If you follow my blog, you might know that I am obsessed with the High Tide stamp set. I have made several cards using the beautiful lighthouse stamp. You can see them HERE and HERE and I still have others I haven't posted yet! But I thought this card would be perfect for this year's anniversary card for my hubbie! What do you think? We will be celebrating 44 years of marriage on April 7. (How did that happen? Seems like we were just dating a few years ago!)
Not only do I have an anniversary card to share, but there are several birthdays coming up so I thought it would be great to catch up on some birthday cards so they will be ready to go when I need them!
This card uses the "celebrate" embossing folder from the Occasions catalog along with "you" from Hello You Framelits. The stripes running down and the "swish" are from Gorgeous Grunge. I stamped them in Bermuda Bay, Peekaboo Peach, Rich Razzleberry and Watermelon Wonder. This was a really easy card to make.
Here is another stamp set that I have been having fun using. It is in the Occasions catalog and is called Crazy Cake. There are so many variations that you can put together using this stamp set. It is a two-step stamp set but since it is photopolymer, it is easy to line up. I love two-step stamps and that is what got me hooked on Stampin' Up 12 years ago. (I just passed my 12 year demonstrator anniversary on Feb. 16!) The cute little frog popping up from the cake is from the hostess set, Love you Lots. I don't normally get the hostess sets but I got this one right away and have used it so much! The sentiment is from Sunshine Sayings. I stamped each cake part onto white cardstock (except the one on the bottom which is stamped onto Sweet Sugarplum cs), cut them out and popped them up with dimensionals. That made it easy to line up the frog and the stars directly onto the card. The colors I used are Rich Razzleberry, Sweet Sugarplum, Marina Mist, and Perfect Plum.
Here is another card using the Crazy Cake stamp set. These cake pieces were stamped directly on the white cardstock panel using Tempting Turquoise, Cucumber Crush, Peekaboo Peach and Denim. Unfortunately, I could not find the flame for the candles in the set. It is really teeny tiny and probably got stuck to something and will never be found again. But I found a candle flame in the set, Sprinkles of Life that that worked. The sprinkles on the sides of the turquoise card are also from the Sprinkles of Life set.
Here is one last card using Crazy Cake to show that you don't have to use all the parts of the cake. I stamped you're from Watercolor Words (just mask off the "the best") I love the color combo of Dapper Denim and Emerald Envy. (This layout was cased from Brian King.)
I hope you enjoyed my anniversary and birthday cards and they will inspire you to make a few of your own.
Enjoy the blog hop and hop right along to the see what Laurie Meier has prepared for you.
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Michelle Irinyl
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Laurie Meier
Lisa Tedder
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4 comments:
Sharon, LOVE your lighthouse anniversary card and your Crazy Cake cards are fantastic! Now I have to buy that set, too!
Sharon, I can't wait to use the High Tide set myself. Thank you for your lovely example.
The Crazy Cake stamp set is one I've looked over, but I love the cards you made with them. Of course the High Tide is one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful projects!! That high tide card is gorgeous!!
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