Birthday Candles Wheelin'

 

Harry & Jasper have to be a part of everything! - as I manage to get some shots to post of the cards I made using the Birthday Candles Wheel. I used the new In colour Markers, direct to rubber, to ink up part of the wheel. Label Love stamp set has an Artisan punch to bundle & save 15%, see pg 32, love it 'cause it covers all occasions. Wow! to the Gingham Wheel inked up here in Strawberry Slush, love it! & the clay button looks cute stitched in Coastal Cabana Marker. Some Dazzling Diamonds added on the flames.

Pinwheel Twirly Birthday

This little Pinwheel Sizzlits Die is super cute & at only $8.95 worth it, yes it's easy to just cut a square piece & DIY but the holes are pre-cut on this die so less fiddly & of course precise cutting.
I attached the lolly stick with a mini glue dot that inserted into one of the silver mini brad prongs & another to stick it to the card front. How cute are the clouds, Cloudy Day embossing folder & I adore the "Wishes Your Way" stamp set, perfect for the pinwheel but still versatile for many other stamps. The rick rack is die cut from Tasteful Trim Bigz XL & the DSP "Sycamore Street" is from SAB as is the gorgeous Island Indigo Ribbon -only a few more days to get this pack for free!

Memorable Moments Summer Smooches birthday

A little sneak Peak of "Memorable Moments" Stamp set with Summer Smooches DSP.
I used the Diagonal Plate on background of the 15th card, colours used co-ordinate with Summer Smooches DSP, lots of Brights to choose from, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo, Real Red, Tangerine Tango & Whisper White.

Pocketful of Posies masculine Birthday card

As I browse my pics I am surprised at how many projects I haven't posted on my blog, so before some of the products used retire I will share a few favourites & schedule them to be posted while I'm away.
This card is a layout shown to me by Jane & I love it, here I have used Pocketful of Posies DSP for my SSC make-n-take a few months ago.
Other ingredients: 'Happiest Birthday Wishes" Hostess set, Night of Navy, Poppy Parade & Whisper White CS, Night of Navy ink, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Espresso Twine & Jumbo 5/16" silver brad.

Up, Up & Away

 In the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalogue there's a product suite called BIG TOP which "Up, Up & Away" stamp set is from & they are all so much fun. Fabulous for kids & adults alike, so bright & cheerful although can look great also in Regals & masculine like in pic 2,. The first one I meant to give Matt for Valentines -oops, we don't celebrate it anyway so not feeling guilty. I will just change the sentiment to Happy Birthday & give it to him then, LOL. The second card was a design for my class & I loved it so I made several for family & friends Birthdays this month. The Postage stamp actually swings which is attached with a mini brad to the Cherry Cobbler layer. I used the Striped embossing folder on the Not Quite navy piece & the card base is Confetti Cream -I love that this is a thicker gauge than the Very Vanilla CS & use it or Naturals Ivory as a card base. Confetti White is a great alternative to Whisper White. I love the White & Vanilla for stamping crisp clean images & no layer cards but if you want a sturdier card then try the alternatives mentioned. I'll be back tomorrow to show you Teya's Birthday card in the same suite, "Under the Big Top".

1st Birthday cards

I purchased some more embossing folders for my Cuttlebug (can't wait for Bigshot to get here!) & this Paisley one was perfect for this Simple chipboard 1st Birthday card, Colours are Piroutte Pink & Riding Hood Red on Whisper White. I inked up the chipboard with white craft ink first & heat set to dry, I then inked it in a lttle Riding Hood Red purposely leaving some White so that when I dazzled it with Heat & Stick powder & Diamonds it wasn't to deep in colour. The scalloping I did with the scallop edge Punch & the card is finished off with Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon & retired Hodgepodge Buckle.

The original #1 chipboard I dazzled was on raw chipboard which wasn't girly enough & even though I have no 1st Birthday boys to give it to but I wanted to use it & the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I cased this layout & loved it so much that I made 4 other cards (I already posted 2) -it's a great inspiration to start with a layout!













Tea Party DS papers for the monogram cards below were also perfect for the Christening & Teya's Reconciliation card. The T & S are embossed in silver & Dazzled with Diamonds with 2 way glue pen. Tea Party DS papers has Basic Grey in it so I mounted the letters on the Grey then onto the Scalloped Pretty in Pink & added Silver Brads to tie it all together.
Thanks Andrea for making it easy for me to make these beautiful cards!

Bugs & Kisses dream Big card

I've had this set for so long & always love the chance to pull it out for kids B'day cards. I made this one last month when I got the new in colours & used Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point & Tangerine Tango with Chocolate Chip & Kraft. Happy Happy Birthday was inked in Kiwi & wheeled onto the top of the Kraft Cardfront, I crimped the Chocolate strip & set eyelets for the Chocolate Ribbon to thread through, I was going to attach the sentiment "sending worm wishes on your bug day" or "bugs and kisses" that are in the stamp set but Teya suggested it may be a bit babyish for Lewis's 6th Birthday & Dream Big was better suited!!! so we went with that. The use of punches made this card come together real easy.

All About Birthdays card

I had to make quite a few cards this past week so a few had to be simple ones. I pulled out my "All About Birthdays" wheel & the only jumbo cartridge I have suitable for a boy card is Tempting Turquoise so it was colour choice chosen! I usually use my ink pad to ink up my wheels, but I wanted easy!
I also used the little star from "Nursery Necessities" inked in Real Red & punched out with the small star, I love the way you get a little border around the star. I also used the large to Star Punch & a star brad from the Pretties kit. I outlined the flames on the candle with my red Marker & added a little Dazzling Diamonds, I also cut & adhered strips of Real Red CS to the candles, nice & easy -just the way I wanted it!

Apple Cider spinner card

I'm on my second pack of the Apple Cider DS papers -just love them. During the past 2 weeks (6 workshops in Sydney) I've had great comments on my spinner cards, so thought it appropriate to post another & you can view the tutorial in this previous post here. I used a styled siver brad & my 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches, Happy Birthday is from "It's Your Birthday" stamp set & thats all I've stamped, these cards are fun to make & to recieve!

Wild about Polka Dots & Petals

A patterned paper look achieved so easily with "Polka Dots & Petals" The colours are Rose Red, Bashful Blue & So Saffron, The elephant is from "Wild About You".

Wild about you!

Happy about "Wild about you" not retiring!
These were one of the designs for my custom class last month, I meant to post sooner, but with the retired list out & the New Catalogue coming, I had forgotton all about these. Riveting is retiring, making way for new hostess sets, I will post a card soon featuring the new level 3 hostess set.

Snappy Birthday

It's almost time to say goodbye to the Spring Mini Catalogue. Crab & Company (a lot of fun) will hopefully make it back next year in the 2008-2009 Idea Book & Catalogue? I was inspired by the sample in the mini with this card, just can't believe it's taken me nearly 4 months to actually make it.

A super quick kids Birthday Card

All Bold Brights on Whisper White, I used "Bugs & Kisses" (a must have stamp set if you have little ones) I often personalise envelopes & here I have used Big Deal Alphabet for the M (the little beetle sits nicelely on top! ), the rest of the letters are Collage Alpahabet this set is fantastic 'cause you don't have to stamp straight, they are meant to be off centre & look great!