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

Stampin' Up! Biggest Wish Retro Birthday Card

Our forty eighth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "so saffron" from the subtles collection.
I have chosen so saffron, pumpkin pie and soft suede from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 

For my card today, I have gone with a retro feel given the colour palette I have chosen. Well, at least I tried to. 
I have used the layering circle dies to cut many, many circles and a lot of them I even cut in half! I then inked all my circles with sponge daubers and coordinating inkpads for depth and dimension. I left two circles to extend beyond my so saffron cardstock for added visual interest. 
I also used a label from painted labels dies for my sentiment and the sentiment is from biggest wish.  


Close up views



Inside card


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

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Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede A4 Card Stock [119982] $15.25
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $13.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $15.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.25
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00
Painted Labels Dies [151605] $61.00

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Stampin' Up! Slimline Tropics Dies Birthday Card featuring Faux Mother of Pearl Background

Our thirty third colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is pear pizzaz from the subtles collection. I have chosen pear pizzazz, shaded spruce and crushed curry from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 

For my card today I have created a birthday card featuring the timeless tropical stamp set and in the tropics dies. I've also used the "faux mother of pearl" technique with shimmer paint to create my own pear pizzazz designer series paper on a slimline card.
I die cut the pineapple from crushed curry cardstock and fussy cut a backing piece from bumblebee cardstock. I die cut the crown of the pineapple from pear pizzazz cardstock. Leaves are cut from shaded spruce. All die cut pieces and inked in their coordinating inks.
I stamped the smaller flower from timeless tropical stamp set in flirty flamingo ink and coloured in it with poppy parade and flirty flamingo stampin' blends and finished it off with a faux resin dot.
A happy birthday sentiment from itty bitty birthdays in flirty flamingo and punched out with the classic label punch finishes off the card with some pear pizzazz faux resin dots. 


Close up


Inside card - I tried to echo the pineapple from the front by stamping in sahara sand


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

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English) [151497] $40.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $40.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00
Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006] $15.25	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290] $15.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $13.00
Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275] $15.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $15.50	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] $15.25
Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Frost White Shimmer Paint [147046] $14.00
Classic Label Punch [141491] $31.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	In The Tropics Dies [151495] $61.00	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00
Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

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Doctor Who Birthday Card with Stampin' Up! Cardstock

My nephew turned 22 today and I whipped up this quick Doctor Who card for him as he is quite the fan! I used a printable image I have had laying around for a quite a while and don’t have a link sorry!


As the tardis is larger on this inside apparently (I know very little about Doctor Who!) I went with an explosion card panel for the main birthday sentiment and used the Doctor Who font which I downloaded for free from the internet for the “Happy 22nd Birthday”.
I left a blank writing panel at the bottom of the card to write a personal message after I took my photos.   

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00

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Custom Envelope for a Slimline Card

Do you remember when I shared this Daffodil Delight card? Well it was my attempt at a slimline card (my version was 17.5cm x 10cm) and I didn't have an envelope for it. Since I made the card, it has been sitting on the side of my desk waiting for an envelope. I finally got around to making one and used some old DSP as it matched the card perfectly.


I have included a diagram of my envelope sketch. As you can see, I begun with a piece of 23cm x 23.5cm DSP and scored it at 5.5cm and 16.5cm and rotated it 90 degrees and scored it at 2.5cm and 21cm. I then did angle cuts (as shown in red) and cut away the pink areas.


I am happy I now have an envelope for my emoji birthday card and a sketch for reference for when I make another card/envelope this size again. Hopefully, this helps you if you make a card this size as well. 

Colour Creations #14 - Daffodil Delight

Our fourteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "daffodil delight" from the brights collection. I have chosen daffodil delight, mango melody and poppy parade from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my daffodil delight card from 2018. 

I decided to make an emoji style birthday card for my creation this week using punch art and focused on using my chosen colours for the emoji and the party hat. I had to use a lot of dies to create the punch art "look". I gave the party hat a bit of texture with shimmery white embossing paste and the basic pattern decorative mask and finished the hat off with a tassel I created using a cog from garage gears thinlit dies. The rest of the card was completed with a "happy b*day" that was inspired from the happiest of birthdays stamp set. I think it works well with the emoji image. Perfect for the younger teenage crowd. 

Close up


Inside card

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

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!  

Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $13.00	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $15.75	Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $10.00
1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch [138299] $28.00	2-1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720] $31.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Garage Gears Dies [151812] $57.00