Category Archives: Birthday

Stylized Birthday

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Here’s a stamp which isn’t retiring – Stylized Birthday. It’s also a really handy – and economical – one. It comes only in a wood mount and is only $10. I haven’t had it long, but it’s extremely useful. I realised I’d been using it a lot on the inside of cards and decided that it deserved to be displayed on the outside. So here is it along with some retiring Party Animal DSP – still available this morning.

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

I first selected the piece of DSP, which is pacific point and whisper white and decided that it needed another color. The color scheme came about because I have rather a lot of ribbon in the retiring in color, mint macaron, so I added a strip of that around the DSP and then added a bow. The Stylized Birthday is stamped in mint macaron also on whisper white and carefully cut out with the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies – it JUST fits. I used dimensionals to pop this up so that there wasn’t a lump where the ribbon was. Easy card to create and it uses up DSP. A win win!

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

Timeless Tags Thinlits Dies

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I bought the Timeless Tags Thinlits Dies pretty early on in the life of the Occasions catalog and I have no idea why I haven’t used them yet. I love them. And sadly, they are on the retiring list – although they are on sale for $17.50 instead of $25 so that’s a good deal! By the way, the accompanying stamp set, That’s the Tag, is also on sale ($14.45 instead of $17) but the bundle isn’t, so it’s a better deal to buy them singly for a total of $31.95 instead of the bundle price of $37.75. But I digress. These are really fun and not just limited to tags. I made a card to showcase the versatility.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Timeless Tags Thinlits Dies - Vertical Greetings

I cut out the tag in some scrap paper and used my aquapainter and some inks to color the picture. Once I had a general idea of placement, I removed my piece of scrap and added more colour where it needed and blended away. The colors used are soft sky, daffodil delight, pumpkin pie and pear pizzazz. Once I had my piece of watercolor paper as I wanted, I cut out a new tag from a piece of watercolor paper  where I wanted it on the card. Next I added the greeting from Vertical Greetings (not retiring thank goodness) in pumpkin pie. I glued the outlining piece of watercolor paper to the painted piece and then added that to my card layer. To ensure that the card didn’t sag since the painted piece was small, I added strips of watercolor to keep the height the same and then glued the piece to a daffodil delight cardbase.

I’m really happy with how this came out – a few inks and an aquapainter can work wonders. But if you want these dies, act swiftly. I’m quite stunned at how fast some of the products are moving. The good news is that here in the states, the stamp sets are guaranteed to be available until May 22nd. My sister and friends in the UK don’t even have that – they are on whilst stocks last for everything. So I feel quite privileged!

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

 

Party Animal DSP

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Designer Series Paper always retires with the catalog, and Party Animal DSP is no different. I’ve just checked and this is still available but it is whilst supplies last. So as usual, if you want it, get it quickly.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Party Animal DSP - Endless Birthday Wishes

This is a very simple layout and quick to make but changing the paper and the depth of the band makes it look a whole new card. It’s a useful layout to have in your back pocket for when you need a quick card or when you just want to showcase some designer series paper. Here I cut a piece of the Party Animal DSP to the depth that gave me an elephant and a hedgehog because I like them – simple as that! Then I took a piece of emerald envy card stock and made it 1/8 inch deeper to give a little mat. The sentiment is also in emerald envy – it’s from Endless Birthday Wishes, a stamp set that I have used extensively in the past but is currently on the retiring list. This, like all stamp sets, will be made until May 22nd and then as supplies last up to the end of May.

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

Stylish Stems Framelits Dies

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I love the Stylish Stems Framelits Dies. They are gorgeous and allow you to create some really fun cards and they are on the retiring list and right now, they are in LOW inventory status. They are also 40% off and only $18.60 – a no brainer. Go ahead and snap them up right now! (host code A2XGZS79).

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Stylish Stems Framelits Dies - Endless Birthday Wishes

I’m also showcasing a new (to me) technique – the shaving foam technique. I took a wooden stamp case and sprayed shaving foam into it, and levelled it out somewhat with a chopstick (a plastic knife would be easier). Then I added drops of melon mambo, pumpkin pie and daffodil delight and mixed these up a little with my chopstick and then pressed a piece of whisper white into it. I scraped off the excess and then blotted it with a paper towel. I ended up with a beautiful swirly pattern on the card. I mixed up my foam again and went again. I also did the same technique with dapper denim, pear pizzazz and soft sky and produced the following. You can see the progression from right to left as the ink was more mixed and then on the fourth and fifth pieces I added extra drops, first of soft sky and then pear pizzazz. I didn’t get a picture of the one I’m using today – I loved it so much, it was cut up before I thought!

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

So for today’s card, I cut the flower in the base and then positioned a piece of my patterned paper behind it. Next I cut out the the outline of the small flowers twice in the patterned paper and using two of the framelits, cut out the peek through small flower and then cut it out from the card. I carefully mounted this onto my patterned pieces to produce the two small beautiful flowers. I popped these up on dimensionals. The celebrate comes from the Endless Birthday Wishes (also retiring and at just $16 a fabulously versatile set – I use it all of the time). The card base is actually watermelon wonder because after the colours were mixed, it was the perfect choice!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project and if you go to buy either of these products that you’re lucky enough to find them still in inventory! 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

 

Succulent Garden DSP

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Have you got the Brushstrokes stamp yet? After I saw Sara’s live demonstration on Facebook, I ordered the stamp and played with it last week adding the stripes to a piece of Inside the Lines DSP which was made for colouring. Next I decided to try the same on a piece of colored DSP, so I chose the Succulent Garden DSP.

succulent garden hardwood

The Succulent Garden DSP includes sweet sugarplum in its palette, but not on this piece so I decided to rectify the error! Here I cut my piece of DSP down to size and stamped the Brushstrokes stamp in versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Next I used a sponge dauber to add a fairly light covering of sweet sugarplum to the parts of the DSP not embossed. I was planning to just use one of the almost triangles on my card leaving a fair amount of white space but after I’d stamped my greeting from the Endless Birthday Wishes in old olive, I decided to change the layout. Here it appears as if the celebrates were on a strip across the card whereas they are actually stamped on the cardbase itself with the pieces of DSP added on top.

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