Birthdays, cakes and pretty pink bows …

I’ve been longing to share the card I made for Anna’s birthday, using the gorgeous patio party designer series paper.  Now that she’s received her card, I can show you  …

I used patio party designer series paper for the background, with its scrummy cakes and pretty colours, and made the sentiment, from the create a cupcake stamp set, the focal image, stamped onto whisper white cardstock cut out with the apothecary accents framelits die.  I did a little bit of stamping on the inside too, with a matching strip of dsp …

The pretty, two-tone, pink pirouette ribbon, available in the spring/summer catalogue, is so soft and lovely, and it ties beautifully into a double bow.  It was definitely the star of the show, adhered to the card with mini glue dots.

Here’s what I used to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: baja breeze, whisper white; stamp set: create a cupcake; inks: basic grey; punches: decorative label; accessories: patio party designer series paper, two tone pink pirouette ribbon, glue dots, stampin dimensionals, snail adhesive, apothecary accents framelets, big shot, basic black and regal rose stampin write marker pens, essentials paper piercing pack, paper piercer and mat pack.

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Punch art Spiderman …

Inspired by a punch art card I saw on Pinterest, I decided to recreate it for my nephew’s birthday…

I used the spider web embossing folder from Stampin’ Up to add texture and then did

a little bit of sponging to add shading using sponge daubers and ink…

The punch art was adhered to a base card of bashful blue, with some whisper white clouds punched out using the cupcake punch. I placed Spiderman on a basic grey rectangle of cardstock to represent a building, and added lines freehand for the windows with my white gel pen. The hand-cut banner sentiment is from the itty bitty banners set, which I earned for free during sale-a-bration but is still available to purchase …

You can see the original card made by Natasha here

I really enjoyed making this card, so I hope my nephew likes it!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s cards – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: bashful blue, basic grey, whisper white, basic black, real red, pacific point; stamp sets: itty bitty banners; inks: basic grey, real red, night of navy; punches: large oval, small oval, large circle, word window, modern label, large heart, cupcake; accessories: spider web embossing folder, big shot, white gel pen, sponge daubers, stampin’ dimensionals, tombow mutlipurpose glue.

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Vintage 60th birthday with Everything Eleanor…

My friend was organising a surprise birthday party for one of her friends and asked me to make a special birthday card.  The brief was anything to do with wine and something classy.  I don’t have any stamps that are specifically wine related, so I decided to make the card in wine colours with a vintage style … maybe a tenuous link but that’s all I had to work with!

A little bit of inking in crumb cake, applied with a sponge dauber, helped to give the card a distressed, vintage look …

For texture and a touch of luxury, I added some crochet trim, very vanilla seam binding ribbon and a vintage brad – which completed the look.

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Here’s what you need to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up!:

cardstock: cherry cobbler, very vanilla; stamps: everything eleanor; ink:  basic grey, crumb cake; accessories:  labels collection framelits, typeset alphabet dies, big shot, adhesive pearls, very vanilla seam binding ribbon, crochet trim, vintage brad, stampin’ dimensionals, glue dots.

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Madison avenue glamour …

I love the gorgeous glimmer paper from Stampin’ Up! and how it looked on the card I made a few weeks back here,

so I used it to make a birthday card for my niece, Becky …

I stamped a patterned background with versamark ink and clear embossing powder using the madison avenue sale-a-bration stamp set, together with my new love – the distressed dots background stamp from Stampin’ Up!

I love that glitzy glam paper against the black card – so sparkly!

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Here’s what I used to make today’s card – all supplies from Stampin’ Up! :

cardstock: basic black, whisper white, silver glimmer paper; stamp sets: memorable moments, madison avenue, distressed dots; inks: basic black, versamark; accessories: clear embossing powder, heat gun, typeset alphabet dies, big shot machine, adhesive rhinestones, stamp-a-majig.

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