
I made a Z-Fold card because it shows off more of the beautiful paper in the Splash of Sparkles pack. A Z-Fold card is easy to make. It just requires one extra fold. Make the usual card base of 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ for the front. Then fold the front of the card in half, back toward the fold which is at 2 1/8″. Score first to make it easier to fold. This card base is made with Timid Tiger cardstock, one of the newest In Colors.
To decorate the card I cut a strip of the orange, pink, and gold striped pattern at 1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″. For the inside of the card I used the pattern with the big watercolor circles, choosing the portion that had the orangish and pinkish colored circles so it would coordinate with the paper on the front.
For the front of the card, I diecut a piece of Timid Tiger with one of the Branching Out Dies and the next smaller one in Bubble Bath pink. For the inside of the card, I diecut another piece of Bubble Bath in the same smaller size so that it would fit behind that layered panel on the front of the card.
The flower, leaves, and sentiment are stamped with the Lovely Arrangements Stamp Set. The flower is stamped in Memento ink and colored in with the Timid Tiger Combo of Stampin’ Blends. The leaves are stamped with Granny Apple Green ink on Basic White. I cut both out by hand. The greeting is stamped in Memento Ink, also on Basic White. For space reasons, I cut the words apart and carefully cut around each one.
To assemble the card, layer the Bubble Bath cardstock diecut panel on the Timid Tiger panel. When you have the card folded into the Z-shape, adhere the designer paper on the narrow front panel and the other pattern inside the card. See where the center of that panel is so that it can be lined up right on the Z-fold. Only put glue or adhesive on the one side so that the other side will not be stuck to the inside of the card! I had a scrap of the striped paper, so I adhered that as a background for the words to the front panel. The flower is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the leaves are glued flat to the card.
If you want to stamp a greeting or images on the inside panel, do so before you adhere it inside the card, just in case. I stamped Happy Birthday and a couple of the other flower in the stamp set. Line it up inside the card with the front panel, put adhesive on the back of it, and then fold the back side of the card over to adhere the greeting panel to the inside of the card so that it lines up with the front panel and will not be sticking out when the card is closed. You will understand when you do it!
Here are the two sides of the Splash of Sparkles Designer Series Papers:
Aren’t those such bright and fun colors? And even better in person!
And one side has gold and iridescent foil for some real pizzazz! Think about birthday cards, any happy occasion, maybe even party invitations!
Starting today, December 1, at 8 a.m. (MT), Stampin’ Up! is offering big savings on prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions! There’s never been a better time to subscribe to get a new all-inclusive crafting kit delivered to your door each month. I consider it a gift I give myself! Once a month you get some actual HAPPY MAIL right in your mailbox!
Whether you’re looking for a last-minute Christmas present that sparks creativity or resolving to make time to craft in the new year, a Paper Pumpkin subscription is the gift that keeps on giving. Read on for more information about this special offer and some key details you should know.
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From December 1–9, prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscriptions will be discounted as follows:
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ALSO: This is the LAST DAY for the Black Friday Sale. Stampin’ Blends markers are still available if you need to get some or you need to replace some of your older ones!And you might be able to get Stampin’ Dimensionals, too!
Last week Stampin’ Up! released some new products for stamping and scrapbooking and my order came the other day! We often say the Stampin’ Up! paper is prettier in person than you see in photos or online. I’d say that is true about this new Brushed With Beauty Designer Series Paper that I used on this Brushed With Beauty Birthday Card. Floral papers can be used for almost any occasion so it is good to have several on hand for your cardmaking needs.
This Brushed With Beauty Designer Series Paper is part of the Brushed With Beauty Suite in the new Online Exclusives for November 2025. If you want it ALL, just order the Suite with one product number (167100). If you want to pick and choose, then order by item. Also, there will be a virtual Stampin’ Up! class in a private Facebook group using this Suite! You can purchase the class HERE by November 17th to craft along and/or watch the class on November 20th. You can still purchase it later to watch the replay.
For this card I used Mossy Meadow cardstock for the card base. When I went to choose a designer paper pattern, I knew I was going to use a different pattern along the side. But when I saw the pattern on the back side of this floral bouquet patterned paper, I decided to just fold over the edge to reveal “the other side” of the paper. The floral bouquet paper was cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and then the right side was folded back 1/2″ to make that interesting side edge. I adhered the designer paper then to a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Petal Pink card stock which. matches the paper, allowing the Petal Pink to only show on the left side of the card.
The greeting is stamped from the Simply Said StampSet in Mossy Meadow ink on Very Vanilla card stock. It was diecut with a small oval die in the Traditional Labels Dies. Then I chose a larger oval die of Petal Pink cardstock for a layer behind the greeting. I chose the Petal Pink 5/16″ Braided Trim to place underneath the greeting. It is just kind of folded in half with a little loop at the top peeking over the top of the greeting and then trimmed the ends. The whole greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For a finishing touch, I added three Pearls of Beauty in Crumb Cake. There are also White and Calypso Coral pearls in the package. They are pretty and fairly flat, which is good for mailing.
Be sure to check out the new Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives!!
Choose from all kinds of Kits in the Stampin’ Up! Kits Collection for a savings of 10-30% off! This sale even includes the newest Kits, just released October 1st! These kits come with all the supplies you need and are easy enough for anyone to make! Directions are included and you can even watch a video if you like (and I always watch the video regardless!). These Kits make birthday cards, home decor, all-occasion cards, small scrapbook-type albums, plus Kits for the fall and Christmas holidays!
Here is the Christmas Ornaments Kit in the Kits Collection that came out last year! I bought this kit and made these ornaments. I used them for an extra decoration on gift bags and packages which the recipient could then save and use on their Christmas tree or as a little decoration in the home or on future packages. A glue gun was helpful with this kit. It was fun to make and very nice! On some of the ornaments, I added some extra touches or just changed up the design a bit. You can do that with any of the kits if you like!
Here is my blog post talking about making this Christmas Ornaments Kit! Put this Kit on your order if it is still available! Gold Hoops and little pinecones all included!
Maybe you have seen this paper and Suite Collection around on the internet from the May Online Exclusives at Stampin’ Up! I didn’t order it right away, but later on I couldn’t resist. However, this is the first time I have really gotten it out to make a card and I’m happy with the way this Celebratory Sips Birthday Drinks Card turned out! It was fun to make. As I am writing this, the Celebratory Sips Suite Collection is not available because the two embossing folders in the suite are not available. But you can order everything else, just separately.
You might think that all the papers have to do with fancy drinks, but that’s not the case! The Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper also has flowers, citrus images, watercolor designs, plus summer-inspired drinks. As hot as the weather is across the country you might like to cool off by designing some cards or scrapbook pages with these summer drinks! I’m really happy with the variety of designs on these papers, plus some whimsical designs on “the other side” of the papers.
Here are the Celebratory Sips papers up close:
The card starts with Berry Burst cardstock for the card base. There are so many colors you can choose from that coordinate with these papers! I hardly ever use Berry Burst but I liked it with the background paper I used. As you can see, that paper is one of the generic designs on “the other side”. I fussy-cut three drinks from one of the designer paper sheets. If you get the Cheers & Sips Bundle you can stamp and diecut some drink images and maybe some from the designer paper, but I only have the paper. To make the drinks stand out a little better against the rather dark background, I die cut a Basic White circle from the Spotlight On Nature Dies. How often do I use these particular dies? A whole bunch! They are a good set to have in your collection!
Then it was just a matter of placing the drinks. I popped up the pink drink with the cherry and umbrella on the left, but the lemonade drink, shall we say, is adhered flat to the card. The green drink in the center ( I don’t think it is a Margarita!) is popped up right in between on Stampin’ Dimensionals just on the right side because the left side is flat on the pink drink.
The greeting is in the Charming Day Stamp Set. It just happened to be nearby and I thought the “Happy Birthday” font was perfect to use on this card. I stamped it with Berry Burst ink and then cut around the shape instead of taking up too much space on the card. I saw a tip about drawing around the stamp itself lightly with pencil, stamping within that line, and then you can cut out the greeting following the line. If it is too difficult to get your stamp placed right, just eyeball it. There is no right or wrong way to cut around the words. The greeting is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Since I wanted it to be a fun birthday card, I aded several Shiny Sequins that I had in my stash. You can use whatever gems or sequins you have to add a little sparkle!
Remember, you will find the Celebratory Sips Suite products in the Online Exclusives category or just search for the name.
