Heart's Delight Cards: Feminine Birthday

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Saturday, May 8, 2021

CCM Saturday Blog Hop - Fave New In Color

Today's Create With Connie & Mary Saturday Blog Hop theme is our Favorite New In Color. Surprisingly, I've become infatuated with Pale Papaya - at least for this week, LOL!

I needed to make a birthday card for a friend in Florida, and wanted to use the Pansy Petals DSP because of that lovely Pale Papaya gingham. I didn't even need to stamp the pansies - they are on one of the patterns in the pack and fit the coordinating Pansy Dies! The only stamping was the Happy Birthday on front and the sentiment inside.

Did you notice the brushed gold metallic specialty paper behind the pansies? It has a beautiful texture, similar to the now-retired Subtle 3D embossing folder. The gold really sets off the Pale Papaya and Calypso Coral pansies.

I added some Pale Papaya and White 1/2" Ribbon backed with some Very Vanilla 3/8" Scalloped Lace Trim to make the card extra feminine. The pansy centers were topped with matching rhinestones from the 2021-2023 In Color Jewels

That's my share for today. Now click the Next button to jump over to Libby Fens at Libby Stamps, or the Back button to see what Mary Brown at Stamper Camper's Corner has made!

Stampin' Up! products used:

Pansy Patch Bundle
Pale Papaya and Evening Evergreen Cardstock
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper and Gold & Rose 6" x 6" Metallic Specialty Paper
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine and Layering Circles Dies
Pale Papaya and White 1/2" Ribbon, Very Vanilla 3/8" Scalloped Lace Trim, 2021-2023 In Color Jewels
Stampin' Seal and Stampin' Dimensionals

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Twice as Big on Birthdays!

The Big on Birthdays stamp set makes it so easy to whip up a quickie birthday card. I don't know why I didn't jump on the "big greeting" bandwagon until very recently, but I am all over them now!

Today's post shows two very different looks, using the same stamp and card sketch, but different colors and papers. The card above would make a great masculine birthday card. The Hardwood stamp was used for the background (stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake cardstock), along with a bit of linen-look DSP from the Serene Scenery DSP Stack. The greeting was heat embossed with copper embossing powder, and a bit of Cucumber Crush Striped Ribbon added a touch of color along with the Mint Macaron faux die-cut bow.

The card in the tutorial goes for a more modern feminine look with black, gold, and Melon Mambo.

Here's the How To:
Greeting: Whisper White 2-5/8" x 2-7/8"
Mat: Basic Black 2-3/4" x 3"
Bow: Gold Foil 2" x 2"
DSP background: Pop of Pink Specialty DSP 4" x 5-1/4"
Coordinating DSP Strip: 1-3/4" x 4"
Ribbon: Melon Mambo 1/8" Stitched Ribbon 5-1/2"
Card base: Basic Black 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" scored & folded at 4-1/4"

Adhere DSP Strip to DSP background 1" from bottom. Handy Hint: The Grid Paper is a very useful tool for this!

Wrap ribbon around DSP strip 3/8" from bottom of strip, and adhere ends to back. Then adhere all to card base.

Die cut gold foil using bow in Balloon Pop-Up Thinlits.

Stamp greeting in black on white cardstock and adhere to black mat. Adhere die-cut bow behind.

Add dimensionals to back and adhere to card base.

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Falling Flowers Birthday

Pinterest is such a great source of inspiration for me. Far too frequently I am in a time crunch, my mojo flew out the window, and I'm left floundering around for ideas. I loved the inspiration card, but wanted to make it with a few slight changes. The most obvious change is the color of the blossom, but I also chose to use just one bloom, and added pearls for interest. And while I liked the CAS simplicity of the original, I wanted to step it up a wee bit, so I used some Fabulous Foil Designer Acetate in the window.