Stampin’ Up! Garden in Bloom Thank You Card

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Garden in Bloom Thank You Card

This Garden in Bloom thank you card was not what I planned to post today, but a catalog I got in the mail yesterday gave me all kinds of inspiration, and this is one of the cards that came out of that. The catalog has a lot of bold designs, lots of black and white and bright colors with some pastels. There is often gold as an accent. I actually made another card with black and white and red with gold. But as I was digging through my stack of card stock sitting out, I saw this Pool Party card stock and decided some Pool Party flowers would be pretty for spring along with gold over the Pool Party color. So even if you think you have an idea in your head, your idea can go in a different direction in a second! Who knows?!

This card is made with the Whisper White Thick Card Stock and opens on the side, for a change. I layered a 2″ strip of Pool Party at the bottom and overlaid with a piece of Gold Fancy Designer Vellum Foil. I stamped some flowers from the Garden in Bloom Stamp Set and adhered a strip of Gold Foil across the middle. (The Gold Foil Sheets are on the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals this week!)

The greeting is from the One Big Meaning Stamp Set and was perfect to use since it was little and could fit on the vellum without covering up the little gold hearts. You could use this card for any occasion!  The layout is one of the simplest you can do when you are making a card.

If you need any supplies to make a card similar to my Garden in Bloom Thank You Card, just shop my Stampin’ Up! Online Store!

Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals

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Stampin' Up! Weekly Deal Mar 2016

Here are the new Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 15 – 21, 2016.  Lots of interesting things this week!

The Cherry on Top Cotton Paper Assortment is very pretty and fun to use to make flowers, pom poms, treat bags, envelopes, lots of things! You get four each of these pretty colors: Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Cucumber Crush, and Watermelon Wonder, all in 12″ x 12″ sheets. Use the Fringe Scissors with it to make certain flowers to fringe on projects!

The Festive Flower Punch was first introduced in the past Holiday Catalog for making poinsettias. But now, in the Occasions Catalog, it coordinates with the Friends and Flowers Stamp Set. And in fact, you CAN still purchase the Reason for the Season Stamp Set to go with the punch as it was carried over to the Occasions Catalog. It’s actually cheaper if you want the Bundle with the stamp set and punch, to purchase the Reason for the Season Photopolymer Bundle, than to get them separately even with the punch on sale!

The Fringe Scissors are just a fun tool to own! I used mine the other day, not for grass, not for flowers, not for fringe – but for shredding!! I had just a few papers going in the trash that I thought might be better if I shredded part of the personal info on them. Being too lazy to go drag out the shredder, I just used my Fringe Scissors to cut up the papers! You wouldn’t want to tackle a whole stack of paper this way, but it worked for the little bit I had! Just cut both ways and you have teeny tiny pieces. Or make confetti this way!!

The Gold Foil Sheets I have used a lot in my projects!  Sometimes it is nice just to have that little bit of gold on a card or project! Get some extra at this price just to keep on hand for when the need arises! (The Silver Foil Sheets are also pictured but this deal is just on the Gold sheets.)

The Happy Patterns Decorative Masks are just one of those extras you might enjoy playing with. Use the masks (stencils) to decorate backgrounds for a little extra fun! Spritz or rub on color or use in various other ways. Not an essential, but if you are a little more artsy, you might having another tool in your Stampin’ Up! arsenal!

Only two more weeks left of Sale-A-Bration! Go over your Wish List and see what else you want while you can get something for FREE with a $50 purchase – with EACH $50 purchase!  No limit! At $150 you will receive Hostess Benefits as well, even without hosting a party! If you need just a little extra to reach the $50, consider something from the Clearance Rack or the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals.

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Make a St. Patrick’s Day Card

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St. Patrick's Day Bloomin' Love Heart Card

It’s time to make some St. Patrick’s Day cards if you are Irish or have some Irish friends or family! St. Patrick’s Day is Thursday, March 17 so it is coming soon! You don’t always have to have the exact stamp for the theme. If you just look through your supplies, you will almost always find something you can substitute that will still express the occasion. For example, I just had this Bloomin’ Heart Thinlit Die in mind for a St. Patrick’s Day card even though you might think it’s not quite the right thing.  But I colored it green, so I think it works perfectly!  And certainly is pretty in person!

