I used the Stampin’ Up! Carousel Birthday stamp set from the upcoming 2017 Occasions Catalog to create my card to share today.

And speaking of the upcoming catalogs, if you are a current customer of mine and have not received your copies of the Occasions and/or Sale-a-bration Catalogs, please drop me a note so that I can get another copy in the mail to you.  It’s an awesome catalog so I want to make sure that you’ve got it!  🙂

My card design was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #268.

I started by adhering a panel from the Cupcakes & Carousels DSP Stack (available Jan 4) to a panel of Early Espresso card stock with SNAIL and then to a Bermuda Bay card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I adhered a smaller panel from the Cupcakes & Carousels DSP Stack to a panel of Early Espresso card stock and then to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the carousel image from the Carousel Birthday stamp set (available Jan 4) in Early Espresso ink on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock.  I colored the sentiment from the Carousel Birthday stamp set with Bermuda Bay and Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Markers and stamped it below the carousel image on the Very Vanilla panel.  I adhered the stamped panel to a panel of Early Espresso card stock and then to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the carousel image from the Carousel Birthday stamp set in Early Espresso ink on a separate panel of Very Vanilla card stock and I cut it out with a Layering Circles Framelits die.  I stamped the cupcake images in Early Espresso and So Saffron inks on corresponding panels of card stock.  I cut the images out with the Up & Away Thinlits Dies (available Jan 4) and adhered them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

To make it a little easier to adhere the cupcakes together and to the card front, I actually peeled the top tape off the Stampin’ Dimensionals and then adhered the little cupcake pieces to the Dimensional.  I lifted the Stampin’ Dimensionals off the sheet and adhered it, with the cupcake already on top, to the card front.  I added a single Rhinestone Basic Jewel next to the sentiment to finish the card front.

I inked the carousel image from the Carousel Birthday stamp set again ink Early Espresso, stamped it on scrap paper twice and stamped it on a panel of Very Vanilla card stock inside the card.

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

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