Celebrating You! – 30 Day Card Challenge, Day 1

Celebrating You!Yay!! It’s Friday!! And I have some fun news to share!

One of my FB groups has issued a “30 Cards in 30 Days” challenge! The focus of the challenge is to create, share, and mail one card a day for the next thirty days. EEK!! That will definitely be a challenge for me and I’m a bit nervous but ready to jump in with both feet 🙂

Card Details:

  • I pulled all of my colors from the DSP (Designer Series Paper)…I passed right over this paper in the catalog all year but it finally jumped out at me and I’m so glad it did! This pattern is from the Schoolhouse DSP pack and is SO bright and cheerful with it’s combination of Pacific Point, Pool Party and Whisper White.
  • The card base is Pool Party with a strip of whisper white. Next is a layer of Pacific Point card stock with the adorable designer paper on top, all popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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  • This sentiment from Remembering Your Birthday suits the paper perfectly; it’s fun and light, and once stamped, easily punched out with the 2″ Circle Punch. It too is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • One Designer Button in Pacific Point adds another layer of fun and white baker’s twine is the perfect topper!
  • Don’t forget the inside of the card! A layer of color inside adds so much!

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The card design was inspired by the Global Design Project:

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Well, Day 1 is in the books! Now I have to find someone with a birthday to share it with!!

Thank you for stopping by!

Anyone want to join me in the challenge? 🙂

Fa La La – Global Design Project #6

Fa La La - Global Design Project #6I truly think Stampin’ Up! knocked it out of the park this year with their papers! So many pretty options! This pattern in from the “Merry Moments” Designer Series Paper Pack, the 12″ x 12″ pack (there is also a 6″ x 6″ paper pack but this pattern isn’t in it).  The clean and simple lines of the design sketch this week from the Global Design Project really lets the paper shine 🙂

GDP006I had a bit of fun with the small line of greeting in the sketch…mine is a bit larger 🙂

Fa La La - Global Design Project #6I just happened to have the ‘Fa La La’ sentiment on my desk, a leftover from a previous project and thought it worked here perfectly! The Santa is from the Antique Tags Host set in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. I double stamped him and popped the center up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Did you see the tiny silver thread running along the strip of Real Red cardstock? It’s Silver Cording Trim, also in the Holiday catalog. It adds just the right amount of sparkle to my clean and simple card.

Fa La La - Global Design Project #6It takes just a bit more time to decorate the inside of the card as well 🙂

Thank you so much for stopping by today, if you have a moment please pop over and see the inspiration from the Global Design Project team, they are a truly gifted group of designers!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White and Real Red by Stampin’ Up!

Pattern Paper: Merry Moments Designer Series Paper Stack (12×12)

Ink: Real Red by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Antique Tags and More Merry Messages (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: Nestabilities Circle Dies; Seasonal Frame Thinlits Dies, and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI; 1 3/8″ Circle Punch by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: Silver Cording Trim by Stampin’ Up!