I die cut the Bloomin’ Heart out of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and then colored the heart with my Aqua Painter and Cucumber Crush Ink Refill. You can experiment with how light or dark you want to color your heart because it likely will dry a little lighter than the color goes on. But you can go back and add more color if you want. Most likely, it will come out a little varigated because you won’t get the exact amount of color over each area.

The card base is Cucumber Crush with a Gold Foil Sheets by Stampin’ Up! layer and Shimmery White on top of that.  I liked the Shimmery White to match the glimmer paper.  I also stamped some flowers from the Bloomin’ Love Photopolymer Stamp Set and die cut with the Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits Dies. They are adhered to the heart with Mini Glue Dots. To add a little bling, I added some Rhinestone Jewels to the flower centers.

I didn’t have an shamrock stamps, but you can make your own shamrocks with hearts as I did on the bottom portion of this card. They are punched with the Hearts Border Punch. Just put three or four together and draw in the stem with a green Stampin’ Write Marker.

The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, one of my favorite stamp sets! It DOES have a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” stamp, but if you don’t own this stamp set, you might have a difficult time finding that greeting. In another stamp set, I found the words “Lucky You” and I thought that would work also.  So if you ever don’t have the exact right thing, just look and see what you do have that will work just fine!

Remember, today is the last day for these Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals! Pick up several packages of Rhinestone Jewels at a discount! Just add these deals to your order, and when you reach $50 or more, choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration item! And remember, there are three NEW Sale-A-Bration products you might like as well!

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Today Is the Day! Join Paper Pumpkin! Treat Yourself!

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Paper Pumpkin March 2016 Kit Paper Pumpkin Birthday

Today is the day! It’s March 10th so join Paper Pumpkin TODAY in order to receive this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit, the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail. Paper Pumpkin says since they can’t send everyone a piece of birthday cake for Paper Pumpkin’s 3rd Birthday, they are decorating the boxes instead! (Those cupcakes do look yummy though!!)

Paper Pumpkin is a surprise papercrafting kit that comes with stamps, an ink spot, and all the supplies to make the project. It might be cards, home decor, treat bags or boxes, a mini album…..always a surprise! It’s a treat to spend some time once a month to do some easy crafting with everything provided. No need to design something or gather supplies!  Just open the box and ENJOY!  Or gift someone with Paper Pumpkin!

And if your electricity goes off, you can pass the time by working on your Paper Pumpkin Kit! (See THIS post!!) You don’t have to think about what to make or stumble around in the dark to find the right color ink and paper, etc. Just sit by a window and make your kit!

You must join Paper Pumpkin by the 10th of any month to get that month’s kit. Click HERE to check out the Prepaid Kit options. So join today and get the March kit. Join after today and you receive the April kit. The cost is $19.95, but that includes shipping. And with your subscription, you can go back and purchase any kits or refills from past months that you may have missed if they are still available. No risk because you can cancel any time or just skip a month or two if you want.

If you are putting in a Stampin’ Up! order, you may want to consider the prepaid kits that count toward your order total and may earn you a free Sale-A-Bration item or help you reach Hostess benefits. You will be sent a link via email telling you how to activate your account. Or you can send that email on to someone if you are gifting the prepaid subscription.

If you prefer to just subscribe month by month, CLICK HERE for more information and to join. Treat yourself to a monthly Paper Pumpkin KIt and help celebrate Paper Pumpkin’s 3rd birthday!

 

Balloon Celebration Congratulations Card

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Balloon Celebration Congratulations Card

I always say it’s good to have stars for making all kinds of cards and now I think I could say the same about balloons, such as this Balloon Celebration Congratulations Card. Balloons can be used for birthdays, for congratulations, for a party invitation, for kids, for babies, for all kinds of occasions! Whether you have the Balloon Celebration Photopolymer Bundle, complete with the Balloon Celebration Stamp Set and the Balloon Bouquet Punch, or even just one of those, you can stamp or punch balloons for cards or gifts or other projects with so many themes.

For this card, I stamped the balloons by “stamping off” one time on scrap paper to make the ink lighter and then overstamped with the shading dots. Then the balloons were punched out with the Balloon Bouquet Punch. You can get two sizes of balloons with this punch! The strings are stamped or you could just draw them in, depending on your placement. I stamped the word “Congratulations” from the stamp set and made a banner, inking the edges a bit.  For a bit more oomph, I punched some Gold Glimmer Stars with the star punch in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. I could have also stamped some very small stars included in the stamp set.

Just a couple more weeks of Sale-A-Bration, the biggest Stampin’ Up! promotion of the year! Spend $50 in Stampin’ Up! products and choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product! How much fun is that??!

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Stampin’ Up! Deals & Offers

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Stampin' Up! Weekly Deal Mar 8 2016

Here are the new Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 8 – 14. Be sure to check them out and add them to your Stampin’ Up! order!  They count toward Sale-A-Bration! If nothing else, I KNOW you need to stock up on the Rhinestone Basic Jewels!  They go with everything!

Paper Pumpkin 3 Year Birthday

If you aren’t already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, now’s the time to join! This month is Paper Pumpkin’s 3rd Birthday! Get the special blue box seen above this month to commemorate the big birthday! (Normally it is a red box!) You’ll still be able to spot the pretty blue box in your mailbox when your Stampin’ Up! papercrafting kit arrives!  Everything is included for the project, and with your first kit, you will receive an acrylic block to mount your stamps.

Each Paper Pumpkin kit includes an exclusive stamp set, an ink spot, and all the materials you need for the project, whatever it is!  Each month is a surprise! Paper Pumpkin is for everyone – crafter/non-crafter, young/old, stamper/non-stamper, etc!

Click this link HERE for more information and to join by the month.  You can “Pause” your subscription at any time or even cancel if you must. Otherwise, sit back and watch your mailbox for your monthly kit!  Shipping is included in the price! Be sure to subscribe by March 10 to receive this special blue box with the March Kit.  They ship mid-March!

If you prefer, purchase a 3-month Prepaid Subscription that you add to your Stampin’ Up! order, which counts toward Sale-A-Bration and any Hostess benefits! Save $5 on the 3-month Prepaid Subscription. Click this link HERE for more information about prepaid subscriptions!

Once you are a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can purchase any past kits or refills (depending on availability) that you may have missed!

Join Paper Pumpkin TODAY – for sure by March 10th – to celebrate with Paper Pumpkin!

Stampin' Up! Clearance Rack

Don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! Clearance Rack! Always check it before you finalize your order to see if there is anything new or to get some great deals! Sometimes you need just a couple dollars to reach your Sale-A-Bration offer or hostess benefits and maybe something cheap on the Clearance Rack will be just the thing! Check out some of the Project Life Accessory Packs on the Clearance Rack. Even if you aren’t scrapbooking, they are fun for cards or other projects!

#imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp

Announced last week, but sold out immediately, Stampin’ Up! manufactured MORE of the #imbringingbirthdaysback Single Wood-Mount Stamp. Encourage yourself and others to make and mail out birthday cards (and any other occasions!) to your friends and family so they receive some REAL MAIL in their mailbox, especially on their special day!  Facebook greetings may be nice and simple and better than nothing, but nothing beats a real card in the mail! And who is better suited to do this than us stampers and papercrafters! Get this stamp and stamp it on the envelope or back of the card! You know everything is about the hashtag (#) these days!!

#imbringingbirthdaysback Single Wood-Mount Stamp  Item #143573  $12.00

Find it under “Stamps” > “Wood Mount”

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration

Sale-A-Bration may seem like it goes on forever, but it does come to an end on March 31! Don’t miss it! Receive a FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure or one of the three new products with every $50 you spend in Stampin’ Up! products. Two free with a $100 purchase! Three free with a $150 product PLUS Hostess Benefits! And on and on! Ask some friends and go in together!

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Get the New #imbringingbirthdaysback Single Wood-Mount Stamp

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#imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp

While it is nice, if you are on Facebook, to see a whole list of birthday greetings from all your Facebook friends, wouldn’t it be even nicer to go to your mailbox on your birthday and find it filled with a stack of birthday cards (and not bills and credit card applications!)?! Put this #imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp #143573 on your Stampin’ Up! order and be part of the movement to Bring Birthdays Back! Let’s send real cards to our friends and family! Let them have the treat of finding a real birthday card in their mailbox on their birthday! Use this stamp to stamp the back of the card or the envelope to encourage others to participate!

This is how I remember birthdays growing up, when the mailman “knew” it was someone’s birthday because they got a whole bunch of mail! As a child I would often get a dollar or two or three enclosed in each card from family friends and relatives far and wide. Now why do I even remember that? It’s because I remember going out to the mailbox and finding that birthday mail, maybe even talking to the mailman (his name was Ed!), opening all those cards, setting them up on the piano, writing thank you notes when I got a gift, etc. And I might add, seeing the handwritten note in the card and the signature of the person, the real handwritten signature! People these days do not even sign their Christmas cards, they are all printed! Quicker for sure, but I think we are losing the personal touch! Your handwriting is so important! (But that’s a soapbox for another day!) Do you remember all the birthday greetings you got last year on Facebook?  Probably not!

Shannon West, from the Stampin’ Up! Home Office and one of our favorite presenters at Stampin’ Up! events, awhile back decided to do something about this and started sending birthday cards to friends and family and received hundreds of requests on her Facebook page for a birthday card in the mail. She actually made a stamp with the hashtag #imbringingbirthdaysback. Sara Douglass, Interim CEO of Stampin’ Up!, asked how Stampin’ Up! could support her effort and ended up making the stamp Shannon had designed. Last week the stamp was released, but it sold out in only four hours!  Today it is back in the Online Store and you can put it on your regular Stampin’ Up! order!

#imbringingbirthdaysback Single Wood-Mount Stamp  #143573  $12.00

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Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box

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Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box

If you get the Playful Pals Photopolymer Bundle, which includes the Playful Pals Stamp Set and the Pyramid Pals Thinlits Dies, and you spend some time playing with it, you will just become more and more creative playing with all the stamps and dies and thinking of all the possibilities, such as my Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box.  I didn’t even know if there were proper “ears” in the set, but there were, and then I die cut a bunny ear out of orange card stock for a carrot and a green piece that is probably most like a frog’s foot for the leafy top of the carrot. I just drew in the little lines on the carrot and the leafy top with a black marker.  A lot of times I find that the more I sit and play with my stamps and accessories, the more ideas I can come up with.

Bunnies aren’t just for Easter!  You could make Playful Pals bunnies out of other colors, even designer paper, just for fun.  How cute will they be for babies or baby showers or gifts?! Little kids will like them as a birthday party favor.

With this Playful Pals Photopolymer Bundle, you can just stamp on the pyramid box or you can stamp and use die cuts to make things a little more 3D. So many possibilities! You can copy ideas you find online, but I also challenge you to just play and stamp and stamp and play and see what you come up with all the little pieces and parts!

Don’t forget the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals that end tomorrow!  You might for sure want the Ornate Tag Topper Punch and especially the very cute Tin of Cards Project Kit by Stampin’ Up! You might also want to add the Tin of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set that has great greetings and little doodles that I’ve used on other projects, not just the Tin of Cards.

If you want to make fun little animals and other projects like my Playful Pals Easter Bunny Pyramid Treat Box, be sure to check out my Stampin’ Up! Online Store HERE.

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Make an Easter Basket with the Berry Basket

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Easter Basket with the Berry Basket

Make an Easter Basket with the Berry Basket Die and the Big Shot! Choose your favorite card stock color for the basket and die cut. Decorate the outside of the basket however you like, and fill with some grassy material.  Just like that, you have a cute little Easter Basket for a gift, a decoration, or a table favor.

This Easter Basket is made with Crumb Cake card stock to be neutral and then I used the Easter Lamb Stamp to decorate it along with some Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper. I absolutely love this little lamb stamp! It’s just one single stamp, which makes it so cute just by itself! I just colored in a bit with some Stampin’ Write Markers and punched out with the 2″ Circle Punch. The Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper is punched with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. So easy and so cute!  Fill your basket with candy!

Don’t forget about the Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals, good through Monday, March 7.

