Category Archives: Birthday

Moroccan Designer Series Paper

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I was really pleased with yesterday’s card and, more to the point, surprised at how a print which I thought was too loud for me worked so brilliantly. So I decided to take the same kind of layout and use up another piece of my DSP mountain.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Moroccan Designer Series Paper - Bunch of Blossoms

I changed the card to a vertical card and shortened the DSP slightly – it’s just 3 1/4 inches deep today instead of yesterday’s 3 1/2 inches but it’s still 4 1/4 inches across the entire card.Today’s mat is emerald envy and I put this onto a very vanilla base. I then used one of my favourite sentiments which is from Bunch of Blossoms (so happy that’s carrying over) stamped in emerald envy onto more very vanilla cut out with the awesome Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies. It then occurred to me that not only do I have a DSP mountain, my ribbon stash is quite large too so I challenged myself to add some ribbon – the paper is too busy to add a bow, but a little touch of ribbon fit in rather well.

So here we have two cards with the same basic layout, both using designer series paper and they are quite different. Which do you prefer? More to the point, do you have any paper that you could use for this layout? If you make something based on this, I’d love to see it. Just email me at lizbaileycards@gmail.com.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 7UYN7HEJ (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you either the clear or gold faceted gems FREE (let me know which you’d like). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Stylized Birthday

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I’m really having fun pulling out Designer Series Paper and actually using it. Rather than pulling it out, looking at it and putting it back, it’s being made into cards which will be sent and shared with people. Such an idea! At Onstage last month, Sara was talking about “make a card, send a card” because it’s a bit of a demo habit to have cards in boxes, unsent. Which means that we’re not sharing what we’re creating. Such a shame. So I’m embracing the making AND sending of DSP cards, egged on by Eimear, my sister’s upline in the UK. Her challenge to her team this month is to create ten cards using up old DSP and send them. Want to join us? Today’s card is a simple one featuring the Stylized Birthday stamp.

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

I wasn’t sure about the stamp set, Stylized Birthday, – it’s just a single stamp with a wooden block for $10. I wasn’t sure it was very versatile, but I’ve used it loads since I’ve got it. It’s just as useful inside the card as on the outside and here, it adds just the right touch to this beautiful bokeh piece of designer series paper. I heat embossed it in gold and it makes a really classy birthday card. The base is old olive and I left just a tiny border. After heat embossing, I like to use fast fuse to attach the paper – it usually ends up a little warped even though I put some heat onto the backside of the paper which flattens it out a little.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 7UYN7HEJ (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you either the clear or gold faceted gems FREE (let me know which you’d like). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Eastern Palace Specialty DSP

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As I mentioned yesterday, the Eastern Palace bundles are available for customers today! I decided to play with some of the Eastern Palace Specialty DSP to show you some of the elegance. I went with a very simple layout to showcase 2 of the papers.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Eastern Palace DSP - Endless Birthday Wishes

So here I have one of the papers matted on one of the new colors, tranquil tide (love it – it’s a deeper lost lagoon!) and then a put onto another color that I love – fresh fig. It’s like a slightly less intense blackberry bliss if you know that color from last year. For my sentiment, I used my beloved Endless Birthday Wishes which I stamped in versamark and then fresh fig before sprinkling on the clear embossing powder and heating. I created the banner using the triple banner punch and used another piece of paper from the Eastern Palace Specialty DSP for matting, one of the specialty ones actually. I popped this up with dimensionals on my fresh fig card base.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is 7UYN7HEJ (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). In addition, to celebrate the new catalog, if you spend $50 this month, I’ll send you either the clear or gold faceted gems FREE (let me know which you’d like). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Endless Birthday Wishes

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Endless Birthday Wishes is retiring soon; it’s guaranteed to be available in the US until May 22nd but after that it’s as supplies last. This is possibly one of the most versatile sets that I have and I’m not sure how I’m going to live without it! When I need just a little sentiment, I can be sure to find what I need in this set whether it’s my favourite “celebrate” or a combination of the words to build up a saying. Or even matching it with the Hello You thinlits (also retiring – but as supplies last). I’ll need to examine the new catalog with a fine tooth comb to find a worthy replacement!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Endless Birthday Wishes - Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies - Party Animal DSP

I stamped the cake in rose red and used a blender pen to pull a little of the ink before cutting it out with one of the stitched shapes framelits dies. My background is a little piece of Party Animal DSP, but of course any that you have to hand would do. I’m trying to use up my DSP so that I don’t feel so much of a hoarder when I buy more! I matted the DSP onto a piece of rose red card stock and glued that to a thick whisper white base. The Endless Birthday Wishes cake is popped up on dimensionals. The celebrate is of course my regularly used sentiment from the same set, in emerald envy to match the DSP. Easy card today and a formula that could be used to help use up a lot of DSP (although not much per card!).

Here are just a few of projects I’ve previously made with this set

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Party Animal DSP - Endless Birthday Wishes Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Stylish Stems Framelits Dies - Endless Birthday Wishes succulent garden hardwood floral-boutique-endless Stampin' Up! Endless Birthday Wishes

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is A2XGZS79 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz

Fruit Stand DSP

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This is one of my favourite papers from the 2016-1017 catalog, the Fruit Stand DSP. And this is my favourite paper from within this stack. The lemons are so beautiful. The Fruit Stand DSP is still available at the time of writing, but there are no guarantees.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Fruit Stand DSP - Crazy about You - Hello You Thinlits Dies

I took a piece of pear pizzazz and cut it to a quarter inch under the card base ( 5 1/4 by 4 inches) and then took the DSP and cut it to an 1/8 inch under that. Before gluing everything together I cut out the big sentiment using the Hello You framelit dies out of pear pizzazz and then stamped the greeting in more pear pizzazz onto the DSP. I glued on the sentiment using my silicone craft mat, a dauber and multi purpose glue. The card base is daffodil delight. I am sad that the Hello You dies are retiring, I use them quite a bit. But I’m sure that there will be things to replace them.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the Stampin’ Rewards code to get five FREE handmade cards; the current Stampin’ Rewards code is A2XGZS79 (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. For more details on my Customer Loyalty Programme, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz