I used the hostess stamp set from Stampin’ Up! called Hello Love to create a birthday card to share today.

My card design was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #144.

I started by adhering a panel of Lullaby DSP to a panel of Coastal Cabana card stock with SNAIL, then to a Hello Honey card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the bird image and sentiments from the Hello Love hostess stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and I colored the little bird with my Coastal Cabana and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers.  I colored the entire bird with the Light Marker, then went back and added a little Dark and Medium shading on the abdomen and tail.  Then I colored the cloud image from the Hello Love stamp set with my Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Write Marker and stamped it in the upper right corner.  I did use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to help with placement of all of these images.

I layered the stamped panel over a panel of Coastal Cabana card stock, then adhered the panel to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the sun image from the Hello Love stamp set in Hello Honey ink on a panel of Hello Honey card stock and I cut it out with my Paper Snips.  Then I stamped the image again in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a Whisper White panel.  I punched the center of the image from the Whisper White panel with my 1″ Circle Punch and I colored it with my Daffodil Delight Blendabilities Markers.  I used the color lifter to create a little highlight on one side, then adhered the colored circle to the stamped image that I’d hand cut.  I adhered the layered image to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the other bird from the Hello Love stamp set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a Whisper White panel and I colored it with my Light Calypso Coral and Light Coastal Cabana Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers.  Then I stamped the stem image from the Flower Patch stamp set (see below how I did that) in Pistachio Pudding Ink under the bird image.  I cut it out with the Banners Framelits Die and trimmed just a bit off the sides and top, then adhered it with SNAIL to a Banners Framelits die cut (using the same die) from Coastal Cabana card stock.

One of the cool things about photopolymer stamp sets is that the images are a little bit flexible.  So I slightly bent the stem image when I adhered it to my block.

I finished the card front by adhering the layered banner to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals, then tying a bow from Coastal Cabana Thick Baker’s Twine to a Basics Hodgepodge Clip and clipping it over the edge of the banner.

I adhered a strip of Hello Honey card stock and a strip of Lullaby DSP to a Whisper White panel to complete the inside of the card.

You can find a complete list of supplies, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

July 1-15 Hostess Code:  ZZDRPDQ3

Use this hostess code when you order and receive a free gift from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift.  The free gift for July is an Embossing Folder of your choice.  You may choose any one of the embossing folders in the 2014-15 Annual Catalog (you can find them on pages 226-227)!

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Here are this weeks Weekly Deals:

Click here to see the Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up! in my online store.  The Weekly Deals are only while supplies last and only available at these great prices through July 14.

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