Archive for Birthday
Bigz XL Die ‘Look Here’ Birthday Pop Up Card
Posted: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 | CommentsCan’t view the video? CLICK HERE to view it on my site (it won’t go through via email).
I’m having fun with the Bigz XL Die ‘Pop Up Look Here’ die for the Sizzix Big Shot… so much so that I wanted to share a short video clip on putting it together (for those of us who won’t read the directions that came with it!). It is very difficult for me to publish a video. Besides from the obvious (being a video challenged individual), I am terribly ‘Type A’ person (READ: it must be perfect) before I will publish it. I need to let go of that (I’m working on it!).
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The card was made with Melon Mambo (pink) and Crushed Curry (yellow) and the Razzleberry Lemonade designer series papers. The sets are the new ‘On a Pedestal’ set (#113814, set of 7) and the (dormant) Big Birthday Candle.
Immediately below are two small shots of the cards and under that a cool slideshow of the card at several angles (click here if you can’t see the slideshow).
I hope you enjoy this… I had a LOT of fun. I am designing a Christmas pop up card for a ‘Christmas In July’ workshop I am doing on Saturday evening for one of my FAVORITE customers. Okay, don’t you need a ‘Christmas’ themed in-home workshop? Contact me if you are in the So. Chester Co. PA/northeast MD/DE area!
So… how did you like it?!
Seaside Birthday Card
Posted: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | Comments
I just absolutely love this set of seashells… and unfortunately it doesn’t appear to be being replaced in the new catalog…
Seaside #113512 features 5 shells and is $25.95. You can view the set online in my post last week.
The card is whisper white and the pink toile print is from Bella Birds designer series paper (also retiring June 30th).
The body of the card is Bordering Blue and sponged with White Crafter’s ink. The shells on pink paper were embossed in white and sponged in Pink Pirouette.
The conch shell was embossed in white on Whisper White paper and sponged with daubers in Pink Pirouette and Bordering Blue inks.
The greeting and other shells were stamped in White crafter’s ink.
I earned Stampin’ Up!’s cruise as of last Friday and believe me, it has been *years* since I’ve earned it on them amount of sales. So, the good new is that even in this tough economic times, my sales are higher than they’ve been in years.
Isn’t that one more reason to consider direct sales as a business? You’ll LOVE your boss and you can’t be fired.
Crazy for Cupcakes Birthday Card
Posted: Friday, May 15th, 2009 | Comments
This is a money/gift card holder that I’ve done in the past but with an adorable ‘old fashioned soda shoppe’ type exterior!
I have seen the Candy Lane Designer Series Paper (#113980, $9.95) used as a window overhang like this and decided that it would be the perfect cover for a birthday money gift.
I had a lot of feedback about my post the other day (See: Rose Accordion Bookmark Card) and the dimensions for it. I have updated that post to include more details, click here to view it again.
Crazy for Cupcakes Gift Card holder
Posted: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | CommentsThis is one of the birthday sets that is 20% off this month for Stampin’ Up!’s birthday sale! I let the DSP Bella Rose determine the color of the stamped images (I had a bunch of scraps left over from cards I was making).
It’s a *very* simple gift card holder to make and it took a VERY small amount of the designer series paper… in fact, I used the wide grosgrain to hide the fact that they don’t quite meet up under the ribbon!
The background (Chocolate Chip) is 4 x 4 1/2 inches and the So Saffron is 3 3/4 x 11 inches scored at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2 inches (folded up and punched with a half circle and held closed with mini silver brads).
The front of this gift holder is only 3 3/4 x 4 inches, so you can literally use scraps for it (as well as the punched elements again are from scraps).
This is easy enough for kids to make for their friends. I let my kids make this type of thing on ‘rainy days’ and use them for parties they go to (and then they are made already!).
