A Lovely Happy Birthday to You

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Although the stamp set is called Happy Birthday to You, it can also be used for other occasions such as a wedding or an anniversary. I wanted to try to use the flowers and cake stand dies from the Birthday Dies and to do some stamping on DSP. Let’s see if I was successful.

Today’s Project

"Happy Birthday to You, Hand-lettered Prose, Stampin' UP!, Candi Suriano"

I used the Hand-Lettered Prose dies and the Woven Threads Designer Series paper to cut out the letters for ‘love’. I don’t use those dies very often and when I do use them, I wonder why I don’t use them more! They really are quite lovely.

To give the card some texture, I embossed the Smoky Slate layer with the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder. Unlike yesterday’s card, you can really see the embossing on the lighter Smoky Slate cardstock!

I colored the flowers with the blends. I just love the blends and coloring with them! It’s so very calming, especially after a crazy day at work. I come home, stamp an image and start coloring and hope I can make a card out of what I’ve colored! I also did some paper piecing on this card by stamping the cake on the Woven Threads DSP and then cutting it out with the Birthday die. The flowers were stamped and cut out separately. I love, love, love that there’s a die for the cake with the flowers and then another one for the flowers by themselves! Here’s a closeup of the card.

You can really see how much texture the Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder adds to the card. Texture helps to make the card more interesting and less flat. And it’s so easy to add with Stampin’ Up!’s embossing folders and a die-cutting machine. You can’t really see how sparkly the flowers are, but trust me they are very sparkly. Of course, I used Clear Wink of Stella on them. I will be so sad if Stampin’ Up! retires that.

Make The Inside Pretty

Whenever you have a dark card base as this card has, you have to line the inside or you won’t be able to see the writing! Since I knew I was going to be writing a long note in this card, I only added two layers to the inside, to give me plenty of space to write!

"Happy Birthday to You, Stampin' Up!, Candi Suriano"

Don’t Forget the Envelope

There really wasn’t a good image to stamp on the envelope because the flowers are so large. So, instead, I embossed the envelope flap with the Parisian Flourish Embossing folder. That ties the envelope flap back to the card front for a more cohesive package. What do you think? Does it work?

"Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder, Stampin' Up!, Candi Suriano"

I’ll leave you with one last picture of the card with the envelope. If you’d like to make this card, the instructions are below. And, at the end of the post, you can find a list of supplies. Clicking on any item will take you to my online store.

"Happy Birthday to You, Birthday Die, Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder, Candi Suriano"

YOu can Make it Too!

Love

Instructions

Make Your Base
Cut an 8.5 X 11 sheet of Rich Razzleberry card stock in half. Score it on the long side at 4 1/4. Fold it in half. Run a bone folder across the crease to make it nice and crisp.
Cut Your Layers
For the inside, you need a 5 1/4" X 4" piece of Flirty Flamingo and a 5 1/16" X 3 13/16" piece of Whisper White cardstock.
For the card front, you need a 5 1//4" x 4" piece of Flirty Flamingo and a 5 1/16" X 3 13/16" piece of Smoke Slate cardstock.
Emboss Your Base Layer and Envelope
Emboss the Smoky Slate layer using the Parisian Flourish Embossing folder and your favorite die-cutting machine.
Emboss the envelope flap using the Parisian Flourish Embossing folder and your favorite die-cutting machine
Assemble Your Layers
Attach the Whisper White layer to the Flirty Flamingo layer. Attach the Flirty Flamingo layer to the inside of the card.
Attach the Smoky Slate layer to the Flirty Flamingo layer. Attach the Flirty Flamingo layer to the card front.
Stamp the Cake
Stamp the cake on the Woven Threads DSP using Tuxedo Momento Black ink.
Stamp the cake again on a Whisper White scrap using Tuxedo Momento Black ink.
Color the Flowers
Color the flowers on the Whisper White cake using the Old Olive, Flirty Flamingo, and Rich Razzleberry Blends.
Color the flowers with Clear Wink of Stella.
Do the Die Cuts
Cut out the cake stamped on the DSP with the Birthday die and your favorite die-cutting machine.
Cut out the flowers stamped on the Whisper White scrap using the Birthday die and your favorite die-cutting machine.
Cut out the love letters from the Woven Threads DSP using the Hand-Lettered Prose dies and your favorite die-cutting machine.
Cut out the cake stand from Rich Razzleberry cardstock using the Birthday dies and your favorite die-cutting machine.
Attach the Elements
Attach the stand to the cake using Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Attach the cake and stand to the front using Dimensionals.
Attach the flowers to the cake using Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
Attach the letters to the front using Tombow Multipurpose Liquied Glue.
Add Some Bling
Color 3 Rhinestone Basic Jewels using the Dark Rich Razzleberry Blends. TIP: Use the blunt end to color so that the brush tip doesn't get ruined.
Attach the 3 rhinestones in the bottom left corner.
DONE!

If you’d like to try to recreate this card, you can find a list of the products I used at the end of this post. Need a demonstrator or a catalog? Drop me a line and I’ll put one in the mail. And, f you ever have any questions, please feel free to comment or email me. And, don’t forget to Pin this post so you can find it again!