Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Personalised Kids Birthday Card using Best Plaid Builder and Playful Alphabet Dies

Our twenty fifth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is melon mambo from the brights collection. I have chosen melon mambo, night of navy and basic gray from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 


I love how the melon mambo pops on the plaid background with the night of navy and the basic gray. The adhesive sheets made assembling this background very simple and I enjoyed creating a personalised card for my cousin's daughter. I created the large number 6 using my electronic die cut machine but you could also replicate it by printing out a number on a word processing program and cutting it out/tracing around it out on cardstock/cutting it out to get the same effect. I also added my faux resin dots on the card for more pops of melon mambo.


Close up


Inside card


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Here is my card from 2018.

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Many Mates Cling Stamp Set (English) [152633] $40.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Best Plaid Builder Dies [152720] $77.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

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Colour Creations 2020 #4 - Blackberry Bliss

Our fourth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "Blackberry Bliss" from the regals collection. I have chosen blackberry bliss, gorgeous grape and balmy blue from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my blackberry bliss card from 2018. 

I personally find blackberry bliss a hard colour to work with (actually many of the regal colours!) and it is not a colour I use often!  In fact, my blackberry inkpad is still stiff and "new" to open which shows how little i actually use it. That is the best thing about these colour creations blog hops, it is challenging us to use colours we often shy away from.

Onto, todays card! I again used the best plaid builder die like I did last week but this week I made a thank you card. I do however think my colour combination would make a great masculine card (minus the bling!) as a shirt with the best plaid builder die or something like that. 
I have popped my plaid panel up on dimensions on my card base along with my sentiment. I used blackberry bliss and gorgeous grape stampin' write markers and the direct to rubber technique to colour my sentiment along with the massive thanks stamp set. 


Inside card - More of the massive thanks stamp. I think it is a very versatile thank you stamp set. I own other thank you stamp sets but I can see this particular set getting a lot of use in my cards and at classes. 


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Massive Thanks Cling Stamp Set [152578] $38.00	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682] $15.25	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock [147007] $15.25	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	Best Plaid Builder Dies [152720] $77.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [147157] $52.50

Colour Creations 2020 #3 - Bermuda Bay

Our third colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "Bermuda Bay" from the brights collection. I have chosen bermuda bay, rich razzleberry and crushed curry from the colour coach to work with today for my creation.

Here is my bermuda bay card from 2018.

For today's card, I die cut the best plaid builder dies to create my background and used a die cut number from my electronic die cut machine to create a focal point. If you don't have a large enough number die (or electronic die cut machine) you can print your own number in a word processing program and hand cut your own number out of cardstock. I popped the number 3 up on dimensionals for a 3D effect (but it is almost impossible to tell from my photo!) I also used a sequin offcut as the stencil for the pattern on the number 3 (more details on that below). 


Close up of the card front and you can see where I popped the 3 up on dimensionals for the 3D effect


Inside card - I again used the number 3 and also added a sentiment from the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set


To get the dots on my number 3 cardstock, I used a negative piece of sequin offset and a sponge dauber. Much the same way as I would use a stencil or mask.


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

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Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock [119981] $15.25
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [147091] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Best Plaid Builder Dies [152720] $77.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00