Category Archives: Birthday

Fun Explosion Box

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Do you need a fun little gift?  Make this easy Explosion Box and either add some photos yourself or let the recipient add their own!  This one is for my niece.  I love the "Lovely Letters" monogram to use on notecards and gifts such as this.  The Designer Paper I used is Candy Lane.  Love that paper!

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If you add photos to this you can add journaling on the blank corners.  Or just stamp some pretty things or embellishments to make a decorative item.

Here is a tutorial on Splitcoast that will give you some instructions on how to make this explosion box:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/explosion_box/

It's very easy to make.  You must kind of "squeeze" the box to fit into the lid so that it will "explode" when you take the lid off.

Birthday Cupcake Card

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How about just a simple, sweet birthday card?  This was so easy to make with the Big Shot and the Big Bold Cupcake die.  Great way to use up some scraps, also, as you can use any colors you want with the die.  You can even make the cupcake sprinkles and the candles with the die.  This card is very simple, yet you could also jazz it up a little if you wanted to with some glitter or Crystal Effects on the sprinkles or candle flames, or some ribbon and a bow across the top.  I wanted the plain cupcake bottom die cut to look like a cupcake paper so I just took a marker and lightly drew in the lines to resemble the cupcake paper.  So fun to play with!

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And for the inside, just a Whisper White cardstock layer against the dark Close to Cocoa card stamped with the "Happy Everything" stamp set.

If you are looking for information on the Big Shot, just click HERE.

Simple Friendship Butterfly Card

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It's spring and that means it is time for butterflies……or "fooflies" as our daughter used to say!  Stampin' Up! offers several stamp sets with butterflies right now and they certainly are the "in" thing!  This butterfly is from the stamp set "Simple Friendship" on page 92 of the Idea Book & Catalog .  I got the idea for this card on SCS and it was from a sketch challenge, a diagram of a layout.  I used Baja Breeze for the card base since it coordinates with the beautiful new Designer Paper in the Occasions Mini called "Walk in the Park" on page 9.  I almost hated to cover up the design of the paper on the bottom layer, but I can always make another card showcasing that paper!  This card is 6×6 since the person I was making it for wanted a large card that a group of people could sign (therefore you would cut your cardbase 12×6 and fold in half).  The ribbon is a new one in the Idea Book & Catalog, on page 179, the Whisper White Organza Ribbon.  It is so beautiful to use!  But if you wanted a new ribbon from the Occasions Mini, you could use the Whisper White Satin Ribbon in there on page 17!  The words stamped under the butterfly are from another butterfly set called "Flight of the Butterfly" (page 98).  My butterfly is stamped and cut out and the little half pearl is from the Pretties Kit, adhered with a mini glue dot.

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There are beautiful products in the new Occasions Mini AND a special "Get Connected"offer!

From April 1-30, spend $40 on products in the Occasions Mini Catalog or host a $150 workshop and get a FREE item from the “Under $10” page in the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog (p. 208).

 

 Item Description  Retail Price 
116209 

Note of Thanks Mini Note Kit 

 $9.95
 116210

Birthdays Count Mini Note Kit 

 $9.95 
114494 

Forever single stamp 

 $5.95 
114492 

Beautiful Baby single stamp 

 $7.95 
114486 

Birthday Wish single stamp 

 $6.95 
114490 

Glad Friends single stamp 

 $5.95 
114498 

Flowers in Silhouette single stamp 

 $7.95 
114496 

Celebrations single stamp 

 $7.95 
114484 

Elegant Thank You single stamp 

 $6.95 
114552* 

Gracias single stamp 

 $5.95 
114488 

Fun Flowers single stamp 

 $5.95 

*In Celebrando Creatividad, p. 28

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A Happy Birthday Pyramid Card

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Halloween has always been extra special at our house because our youngest son was born the night before Halloween, just missing being a pumpkin or goblin by about 45 minutes.  I remember when I was pregnant with him seeing the cutest little Halloween t-shirt in one of the store windows at the Galleria and thinking if he had actually been born on Halloween I should really have that shirt for my Halloween baby.  Didn't happen, which probably was a good thing for him, because he doesn't have to exactly share his birthday with a holiday.  But of course his birthday parties were always Halloween-themed, which made them extra fun.  I just wish I was into Stampin' Up! back when my kids were little because of SO many opportunities for gifts, party favors, invitations, note cards, etc.  If you have little ones, you really should get into stamping because you will have many opportunities to be creative!

I love this Pun Fun stamp set, but especially loved this rocket for my son.  When I started looking for ideas for this card, I came across this Pyramid card made by Trina on Splitcoast.  You can find different pyramid template lots of places on the internet, but I loved the colors Trina used on her card.  I added a Jumbo Eyelet for the window on the rocket and some stars, punched with the large and small star punches…..all found in the Stampin' Up! catalog, of course…. and also added a velcro dot just under that front flap to hold it closed.  The pattern I used showed a slit but I couldn't figure that out.  The card had to be mailed so it had to be flat.  I hope he can figure out how to assemble when he receives it!

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