Stampin' Up! Weekly Deal Mar 1 2016

Shop Stampin’ Up! for stamp, ink, paper, and accessories for making all kinds of fun cards and projects such as this easy Easter Basket made with the Berry Basket Die.

 

Circle of Spring Wreath Easter Card

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Circle of Spring Wreath Easter Card

If you are looking for a nice card to make, you might have overlooked the stamp set with which I made this Circle of Spring Wreath Easter card. The stamp set Circle of Spring is in the main Stampin’ Up! catalog on page 77. It’s a beautiful spring-like flowered wreath stamp and plenty of greetings as well as a bow and a flower.  Just stamp the wreath as I did on this card and color in or stamp it and die cut with the Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies.

On this card, I simply stamped the wreath with Stazon ink on Whisper White cardstock and colored in the leaves and flowers with various Stampin’ Write markers.  Sometimes I used the marker itself to color and sometimes I scribbled marker ink on an acrylic block and picked it up with my Aqua Painter and watercolored. I stamped the bow, die cut it with the framelits die, and used Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere to the card.

The Whisper White layer was to go on the So Saffron card base, but I felt it needed something. I decided to cut very thin strips of Melon Mambo card stock and very carefully glue the strips down on the card front. My Grid Paper sure came in handy to line it up.

Happiness is having a table full of markers and cardstock on the table and just coloring and relaxing! And at the end, I had this easy Easter card made with the Circle of Spring stamp set.

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Paper Pumpkin 3 Year Birthday! Join Now!

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Paper Pumpkin 3 Year Birthday

Stampin’ Up! is celebrating the 3rd birthday of Paper Pumpkin, the papercrafting kit that comes to you in the mail, with these pretty blue limited edition boxes for the March kit! If you are not already a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you need to join before March 10th so that your March kit will be on it’s way when they go out mid-month! (Notice how they stacked the boxes in a “3” shape??!)

You have a couple of choices!

  • Join month by month by signing up HERE.
  • Order prepaid subscriptions on your regular Stampin’ Up! order. With a 3-month prepaid subscription, save $5 and earn a free Sale-A-Bration item!

Either way, just get signed up and activate your account by March 10th in order to receive the March kit. Do it after March 10th and receive the April kit.

Your first kit will include an acrylic block to use with the stamps included in each kit.  Each kit includes everything you need for your project, including an ink spot. Depending on the project, you might need adhesive and scissors, but often the appropriate adhesive is included.  Kits are not always cards, each month is a surprise!

Email me if you have any questions at Karen@KarenStamps.com! Or click on the links above for more information.  You can pause or cancel your subscription any time.

Watch the video below to see the February kit!

Sign up for Paper Pumpkin by March 10th and join in the 3-year birthday celebration!

March Comes in Like a Lion Playful Pals Card and Pyramid Box

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March Comes in Like a Lion Playful Pals Card and Pyramid Box

The saying goes, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” I don’t know if that saying will be true today or not for where I live and where you live, but I made some lions with the Playful Pals Photopolymer Bundle of stamps and dies in honor of March 1st.

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Help Bring Birthdays Back!

Maybe you recall THIS STORY posted on the Stampin’ Up! blog a little while ago about Shannon West, an employee at the Stampin’ Up! Home Office, realizing that people were just posting their holiday and birthday greetings on social media and not sending cards, and she decided to do something about it.  Stampin’ Up! joined in and now we have a new stamp that you can purchase and use on your cards or envelopes as Shannon is doing!

Here is a photo Sara Douglass, Interim CEO of Stampin’ Up!, posted on Facebook yesterday of the new stamp.  You can put Item #143573 on your Stampin’ Up! order.  The cost is $12.00. Right now it says the stamp is on backorder, but if you want it, I would put it on your order anyway. Maybe they just don’t have them all delivered to the warehouse yet for shipping.

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Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals
Stampin' Up! Weekly Deal Mar 1 2016

Here are the new Stampin’ Up! Weekly Deals for March 1 through Monday, March 7, 2016. I think the main thing I would want if you don’t already have it is the Tin of Cards Project Kit. This kit is featured on the front cover of the Annual Stampin’ Up! Catalog. As soon as I saw the tin, I knew I wanted the kit, and the cards are cute too!  You can make the cards and then wait to attach the greeting for when you need a card and then you can choose what you need. The tin also has dividers so you can store additional cards.  All the other products make stamping more fun, too!

