Owl Birthday

A couple days ago I told you to keep an eye out for more owl cards--well, here's one of those cards.  I need to get busy stamping and make 20 of these for a friend of mine.  I got started during naptime today but it ended too soon.

I used the Punch Bunch set (a Sale-a-Bration set from a couple years ago) for the owl.  I used Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, and Perfect Plum for my color palette.  The polka dot moon is made with the 2-1/2" circle punch and some Patterns DSP.  I used the pennant banner punch to make the party hat and added the little heart that is part of the owl punch.  The branch is from the bird builder punch and the owl is punched (after stamping it) with the owl punch.  I textured the white card stock with the Honeycomb embossing folder and separated that panel from the striped Patterns DSP with a celery 5/8" ribbon.  The "Happy Birthday" comes from the hostess set called Happiest Birthday Wishes.

Patterned Boy Birthday

My mom has mentioned a few times that she'd really like me to make her more cards.  Sometimes she sees my card samples and reminds me that she needs some birthday cards, so today I decided to get with it and stamp some for her.  I wanted to try out the color combo from Just Add Ink and I figured a birthday card would be a great way to use the colors.  I have a tendency to stamp with more feminine colors, so combo (Tangerine Tango, Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, and Early Espresso) was a great way to get me to make some boy birthday cards that my mom can use.  I started with the Tangerine card base and textured it with the Chevron Textured Impressions folder.  I stamped my panel with the Patterned Party set and then speckled it with an Early Espresso Stampin' Write Marker and my color spritzer.  I like the speckled look and it helps fill in some of the white space.  I layered that panel onto Marina Mist and Early Espresso and then tied it all together with some Early Espresso stitched grosgrain.  I stamped the "happy birthday" from the Happiest Birthday Wishes set and then cut it into a banner shape by using a square punch at an angle.  Now I've got a stack of boy cards, next up for my mom will be some girl cards.

Turquoise Party

Today is a beautiful day filled with sunshine, and it's supposed to be sunny and warm for the next week!  We've had a lot of storm systems pass through lately, so it's nice to have some prolonged and much needed sunshine. 

I thought that a bright card would be a perfect match for this weather.  This card uses the Stampin' Up! Patterned Party stamp set along with the Happiest Birthday wishes hostess stamp set.  I used some of the builder wheels to make the tone on tone background (you may need to click on the image for a closer look).  Daffodil Delight and Tempting Turquoise are just the colors for a sunny day!  Enjoy!

Pink Party

Sometimes I do my best stamping under pressure.  There's just something about having to get something done that makes my creative juices flow.  This is a card that I put together last minute for a 5 year old's birthday party.  I know she loves pink and I'm hooked on the Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo color combo, so that's what I chose for this card.  I used a 2" strip of the Patterns Designer Series Paper for the polka dot bottom and tied a piece of white grosgrain ribbon to separate that from the card base.  The cake was stamped from the Patterned Party stamp set and then I layered it onto some card stock and added the scallop punched edge for some fun.  The birthday greeting comes from the Happiest Birthday Wishes hostess set--a set you can get FREE with a $150+ order (you could host a workshop, do a catalog party, or just place an order yourself).

Best of Purple

I found a new color combination that I love--Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush (both In Colors).  This card uses the Best of Everything stamp set and the Happiest Birthday Wishes hostess set.  I inked up the flower stamp by coloring directly on it with my Stampin' Write markers so that the flowers and leaves could be two different colors.  The green is also an In Color--Lucky Limeade. 

It's Your Day Up Up & Away

Here's a quick and simple card made with the Up, Up & Away stamp set.  I used the "It's Your Day" stamp from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set.  I love the new In Colors for this year, so I used 3 of them--Pool Party, Island Indigo, and Wisteria Wonder.  The stripes are just 1/2" wide strips of card stock.

Bright Balloons

Here's another card that I made with the Patterned Party stamp set.  I used my Stampin' Write markers and colored directly onto the balloon stamp in order to have them each be a different color.  The small "happy birthday" stamp is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and the larger one is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes hostess set.  Colors are: Melon Mambo, Tangerine tango, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, and Tempting Turquoise.

Hooray for the Best of Everything

I'm hooked on this color combination!  Poppy Parade and Pear Pizazz are just so fun together (and add in a bit of So Saffron).  I'm so glad that Stampin' Up! decided to keep In Colors for two years now instead of one, so at least I have two years to make samples with these colors.  The red paper is from the In Color DSP Patterns Stack (surprise, surprise).  I used the Best of Everything set once again for this card and the greeting is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess set.  Have you noticed that the hostess program has changed?  Instead of having to choose from a hostess set plus an amount in free product, you get "hostess dollars" to spend.  With the hostess dollars you can choose from ANYTHING out of the current catalogs, and get even more for your (free) money by selecting from hostess sets.  I love that the Happiest Birthday Wishes set is the biggest set (value of $37ish) and I was able to get it for FREE with a $150 order (you couldn't do that with the old program) and I even had a few hostess dollars to spare!  I love free stuff :)