Category Archives: Birthday

Bird Ballad Laser-Cut cards and tin

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I’ve been playing with the Bird Ballad Laser-Cut cards and tin lately. Well with the card bases anyway. They are so beautiful and at $18 for 12 laser-cut cards, 12 envelopes plus a tin to keep them in, they are a steal (149595).

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Bird Ballad Laser-Cut cards and tin - Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Washi Tape - Seaside Notions

I’ve been playing with different ways of decorating these using mostly punches since I was designing for a class away from home. For this one, I used a piece of Merry Merlot cut to 5 3/8 by 4 1/8 inches. The multipurpose glue is best for attaching this to the inside of the laser cut part. Anything else is just too wide. I find it easier to carefully add a tiny amount of glue to the edge of the Merry Merlot and then attach it to the card base.

Next I stamped the sentiment from Seaside Notions in Merry Merlot and used the the Banner Triple Punch (138292) to make an easy banner. Then came the fun decoration! I used the Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Washi Tape (149585) to make a 5 petal flower and added a Perennial Essence Floral Center (149442) in the centre. Mixing up a few suites but I love how it turned out!

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Liz

Happiness Blooms DSP

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One of the gorgeous designer series paper packs is the Happiness Blooms ($11 for 12 double sided sheets, 148795). Here I decided to make a masculine birthday card – I work in IT and the proportion of men to women is very high.

Stampin' Up! Happiness Blooms

I’ve taken a 2 inch piece of the DSP and adhered it to a night of navy card base. I kept with the circles and used the stitched shapes framelits dies to cut out the fun sentiment from the Sale-a-bration set Hello Cupcake. The set has fun cupcake images and some great sentiments. And it’s FREE with an order of $50 or more of product.

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Liz

Rooted in Nature

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One of the new bundles in the catalog that caught my eye immediately is Rooted in Nature with the matching Nature’s Roots framelits dies.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Rooted in Nature - Nature's Roots Framelits dies

Here I’ve paired it with the Subtle embossing folder for some texture and shaded spruce and granny apple green for a masculine birthday card. Actually it was for my brother, Martin.

When you’re using the banner triple punch it’s a good idea to cut the cardstock just a smidge narrower than the punch. It allows you to make banners of 1″, 1.5″ and 2″. I like to be about 1/16″ less so that it will slide in easily. It’s also a good idea to have the words showing through the punch so that you can be certain you’re not punching some of the sentiment by accident.

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Liz

Call Me Clover

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Today I’m sharing with you one of the new colours which will be available on June 1 – Call Me Clover. I used my brayer and the Call Me Clover much improved ink pad and added colour to the Petal Passion DSP. With a mat of basic black and a Call Me Clover card base, I think it’s a rather luxurious card. This is going to be one of my new favourite greens, I think. Actually so many of the new colours are calling to me that I suspect I’m going to have a lot of favourites. It’s actually more of an emerald green but my computer and camera and the morning light do not appear to agree!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Call Me Clover - Petal Passion DSP - Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies

I decided that I didn’t want a big sentiment covering up much of the DSP, so I used the retiring cupcake cutouts framelits dies to add a gold glimmer word, wish. I hope that you like it – don’t forget framelits are on an “as supplies last” basis so click on the Shop Now button below and check out the Last Chance List offerings. Add the hostcode (over there on the left) and you’ll be able to earn free product.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

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Liz

Farewell to Stylized Birthday

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I just noticed that Stylized Birthday is on the retiring list. It’s a one stamp set, only available in wood for $10. I’ve only made a couple of cards with it, BUT I’ve used it over and over inside my cards. In fact, it rarely gets put away.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Stylized Birthday - Party Animal DSP Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Stylized Birthday - Serene Scenery DSP

I’m really going to miss it for inside the card. For the outside when I want a big greeting, I tend to use the multipurpose adhesive sheets and the Happy Birthday thinlits die which produces a nice large greeting for the front of the card. It also means that you can cut out a selection of colours and then decide which you prefer. I have a little stash of the die cuts!

But the stamp is retiring – it’s guaranteed to be available until May 25th but if you want anything other than stamps, don’t wait. Everything else is as supplies last. Don’t forget to check out the Clearance Rack too – there are some wonderful bargains there.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz