Celebration Card Using Stampin' Up! products for a Colour Challenge

Hi all

Well, get me...I've managed to take part in another challenge for the second week running!  It is World Card Making Day so it had to be done :)

The colour challenge is from the CAS Colours & Sketches Blog

Challenge #144-colours

The gold embossing makes the Build a Birthday stamp set perfect for any celebration including a wedding.

I stamped the 'cake' in soft sky onto whisper white, cut it out and layered it with dimensionals. That served two purposes 1) to add interest and dimension 2) to ensure no gold embossing powder stuck to the soft sky elements.

If you have any questions regarding this project let me know! 

Esther xx

The sentiment is from Sweet Essential which is now retired. 

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Teenage birthday wishes - Stampin' Up!

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Can't believe that my little Nephew (who is in fact taller than me!) is going to be 13 this week. Obviously that calls for a card. He always opens his cards from me with a 'I hope this is handmade' Well of course!

Here's how to make it:

• Create a standard A6 card from Smoky Slate card 
• Score the front panel in half and fold back, creasing the fold with a bone folder
• Cut a piece of DSP to fit the front panel then use the other side for the inside of the card 10x14.5cm
• Cut 2 circles using circles framelits one from Whisper White and the other Bermuda Bay
• Stamp candles in Bermuda Bay, Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush then the flame in Daffodil delight. I find using a piercing mat under your card will give a sharper stamped image when working with photopolymer stamps.
• Cut the 13 from Cucumber Crush using File Tabs die and glue with fine line of Multi Purpose Liquid Glue
• Put Glue on Bermuda Bay circle on half the circle and glue to front panel
• Add the stamped circle with dimensionals
• Stamp Birthday Wishes in Cucumber Crush trim to size and create fishtail ends with Paper Snips, adhere to stamped image with dimensionals

I glued a piece of Whisper white on the back to add my message and stamped greeting.

Esther xx

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Stampin' Up! Catalogue Kick Off Party Fun!

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I had a great time on Saturday celebrating the brand new Stampin' Up! catalogue in style. I definitely had a house full and was very grateful that my Mum was on hand to serve the cakes and make the drinks!

We made 3 projects:

One of the above cards

Tag

and a chocolate bar

One of the main attractions was my 'shop' with every retired stamp set, ribbon, inks, buttons and more for sale. The best part? Every £ spent my ladies got for FREE out of the NEW catalogue! As you can imagine this was very popular, the only difficult part was choosing. We want it all, right??

Esther xx

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