Happy Birthday Princess

Happy Saturday! I made this birthday card for several fun challenges, including a new blog, Stampin' Royalty (doesn't it go perfectly with my princess theme!?!). My sketch was from the Taylored Expressions sketch challenge and The Pink Elephant blog had a challenge to make a birthday card and the Cupcake Craft blog had a challenge to make it Girly! So I had fun making this a girly birthday card with great SU colors and fabulous sketch!

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My crown is from the SU Princess Party kit and it works perfectly with these colors since it's Pale Plum! I matted two crowns together so that it has some depth! Then I added Clear Rhinestone brads at the top of each point! I love that the Stampin' Up! package of brads comes with over 80 brads in 3 sizes, so I put the largest sized brad at the top with 2 medium sized brads on the sides! My white border at the bottom of the card is from the Curly Label punch, I just punched out two labels, and cut them in half and layered them behind the DSP. The Elegant Eggplant rick rack ribbon adds a fun touch as well! Then in the bottom left hand corner (to follow the sketch) I added all three sized brads!

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Stamps: Princess Time (116720)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant (105210)
Card Stock: Elegant Eggplant (105126), Whisper White (100730)
Paper: Princess Party Kit (115525), Cottage Wall (115671), Rich Razzleberry DSP (115685)
Embellishments: Clear Rhinestone Brads (113144), Orchard Ribbon Originals (116232)
Punches: Curly Label (112208)
Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Your friendship!

WOW! Do you love this color challenge from the Color Throwdown blog or what? I thought it was a fantastic combo of SU colors and I had so much creating a card with these three colors along with Whisper White for my neutral!

This was my first time playing along at Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge and this was a great card layout! My scallop border on the left hand side came from the SU Princess Party Kit! So easy! It was already scalloped and with the polka-dots, I just had to add it to my card! Of course it was also the perfect color: Regal Rose to go along with the color challenge!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

With my layered flower as the focal point, my sentiment ended up in the corner! I used the images from the Hostess Level 2 set, Wings of Friendship and stamped the swirls in Regal Rose ink in the corner first. Then with my stamp-a-ma-jig, I lined up the sentiment next to it. I thought about stamping the sentiment on top of the swirls, but decided against it since I wanted to be able to see both images clearly since I like them both so much! To add a little brown to the swirls, I stamped the flower in the middle of it adding a brad to the middle of it! To frame the card in, I used the Mat Pack and Paper-Piercing tool to add a corner border! My favorite part of the card is the looped Chocolate Chip border! It's so easy but such a cute way to add dimension! What I did was take a long, thin piece of cardstock, distress it with my bone folder. Then add a piece of Sticky Strip behind it and then 'loop' the card stock on top of itself in small loops! So fun!

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Stamps: Wings of Friendship (114308, Hostess Level 2 set)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Regal Rose (105211)

Card Stock: Chocolate Chip (102128), Regal Rose (105130), Dusty Durango (115321), Whisper White (100730)

Embellishments: 5/16" Neutrals Brads (112534), 5/8" Neutrals Brads (112533)

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Birds & Blooms (113485), Blossom Party (115971), Mat Pack (105826), Paper-Piercing Tool (116631)
Essentials: Sticky Strip (104294), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), Bone Folder (102300)

Finished Size: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Happy Birthday Princess ~ PPA12

Ready for some birthday bling!?! The Pals Paper Arts posted this amazing sketch (PPA12) on their blog and I'm so excited that I get to play along! I love sketches simply because they are the best place to start and help me in the design process for my cards and projects! My Princess Time set and Party Kit were the first things I grabbed because the crown is too cute and needed to be front and center, which works perfectly with the circle focal point of the sketch. I had fun playing with these new Stampin' Up! Products! The Princess Time Stamp set (116720) and the Princess Party Kit (116214) are featured in the SU Idea Book & Catalog on page 75 and 174. These two products work wonderfully for all things girly, especially birthdays and parties!

The Rhinestone brads poked through on the inside of my card, so I simply covered them up with some leftover die-cuts from the Party Kit! Added a scallop edge on the right side too and layered a thin strip of yellow on top! Dressing up the insides of cards is a great way too keep the fun flowing from the card front!

The finishing touch was to dress-up my Whisper White envelope! To do this, cut a piece of paper or cardstock to approximately 6-1/2" long x 3" wide. Adhere with strong adhesive to the flap, then trim away the excess paper! I prefer to use my paper snips since they get such a close, clean cut! This green paper and pink scallop is leftover goodies from the Princess Party Kit!

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Stamps: Princess Time (116720)

Ink: Regal Rose (105211) Classic Ink

Cardstock: Whisper White (100730, Whisper White Textured (108693), Bashful Blue Textured (108695)

Paper & Die-Cuts: Princess Party Kit (116214)

Accessories: Clear Rhinestone brads (113144) ~ comes in 3 sizes!
Envelopes: Whisper White Medium (107301) ~ comes in pack of 40 envelopes!

Tools: Big Shot (113439), Scallop Circle #2 (113469)

Essentials: Paper Snips (103579

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