Today, our very talented team is doing a blog hop featuring some Stampin’ Up! birthday projects.  I have chosen to use the Birthday Banners stamp set to create a fun birthday card.

The design for my card was inspired by My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #288.

I started by embossing a panel of Pool Party card stock with the Sparkle Embossing Folder.  I adhered the embossed panel to a panel of Island Indigo card stock with SNAIL, then to a Crumb Cake card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut two strips from the Serene Scenery DSP Stack, punched the ends with the Banner Triple Punch, then adhered them with SNAIL to the card front.  I stamped the candle images from the Birthday Banners stamp set in Island Indigo and Delightful Dijon inks at an angle across a panel of Whisper White card stock.  I punched the corners with the Project Life Corner Punch, then adhered it to a panel of Island Indigo card stock also punched with the Project Life Corner Punch with SNAIL and then to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the candle images again in Island Indigo and Delightful Dijon inks on a separate panel of Whisper White card stock, snipped them out and adhered them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I stamped the banner image and sentiments in Pool Party and Island Indigo inks on a panel of Whisper White card stock, cut it out with the matching Bunch of Banners Framelits die and adhered it with Stampin’ Dimensionals to the card front.

I snipped the edge off a Metallic Foil Doily, tucked it under the sentiment and adhered it to the card front with SNAIL.  I added three gold stars from the Metallic Enamel Shapes pack to finish it.

I stamped the sentiment from the Birthday Banners stamp set in Island Indigo ink on a panel of Whisper White card stock, then inked the little candle image with Pool Party and Delightful Dijon inks and stamped it three times next the sentiment.  I added a strip of the Serene Scenery DSP to finish the inside of the card.

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

Alright, on with the hop!  Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to Beth Hooper’s project or click the Previous Blog button to move back to see the project that Linda Gieger created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

1. Beth Hooper
2. Jari Francis
3. Mary Deatherage
4. Jaimie Babarczy
5. Linda Gieger
6. Amy Koenders <= You are here

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