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Is Today Your Leap Year Birthday?

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Playful Pals Frog Leap Year Birthday Card

Is today your Leap Year birthday? If it is, then here is a Playful Pal Frog Leap Year Birthday Card for you! The rest of us can just celebrate having an extra day to do all those things we always want more time to do! It’s hard for me to believe it is the end of February already, even with the extra day.

I made this Playful Pal frog sitting on a lily pad using the Playful Pals Photopolymer Stamp Set. You can purchase the stamp set and the matching Pyramid Pals Thinlits Dies in a Bundle and save 15%. If you like either one, you will want both!

The card base is the same card stock as the lily pad, Mossy Meadow. The lily pad is punched with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. The frog is made by stamping pieces with the stamp set and then die-cutting some of the pieces with the Big Shot using the bright Cucumber Crush card stock. The background layer of the card is stamped with Soft Sky Ink on Whisper White with the Watercolor Wash Background Stamp.

Now to make the greeting, I happened to think of my Alphabet Rotary Stamp! Admittedly, I haven’t used it much, but it’s one of those things that comes in handy in the right circumstances. I just stamped each word on scrap paper and cut out each word. I think it’s a fun way to add a greeting to something, to just paste the single words.

I hope you will consider the Playful Pals Bundle which can be used for cards and projects such as my Playful Pal Frog Leap Year Birthday Card and of course the actual 3D pyramids for favors, gifts and treats.

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Birthday Bouquet Thank You Card

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Birthday Bouquet Thank You Card

An easy way to find ideas for cards to make is to look in the Stampin’ Up! catalogs and copy, or copy some things and change others! I saw a sample card in the Occasions Catalog on page 8 that inspired this Birthday Bouquet Thank You Card. This photo looks like it is layered on a Whisper White base with the usual margin, but that is just the background, the designer paper actually covers the front of the card with no margins. This is a great way to use up some scraps of designer series paper.  Just cut strips of various widths, play around and see what order looks good to you, and adhere! On this card I used the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper and a strip of Gold Foil. The greeting is from the Fabulous Four Stamp Set.

To embellish the card I used a small gold foil doily in the Metallic Foil Doilies cut in half and just stuck underneath the greeting strip.  I also added a Bow Paper Clip Embellishment. Since it is a paper clip and has that extra piece on the back, I cut that part off with my old Stampin’ Up! Rubber and Craft Scissors, if you have those. I used the tiniest dabs of the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the Bow Paper Clip to hold it on the card.

Just look through your designer paper or scraps and see what you could to make a card like this one!

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Birthday Bouquet Ice Cream Cone Card

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Birthday Bouquet Ice Cream Cone Card

If you want to make a very easy card, this Birthday Bouquet Ice Cream Cone Card might be one you could make! It’s as simple as a card base, a layer of card stock, and a diagonally cut piece of designer paper! Stamp a greeting and you’ve got a card.  I added the ice cream cone but you wouldn’t have to if you want to keep it super simple!

The card base is the new Thick Whisper White Card Stock. It is just a little thicker than regular Whisper White so it makes a sturdier card base like other colored card stock.  Regular Whisper White is fine, but the thick is just a little bit nicer. The layer is Pool Party, one of the coordinating colors with the Birthday Bouquet Designer Series Paper. I diagonally cut the designer paper.  Not a difficult job when you have the Stampin’ Up! Paper Trimmer! Just line up the opposite corners in the channel where the cutting blade will slide and you have your diagonal!  See the photo below.

Diagonal Paper Cutting

I stamped the ice cream cone from the Sale-A-Bration Stamp Set Honeycomb Happiness, in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure on page 15 on Whisper White, colored it in with markers and cut out with Paper Snips.  Then I added a Honeycomb Embellishment in the Occasions Catalog. These are self-adhesive, just peel off the backing. Not that I realized that at first, but you can also add Glue Dots instead if you want or for extra stickiness.

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