Stamp Club projects February 2015

Our projects this month were pretty straight-forward:  3 cards with Birthday theme.  We need birthday cards all year long!

First card was copied (nearly identically) from the Jan/Feb edition of Stampin' Success (a Demonstrator-only resource magazine).  This card features the balloon stamps from Balloon Bash stamp set in the Occasions catalog page 13 as well as the Bow Builder Punch.  So delightful!!

This second card also features the Balloon Bash stamp set.  White embossing and black cardstock create the chalk-board effect.  Of course, our new Chalkboard Paper would make a perfect choice as well. That fantastic background was created by repeatedly stamping the spots (from Best Day Ever in Sale-A-Bration brochure) in Melon Mambo ink to get a light, medium and dark effect.  Small flowers added from Petite Petals stamp set. This same card would look fantastic in other color combos:  Black/White/Yellow.  Black/White/Red.  Black/White/turquoise etc. What do you think?

 Lastly is the bright, super happy card featuring the Hello You Thinlits dies.  These 4 words (You, Happy, Hello, Thanks) are soooo adorable when cut out and added to your card.  Remember to use a piece of wax paper between the thinlit and the card stock for easy removal after running through Big Shot. The texture on the vertical banner is from Decorative Dots embossing folder.  And the DSP is a retired pattern from a Paper Stack last year.  "Birthday" "Celebrating" and "You" are all from Crazy About You stamp set in the Occasions catalog.

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