Stampin’ Up! 25th Anniversary Best of Birthdays Blog Hop

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Thanks for joining me tonight!  I’m stop #3 on the RemARKable Blog Tour!  You probably came from my good friend Linda’s blog Ink Stamp and Scrap – I so love her work!

Have you ever just taken one look at a stamp and had a card just pop into your head?  Well, that’s what happened to me with this stamp set – Best of Birthdays.  Best of Birthdays is Stampin’ Up!’s 25th Anniversary stroll down memory lane stamp set.  It’s the first of it’s kind and each set has a fresh, never before released image in it!  The main image in my card today is that new image – and I just love it.

Creative Tips:

  • I knew the moment I mounted this stamp that I wanted to emboss it with the new Pewter Embossing Powder.  And boy was I right – it’s stunning, especially on black.
  • I punched out the image using our Extra Large Oval Punch.
  • To give a little more detail to the image, I stamped it again, tone on tone in Cherry Cobbler on the 3/4” banner.  I made the banner end using a 1” Square Punch and popped it up on Dimensionals.

  • I just love this paper from the Sycamore Street Collection in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  You can still get this amazing set of Designer Series Paper for free with a $50 purchase.
  • The Pattern is rich in design and detail, so I wanted to pop it just a little by adding the 1/16” black matte.
  • I decided to keep the Summer Starfruit as the main color and added a panel behind the DSP.  I like the contrast between the Starfruit, Black and Cobbler.  They are all rich, so it works.
  • For just the right finishing touch, I added a few Pearl Basic Jewels at the top and bottom.  I wanted to kick them up a notch so I altered every other one in size.

  • To keep my proportions just right, I added five at the top and only three at the bottom since the banner and greeting were at the bottom.
  • Tip – To place my pearls just right I use my Paper-Piercer to transfer them from the sheet to my project.  They don’t remain stuck to the metal of the point.  It works great!

I love the final look of this card.  The best part, it literally came together in minutes.  It’s elegant, sophisticated and simple.  You have to love that!

Next up you will see what our next RemARKable Blogger Melissa Bollinger has creatively put together for you on our next Blog Tour stop – just click the 25th Anniversary button below.  Enjoy, thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

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Creative Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets – Best of Birthdays Ink – Versamark, Cherry Cobbler  Paper – Summer Starfruit, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Sycamore Street (Sale-a-bration FREE item) Cool Tools –1” Square Punch, Extra Large Oval Punch, Pewter Embossing Powder, Heat Tool The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals, Pearl Basic Jewels

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Happy New Year – Celebrate 2013!

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It’s that time of year again – New Year’s Eve!!  Out with the old and in with the new.  2012 was an interesting year.  Personally and in work I thrived this past year and am just getting started – look out 2013!  The world was an interesting place these past 365 days.  Some glorious, and some downright frightening!  All in all, I think it was a good year.  That being said, I’m happy and thrilled to ring in a bright new opportunity for growth, prosperity, love, friendship and CREATIVITY!!!!

For my final post of 2012, I decided to remake one of my all time favorite cards from 2012.  This was the card I designed for my sweet mother in-law Vigie.  I wanted to give it a new twist – the all new Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper Sycamore Street and a new size – 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”.  Enjoy my new twist on my favorite. 🙂

Celebrate your 2012 and Celebrate the new horizons you have yet to explore in 2013!

Creative tips:

  • Keep your mattes uniform.  Here I played with some 1/16” mattes.  I did switch up the colors since the Sycamore Street DSP was so colorful. 
  • Strips of card stock are great fillers for an odd amount of space.  Here you see Tangerine Tango 3/8” strips behind the greeting.  They added a fun element to this birthday card and are a great way to use up scraps!
  • I had a strange amount of white the the top two corners, so I added a little piercing.  To continue this flow I decided to add a smaller amount to the corners of the Old Olive Matte as well.

  • To create the banner ends, use a 1” square punch.
  • My original idea was to stamp the greeting on several sheets of cardstock and cut out some of the letters, giving the greeting a fun feel, but since the card had so many colors already, I decided to stick with the Clean and Simple look of just one color – Rich Razzleberry.
  • To create a little pop, the Greeting Accent Framelit is popped up by using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • When adding Pearl Basic Jewels to your project – use a paper-piercer or Paper Snips tip to lift them from the sheet.  That way you will easily grab the glue dot beneath the pearl and have a much easier time placing it on your project.

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Stamp Sets – Seasonal Sayings (128009) Paper – Sycamore Street DSP (SAB – Free Perk) Whisper White (10730), Old Olive (100702), Rich Razzleberry (115316), Summer Starfruit (126839), Tangerine Tango (111349), Chocolate Chip (102128) Ink – Rich Razzleberry (126950) Cool Tools – 1” Square Punch (124094), Apothecary Accents Framelits (127003), Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187) The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)

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