SWEETCAKES BIRTHDAY SET!

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WOW, did I have fun making this birthday suite!  An easel card with a tealight birthday cake & box of chocolates tucked inside, gift box, bow, tag, and cupcake wrapper and pick!

First, I LOVE the Domestic Goddess DSP and plan to do so much with it!  The patterns are retro (which I love), yet versatile.  Like the delicate floral patterns I used on this project. Second, I LOVE the Greeting Card Kids.  I can't get enough of their sweet little faces :o)

Third, I LOVE PUNCHES!  This project incorporates over TEN Stampin' Up! Punches.  If you would like to check out a full tutorial on my project, as well as dozens more wonderfully tempting projects for all seasons (just in time for Christmas!!), check out UStampWithDawnandFriends Knock Out Punches!  You will be amazed and instantly hooked on the exciting atmosphere there.  It's a party! Come on over!

Have a Blessed and creative day!  Erika

Baseball Card for the Birthday Boy

Pin It Now! One of my DS's best friends is ALL about baseball, as are many 10-year old guys.  Is it just me, or do you also wake up from a dead sleep with a card idea just bopping around in your brain?  Then, as is usual for me, it turned out nothing like what I envisioned, but I like it just the same.  (as usual!) 


Supplies:
Paper:  Patterns Designer Series Paper Stack (pumpkin pie stripe), Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, scrap
Stamps:  Happiest Birthday Wishes
Embellishments: Glimmer Brad, Stampin' Dimensionals,Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Ink: Basic Black, Craft White, Pumpkin Pie

  His team colors are orange and black, and so is my home team, the Baltimore Orioles.  I did poke around on the web and saw a similar card by Debbie Henderson.  I formed the cap the same way I did pumpkins last year, only cut off the bottom at a slight angle.  Hand cut a bill from basic black, and ran it through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder, adding a little white craft ink around the edges to set it off.  I layered some Stampin' Dimensionals in the center of the baseball cap to give it a rounded look, using adhesive on the outer edges.  Punched a round circle out of a scrap of baseball themed paper.  Then for the sentiment, I stamped the Birthday wish on Pumpkin Pie, matting it with Basic Black, and punched all the edges with the Ticket Corner Punch.  I thought the ticket was a nice touch! 

It's A Wrap! Birthday Bitty Box

Pin It Now! I'm going to a shoebox swap on Saturday with 14 of my *closest* cardmaking girlfriends.  I . Can't . Wait.  I love shoebox swaps, because I get to busy myself making everyone's awesome creations, chat, eat, repeat.  haha!  If you happen to be interested, visit Pam's website at http://www.psiloveyouscrapbooking.com/, and look into it. 

Here's my project for the girls...

It's a box using the Sizzix Bitty Box die, with the lid run through the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.

It's wrapped with a belly band with a handmade pinwheel, embellished with buttons & rhinestones. 

The sentiment is from a new Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes.  It's a huge set!

Finally, our box is filled with chocolate nuggets wrapped in these handy new stamps made just for this purpose, It's A Wrap!  How easy is that?!

I think it makes an awesome little gift!

Yum and Cute all boxed up in one!

If you would like the Word document with all the directions complete with photos to follow, absolutely free, just send me an email and request it. 

Have a blessed and creative day!  Erika

Delicate Doilies in Wisteria Wonder for MOJO199

Pin It Now!  Hi Friends!  I've been spending all week tucked away in the mountains, where the weather is cool, and the lush green mountainsides are just gentle to the spirit.  I spent 2 days cleaning and painting, and the rest of the time seated at my new scrap area...here's a look at my humble but HAPPY space...

Look at all those punches! LOL!  They were for just one project I'm prepping for.
And my Idea Book front & center :)

Anywhoo, to the matter at hand.  Mojo Monday.  I'd like to be one of the first to post every Monday, as I do look for the new challenge every Monday, first thing.  Like when I'm having that first sip of coffee.  Then the idea has to marinate for awhile.  Gotta think of my stash, new stamps, techniques, how to use the template maybe not quite so literally.  You do too, don't you?!  These things don't come naturally to me.   

So here's my frilly, Wisteria, Doily-laden card for MOJO199...

I love that the Delicate Doilies DSP has TWO full sheets of luscious laser-cut doilies to cut and use.  The color is on one side, and the other side is plain white.  I can see this being used by stamping right on the white side of the doily, wow, won't that be cute! Hmmm...

Here's the template:

There's so much potential for this sketch!  I turned it sideways, and started by trimming 1-1/2" off the right side of the card front.  Next punched a Lace Ribbon Border and adhered to card front.  I cut a doily from Deicate Doilies DSP, added the happy birthday sentiment from a new Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes, layered and adhered, adding a bit of seam binding ribbon to make the Happy Birthday pop.  I stamped a doily from the Delicate Doilies stamp set, and punched a Butterfly out of it, inked the edges, layered with another Whisper White butterfly, added pearls and a hat pin I had sticking out of my tote, and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.  Finally, finished with Whisper White Organza Ribbon.  Oh, and layered the inside of the card with a scrap of Delicate Doilies paper, as you can see in the detail pictures...

As always, if you'd like to place an order, feel free to email me erika.stmichaelsrv@gmail.com, or shop online anytime at my Stampin' Up Site

Have a blessed and creative day!  Erika :)