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It’s My Party

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That’s the name of the DSP – It’s My Party DSP, not that I’m having an actual party today.I CASEd the idea of this card from Allison Okamitsu. I love the big bold typeface of the word hello paired with the fun It’s My Party DSP.

Stampin' Up! It's My Party DSP and Hello

I used versamark and crushed curry embossing powder for the beautiful word and then stamped the hat in melon mambo on whisper white and quickly snipped it out. I then cut out the hello and a matching mat in crushed curry using a couple of the ovals collections framelits dies. I chose this fun paper for the background and cut out a 4″ by 5 1/4″ piece (you can get 6 of these out of a single piece of the DSP) and adhered it to the crushed curry card base. The only thing popped up today is the little party hat. I stamped the sentiment “birthday girl” on the inside of the card rather than following Allison’s card closely and putting it on the front. And there you have it – a quick and easy  birthday card. Actually I need a masculine one today, I don’t think this quite cuts it so I’m going to my stash for that.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz

Hello Birthday Girl

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Here’s a quick and easy birthday card using some of the smaller stamps in the Sale-a-bration set, Hello. It’s easy for the big hello in the set to overshadow the others.

Stampin' Up! Hello

I knew that I wanted the sentiment to be surrounded (somewhat) by the fun birthday hats so I stamped that first (in rich razzleberry). Then I added the pacific point hats and lastly the rich razzleberry ones. Unusually, all freehand since that seems to suit the hat. I glued the piece of whisper white to a pacific point card base and that was it. Very quick, very CAS (Clean and Simple).

You could buy all the supplies for this card (just click on the scrolling store below) and it would be enough to get the stamp set free. You’d have enough card to make 48 cards with a lot of the whisper white left over and many more options for cards with the stamp set. Sale-a-bration is a fun time! Not only can you earn freebies but if you become a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator during this time, you get extra in your customised starter kit.  There are 11 freebie offerings at the moment with another limited offer batch to arrive on February 16th, the same day that three of the items (including today’s stamp set) are no longer available.

Love Blossoms DSP stack

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I was looking at the rather vast amount of patterned paper that I possess, secure in the knowledge that I’m about to order more in a couple of days and thought that perhaps I need to use more of it. There are some gorgeous patterns and there’s a reluctance to use it but it’s much better to create cards with it and have other people see it – as long as you’re not keeping your cards in shoe boxes of course! So out came a new stack – the Love Blossoms DSP stack which you’ll be able to order on Tuesday. Or today if you sign up as a demonstrator.

Stampin' Up! Love Blossoms DSP and Hello

I really like this pattern but it’s a touch busy for me so I needed a lot of white space to calm it down. I also wanted to play with a new set called Hello, which is one of the sets that you can earn for free during Sale-a-bration (starts January 5th). Every time you spend a multiple of $50 on product, you select a free item. That’s a pretty great deal.

So I stamped the big hello in rose red on whisper white card and decided on garden green as the contrasting colour. The real reason for the garden green is that it’s one of the colours in the stack, although not on this particular paper. I’ve got far more layers than usual but everything seemed to need a little border. I’d definitely say it makes it easier if you decide exactly where the banner is going before you take the paper off the dimensionals. It almost ended up in a skewed and odd position!

See you tomorrow,

Liz