Happy Moments Card

A little birthday card I made a few weeks ago...
Stamps: Happy Moments, Lots of Dots wheel
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Sweet Pea Designer Paper

Grand Finale, pt 4

This card was one of the more simple ones we made at last week's class. The cupcake comes from the Darling Dots hostess set. The birthday greeting is a single stamp, found on the "Under $10" page at the back of the catalog. Everyone who attended the class received a free catalog if they wanted one, so you can all look it up easily! You can also see it in the online catalog.

Party Hearty

This card was made with a great set called "Party Hearty" and is part of Stampin' Up!'s 20th Birthday Promotion this month. There are seven birthday sets to choose from. We'll be using this set at the class this Tuesday! (I've been working on class preparations the last few days......I'm so excited!)

Looking ahead, you can sign up for the Christmas Stamp-A-Stack through October 23rd. It will be held on Friday, November 7th, with a morning and evening session. See the right sidebar for details.

3x3 Birthday

This is a real quick little 3x3 card that I made for my church group swap. The Designer Paper is actually from the Ski Slope package in the Holiday Mini Catalog. Yes - it's Christmas paper, but as you can see, it can easily double as other things. Most of the patterns in that package can do the same type of thing. The stamps I used are from the Voila stamp set. I don't have a tons of sets right now. I really need to re-stock, but Richard isn't going for the idea, so I had to get creative. If you don't know what the Voila set is, it is the "chef" set! It's all coming together for you if you're a stamper now, right?!?

I actually started on my Christmas cards yesterday during General Conference! That is a first for me (doing them this early, I mean). Last year I didn't even do any. That is also a first, since I became a stamper 14 years ago. I felt awful about it, and have gotten several lectures from people who usually receive them, but my body just couldn't do them. I figured if I start now, I'll be able to handle it!

Hmmm....

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Year after Year Birthday

Here is yet another simple card. I used the See You Around Jumbo Wheel in the background and colored the present with the Stampin' Pastels. I added a square rhinestone for a little dimension. This little touch of ribbon is a good way to go when you want to add something, but are someone who tends to hoard your ribbon, or you have lots of one card to make! ;) I was doing this card as a make & take at a beginner workshop, and wasn't sure how many people to plan on, so it worked out great.

I let them choose between using the present stamp or the flowers (also in the Year after Year set) and then they could choose which greeting they wanted from the Happy Everything set. (NOTE TO SELF: Pastels and lots of beginning stampers don't go well together!)

Wonderful Birthday

I made this card for a swap several months ago. I wouldn't even want to tell you how much it would cost to make! ;) I'm not sure how many different sets I used. I'm one of those who tries to use just one set per card for the most part, so a it seems like something you can duplicate, but I went a little wild with this one. I love how it turned out though! The colors are ones I don't use much: Taken with Teal and Basic Gray.

eScape

eScape: what does it mean? Take some time this month to get away from the "e" meaning anything electronic! Take some time to stamp and rather than sending an email, send a handstamped card to those you love. It will absolutely make their day!

This little size of card is so fun to work with. It is 3x3 when finished. This is the size of card that comes in the eScape Bundle which Stampin' Up! is featuring this month. It's nice to include with a present......not too big! If you decide on this Bundle, you'll also want to check out our circle punches. The 1" Circle Punch fits the stamps in the Circle of Friendship set perfectly. I used the 1 3/8" Circle Punch for the Chocolate Chip circle on the card, and the cut-out on both the card and the envelope flap.

Happy Birthday Elephant

This elephant is so cute! He comes from the stamp set called Happy Heart Day. I used it at a Valentine's Day Class, where we made Valentine themed things, plus generic items, since it also has stamps that can be used for everyday occasions. The "happy birthday" comes from the Amazing to Zany stamp set. In the background I used the stamp called Dotted. I call those big ones Big Mama stamps! They are as big as a card.

I have a friend with a birthday coming up, so I made this card for her tonight. The layout idea came from a card my sister made a couple of years ago. I've been hanging onto it because I figured if I gave it away I would forget about the cute layout. So now I've copied it, but I'm giving this one away, so I'll still need to hang on to hers! You'd think I could just make a second one, but I don't have time right now. Some day my life will slow down.

Just Celebrate Cake

I love how this card turned out. Nothing like I had planned, but sometimes that is good! It didn't scan well because of the Ballet Blue card stock. Sometimes that color and Brilliant Blue look purple on scans, so I took a picture and then had to wait for K to get home from his job shadowing to help me unload the camera. I know I'm pathetic.

He was job shadowing the high school principal's wife at the hospital in surgeries. I think it is safe to say that won't be his career. I won't go into that any further. Anyway......

I've needed lots of birthday cards this year because I'm in charge of the staff birthdays at B's school. In July and August alone there are 18 birthdays! I need to get busy, so that is how this card came along. I wanted to use something from the On Board products again, so that is where the circle came from. I stamped it with the Canvas stamp and Pumpkin Pie Craft ink. I used Crystal Effects on the frosting of the cake. This cake comes from the versatile Just Celebrate set featured in the current Occasions Mini Catalog.