A Birthday CAS Entry for MOJO Monday, Colour Me Card and Seize the Birthday Challenges

I'm loving the photopolymer set, Endless Birthday Wishes, from Stampin' Up! The sentiments are varied and fun and the images of the cake and speckles are easy to integrate into simple, but sweet, card designs.

The Mojo Monday challenge for this week was this fun sketch, in a "Tall and Skinny" format:

I also entered this card in a Colour Me Card Challenge, for which we were to use simply Calypso Coral and a neutral (I used Crumb Cake). Stay tuned for another project this week that I'll be entering.

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Endless Birthday Wishes (137553)

Papers:  Calypso Coral (122925), Crumb Cake (120953) and Whisper White (100730) card stocks

Inks:  Calypso Coral (126983) and Crumb Cake (126975) Classic Inks

Tools/Accessories:  Big Shot (113439), Decorative Dots TIEF (133520), Linen Thread (104199) and Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

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Finally Back at It in the Studio...

It's been a LLLLOOOONNNNGGG time since I've been able to get down to the business of creating in my studio.  After a busy soccer weekend (and a week full of subbing as the school librarian and three Parent Nights), I got to enjoy some "Me" time.  Here's a peek at what I've been doing.  I'll flesh out each project in posts later this week...

Father's Day {Paper Pumpkin} Delivery Stepped up for a Birthday Card!

Today’s project comes to us courtesy of the May delivery of my Paper Pumpkin subscription.  This fun kit came with supplies to make four full-sized cards and two smaller notecards (envelopes included for all!).  The stamps include a “Happy birthday” sentiment as well as “Happy Father’s Day.”  There are also smaller stamps with “Bro,” “Dad,” and “Son.”

Here’s a {stepped up} version of the cards, made with the materials from the kit as well as “happy” from the newest photopolymer set, Endless Birthday Wishes.  I also used my 1 3/4-inch Circle Punch upon which to base the sentiment stamping (sponged with Wild Wasabi ink to make it stand out).  The Soft Suede Baker’s Twine came in the kit, but I added a scrap of Linen Thread (it actually came from my April Mother’s Day Paper Pumpkin delivery).

Paper Pumpkin kits provide a quick and successful creative escape and then once the projects are complete, you’ve got yourself a fun little set of versatile stamps!  I have really enjoyed both creating the projects as directed as well as altering and {stepping up} the project to my own design.

Need another reason to try Paper Pumpkin?  You can prepay for Paper Pumpkin subscriptions and if your entire pre-shipping/tax order totals $150+, you can also earn Hostess Benefits (these prepaid subscriptions can be combined with merchandise orders)!

Artist's Flair:

• I sponged Wild Wasabi Classic Ink on the 1 3/4-inch Circle piece to make it stand out against the larger Very Vanilla flagged piece.

• My Paper Snips came in handy when it came to making the flagged ends on the Wild Wasabi "Happy" piece.

• Tiny knots at the ends of the Linen Thread and Soft Suede Baker's Twine tidy up the ends of the bows.

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Stamps:  Hey, Man (May, 2014 Paper Pumpkin), Endless Birthday Wishes (137553)

Papers:  Contents from Hey, Man kit, Very Vanilla (101650) and Wild Wasabi Card Stock (108641)

Inks:  Wild Wasabi (126959) and Marina Mist Classic Ink (a Stampin' Spot is included in the May kit) (full-sized pad = 126962)

Accessories & Tools:  1 3/4-inch Punch (119850), Linen Thread (104199), Paper Snips (103579) and Stampin' Sponges (101650)