It’s so tempting to use browns with all masculine cards but I had to make a birthday card for a friend who I think would suit something a bit more of a clean and trendy in style rather than rugged.  And do you notice something? Ribbon and rhinestone on a masculine card, yeah I’m really living on the wild side now aren’t I?  Yep, I made the executive decision that it was perfectly fine to use ribbon as long as there were no bows and fine to use a rhinestone tastefully    I think that embellishment looks like a nice cufflink anyway.

Here’s something else too… I usually reserve gingham paper for feminine cards like this one but in this case I think it goes well with the stripes and fits in fine with the masculine look.  I find it interesting that the same paper can be used on a woman’s card and a masculine card and still fit in well – gotta love versatility.

So do you think this card is still masculine despite the ribbon, rhinestone and gingham?

Here’s a list of the Stampin’ Up! products I’ve used in this card

Rubber Stamps:
Birthday Block (single stamp!)

Inkpads:
Baja Breeze

Cardstock & Paper:
Baja Breeze
Kiwi Kiss
Basic Gray textured
Urban Garden
Sweet Slumber Textured Designer Series Paper
Whisper White

Accessories:
Hooray Designer Hardware (Autumn/Winter 2010 Mini catalogue)
Clear Rhinestone Brad

Tools:
Crop-a-dile (for the jumbo eyelet)

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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I don’t know what to call this style.  It seems so different for me and I can’t put my finger on it.  Maybe shabby sweet? Feel free to enlighten me on what I’ve made here. LOL.

I started this card based on the patterned paper rather than the stamp which is a bit different for me too – since the Sweet Slumber paper promotion started yesterday I remembered how much I oohed and ahhed over the paper when I opened it so I decided I should cut into it.  I’m pretty good about cutting into paper these days rather than hoarding it but for some reason this one escaped my clutches for a while.  I wanted to make a birthday card for my 2 year old niece so I thought the dotty paper would work well, the colour scheme for the card came straight from the patterned paper – very handy that.  Then out of all the birthday stamps I decided to go with the cupcakes simply because I love this image so much.  By the way, the scalloped strip of card at the bottom that’s gingham – that’s the other side of the dotty paper, so I just used a strip of the same paper but used the other side of it.

The main image on the card was stamped in Stazon and then coloured in with the ink from my inkpads and a blender pen.  The oval looked a bit to crisp and bland for the card so I sponged some So Saffron ink around the edges of the oval and also added some tiny dots around the oval using the fine end of a pink marker.

So that’s it.  I’m really happy with the way this card has turned out so I might take the plunge and make some more cards using the rest of that Sweet Slumber paper.

As usual, if you have any questions or comments I’d love to hear them

All products used in this card are by Stampin’ Up! and available for purchase through me.

Rubber Stamps:
Crazy for Cupcakes

Inkpads/Markers:
Pink Pirouette
Baja Breeze
So Saffron
Riding Hood Red
Pretty in Pink marker

Cardstock & Paper:
Pink Pirouette Textured cardstock
Riding Hood Red cardstock
Sweet Slumber Textured Designer Series Paper (on sale
Very Vanilla

Accessories:
Button Bouquet
Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon
Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools:
1/2″ circle punch (to punch out the circles stuck behind the main image which look like scalloping)
Blender Pen
Big Shot
Ovals Die (to work with Big Shot)
Eyelet Border Punch
Sponge Daubers (for sponging around the dotty paper and around the oval shape)

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Glue Dot (to adhere the buttons)

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So what do you do when you have a card to make for a 10 year old girl and you don’t know much about her?  I decided to go with glitter, flowers, a butterfly, ribbon and a rhinestone.  I’m hoping somewhere there I’ve hit on something she likes!  Actually a little trick I use when I don’t know the likes & dislikes of of someone I’m making a birthday card for is to either use their name or age as the main image on the card.  Maybe this idea will help you out too.

I like to keep a stash of chipboard and Sticky Cuts for these sorts of cards.  With this birthday card I used Stampin’ Up!’s Sticky Cuts – so easy, I just peeled the numbers 1 and 0 off the sheet and placed them onto some white cardstock then peeled off the protective covering and dumped the glitter on to it.  You need to make sure you press down the glitter firmly with your fingers and then pour off the excess glitter – the Sticky Cuts are super strong so the glitter stays put.  Because I’ve used Chunky Glitter here I also dumped some ultra fine glitter (Dazzling Diamonds) over the top to fill in any gaps.  I could have left it as it was because the gaps really aren’t noticeable but I think it gives an nice extra sparkle to the card.  The butterfly on the card was done by using Stampin’ Up!’s Butterfly Punch, I just punched out two butterflies – one in Melon Mambo and the other in Pink Pirouette textured cardstock then attached them to each other with the Rhinestone brad.

Time to pack this card up now and get ready for the party

All products used in this card are by Stampin’ Up! and available for purchase through Angela Sargeant

Rubber Stamps:
Daisy Dash Stampin’ Around Wheel

Inkpads/Markers:
Certainly Celery inkpad

Cardstock & Paper:
Melon Mambo cardstock
Certainly Celery cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Pink Pirouette textured cardstock

Accessories:
Letters Sticky Cuts
Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon
Chunky Green Glitter
Clear Rhinestone Brad

Tools:
Butterfly Punch

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Bright card alert! Get your sunglasses on!  Well if you can’t pull out the bright colours for a kids card then when can you?  I must admit I’m usually confounded by making kids cards but I figure that anything with lollies has to be a hit with the kids.  I made this card for my son’s friend who is celebrating his birthday today.

The gumball machine was stamped and then stamped again, cut out and layered on top of the original image to give a 3D effect.  The 1 3/4″ circle punch is the perfect size for the gumball machine image and also fits the Sweet Treats Cup perfectly.  I filled the cup with Skittles and also made an opening at the back with a pull-tag at the side so that the birthday boy could pull open the tag to get to the Skittles without having to destroy the card.

Please note that all the rubber stamps used in this card are only available until 31st March 2010 when the Australian Summer Mini Catalogue ends.  As usual, we never know which products from the mini catalogues will end up transferring to the main catalogue so if you like the rubber stamps used above and would like to purchase them then please email me today.

Rubber Stamps:
Sweet Somethings (Australian Summer Mini Catalogue)

Inkpads & Colouring:
Pacific Point
Only Orange
Yoyo Yellow
Green Galore

Cardstock & Paper:
Whisper White
Pacific Point
Green Galore

Accessories:
Pacific Point Striped Ribbon
Sweet Treat Cups

Tools:
1 3/4″ Circle Punch
Designer Label Punch
1″ Circle Punch
Oval Punch

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals

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Doesn’t this birthday card just look so edible?  The pink , chocolate and touch of yellow theme of this card reminds me so much of cupcakes and soft centred chocolates.  This is the card that I made for my daughter’s 12th birthday and I’m happy to say she loved it.  So difficult to impress the child of a cardmaker! But I think that the sparkly cupcakes did it.

The fun background on this card was so easy to make but I think it makes a real impact on the card without taking away from the main image.  The background is simply adhesive die-cut borders – which is a fancy way of saying ’stickers’ – that I trimmed down to size and placed onto a piece of Regal Rose cardstock.  The main image of the cupcakes on the cake stand was stamped twice onto white cardstock and coloured in using a blender pen and the ink from my inkpads.  The first image was trimmed down and layered onto coloured cardstock while the second image I coloured just the cupcakes, cut around each cupcake and then mounted onto the main image using Stampin’ Dimensionals to make them pop up from the card.

Hope you like my card.  If you do, please leave a comment.  If you wish to purchase any of the products I’ve used to make this card or if you simply want me to answer some questions then please feel free to email me.

(All products used in this card are from the current Australian Stampin’ Up! catalogue)

Rubber Stamps:
Crazy for Cupcakes

Inkpads:
StazOn Jet Black
Regal Rose
Close to Cocoa
Riding Hood Red

Cardstock & Paper:
Whisper White
Chocolate Chip
Regal Rose
Love Sparkles Simply Scrappin’ Kit (Die-Cut border stickers to make background)

Accessories:
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Tools:
Blender Pen

Adhesives:
SNAIL Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
2-Way Glue Pen (to cover cupcakes with then add glitter)
Crystal Effects (a drop on each cherry to make it shine)

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