ICS Blog Hop #imbringingbirthdaysback

Hello! It's ICS blog hop time! Our theme is ‪#‎imbringingbirthdays‬back inspired by Shannon West, one of the trainers at Stampin' Up! She posted on her facebook page in January that social media had ruined the good old fashioned birthday card and she was bringing them back this year!  Shannon also carved out a stamp to use on her cards. Well let me tell you the idea really caught on.  I'm sure the post office is loving her! Stampin' Up! took that carved stamp and made one we could all have too!  I'm stamping the back of my envelopes with that stamp for all of my birthday cards! :)  Well, I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I am totally on board with bringing birthdays back and so excited to be working on my stash of birthday cards so they are ready to send out!  If you have already been hopping you should have landed here from my friend Megan's blog!  If you missed it, make sure you hop through and check it out!!

Today's card is for my sweet friend, Suzi!  She and I LOVE coffee and any chance to go for coffee, is a good day so of course I had to make a coffee themed card for her, right??  

For my card, I started off with an A2 Melon Mambo card base.  Next I stamped the bottom of a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Whisper White cardstock with the woodgrain looking stamp from the "Timeless Textures" stamp set in Sahara Sand ink. This stamp set is quickly becoming one of my favorites!  I used Early Espresso ink to stamp the coffee rings and the splatters (also from the Timeless Textures stamp set).  Some of the splatters and rings were stamped off on scrap paper prior to stamping on the bottom of my cardstock.  I added a 4" x 4 1/4" piece of the "Have a cuppa DSP stack" to the top portion of my card.  I cut a piece of the tea lace doily and attached to the "table" with snail.  Then I ran a piece of 1/8" Bermuda Bay stitched ribbon along the edge seperating the table from the wall.  I used more of the "Have a cuppa DSP stack" to cut out my cups with the Cups and Kettle Framelits Dies.  I adhered the top one first with snail, the middle with snail and glue dots, and the bottom one with dimensionals.  The spoon was cut out in Smoky Slate cardstock and sponged on the edges with Sahara Sand Ink and it was attached with glue dots.   The sentiment from the "Balloon Celebration" stamp set was stamped in Melon Mambo onto Whisper White cardstock and then cut apart and glued onto the card front randomly.  on the left side of the cups.  The "coffee" sentiment had a banner end cut with the Triple Banner Punch and a few splatters were stamped onto the Whisper White with Sahara Sand Ink for a subtle look.  Last but not least I added three white Enamel Dots randomly on the front.

Here is the inside of my card

I stamped the inside sentiment from the "Balloon Celebration" stamp set also in Melon Mambo onto Whisper White Cardstock.  You can't have coffee without cake, right??  The coffee ring and splatters were stamped on the lower left side with Sahara Sand Ink.

We can't forget the envelope, right?

I stamped more of the coffee rings and splatters on the front of the envelope on the bottom left in Sahara Sand Ink

I used the Envelope Liner Framelits dies to cut out a liner with more of the Have a Cuppa DSP.  And of course.. I stamped the back with my #imbringingbirthdaysback stamp in Melon Mambo Ink. 

Next up is the fabulous Joni Metras so make sure you click the Next button and check out her #imbringingbirthdaysback inspiration!

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products Used:

Cups and Kettle Framelit Dies

Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

Timeless Textures Stamp Set
#imbringingbirthdaysback Stamp

Have a Cuppa Designer Series Paper Stack
Envelope Liner Framelit Dies

Enamel Dots

Melon Mambo Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Melon Mambo Ink

Sahara Sand Ink

Early Espresso Ink

1/8" Bermuda Bay Stitched Ribbon

Tea Lace Doilies

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  Blessings, Tina

March D's Stamping Team USA Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to D's Stamping Team USA March 2016 Blog Hop!  This month's theme is Birthdays! If you've already been hopping you should have landed here from Deb Naylor's fabulous blog!  If not, make sure you check it out!  She is super talented and I know you will not want to miss her inspiration!   

As you probably know by now, the fabulous Shannon West with Stampin' Up! has started a Birthday craze with her awesome hashtag #Imbringingbirthdaysback!   I am totally on board with this endeavor and am working on building up my Birthday Card inventories now so what better theme for a blog hop!  

I was straightening up my craft area and putting away some cardstock when I noticed how beautiful Calypso Coral looked with Basic Gray.   I  just knew I wanted to use these together for my card!  I started with an 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Basic Gray Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  My next layer was  a piece of Calypso Coral DSP Paper Stack.  The 3" x 4 1/4" piece of Calypso Coral was stamped tone-on-tone with the floral stamp from Awesomely Artistic prior to mounting on the  3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Basic Gray cardstock layer.   The sentiment from Birthday Blooms was stamped in Calypso Coral Ink onto Whisper White and then cut out with the Deco Labels Framelits.  I also cut a larger Basic Gray Deco Label to mat it and then attached the layers with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The Dragonfly from Awesomely Artistic was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto the Coral layer and then also stamped and embossed with Black embossing powder on Whisper White cardstock.  Since I had already stamped it on the coral, I didn't have to fussy cut the small antennas on the head.. this saved me a lot of time.  I attached the fussy cut embossed dragonfly onto the stamped one with a glue dot in the middle of the body.  I then made some loops of Silver Thread around the dragonfly tucking it under the wings.  Once I had the loops the way I wanted them, I adhered the end of the dragonfly's wings with gluedots onto the thread to secure it.  Lastly I added a small bent piece of Silver Sequin Trim to the bottom of the Deco Label with two glue dots to secure it well.

Here is the inside of my card..

For the inside, I stamped the "dear friend" sentiment from Birthday Blooms in Calypso Coral Ink onto a 4" x 5 1/4" panel of Whisper White Cardstock.  I added two stamped off sections of the flowers from Awesomely Artistic also in Calypso Coral on the top and right side and then stamped the dragonfly in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I hope you enjoyed my card and are ready to head over to my sweet friend, Megan Thompson's blog!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here's a list of the Stampin' Up Products Used:

Awesomely Artistic Stamp Set

Birthday Blooms Stamp Set

Silver Sequin Trim

Brights Collection Designer Series Paper Stack

Silver Thread

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Basic Gray Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Calypso Coral Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Stampin' Dimensionals

Snail Adhesive

Mini Glue Dots

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina

Balloon Celebration! WWYS #55, PP286

Hi everyone.  I hope you're day has been awesome!  I'm working on my stock of Birthday Cards for  #Imbringingbirthdaysback.  I had posted something on Facebook telling friends and family that if they would like a handmade card to message me so I better get to stocking up on Birthday cards :)  lol

Lucky me, there are also a couple of fun challenges up so I thought I'd combine my birthday card making with these challenges!

I've used the following Stampin' Up! Products:

Balloon Celebration Stamp Set

Balloon Bouquet Punch

Basic Black Cardstock

Whisper White Cardstock

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Calypso Coral Cardstock

Bermuda Bay Ink

Calypso Coral Ink

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Calypso Coral Baker's Twine

Brights Sequins

Glue Dots

Stampin' Dimensionals

Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive

Non Stampin' Up Products Used:

Doodlebug Teal Sequins

Alene's Fast Grab Adhesive

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina