Shaker Frame Birthday Balloons

Yay - Happy Birthday!

We've been celebrating lots of birthdays around here lately. So it's always great to have a few cards ready ahead of time!

While cleaning up my stamp room, I ran across a whole package of Stampin' Up! shaker frames just begging to be used. 

If you don't have shaker frames, you could also use some regular Stampin' Dimensionals around the opening. Dimensional edge pieces work well for this. 

• Start with an 8-1/2 x 5-1/2" piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock, folded in half for the card base. 
• Use the Balloon Framelit and the third smallest Circles Collection Framelit to die cut the balloon and inner circle from a piece of coordinating Designer Series Paper (DSP). The circle that was cut out is used as the second balloon, tucked under the banner. This DSP is from the Stacked With Love paper stack. 

• Cut a piece of window sheet large enough to cover the punched out circle and adhere it to the back of the DSP. Then attach a Shaker frame or dimensionals to the window sheet, being careful that your frame is large enough that it doesn't show through the window, but small enough that it doesn't stick out the sides of the balloon. Leave the covering on the second side of the shaker frame for now.
• Position the punched out circle on the left side, near the top of where your banner will go and adhere it to the card base.
• Attach a piece of gold Baker's twine to the bottom of the shaker balloon.
• Next, stamp your sentiment (HB from Balloon Bash in this case) in Watermelon Wonder ink on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock and die cut it with a Banner Framelit. 
• Pour some sequins or other confetti in a small pile in the center of the space where your shaker balloon will go. Carefully peel off the covering on the second side of the shaker frame and adhere the balloon over the pile of confetti.
• Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the banner and Baker's twine near the bottom of the card, and add a cute clip, if desired.
• When I reached this point, I decided that the top of the card was too plain, so I stamped the 'Yay' balloon from Balloon Bash in Versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. 
• As a final touch, I stamped some circles with a stamp from the Perpetual Birthday Calendar set and heat-embossed them in gold, then added some more circles with Versamark.

I'll have more shaker frames for you later this week, so please come back and visit again.

Happy Birthday to everyone who's celebrating today!

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Easter is Early This Year

It's hard to believe that Easter is just a few short weeks away already! I've been all over the place with my stamping lately - one day a Valentine, another day a couple of birthday cards, maybe a Christmas card, and then this Easter one.

This card actually began with the Blushing Bride/Gold banner, left over from last year's 'Filled With Love' Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up! (I never finished that kit, so there are pieces of it lying around my crafting space - shhh! I know Valentine's Day has come and gone AGAIN.) 

I took my color cues from that banner, making the card base Blushing Bride, and adding a gold Metallic Foil doily. The Petite Petal Flowers are stamped in Blushing Bride ink on Whisper White card stock, and punched out with the coordinating Petite Petals punch. 

The tiniest flower is punched from Blushing Bride card stock with the Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack flower punch.

Another banner was stamped in Basic black ink with "Happy Easter" from the Easter Lamb stamp and cut with a Banner Framelit.

The adorable little lamb from the same stamp set was stamped in Black Stazon on Whisper White card stock, colored with Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake and Cucumber Crush Markers, and then punched with the 2" Circle punch and attached with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Tiny pearls add the finishing touch to the flower centers.

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Thanks!

Stacked With Love for Birthdays

 Black and White Flower Patch

Today I'm moving away from the stencil craze and cleaning up my crafting space. The Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper was still out from making Valentines, so I grabbed a few pieces to create this black and white birthday card.

The card base is 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Crisp Cantaloupe. On top of that I added a 5-1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper white card stock.

The red patterned piece at the bottom is a 4" x 2-1/4" piece cut from the Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper, and on top of that is a 3-5/8" x 1-7/8" black & white patterned paper from the same pack.

For the flower and leaf, I used Basic Black card stock, another pattern from the paper pack, and small pieces of Calypso Coral and Cucumber Crush card stock, along with the Flower Fair Framelits. 

The smallest flower is stamped with two stamps from the Flower Patch set in Real Red ink, cut with the Flower Fair Framelits and attached with a Stampin' Dimensional.

To finish it off, the greeting is stamped in Basic Black, and three tiny pearls are grouped in the center of the small flower.

Not a lot of stamping on this card, but the paper designs add some 'pop' to it.

I had fun creating this card and hope you enjoy it!