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This Sizzix Happy Birthday Card Drop Ins Die die is just F.U.N. I want to use it all the time! Today I played at mixing up Pixie, Candy and Grape. Just the names sound yummy, don’t they!! Ha!!

I started with a base in Pixie. Then I die cut the sentiment in both Powdered Sugar and Candy. I added adhesive to the front of the Candy colored sentiment when I die cut it so when I peeled the adhesive backing off, the front of the die was sticky. I used Stephanie’s white glitter to add all this delightful sparkle. Yum. Then I adhered the Candy sentiment with the Powdered Sugar sentiment, just slightly offset to give it a bit more dimension. The purple flowers and the Grape twine? They are from Card Kits. If you don’t subscribe, you might want to consider doing so. Lots of fun goodies in the kits every month!

I’m in love with the Sizzix Dotted Rectangle Dies. I think they are such a fun detail! And of course, calories DON’T count on your birthday!! (from the greetings4birthday stamp set).

And there you have it, the die does all the work…easy peasy birthday card going in the mail tomorrow!!

I am playing along with the Seize the Birthday Anything Goes challenge today!

Products Used:

Card Stock: Powdered Sugar, Candy & Pixie by The Stamps of Life

Pattern Paper: Awesome & Sunshine Collections by The Stamps of Life

Ink: Pixie by The Stamps of Life

Stamps: greetings4birthday by The Stamps of Life

Dies: Happy Birthday Card Drop Ins & Dotted Rectangles Dies by Sizzix

Tools: Big Shot; MISTI; Paper Trimmer

Embellishments: Glitter, Flower Jewels & Grape Baker’s Twine by The Stamps of Life

Other – Envelope – The Stamps of Life

It’s Sunday and another challenge for you this week from The Paper Players:

I love the Tic-Tac-Toe challenges! So many fun options to choose from! Here’s how I decided to go this week: Die-cut, Pattern Paper and Yellow, with just a sprinkling of blue and birthday 🙂

I wanted to share a very special experience that I had this past Friday. I got to work alongside Stephanie Barnard and the Stamps of Life team in their booth at the San Diego Scrapbook Expo! Oh my goodness, it was sooo much fun to be there, help people discover stamping and enabling them with the wonderful product! The best experience happened late in the day when a lady just came into the booth and stood there. When she saw me, she announced that the Stamps of Life booth was SUCH a happy place that she just had to stand there and soak it all in. Yep, that sums it up perfectly!

I cam home Saturday and transferred some of that happy in paper and ink. And my card today is not only happy, it has a surprise…

Do you see what’s happening here? There’s a surprise inside!

Ta Da!! A fun flip it card with a special greeting hiding inside as well as a hidden panel on which to write your message!

Hmmm…I just had to pause there and soak in all the happy in this card! I created this card with the Sizzix Large Circle Flip-It Die, the hidden panel was invented by Stephanie and you can see here how she does it! I think the hidden panel just makes the card a bit more special 🙂

I added lots of sparkle to my card, and for once you can actually see it! Isn’t this butterfly fun? I created it with the Sizzix Triplits-Butterfly Dies. There are so many fun options with this die, AND is also has a coordinating stamp set for even more!! Please check it out and see for yourself!

Here’s a close up of the inside panel.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed my little bit of sunshine here today! Being around all those stamps and dies has my creative juices flowing!

I’m looking forward to seeing your creations this week, I do hope you will play along with us!

If you’re not inspired enough, here’s some more awesome inspiration for you:

The Paper Players Design Team

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Sky by The Stamps of Life

Pattern Paper: Happy Collection by The Stamps of Life

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: chalksayings2stamp and morechalksayings2stamp by The Stamps of Life

Dies: Banner Die by The Stamps of Life, the Triplits-Butterfly Die and the Large Circle Flip-Its Die by Sizzix (designed for Sizzix by Stephanie Barnard)

Tools: MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Wink of Stella

Stephanie Barnard

Sunshine Birthday

Butterfly Birthday – The Paper Players 247