Birthday Greetings

Birthday Memories – Freshly Made Sketches 288

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I interrupt this blog post to share some exciting news…A BRAND NEW CHALLENGE!!! I am honored to have been chosen to be on the design team for this awesome new challenge and we are working to bring lots of inspiration to you!! Please visit the website to view the description of the challenge and meet the design team! We can’t wait for June 8th!! And now back to our regularly scheduled blog post…:)

Birthday Memories Birthday Card Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo Stampin Up

Hello and a happy Sunday to you! I hope your weekend is treating you well! I had time to create yesterday and turned to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge for inspiration…

Dimensions:

  • Thick Whisper White card base cut to 4 1/4″ x 11″, scored at 5 1/2″
  • Thick Whisper White card stock cut to 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
  • Lemon Lime Twist card stock card stock cut to 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″
  • Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper cut to 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″

Birthday Memories Birthday Card Idea - Shannon Jaramillo Stampin Up

Details:

  • Birthday Memories is a colorful designer series paper with a twist…you can actually die cut images from the paper out!! Really! See the adorable cake die cut? It is not stamped! (I’m SO not that good) It’s die cut from one of the papers in the set with the coordinating Birthday Friends Framllits…all products from this suite will be available for purchase on June 1, 2017!
  • The striped background paper is also a fun selection from the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper. To achieve the split in the sketch, I simply cut the paper 1 1/2″ from the bottom and then trimmed an 1/8″ from the bottom piece and mounted them both onto the Whisper White layer
  • The envelope line is ANOTHER selection from the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper…it’s a GREAT pack of paper:)
  • Can you see the coordinating cake stamp on the envelope? It’s from the Birthday Greetings stamp set coming June 1st. So as you can see, you can use the framelits to cut the designer series paper OR you can use them to cut out stamped images. SO many options!! LOVE this suite of products!

Birthday Memories Birthday Cards Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo Stampin Up

  • The Layering Circles Framelits easily create the perfect backdrop for our lovely cake…which has had Wink of Stella applied liberally to all of the frosting decorations so they SPARKLE!
  • And the sparkle on the cake matches the sparkle in the Glitter Enamel Dots! I used the Old Olive toned dots here today. This new product has been wildly popular in our demonstrator pre sale period, exceeding all expectations, and will be on back order on June 1st. As soon as they are available I will be sure to get the word out…everyone will want these darlings!!

Birthday Memories Birthdays Card Ideas - Shannon Jaramillo Stampin Up

  • I used a few more stamps from the Birthday Greetings stamp set on the inside of the card. The sentiment is stamped in pacific Point and the present is stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored in using the Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Marker.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this sneak peek of new products coming in the new catalog…June 1st is only 8 days away!! Have you started your wish list?!?

Supplies

Special Birthday Greetings – SSSC269

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Special Birthday Greeting_1Today’s post is a very special card for a very special birthday. May is a birthday month in my family! There are FOUR and first up in order (after mine) is my niece’s birthday. I had to wait to share because I wanted her to see it first.

SKP Watermarked Photos4-002I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch this week as my jumping off point. I knew immediately which stamp to use, Birthday Greetings by MFT Stamps, and then chose fun and fresh birthday colors from my paper stash. I love going shopping in my paper stash! I’ll have to share my 6 x 6 paper storage in a future post, it really is going shopping! I digress…here is the sketch I worked from

SSSC269and as you can see I followed it exactly. Such a FUN sketch this week!!! Perfect for a crisp and clean birthday card!

SKP Watermarked Photos4-003I had lots of fun choosing the pattern papers and the ink colors for my sentiment. Hats off (again) to my MISTI for making stamping in multiple colors and repeat stamping possible. I was able to stamp each color twice (perfectly) which allows for rich vibrant color. LOVE it!

And, as you can see, I had tons of fun with my MFT Stamps pierced dies! Both with the rectangles and the flags! I did alter the size of the rectangle for the sentiment. I die cut the rectangle which a a little too long, trimmed one side to the proper length and then carefully laid the piece back into the die with the unpierced edge against the edge of the die and ran it through the Big Shot again. I was careful to only run the one edge through, adding the piercings in the right spot without making more where there shouldn’t be! I hope that makes sense.

But I couldn’t stop there as this is a special card for a very special person! I can’t believe she’s 20 years old!!

SKP Watermarked Photos4-004I had to add a spot for the gift card, and of course decorate it, as well as decorating the spot to add my personal message. I had SO much fun making this! I even decorated the envelope but this post is long enough already! I will leave you with a close up of the gift card pocket…

SKP Watermarked Photos4-005So much fun! Happy Birthday darling Leia!!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey Ink, Crisp Cantaloupe, Early Expresso and Lost Lagoon by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Hootenanny by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Lost Lagoon and Pumpkin Pie by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:   Birthday Greetings & Gifting Fun by MFT Stamps

Dies: Fishtail Flags: Pierced; Pierced Rectangle STAX and Gift Card Pocket by MFT Stamps and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  None

Embellishments: None