Make a Cake for The Paper Players

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 Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

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…

Stamp Set:  Make a Cake, Itty Bitty Banners;  Inks:  Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight;  Designer Series Paper:  Pocketful of Posies, Domestic Goddess; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Poppy Parade;  Tools:  Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL Die, Itty Bitty Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Beautiful Wings Embosslit; Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls

Memories of Mom for the Players…Layered Labels

 It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players!  This week, the lovely Nance is hosting a theme challenge:  In Celebration of Mothers.  My mother passed away many, many years ago, but I think she would have liked the card I created for her.  She loved Victoriana, so I tried to incorporate that theme into my design aspects, using the fabulous Layered Labels stamp set, which will be available June 1st. I hope you enjoy “Memories of  Mom”.

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips:  Victorian…the Stampin’ Up! Way

This finished card measures 5-1/4″ square.

  •  Texture! What better way to impart a Victorian flair to a card than by using a vintage patterned embossing folder! The retiring Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, with its appropriately sized motif, is a perfect choice.  A little Crumb Cake ink, brayered over the surface, allows the pattern to pop!
  • Pattern! The new “Heartfelt” Layered Label, with its intricate detailing,  is not only feminine and vintage, it perfectly fits the largest Apothecary Accents Framelit.  It was lightly tinted with Baja Breeze ink using a Blender Pen. 
  • Sentiment! The  “Memories” sentiment, from the Loving Thoughts stamp set, was substituted for the word “Heartfelt”, which is located in the center of the image.  The Bitty Banners Framelit fits the word and the space perfectly!
  •  Jewels! What could be better for finishing off the focal image than Pearls!

I often find myself wondering what my mother would think of the woman I have become.  Would she be proud of me and my accomplishments?  I like to think she would.  I also find myself wondering what she would think of my wonderful husband and the grandson she never knew.  Would she appreciate Kim’s sense of humor?  I know she would.  And I know she would have cherished Brady, just as she cherished all of her other grandchildren.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and the peek at the new products! I would love to know what you think, so won’t you please 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 I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

The Paper Players Design Team

Stamp Sets:  Layered Labels (Available June 1st), Loving Thoughts (W  125843, C 125845); Inks:  Crumb Cake (121030), Baja Breeze (111833), Soft Suede (115657);  Card Stock:  Very Vanilla (101650), Baja Breeze (111352);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Bitty Banner Framelits (Available June 1st), Apothecary Accents Framelits (Available June 1st), Labels Collection Framelits (125598), Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (115963), Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976), Blender Pens (102845), Brayer (102395);  Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls (119247)

Freshly Made Sketches #33…Betsy’s Blossoms

Freshly Made Sketches is having a Design Team Call.  Some of you may be familiar with this challenge and their talented group of designers.  They  are looking for clean-lined creations.  Unlike clean and simple challenges, they encourage lots of detail and embellishments, as long as a clean look is maintained. They avoid distressing and torn edges, and create with lots of white space and clean edges. I decided to try out, using one of my new catalog preorder sets, Betsy’s Blossoms.  I hope you enjoy the new products which I used in creating today’s card.  And please wish me luck as I try out for the Freshly Made Sketches team!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Clean
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ long.
(New Products Used:  Betsy’s Blossoms and Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Sets, Comfort Cafe DSP, Midnight Muse Card Stock, Summer Starfruit Card Stock,  Midnight Muse Ink, Bitty Banners Framelits.  Although Itty Bitty Banners is not a preorder item, it will be available in the new catalog.) 
  • Butterflies and Blossoms!  The large Blossom image from Betsy’s Blossoms was inked with Midnight Muse and stamped three times.  It was then fussy-cut and layered, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Summer Starfruit butterflies, created with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit, draw attention to the different levels.

  • Bitty Banners! The “Congratulations” sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners was inked with Cajun Craze and stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock.  It was then cut out using the new, fabulous Bitty Banner Framelits.
  • Comfort Cafe Coordination!  The Comfort Cafe is serving up delicious helpings of yummy Designer Series patterns! Look how fabulous these two patterns, (one in Summer Starfruit and the other with Cajum Craze, Midnight Muse, Pool Party, Soft Suede, and Summer Starfruit hues), coordinate with each other! 

 

I did have the  opportunity to use the new firm foam stamp pads when creating this card, and I can tell you that they are awesome! There is no comparison when it comes to the ease of inking up a stamp. 

I hope that you enjoyed the new catalog product peek and my “clean” card.  As always, your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one.  And remember, if you have questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away!  Wish me luck with the Design Team application.  Until next time…


(If you do not currently have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, and you would like a FREE copy of the new Stampin’ Up! catalog, please email me.  I will send you one as soon as I receive my supply.)

Stamp Sets: Betsy’s Blossoms (Available June 1), Itty Bitty Banners (Available June 1);  Inks:  Midnight Muse (Available June 1), Cajun Craze (126965); Card Stock:  Very Vanilla (100650), Midnight Muse (Available June 1);  Designer Series Paper:  Comfort Cafe (Available June 1);  Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Beautiful Wings Embosslits (118138), Bitty Banners Framelits (Available June 1);  Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls (119247)