Autumn Rays Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! I created this birthday card to meet a couple of challenges this week.

The challenges are at Inkspirational, Sunday Stamps, and Hand Stamped Sentiments.

It's funny how you have a certain design in mind but as you start creating, the card comes out completely different! That's what happened here. I found a card in the Annual Catalog that I liked and started to CASE it. But it evolved as I started stamping. And then the HSS challenge inspiration photo appeared on my feed after the card was done. Serendipity!

If I were only making one of these, I'd have fussy cut that flower, but when you're creating in bulk, you look for shortcuts. Luckily, I still had this Starburst punch and it was just the right size for this flower!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Biggest Wish, Happiness Abounds, Painted Harvest

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, and Very Vanilla cardstock; Perfectly Artistic DSP

Ink - Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Early Espresso, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Champagne Rhinestones Basic Jewels

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Starburst Punch, Leaf Punch, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Card of the Day - Painted Harvest Birthday

Hello and welcome back! I've been busy the last several days making Christmas cards (that's a post for another day), but now that they are finally done and mailed, I can get back to birthday cards. I've got several birthdays this month and many of them are from the same group of friends, so I'll need different cards for each one. Here's the first one:

I was thinking that this would fit into my unloved stamp set challenge, but when I opened up the case, I realized that I have used this set. Oh well, I guess I must have liked it! I thought about making the flowers in some holiday colors, but then I thought maybe folks with December birthdays might be tired of sharing their special day. These colors are a bit sunnier for these dark days of winter.

Fussy cutting is not my favorite technique but sometimes you just don't have a choice! These flowers weren't too bad, but I wouldn't have wanted to do too many.

This design was inspired by this week's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Painted Harvest, Itty Bitty Birthdays

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla Cardstock

Ink - Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Crushed Curry 3/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Tools - Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Leaf Punch, Detailed Trio Punch, Paper Snips, Big Shot, Layered Leaves Dynamic Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue