Cupcakes and scallop tag topper birthday card

hi all and happy Sunday..

Well its my niece-in-law's birthday to day and she has just started cooking up a storm in the cupcake dept.. She did make a fabby large one for Mummie's birthday in April, so I thought I would return the favour, but mine were of the card, paper and ink variety!

These Scallop tag closure cards are so popular at the moment and as is my won't,  I usually get on the bandwagon, way after everyone else and probably just as some people are getting off. ...  and am sure these will prove to be no exception!

but here's my card

I used the Fresh prints paper stack for my colour scheme of Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Real Red and Crumb Cake (very apt in circumstances!) and came up with this.

I just love these papers, especially the ones I used for said cupcakes!  They are all double sided and these two could not be better matched, in my book, even down to what looks like cherry sprinkles. What do you think?

and inside..

 The brilliant 'cupcake' sentiment, which I popped up on dimensionals, and the matching 'Happy birthday' stamps from the 'Create-a-cupcake' stamp set,  I was trying to hide them both, so they couldn't be seen before it was opened, but changed my mind and this was the result.

I stamped the little heart from the same set,  in the toning colours, did a bit of hand colouring with my marker pens on some fussy-cut candles from another of my current birthday 'staples' - the Cycle celebration stamp set. Then followed this up with the tiny rhinestones which I dotted about here and there.

and the scallop-tag-topper-closure was so much easier than I thought as the punch does all the hard work so you don't have too.

just take a look here - one of the many You Tube videos explaining how its all done!

Stampin' Up! supplies for this card:

Stamp Set: Create a cupcake, Cycle Celebrations

Inks: Real Red

Card stock/Paper: Costal Cabana, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Fresh Prints Paper Stack

Punches: Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Cupcake Builder Punch

Other Essentials: Stampin' Up! dimensionals, sponge daubers, toning ribbon

 I can order Stampin' Up! Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829  
  
or why not visit my on line store

Have got a house visitor this weekend, Mummie..

We got a real shock today and pardon the pun here, to get a call from her to say her house had had a lightning strike to the TV aerial during a freak storm this afternoon, and it has done serious damage to the electrics. An absolutely enormous bang, real flash of light and basically it has blown  the sockets, fried the TV's, the cabling, her phone line/internet, some amazing scorch marks where the spikes have leapt from the TV's to the wall coverings..  all in all a bit of a mess. Luckily she is Ok, and safe,  and as I keep saying the rest is replaceable and we can buy new ones, but Mummie's, you can't!

uhm.. the next time we have a storm? am seriously contemplating unplugging everything!

til next time - take care

Jan

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happy birthday cupcakes!

hi all

I seem to be in birthday card mode at the moment - but then March and April are quite busy in the birthday dept. for me..

Well, hot on the heels of Mother's day- we're also just about to celebrate her birthday this week.

...and what better reason to give the Create a cupcake stamp set and matching punch, an airing.! So yes, I created a few!  and as her birthday is Tuesday am going to link this to the current 'Seize the Birthday' challenge where they want to see Buttons and Rhinestones' topping's - in my case I opted for 3 rhinestones!. and 'Simon Says' where Happy Birthday really is the order of the day.!

Being still in my 'Crisp Cantaloupe phase' - made all the more easier - as stuff was still out on my desk following my foray into the delights of last week's Sweet Sorbet designer series paper and accessories... but mostly inspired by this lovely lady Sandi and her fabulous card in a box colours.

So, herewith, cherry cupcakes galore, stacked down one side,

My sponged sentiment was die-cut using one of the Chalk Talk framelits and framed with the help of the Scalloped Tag Topper punch. (My very grateful thanks to Linda for her video on how to do this - brilliant!)

and with a touch of toning ribbon and my customary 'bit of bling ' to complete it.

But when I had finished it, I thought there was just too much 'white space' and it needed something else.


So I cut and coloured a few candles from the Cycles Celebration set (Vicky, my lovely up-line would be proud of me with all that cutting out!) and the coloured dots were just the waste from punching a border with the daisy scallop punch (sadly retired though!) which I had used to decorate the inside of the card.

..and of course a matching envelope which I opted to decorate with a label from the Label Love stamp set and matching punch and some trim.

Stampin' Up supplies for this card:

Stamp Sets:Create A Cupcake, Cycle Celebration, Label Love

Inks: Crisp Cantaloupe

Card stock/Paper: Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe, Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper

Framelits/Punches: Build  a Cupcake Punch, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch,  
Artisan Label Punch, Border punch, Chalk Talk Framelits,
Other Essentials: Stampin' Up dimensionals, toning taffeta ribbon,rhinestones, 
blender pens, sponge daubers

I can order Stampin' Up Products for you, shipped straight to your address and am happy to answer any questions you may have - if you would like to find out more or would like to place an order you can email me or contact me on 01438 820829

or why not visit my on line store 

 
.. of course I had to have a go at making one of those delightful boxes myself.

- thanks so much to both Monica and Sandi for the idea for them. I unashamedly cased Sandi's virtually wholesale - with very few of my own touches.. I just love how it turned out.

and the fact that it all fits in an envelobox for posting.. I worked out the dimensions, but the envelope punch did all the hard work!
Will definitely be making more of these 'cards' am sure...

well sad to say - the lawn mower really had reached a grass length too far after last week's trek into the uncharted territory that is our back garden. so am now the proud owner of a new one .. now quite honestly I can think of far more interesting things to spend my pennies on and lawn mowers are just not it!

til next time

Bye all and have a lovely week.  

Jan x

Happy 25th Birthday Stampin' Up!

HI all

well I was asked - it is a card, is it an envelope - so am thinking am not really sure!

Its a piece of card stock -folded double and with a flip over extension to act like the flap of an envelope - all enclosing a greeting inside.  

I opted to use some of my own ribbon to secure the tops, but you could just as easily make a toning belly band.

What do you think - card or envelope? - en-ve-card or card-a-lope?

Personally I think I prefer the sound of the latter!

I used a base of Very Vanilla for the pink card and Whisper white for the the blue one

with the stamped images matted on a layer of Melon Mambo  and Midnight Muse cardstock, respectively.

The 'girly' pink one was easily created with the Create a Cupcake stamp set with the addition of some little stamped hearts.  For the blue one this is a right mix and for the present stack I chose one of the stamps previously long since retired but now happily available in the 'Best of Shelli' - August stamp set.   (All these sets are available though til March next year). 

I also had a go at hand colouring with my Stampin Up write markers  and really like the overall effect this gave me.

I used the same heart as I did on the other card and the addition of a stamped sentiment completed the look.

Things I used to make these  cards:

Stamp set: Pink card - Create a cupcake,any stamped heart,  
Blue Card - although mine are no longer available - you could use the  equivalent in the 'Best of Shelli' for the present stack, and any suitable sentiment
Inks : Melon Mambo, Smoky slate, Blushing Bride, Midnight Muse, toning Stampin Up markers
Cardstock  and paper: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Midnight Muse

I can order Stampin Up products for you, shipped straight to your address and am
happy to answer any questions you have  - 

Or if you would like to shop with me online,  my online shop  is now open.

or if you would prefer to find out more - you can  email  or phone me on 01438 820829 and I shall be happy to help.

Hope everyone managed to escape the worst of the storms whilst the country returns to some semblance of normality this evening! Hopefully tomorrow's journey into work will be a little less eventful.

Until next time

take care and Happy Monday all.

Jan
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