Card of the Day - Peachy Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Today I have another birthday card for you.

Don't you just love these peaches? They look good enough to eat! I inked up the stamp with Pale Papaya ink then used a sponge dauber to add a bit of Calypso Coral before stamping on the cardstock. I love the extra dimension you get with that technique. 

I stamped the sentiment in Pear Pizzazz, then stamped over it again with Versamark so that I could add some clear embossing to make the sentiment stand out a bit more. The Stamparatus makes it so easy to do this!

This card was inspired by the recipe challenge at As You See It and the tic-tac-toe challenge at the Paper Players.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Sweet as a Peach

Paper - Balmy Blue, Calypso Coral, and Whisper White cardstock; You're a Peach DSP

Ink - Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso

Accessories - Pale Papaya Open Weave Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder

Tools - Big Shot, Heat Tool, Peach Dies, Stitched Rectangles Dies, Sponge Daubers, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Card of the Day - Wood Anniversary

 Hello and welcome back! Yesterday I showed you a card for a 19th (jade) anniversary; today I have a card for a 5th (wood) anniversary. 

I haven't made too many slimline cards but there was a slimline challenge this week, so I decided to go for it! While a standard slimline card measures 3-1/2" x 8-1/2", mine is a bit larger (4" x 9") so I could fit the large die-cut on the front. I thought I might have to make envelopes for these cards, so I was excited to find some ivory-colored #10 envelopes in my office. They are a perfect fit for this card!

In the summer five years ago we attended several weddings, so all of those couples are celebrating their wood anniversaries this year. For this card I used the Natural Touch Specialty Paper that was offered as part of the Butterfly Brilliance suite in April. It's hard to see in the photos, but the paper is textured like woodgrain.

I originally planned to cut the floral bouquet from Very Vanilla and either sponge it or watercolor it, but then decided to make it easy on myself and cut it from Artistry Blooms DSP instead. I used the vanilla die cuts for the banners, then added a few Pastel Pearls for some bling.

This design was inspired by the challenge at Just Add Ink.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Hand-Drawn Blooms, Milestone Moments (inside sentiment)

Paper - Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock; Very Vanilla and Granny Apple Green cardstock; Artistry Blooms DSP; Natural Touch Specialty Paper

Ink - Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green (inside card), Highland Heather (on envelope)

Accessories - Pastel Pearls 

Tools - Big Shot, Banner Blooms Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Card of the Day - Jade Anniversary

Hello and welcome back! Today's card is for our nephew and his wife who are celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary.

According to Hallmark, the 19th anniversary is the jade anniversary, so I pulled out some Just Jade cardstock and found a DSP with Just Jade in it.

 I added the label with a coordinating color from the DSP, some Just Jade gingham ribbon, and a couple of resin hearts to complete the card.

This design was inspired by the sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Many Mates, Gorgeous Posies (on envelope)

Paper - Whisper White Thick Cardstock; Whisper White, Just Jade, and Flirty Flamingo cardstock; Flower & Field DSP

Ink - Just Jade; So Saffron and Smoky Slate (on envelope)

Accessories - Resin Hearts Embellishments; Just Jade gingham ribbon (from Flowers For Every Season ribbon combo pack)

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

CASEing the Catalog - Woodland Wonder

Hello and welcome back! For today's card I decided to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) a really cute card from the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. 

One of the benefits of being a demonstrator is that we have access to a file with the supplies used for all samples in the catalogs. There are not usually any instructions but at least we can match colors. So there are three stamps in this set that make up the tree, but it took some trial and error to realize that the stamp for the base of the tree needed to be used twice (once without the grass) to make the tree tall enough. Even then, I probably could have moved it up a bit so that all of the leaves at the top would show when the card was folded. If I were to make this card again, I would also stamp before scoring the cardstock. The poor raccoon is a bit mushy!

This really wasn't a difficult card, just a bit time consuming with all of the coloring. This is for my daughter-in-law's birthday. She is a big Animal Crossing fan and I felt like this set had an AC vibe.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp set - Woodland Wonder

Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, and Flirty Flamingo cardstock; Playing With Patterns DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Balmy Blue, Flirty Flamingo, Versamark; Stampin' Blends: Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Mango Melody, Petal Pink, Purple Posy, Smoky Slate, Soft Suede

Accessories - White Embossing Powder, Basic Black/Whisper White Bakers Twine 

Tools - Stamparatus, Heat Tool, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Card of the Day - Triangle Birthday

 Hello and welcome back! Today I have another masculine birthday card.

This week's Inkspirational challenge was "Triangle," so I came up with this. I used the largest equilateral triangle as a base for the smaller triangles and then popped up the entire piece with dimensionals. There was a small gap in the center because the corners are a bit rounded so I covered it up with a blue gem.

I wanted an embossed background and I thought I had a folder with triangles, but alas, I do not. So this was the next best thing! The sentiment is punched out with the Tailored Tag punch to complete the angle theme.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy stamping!

--Cindi

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamp sets - Handsomely Suited, The Right Triangle (envelope), Itty Bitty Birthdays (inside sentiment)

Paper - Whisper White, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, and Night of Navy cardstock

Ink - Pacific Point

Accessories - Blue Adhesive-Backed Gems

Tools - Big Shot, Stitched Triangles Dies, Tailored Tag Punch, Zig Zag Embossing Folder, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals