Birthday Donuts

My baby girl turned 39(!) last week, and green is her favorite color, so this is the card that I made for her. That girl loooves donuts. (She gets that from her father, who is also a donut connoisseur.) To give you an idea of just how much she loves those sweet fried nuggets, she and her husband had a stack of donuts for their wedding cake. With a lotus blossom twirling open sparkler candle on top. It was epic! And she has a donut tattoo on her ankle, too.

So when I first laid eyes on the Birthday Goodness stamp set in the 2019-20 Annual Catalog, I knew I absolutely had to get it. Even if I only used it once for her birthday card, it would be money well spent. (But I will be using it more than that, of course!)

I used a retired SU border punch and the straight stitched die from the Stitched Labels Dies to created the pretty scalloped border. I wish I could remember where I saw the card that I used for inspiration, so I could give credit!

I did fudge a bit with the coloring and used Copic markers for the chocolate frosting. I needed a rich brown, which SU doesn't have. (Okay Stampin' Up! When will we have an Early Espresso Combo set???)

Anyhoo, here is the birthday girl with her birthday donuts. She runs a LOT, so she can indulge in donuts when the urge strikes. So proud of my baby girl!

Product List

Birthday Goodness Cling Stamp Set

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

Stitched So Sweetly Dies

Stitched Labels Dies

Scripty 3D Embossing Folder

The Stamp Review Crew - Sale-A-Bration!

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's Sale-A-Bration edition! The "Crew" is made up of a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Linda Callahan's blog, Stampin' Seasons, welcome! There are eleven of us today, and I can't wait to see what everyone chose to highlight!

My choice is something coming in a couple weeks - the Sale-A-Bration Second Release! I really like the Tags in Bloom photopolymer stamp set, and positively adore the new specialty DSP, so that's my share today. This is the stamp set...

And here is the first card made with it. The floral tag was stamped in black, with Lovely Lipstick as the filler stamp for the blooms and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves.

Soft Sea Foam So Very Vellum is the background, with Pear Pizzazz DSP as the mat behind the image. I did fussy cut the floral tag and single blossom, but the stitched tag was punched with the Label Me Lovely punch. Another bit of Sale-A-Bration product is the So Saffron metallic baker's twine, part of the first SAB offering.

The next card uses a greeting from Tags in Bloom, and both specialty DSPs! The Pool Party vellum is the background on this card, and I must say, this vellum is fabulous - you can't see the adhesive! No more trying to hide glue dots behind embellishments, LOL!

I used sponge daubers to add Bermuda Bay and Mossy Meadow to the Flowering Foils DSP, then fussy cut and popped the blossoms up on dimensionals. The greeting was cut with a Stitched So Sweetly die, and some sequins from the Metallic Baker's Twine & Sequins were added to complete the card.

Up next is Kelly Kent at My Papercraft Journey. I can't wait to see what she made!

SAB Second Release Sneak Peek

You know what a paper ho ... I mean, collector I am, so as soon as I saw the two new Specialty DSPs coming in the Sale-A-Bration second release next month, I HAD to get them, and I combined them both on this card!

The first one is called Flowering Foils and it has twelve sheets (12" x 12", three each of four designs) in beautiful rose gold and silver foil. The designs are shown below - click to enlarge for detail.

The second specialty DSP is called So Very Vellum, and each sheet is embossed with dots in a grid pattern. It is also 12" x 12", and contains two sheets each of Pool Party, Purple Posy, and Soft Sea Foam.

I colored one of the large blossoms with Stampin' Blends and fussy cut around it. Since I was in a hurry, I colored the background behind the blossom with Pool Party, so the white would blend in with the Pool Party vellum, rather than meticulously cut around each little detail.

The 'thank you' greeting is from the New Wonders stamp set, and was the perfect size for this card!

I'm giving you a heads-up; just like the Golden Honey Specialty DSP that is part of the current SAB offering, these are going to be VERY popular, so get them sooner rather than later! You can choose either one for free with a $50 purchase starting March 3rd. Oh, and there will also be three new stamp sets for the SAB 2nd Release, as well. More on that later!

Product List

New Wonders Cling Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Mango Melody Combo Pack Stampin' Blends

So Saffron Light Stampin’ Blends Marker

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Bronze Stampin' Blends Marker

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

The Stamp Review Crew - Forever Blossoms

Welcome to the Stamp Review Crew's Forever Blossoms edition! The "Crew" is made up of a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the world who pick a stamp set or bundle to highlight on the first and third Mondays of each month, with a bonus hop if there is a fifth Monday. If you landed here from Nikki Spencer's blog, My Sandbox, welcome! There are nine of us today, so follow the links for more inspiration!

The Forever Blossoms stamp set and bundle are found on page 16 of the Mini catalog and are part of the gorgeous Parisian Blossoms Suite.

I wanted to make a sweet card for a wedding, and this suite (see what I did there?) is perfect!

My original idea was to cover the entire front with the Parisian Flourish embossed panel, but then I had the problem of the greeting kind of getting lost. I chopped off part so the Flirty Flamingo base showed and heat embossed the greeting in white.

But THEN it looked kind of ... choppy ... with a harsh edge. So I trimmed off a bit more and added a Delicate Lace die cut edge. That did the trick!

And, of course I had to emboss the envelope flap to match! I love the the Spring feel, and Punxutawney Phil predicts an early Spring this year, yay!

Up next is Jay Soriano, at Mitosu Crafts.

Product List

Forever Blossoms Cling Stamp Set (English)

Forever Blossoms Bundle (English)

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

Sponge Daubers

Parisian Flourish 3D Embossing Folder

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

Noble Peacock Rhinestones

Delicate Lace Dies

Versamark Pad

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

Heat Tool (Us And Canada)