Decorative Borders Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This design was inspired by the challenges at Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches, Just Add Ink, and Paper Craft Crew.

Clean and simple cards are difficult for me - I'm a "how many layers is too many?" kind of stamper! I've had this set since last year's OnStage gathering and hadn't inked it up yet. I used my Stamparatus to line up the floral sprays in the corner so they'd be even, added the sentiment in the center, and then colored in the flowers and leaves using the color challenge colors. I had to add a little bling - even a CAS card needs bling! - and the little diamonds at the ends of the floral sprays were the perfect size for the epoxy shapes I had in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Decorative Borders, Go-To Greetings

Paper - Basic White and Garden Green Cardstock

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Blends: Daffodil Delight Dark, Granny Apple Green Light, Lemon Lolly Dark, Poppy Parade Dark

Accessories - Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials

Tools - Stamparatus, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Petal Park Birthday

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This design was inspired by the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches, Inkspirational, and Tic Tac Toe Challenges. I made tic-tac-toe three ways - diagonal (floral, free, enamel dots), center column (die cut, free, embossing), and bottom row (floral, embossing, stitching).

I stamped the floral images from the Petal Park stamp set, then layered a stitched circle die cut from vellum and embossed with the Subtle embossing folder. I layered the sentiment with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals and added a few Faceted Gems.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Petal Park, Sentimental Park

Paper - Balmy Blue and Basic White Cardstock; Vellum Cardstock; Regency Park DSP

Ink - Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Old Olive

Accessories - Solid Faceted Gems

Tools - Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Subtle Dynamic Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

CAS Spring Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card is for the challenges at CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches, and The Paper Players.

Those colors from the color challenge were perfect for the CAS spring challenge, and it was easy to incorporate flowers into the sketch. I punched two of the daisies from each color and stacked them, then layered them onto Basic White circles that were embossed and brushed with the matching color. I used Opal Rounds for the flower centers and stamped a simple "happy birthday" at the bottom of the card. Simple and easy!

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi 

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Happiness Abounds

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock; Basic White, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather, and Parakeet Party Cardstock; Simply Marbelous DSP

Ink - Parakeet Party, Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather

Accessories - Opal Rounds

Tools - Big Shot, Hive 3D Embossing Folder, Medium Daisy Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Blending Brushes, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Aviary Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This card works for several challenges this week: the TGIFC birthday challenge, the Tic Tac Toe challenge (white cardstock, CAS design, silver embossing), CAS Colours & Sketches, and the Paper Players CAS with a bird.

I turned the sketch 90 degrees to get the three bird cages on the card. They are a little taller than I'd like for the sketch, but I did try to get them as close to the bottom as I could! The cages are embossed with silver and the birds were stamped with three of the current In Colors. I edged the rectangles with the matching Stampin' Write Marker to give them a bit more definition, and then added the matching Matte Decorative Dots to the tops of the cages. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black before running the card layer through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Aviary, Happiness Abounds

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock, Basic White Cardstock

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Sweet Sorbet, Parakeet Party, Starry Sky; Stampin' Write Markers: 2022-2024 In Colors

Accessories - Silver Embossing Powder, 2022-2024 In Color Matte Decorative Dots

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Love of Leaves Thoughts

 Hello and welcome back! Here's today's card:

This design was inspired by the sketch at CAS Colours & Sketches and the challenge at Color Throwdown.

I used a card base of kraft paper, with layers of black and white. I brought in the sage green with the leaf and the copper with the stripes and the star. I felt it needed a little more of the kraft influence so I added the braided linen trim bow.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Love of Leaves

Paper - Basic Black, Basic White, Kraft Cardstock

Ink - Versamark, Soft Succulent, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Star Designer Elements, Braided Linen Trim, Copper Embossing Powder

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Leaves Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Here Comes Santa Paws!

 Hello and welcome back! Here's another card for today:

My inspiration for this card came from the challenges at Christmas Card Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches and the Paper Players.

The clean-and-simple challenge meshed perfectly with the sketch, and since I don't really have much in the way of Santa stamps, this image is just one of Santa's "friends"! I had some puff paint in my stash that I've never used, so I decided to try to "fluff up" some of the parts of the poodle. Note to self: add the paint to all areas before heating it; otherwise you might scorch it (see the puff ball on the hat - oops!).

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Santa Paws

Paper - Basic White and Real Red Cardstock; Gold Foil Sheets

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Blends: Flirty Flamingo Light, Real Red Light, Smoky Slate Light

Accessories - Snowball Accents Puff Paint

Tools - Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Celebrate Your Day!

 Hello and welcome back! Today's card is a CAS (clean and simple) birthday card.

I was inspired by the tic tac toe challenge at The Paper Players. 

I started out with just the left column in mind, but it turned out to be a "cover all"! I used the negative space from a die-cut circle as a stencil to create the rainbow with sponge daubers. I stamped the flower on top of the rainbow, then added the brass butterflies and a couple of gems for sparkle on this CAS birthday card - and that's all the squares! 

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping! 

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Encircled in Friendship, Designer Tin of Cards

Paper - Basic White Thick Cardstock

Ink - Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape

Accessories - Garden Gems, Brushed Brass Butterflies

Tools - Big Shot, Layering Circles Dies, Detailed Trio Punch, Sponge Daubers