Tagged: birthday card

July 30, 2012

Stampin’ Up! Reason to Smile – Going, Going, Gone

The fabulous Reason to Smile Stamp Set is only available during the month of July, so if you blink, you’ll miss it!

Featured StampingJulie Reason To Smile Samples: (Click on the picture to go to the original post with supply lists and project descriptions.)

1. Butterfly Thank You Card

2. Thank You Bling Flower Card

3. Birthday Wish Tag Card

4. Butterfly Art Friendship Card

5. Simple Greeting Card

Samples from Stampin’ Up!:

1. Scrapbook Page

2. Birthday Gift Bag

3. Dream Card

Order your Reason To Smile Stamp Set today while it’s still available. Only $5 with a $50 product purchase.

Order your Reason to Smile Stamp Set today and start creating!

Enjoy! Julie

July 26, 2012

Reason to Smile Happy Birthday Gift Bag

This adorable Happy Birthday Gift Bag is adorned with images from the Reason To Smile Stamp Set. This stamp set is available only during the month of July for $5 with a $50 product purchase. Click on the picture for the complete project supply list.

Order your Reason to Smile Stamp Set today and start creating these little Happy Birthday Gift Bags for your family and friends!

Enjoy! Julie

July 19, 2012

Another Easy Reason to Smile Birthday Wish

This birthday tag card using the Reason to Smile stamp set (that can be purchased this month only for $5 with a $50 product purchase) was inspired by the very simple note card bundle shown at the top of page 141 in the Stampin’ Up! catalog. Don’t have a catalog? Ask for one today! I used the colors and the layout of the note card to create the tag and attached the tag to a full card.

Technique: Multi-color stamping – I used the paint brush end of the Tangerine Tango and the Certainly Celery markers to ink the flower and stem outline. When you use this technique, don’t forget to huff or breath on the inked rubber before you stamp. This remoistens the ink for good stamp coverage. Also, I always ink the rubber with the lightest color first, that way I don’t contaminate my lighter markers with darker inks.

When you use an outline stamp and a solid stamp of the same image for layering, it’s called two-step stamping. Using both creates depth in your stamped art.

After I stamped the two-tone flower outline, I then inked only the top of the matching solid flower and stem with Daffodil Delight. If I had wanted to ink the solid flower AND the complete stem, I would have definitely used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the stem. Not having the flower and flower outline lined up exactly is OK and, in fact, adds to the charm. Not having the stems lined up – not OK.

I just really love the look of the solo flower and the pop of the Marina Mist greeting. So sweet and simple.

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Order your Reason to Smile stamp set today and don’t miss out on this great opportunity to purchase this great set for only $5 with a $50 product purchase. Click the Order Now, place $50 of your favorite products in your cart, then add #131274 for the wood-mount set or #131275 for the clear-mount set.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Reason to Smile w-#131274 c-#131275, Sweet Essentials w-#126455 c-#126457

Ink: Brights Stampin’ Write Markers #119702, Daffodil Delight #126944, Marina Mist #126962

Paper: International Bazaar Designer Series Paper #126920, Whisper White #100730

Extras: Brights Designer Buttons #119747, Linen Thread #104199, Stampin’ Dimensionals #104430

Enjoy, Julie

July 18, 2012

Color Inspiration for your Paper Crafting

Color inspiration for your paper crafting can come from many different places. Some of my favorites are the Stampin’ Up! catalogs, designer series paper, and the color coach. These are obvious places to be inspired by Stampin’ Up! colors, but have you looked around you?

Do you have a favorite dress you love to wear or a favorite picture hanging in your home? Have you noticed the colors used in a magazine article or ad? How can you use these inspirations to create your next favorite birthday card, party favor or wall decor?

Design Seeds takes color inspiration to a whole new level. Check out this picture below and notice the colors the designer has pulled from this picture. Can you convert this great color combination into Stampin’ Up! colors?

(Picture source: http://design-seeds.com/index.php/home/entry/ladybug-hues)

Here’s the SU! colors I picked from this: Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black and Tangerine Tango. Are these the colors you would have chosen?

Here’s a VERY simple birthday gift card made with this color inspiration. It took me just a few minutes to make this card because I already had a color palette. Actually, it took me soooo little time to make this, I wish I had timed myself. Probably 10-15 from beginning to end. It took longer to take and edit the picture than to make it! LOL

This card measures 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ I chose to stamp this card on Glossy White. This glossy paper creates such a great effect. I wish you could see it in person. This paper has a similar surface as you would find on a store-bought card but a much nicer, richer-feeling paper weight. The first time I saw a card stamped on Glossy White I didn’t believe it was hand stamped. It was a floral card also and it was just beautiful. The colors are so rich and vibrant stamped on this paper.

Technique: You’re probably noticing that it looks like I used two different blues. Not so – all the flowers are stamped in Baha Breeze! The lighter color is a second-generation stamped image, meaning I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first before stamping on my card front. The darker Baha Breeze is full-strength color. Stamping-off or second-generation stamping is an easy way to get even more variety out of your ink pads.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Summer Silhouettes w-#126445 c-#126447, Itty Bitty Banners w-#126255 c-#126257

Ink: Certainly Celery #126958, Wild Wasabi #126959, Baja Breeze #126960, Tangerine Tango #126946, Basic Black #126980

Paper: Glossy White #102599, Basic Black #121045

Extras: Bitty Banner Framelits #129267, Big Shot Die-cutting Machine #113439

I hope you enjoyed this color inspiration post and the easy birthday gift card! Order a pack of designer series paper today to inspire your color choices or request your FREE copy of the Stampin’ Up! Catalog today!

Enjoy! Julie

May 24, 2012

Stampin’ Up! Crazy for Cupcakes Retiring II

Just one more week to order retiring stamp sets! Click here to get the complete list.

I have loved the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set . I can’t decide what image I like best from this set. The cupcake stand probably wins. I really love decorating those little cupcakes and frankly it’s a whole lot easier to decorate a fun card with this cute stand than it is to bake all those cupcakes to decorate a true cupcake stand. Not to mention that the card is a little easier on the figure!!!

Here’s a couple of more Crazy for Cupcakes card samples:

Here’s the detail. Can you see the glitter and shine?

These colorful balloons are stamped on pattern paper and then pieced onto the card to make this clean and simple birthday wish.

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