Happy 1st Birthday

Hi everyone,

I've finally had a chance to play with some of the newest Stampin' Up!'s products for the Occasions Mini Catalog. Here's a card I made with the Create a Cupcake stamp set and the Build a Cupcake punch.

How fun! The scalloped circle is from the Scallop Circle #2 die for the Big Shot. The background paper is from the Nursery Suite DSP. I separated the two words of the sentiment adding the "st" to the candle that acts as the number one.

Of course, no little princess should be without glitter so I added some Stickles to the frosting and the candle. A cute little bow tied from a piece of pink seam binding completes the card.

Have a nice stampin' day !!!

For a Funky Mother

Hi everyone,

I swear sometimes I feel like I'm suffering from split personalities. Yesterday's project was all shabby chic and today.... THIS !

Is there a cure for this?! This card is so far away from the frame of mind I was in yesterday. It's all about poppin' vibrant colors and I quite like it. The main color is Melon Mambo and the border at the bottom was punched with a Martha Stewart punch (large double punch arches combo set). I created the background with an image from SU's Fifth Avenue Floral that I repeated, masking along the way to create a grouping of flowers. The image was inked with Whisper White  Craft Ink and outlined with a Copic marker (#RV19). I didn't come up with this technique; I saw it on Nichole Heady's blog. I lovedhow it turned out.

Of course, I had to add some bling. The sentiment was first stamped with Versamark over a piece of vellum then heat embossed it in white. The two score lines at the top and bottom of the vellum helps to mask the score tape underneath (another idea I stole from Nichole!).

So now I just have to find a funky mom to give this to on Mother's Day!

Have a nice stampin' day !!!