It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players! This week we have a spirited color combination consisting of beautiful Baja Breeze, eye-popping Poppy Parade, and delicious Daffodil Delight. I hope you enjoy this bright and cheery birthday card created with these colors and the new Stampin’ Up! set, Make a Cake. I received this set as a “reward” for having new members join The Schach Pack, my Stampin’ Up! downline team. It will be available for ordering June 1st!
The finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide by 5-1/2″ long.
- Tool Time! The Stamp-A-Ma-Jig makes baking this cake easy-peasy! The Cake Stand/First Layer image was inked with Baja Breeze, the Middle/Top Layer with Poppy Parade, and the Pennants with Daffodil Delight. Perfect alignment is courtesy of the SAMJ! A mini Poppy Parade butterfly, created with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit enhances the stamped butterfly images.
- Frame with a Framelit! The image was framed using a framelit from the Apothecary Accents collection! A second one was created from Poppy Parade card stock and layered behind the Whisper White.
- Banner-licious! The “Happy Birthday” sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners was inked with Poppy Parade and stamped onto Whisper White card stock. Using a Bitty Banner Framelit, an adorable banner is created with one quick zip through the Big Shot!
- Tasteful Trim! An oversized Poppy Parade scallop border, created with the Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, is bedecked with pearls. The large size anchors the image and provides a wonderful contrast in size!
Unfortunately, life interfered with stamping this past week. I priced and cataloged over 100 retired stamp sets in preparation for June 1st, when I will start my “Retired Stamp Sale”. I cleaned house in preparation for Brady’s return home from college and a reception in his honor. When I say “cleaned house”, we are talking deep cleaning! Plus, there were three webinars during the week, individual stamping lessons to teach, a son to move back home, Twins to bathe and groom, AND college graduation, a dog show, and wedding this weekend. To top it all off, I exceeded my lifting limit and my back let me know. Whew! But things should return to normal starting Monday.
I hope you enjoyed today’s peek at new products! I am so in love with the new Framelits. How about you? Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one! Of course, if you ever have a question about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…
This is so bright and pretty! I’m amazed that you were able to do a card with all that’s on your plate!
How fun that we were both on the same track of creating something with our new stamp set!! I love that even though we used the same set our cakes turned out so different!! Love the accent of the extra butterfly and great use of all of the colors and many different patterned papers. Beautiful!
Such a happy happy birthday card Ann! Love the butterflies and waving flags on your cake!
Oh Ann love this card and LOVE the way you layered that new framelit! Where you find the time and energy to do all you do and still stamp some fabulous cards is beyond me but if you have any extra engery kicking around please be sure to send it my way:) Once again (as always) an all around awesome card!
Wow this card is fantastic Ann! You have squeezed a huge amount of stuff into one week – I’m really impressed.
Ann, what is it about this time of year, when school is about to let out, that makes us parents sooooo busy (even if your kid is in college!)? I feel like I have a lot on my plate, too; Haley is graduating from 8th grade this year (along with a birthday and Confirmation). So much going on!
Love your happy, bright, birthday cake card. It fits in perfectly with spring/summer! (80 degrees here today; summer-like)
Sounds like you had a busy week, my friend! I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Let’s talk about this sweet cake card…which is gorgeous! Love how you layered the colors and that fabby banner sentiment.
Hope your back is feeling better! Take it easy and sneak in some stampin’! Big hugs! 🙂
First things first! I love your card. the colors are beautiful together and your use of the new set is wonderful! Congratulations on getting the stamps for free due to getting new people to join your team. That is great Ann.
I read your all of your post and oh my goodness you have been super busy. All good things but so much work involved. You must be thrilled to have your son back home. Did he graduate from college this year? I hope that your back is much better today and that you had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday. Take time to relax and breathe. 🙂
Mary
Mary
That you managed to make a card in the midst of all that activity is truly amazing. I love the framed image…and the way you chose to use the color combination. Now, woman, get some rest! LOL
You made a great card with that color combination.
I love all of your work but I am really liking this card. Slightly vintage with a modern twist. So clever! 🙂
Ann what a great card and I just love the colors you picked this week, and they look so cute on your cake with the little butterflies..(so clever) just like the bakery! Yum. Really like the new banners and can’t wait for my BOX (tonight) with mine inside.Yeah. Love how you did the scallops which pop with those beautiful pearls. now IF I can play! I totally understand what you mean about life getting in the way of stam ping lately! hugs
Such a busy week, but for good ends! Hope you had a lovely Mother’s Day!
Thanks for the sneak peek of some upcoming SU products on your very cheerful birthday card. Looking forward to seeing the new dies such as the Apothecary Accents framelits collection and the banners framelits (and of course the matching stamp sets LOL!!).
I love this card Ann-beautiful trio of colors and you worked them all well-I like the new framelits dies-is the apothecary accents new as well? Hope you had a wonderful Mothers Day
Lovely card, Ann! I can’t wait to get my hands on Itty Bitty Banners so I can use my framelits!! So much to look at on this beauty!
What a fun card, Ann! Love the added itty bitty butterflies and the way you incorporated the colors into the cake! Fabulous job…especially given how busy you’ve been! Whew! Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Ooooo….I’m jealous! I’m DYING to get that stamp set!! This is an adorable card!!!
Super cute card!! Love the little butterfly parade on the cake 🙂
Happy Mother’s Day! I figured you were busy with graduation and moving Brady and the twins. I think I was a bit preoccupied as well. Mike got to come home today by the way.
Fun, bright card. The butterflies are a fun touch. Love the banner and the frame things.
When does Brady have to start his new job. Hopefully there is some down time for all of you before then.
Chris R. from Iowa
Such a bright happy birthday card! I love the new layer cake stamp set. Bet that will be fun to work with. The butterflies are such a great touch. I’m so excited about more new framelits. They are so great to use & I’m so happy that SU has given us more new options.
Love, love, love this cheerful birthday card. Great colors and enjoyed seeing some of the new products in use. I haven’t received my pre-order but I’m sure the new framelits will be a hit. Hope this coming week will be a more relaxing one for you.
Fun card—I get my sets tomorrow, yippee! It sounds as if you were in a major work overload this week. You need a week to rest and STAMP!
Awesome card Ann and I LOVE this week’s colours SO mcuh!!!
This is so great, love the colors
SQUEEEEE! SO CUTE!!! Enjoy your day momma!!!
Pretty card-love the butterflies on the cake.
You sure had a busy week. Hope your back feels better.
Happy Mother’s Day! Enjoy your day.
Happy Mom’s Day!
Gorgeous card — bright and cheerful~
You have been busy~! My house is still upside done with painting to finish and that kitchen floor business! I thought retirement was supposed to be restful! But you managed one sweet card out of the chaos! Love seeing the new frames and towering cake!
Super cute! I like the little red layer at the top of the framelit along with all those pearls! AND I am so glad that Tasteful Trim is still in the catalog! Thanks for blessing my day and we missed you!
Woof, woof – jumping up and down! I thought you left town and I am missing my boyfriend! I didn’t know Brody went to college (Miss Daisy! That is BrAdy Brody’s mom’s son!)!!! Oh – oops!!! :))) Wagging tail furiously.
By the way Ann, you need a rest! Happy Mother’s Day!!!!!
Happy Mother’s Day! Love your card. Wish I had of accomplished as much as you did this past week. I am posting this from Freeport, Maine. Stopped here on my way to Bar Harbor to visit LL Bean.
Have a great week.
Ann once again! Beautiful card. You did great with these new colors it’s going to take me some time to get used to them…..they are bright! The new incolors too except for the baby boop color – oops sorry SU but that color is going to take me AWHILE…Summer Starfruit how did they get fruit out of that color I will never know…but as always when these colors first come out I don’t like them but when they retire I am sad to see them go!
Happy Mother’s Day Ann
what a fabulous Birthday card!!! It just screams Happy and I love it!!! You’ve been one very busy girl..and yes, I love all the new dies ~ I’m hoping to play with them this week…we’ll see how the week unfolds for me. Thanks for sharing, have a fabulous day, and Happy Happy Mother’s Day to you!!!
This is such an adorable card. I love all the colors of
DSP and the stamp set is so cute! I think this card would be appropriate for any age group. Take some time to relax this week!
Girl, you must have a whole lot more energy than I do. I’d never get all of that done. Actually I haven’t gotten much of anything done the last few days. Sinus and ears! First time I have been on an antibiotic in several years.
Your card is beautiful! My bundle comes tomorrow. I have looked at the images of that stamp set and wondered what I was going to do with it. Nothing came to me so I am really glad to see yours. Maybe it will inspire me! Thanks!
Happy Mother’s Day Ann! Have an awesome day! 🙂
I was getting worried about you since you hadn’t posted for a while! Glad it was just that you were one busy lady! I am tired just reading about your week! Love this card, so bright and cheery! I am loving all the new framelit dies, can’t wait to see them in June!
Making me tired just reading what all you had accomplished this week.
Wonderful looking card.
Goodness, woman, you’ve been busy! Glad you’re back. Love the card except the Baja Breeze-not a favorite, but then you didn’t pick it out, you answered a challenge, and did it well!