Countryside Corners Birthday Card

Countryside Corners Birthday Card

I have a love, love relationship with Designer Series Paper. I love patterned paper, and I buy patterned paper. Then, I have to use the paper! A never-ending cycle. But it’s a fun problem to have!

With the launch of Stampin’ Up!’s January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and SaleABration earlier this month, there’s a lot of new packages of Designer Series Paper with which to create. And, it’s all so pretty!

In today’s post, I share a super easy design that showcases larger pieces of the Designer Series Papers. I CASEd this design from page 63 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2023-2024 Annual Catalog. (As an aside, CASE means Copy and Share Everything. In the stamping and creative world, we pride ourselves on sharing with others to offer inspiration.) Then, I “stepped” the card up, adding a few extra elements.

Once I got started creating these DIY birthday cards, I couldn’t stop experimenting with all of the new papers. Be sure to watch the video below to see all of the samples.

Countryside Corners Birthday Card

Here are just a few quick details. 

  • Balmy Blue card stock base measuring 8 1/2 x 5 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4
  • Balmy Blue card stock layer measuring 5 1/4 x 4, embossed with the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder
  • Countryside Corners Dies (fourth from largest)
  • Lighter Than Air Designer Series Paper — three coordinating designs — 3 3/4 x 2 1/4
  • Birthday sentiment from Go To Greetings
  • Sentiment stamped with Azure Afternoon on a white die cut from Countryside Corners Dies
  • Balmy Blue Bakers Twine
  • Azure Afternoon gems from the Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots

How to Video

From my craft room in Mesa, Arizona, where I’m a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I give step-by-step directions for creating this card, and I show a set of other samples using a variety of Stampin’ Up!’s Designer Series Papers.

You can earn a few of the papers I showed today free during SaleABration. There’s just a month left to earn free paper crafting products. With qualifying purchases of $50 and $100 (before tax and shipping), select from among exclusive stamp sets, Designer Series Paper, ribbon, gems, an embossing folder, and a coordinating die cut. Click here to begin shopping.

Thanks so much for visiting today. Please give me a shout if you have questions!

Kim

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Ginkgo Branch Birthday Card

Gingko Branch Birthday Card

While perusing Stampin’ Up!’s January-April 2023 Mini Catalog, you might think the Ginkgo Branch Bundle (page 57) is only suitable for sympathy and thinking of you cards. It certainly has all the elements to create heartfelt cards. Click here to see samples of some of the cards I created. 

I like to find ways to get more out of a bundle. So I also created a birthday card, inspired by a sample in the back of the catalog. (Keep watching this blog for other ideas using this bundle.)

Ginkgo Branch Birthday Card

Here are the Stampin’ Up! products I used to create this birthday card.

  • Ginkgo Branch Bundle
  • Go To Greetings (sentiment)
  • White heat-embossed sentiment
  • Die cut from Fragrant Flowers
  • Subtles 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper
  • Vellum Basic 12 x 12 Specialty Designer Series Paper (page 46 January-April 2023 Mini Catalog)
  • Pearl Basic Jewels colored with Stampin’ Blends

I think you’ll appreciate how this card can use a variety of Stampin’ Up! colors and coordinating patterned papers. 

You can see how this handmade birthday card goes together by watching this video below. I start creating the birthday card at the 14-minute mark.

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Kim

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