Pleasant Poppies Birthday Card

Today is a fun day.  I entered my very first challenge.  It required the use of three different designer series papers.  Paul and I had seen wild poppies on our recent road trip that were just beautiful and this seemed to be the perfect day to try this stamp set out!!!

The Designer Series Paper is named Floral District.  This is one of the new paper series from Stampin' Up.  Very bright and summer colors. Each piece of paper is two-sided which gives you tons of choices.  I used the Tangerine Tango and Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' pads with a blender pen on the poppies and the stems and then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment with Lucky Limeade.   

I like the look of white on white so out came the dimensionals which were placed on the poppies and the birthday sentiment to attach them to a mat of Whisper White card stock.  The card still seemed to need a little something more so I added a strip of the Certainly Celery Taffeta Ribbon.

Fun Stuff:

Pleasant Poppies stamp set - wood 126480   clear 129499

Petite Pairs stamp set - wood 122495   clear 122497

Stampin' Dimensionals - 104430

Floral District Designer Series Paper - 126919

Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' Pad - 126984

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad - 126946

Snail Adhesive - 104332

Blender Pens - 102845

3/8" Taffeta Ribbon Certainly Celery - 119963

Paper Airplanes

What a busy week. Our daughter who works for the FAA is marrying a great guy who is a pilot. Needless to say, the Save the Date cards are paper airplanes. We used Marina Mist card stock and a beautiful flouish from the Established Elegance stamp set. Two hundred planes later- I think I have earned my pilot's license.

Papillon Potpourri Card

My upline is not feeling well so I thought I would make her a card using the same pattern i used yesterday but adding the butterfly from the new stamp set Papillon Potpourri. I also got to use my new Butterfly punch. Love it!

Make a Cake Birthday Card and Baby Boutique Card

Had the best time making a birthday card for my sweet niece Britta.  I got to use all my new goodies from Stampin' Up! plus some old favorites.  Wish I had come up with this idea on my own but I cased it from a similar one that I saw on Mary Fish's blog.  I just loved the Tangerine Tango and the Lucky Limeade together.  It just seemed to say "Sunshine & Fun".  Perfect for a summer birthday.

The Make a Cake stamp set is great.  It has flags, a pinwheel, and another cake layer to add..  Lots of fun ideas floating in my mind.

My wonderful neighbor had her baby boy yesterday so I decided to do the same card using the new Baby Boutique stamp set.  Isn't the turtle priceless?  And the booties are so sweet...

It was nice to use the Bitty Banner Framelits.  It was so much easier than cutting my own banners.  I have never been able to get the edges quite right.


Fun items used:

Make a Cake Stamp Set - Clear - 126742, Wood - 126740
Baby Boutique Stamp Set - Clear - 126352, Wood - 126350
Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set - Clear - 127802, Wood - 115370
One in a Million Stamp Set - Clear - 126382, Wood - 126380
Bitty Banner Framelits - 129267
2 1/2" Circle punch - 120906
BoHo Blossom punch - 119858
DSP Floral District - 126919
DSP Twitterpated - 125406
Tangerine Tango Card stock - 111349
Lucky Limeade Card stock - 122926
Whisper White Card stock - 100730
Island Indigo Card stock - 122923
Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' Pad - 126984
Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad - 126986
Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Marker - 2011-2013 In Color Collection -123002
Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write Marker - Brights Assortment - 119702
3/16 Corner punch - 119871
Big Shot Die Cutting Machine - 113439
Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die - 123126
Stampin' Dimensionals -104430
Pearl Basic Jewels - 119247

Make a Cake stamp set

Make a Cake stamp set (#126740 wood-mount, #126742 clear-mount)

Every day millions of people have birthdays and I bet you know some of those people! So make their day extra special when you send them a hand-stamped card so theyíll know you think they are extra special, too! The Make a Cake stamp set lets you build delicious tiered cakes for birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, weddings, and more. Plus, with a variety of cake decorations like butterflies, hearts, flags, pinwheels, and banners you can customize those cakes to make the perfect cake for the special ladies, guys, and kiddos in your life. So make a cake today, no flour required!

Tip:
Use the Stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement of cake layers and decorations!

Itty Bitty Banners stamp set (#126255 wood-mount, #126257 clear-mount)

Pennants and banners are all the rage in paper crafting. You can easily fly the flag of this hot trend when you use the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set for adding greetings to your projects. The banner-shaped greetings come in three styles and have great designs around the edges that are perfect for coloring with Stampiní Write Markers for two-color stamped images, and make it easy to hand-cut the images. If you are not into hand-cutting, no worries! Simply use the coordinating Bitty Banners Framelits with the Big Shot. You will love discovering all the ways you can create banners on your cards, gifts, and scrapbooks with these popular greeting stamps!

Tip:
Use Stampin' Write Markers to give the greeting and banner edge details different colors.

                 Itty Bitty Banners stamp set (#126255 wood-mount, #126257 clear-mount)

Make a Cake stamp set (#126740 wood-mount, #126742 clear-mount)

Everything Eleanor

Everything Eleanor stamp set (#124162 wood-mount, #124164 clear-mount)
Vintage style continues to be all the rage in paper crafting and fashion. The eclectic mix of images including a swirl, label, bird, and flower designs makes this stamp set the ideal combination for creating amazing vintage styles. You'll find the individual images can easily move beyond vintage, too!

Tip:
Layer stamped images in monochromatic colors, distress, and add ribbon detail for a great vintage style.

1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (#122332 Crumb Cake)

The rich textures of vintage style are all the rage in fashion and crafting. My customers tell me they love adding vintage details like ribbon rosettes, frayed and ruched (gathered) ribbon to their cards, scrapbook pages and decor items. If you are into vintage style you'll want to get your hands on the 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon. It comes in a variety of colors and has a super light and flexible texture. Since it is so light you can do a lot without adding too much bulk. One of the things that makes the Seam Binding so much fun to craft with is that it has a loose weave that frays well. You can easily create frayed ribbon ends or pull the threads to quickly create rich looking ruched ribbon. Order your Seam Binding ribbon in the hottest colors like Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze, and Crumb Cake and start creating some vintage style today!

Tip: Create ruched ribbon accents by pulling a thread at the center of the ribbon to make the ribbon gather.



Petite Pairs stamp set (#122495 wood-mount, #122497 clear-mount)

Do not leave the inside of your cards naked! Okay, joking aside - you spend the time to make the outside of your handmade cards special. So finish the job with heart and style when you use the paired greetings from the Petite Pairs stamp set.  With a variety of great font styles and 9 paired greetings like -  So many Smiles matched with Begin with you or Best Wishes matched with For the new Mr. & Mrs., you'll have the perfect paired greetings for a wide variety of cards.