This Cheerful Daisies Brightest Birthday Card is one that I made because I haven’t used this set in a long time. There’s always something new to try out and use, and lots of times, the sets we have had for a while get buried in the pile of forgotten stamp sets! If you love this stamp set and dies, you will be happy to know it is carrying over into the new Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog (not an April Fool’s joke!) coming in May! They have included a section called “Encore” of stamp sets returning from previous catalogs. I love new things but I’m always happy to see some of the stamps, dies, and other products returning in the new catalog.
This card uses the Cheerful Daisies Stamp Set and Cheerful Daisies Dies. Until the new catalog comes out, you can buy the Cheerful Daisies Bundle and save 10%. When the new catalog comes out, the stamp set and dies will be sold separately and you won’t get the discount. There will be new Bundles of new products but not the carryover ones.
The card base is Basic White because I thought that would look good with the white daisies. The background paper is a pattern on the other side of one of the daisies papers in the Fresh As a Daisy Designer Series Paper. This paper is retiring soon even though the stamp set and dies are returning. Beginning April 9th, this paper will be discounted by 20% so if you love daisies, this paper is for you!
The group of daisies on the card is from a whole die in the Cheerful Daisies Dies. The three daisies and two leaves together are all on one die. Of course, they are all white being cut out from the Basic White cardstock, but then you can color in the flower centers and the leaves. I used Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends. Then because I wanted a little more, I cut out the skinny foliage piece from Granny Apple Green cardstock that I adhered under the one diecut daisy. The extra leaves are the bottom of the large daisy are diecut from Granny Apple Green cardstock although perhaps I should have done those on Basic White and colored them with Stampin’ Blends as I did the attached ones. I cut the two leaves apart so I could adhere them where I wanted to.
The greeting is stamped from the Cheerful Daisies Stamp set on Basic White and diecut with a label in the die set. It is stamped in Boho Blue to match the background. Since I wanted a bright layer underneath it, I also diecut a Daffodil Delight label and cut it horizontally in half. Then I adhered it top and bottom to the white greeting and even though it doesn’t extend out to the sides, it looks like it was made perfectly to layer under the greeting.
For some embellishment, I added some Iridescent Rhinestones sprinkled around the card. These have been some of my favorite embellishments, but they are retiring. These will be discounted 40% beginning April 9th so be ready to grab some of those before they go away!
You could make this card for other occasions, just change the greeting! Daisies are almost always perfect for a card! Here is another card using the pretty Fresh As a Daisy Designer Series Paper and stamped and diecut daisies and leaves. Check out these products!