Stampin' Up! Inspiration Saturday and a giveaway!

Hello everyone! I’m so excited to share on May’s edition of Stampin’ Up! Saturday. This week I have some birthday projects to share with you. Birthday cards and gift packaging are always handy to have on hand, right?

My projects today feature a bundle of products including the Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies and the Party with Cake Stamp Set (available in Clear Mount and Wood Mount).

I made four different birthday cards as well as a gift bag and gift box to share today.

For the first card, I die cut the pop-up from Watercolor Paper and trimmed it away from the pop-up portion. I then used Aqua Painters and some ink refills to give it a touch of watercolor. It makes a beautiful focal point for the front of a card, don’t you think?

I also decorated the inside of each of my cards. I love the fun sayings in this stamp set. I used the cute patterned papers from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack to accent my cards with. I used the Cherry On Top Cotton Paper Assortment with the Fringe Scissors and some Crushed Curry Baker's Twine to complete the card front.

For my second card, I heat embossed the greeting in white on three different colors of cardstock (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Mint Macaron), and then cut them into strips. I used some more patterned paper and twine, along with the It's My Party Enamel Dots in matching colors to complete the card front.

On the inside, I used the pop-up die as intended, and added some more white heat embossing to highlight it. I also backed the entire Melon Mambo die cut with some yellow patterned paper.

The third project is made with the Gift Box Punch Board and some Sahara Sand Cardstock. I used more of the yellow cotton paper fringed, patterned paper and the wonderful Baker's Twine Combo Pack. The greeting is stamped in Versamark Ink onto Watercolor Paper then heat embossed in white; I then water-colored over each word of the greeting in a different color. This is a great way to make your greeting stand out. I also used the Ornate Tag Topper Punch for the top of the tag. That punch makes it so easy to make a cute tag with any 2” strip of paper!

Next I used the leftover pink letters from the second card above to start the decorations for this gift bag. I selected seven different patterns from the paper pack, one for the main panel, and then six others in 1” strips that are fringed. I started at the bottom and adhered them one at a time, about ¾” above the previous strip. Then I just adhered it to the front of the gift bag. It’s a simple project, but it has a big impact!

For my fourth project, I wanted to make a card that would work for a masculine birthday, so I left off the bright pink and stuck with more neutral colors. I water-colored over my greeting again, but this time it was heat embossed in black. I added a little fringe, this time using the 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper. In addition to making personalized envelopes, it’s thinner than normal patterned paper so it works well with the Fringe Scissors too.

Here is the inside of the same card. See those fun sentiments at work again? There is a cute little punch (part of a pack) that makes cutting out the candles a breeze.

Ok, I have one more card I just had to share! I made it 4” x 4”. It may be small, but don’t let the size fool you—it packs a big punch! I added a layer of Vellum Cardstock over the patterned paper so the balloons and greeting would stand out more, and used a sewing machine for some stitching around the edge before adhering it to the card base. The balloons were punched out using the Balloon Bouquet Punch, and under the greeting I used some of the It's My Party Designer Washi Tape. The balloons and greeting were adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals for more depth.

The inside is fancy, but it was easy to create with the second pop-up die. I just added some stamped confetti, and let the die stand out against the Melon Mambo Cardstock.

It has been so fun to share these projects with you on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. I hope you keep the Party with Cake bundles in mind the next time you need to make some extra special birthday cards or gift packaging. Thanks for having me!

– Marisa Gunn

Thank you so much Marisa! We love how you've used these products and shared the versatility of them. We also love that our friends from Stampin' Up! would love to share the Party with Cake clear mount bundle with a lucky SCT reader! For an opportunity to win, be sure to leave a comment below by May 31st! We will announce the winner on Stampin' Up!'s next inspiration Saturday on June 4th! Good luck!!!

Last month Stampin' Up! offered one lucky reader the Cutie Pie Thinlit Dies!

And the winner is....

Nice to see the versatility of this die set. It is one I've passed over and now I'll have to give it a second look. Or perhaps I will just won one :) Posted by: Misty Murphy | April 09, 2016 at 08:48 PM

Misty congratulations! Please be sure to send your mailing address and telephone number to catherine@scrapbookandcards.com and we'll send that off to Stampin' Up! 

Please join us again on June 4th for Stampin' Up!'s next inspiration Saturday! Be sure to leave a comment below for this month's prize too!

~ Catherine

Comments

[TracyM #6773]

HIP HIP HOORAY
I'm INSPIRED today!!!
THANK YOU for sharing and for the chance to win :)

[Sue D]

Very festive for birthdays--love the pop up feature.

[Andrea H]

Oh I can see the possibilities with these dies from cake to pizza and then icecream cone. Lovely jubley. Lol.

[lisa808]

Thanks for the birthday inspiration.

[Ann barnes]

Wow, there are so many fabulous ideas packed into this blog. Love this set and how wonderful to use so many of the different components to create pop up cards! Would love to have the opportunity to work with this set- it is truly special!

[Gabriella]

What a great set. I love making birthday cards for my kids and their friends. This set is versitile

[Jean Marmo]

Love these cards! This set would really impress my friends and family!

[Mel H]

This is a great set and love the cards with it.

[Tracey]

So much birthday fun!! I love it all!

[Arlene]

Love these dies - & the cards too! As usual, great inspiration!

[Eveline van Heijst]

Love the inspiration. It looks fab.

[Ausra Bicknell]

Stampin' Up really knows how to celebrate!!

[Dawn Skene]

So many great projects with this bundle! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Miriam Prantner]

What a great kit! I am loving those dies!!!

[Cheryl Schuessler]

This awesome die set offers so many possibilities! I just got a Big Shot and don't have many dies to use with it, so I would love to win this fabulous giveaway.

[Bevb]

These cards are beautiful and so cleaver. I love the way you used up the letters for the bag. With all the birthday cards I make, this prize would come in very handy and I could try to recreate some of your cards. I love dies they are my favorite thing to use and with stamps.....perfect!!!!! Thanks for this chance to win such a great prize. I have a few Stampin' Up products and love them. Love those cards and other projects. Happy Stampin!

[SusanDR]

I love those pop-up cards! What a great set. Everyone has a birthday, so this is an excellent set to have. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!

[Kerri C.]

I love all these ideas. What a fun set for birthdays. I think the tag is my absolute favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!

[barb macaskill]

I am so in love with the Pop Up Birthday Cake die! Totally awesome! They all rock but that is my favorite! What a great assortment of cards using them. Whoever wins is going to be VERY happy! Hopefully that will be ME!! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win these awesome goodies!

[Linda Tupper]

Thank you Marisa for sharing your lovely creations. Beautiful stamps and dies to create great birthday cards, projects with.

[Shelley P]

Love the festive, pop up card! Thanks for the inspiration.

[Janet Cobb]

Wow, love the inspiration today! And the opportunity to win some great products!

[Sharon P.]

Wonderful cards!

[Tammy paul]

Wow what a lot of great ideas. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win

[Heather Parry]

Great cards with lots of ideas, especially for the pop-up cards!