Birthday Banner

This is the Birthday Banner that I made for my daughter's 21st Birthday last week. I confess that I started it at 6.30am the morning of her birthday as I had been finishing off an 8 x 8 Scrapbook Album the day before.
It was relatively quick and easy to put together using the Banner Framelits,Botanical Blooms Thinlets Dies and the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set for the background. I stuck mainly to the Brights Colour Family.
One of the huge advantages of Stampin Up is that so many of the products are colour co ordinated.

Here is the Birthday Girl by her Banner.

This is her reaction to the Album. I have kept that 8 x 8 Creative Memories Album for several years waiting to complete it for her 21st Birthday so I was really chuffed to get it done and even more so that she really did like it.

Butterfly Basics and Flower Shop

I cased the first card from one made by Shelli Gardner and Dawn Griffith. They have a video of how to make it - HERE .I adapted it for a very dear friend's 60th birthday which is today. I added the doily,the small butterfly and added a different sentiment from the Butterfly Basics stamp set.
I love the colour combo of Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant.

This card and box were made using the Flower Shop Stamp Set with the matching Pansy Punch.
The colour used is Pink Pirouette. I got the instructions for the box from HERE.We will be making these and other cards at my class next Thursday morning, April 16th. Let me know if you would like to join us.

Scalloped Tag Topper Cards.

 Here are some cards that I have enjoyed making with the Tag Topper Punch.
I used the Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set on the first one. How I enjoyed using that stamp set again!
I used one of the stamps from the Happy Watercolour set to give that Pool Party tinge in the background and then stamped the flower and tiny accent flowers on it in Black and Pool Party ink.
It was finished off with tiny pearls, glitter pen and Vanilla Seam binding Ribbon.
I would call this a Gatefold Tag Topper Card!

I used the Watercolour Designer Series Paper on Pacific Point Cardstock on this card.
I cut out three flowers from the paper and adhered them with Dimensionals.
The sentiment  comes from the Peaceful Petals stamp set. The border on the left hand side was made using one of the Finishing Touches Edgelits. White Taffeta Ribbon and Pearls completed the card.

You can make cards in different sizes as seen in the top two cards. I stamped Whisper White Cardstock using the Petal Parade Saleabration Stamp Set for the background of the card on the left.
The sentiment is from the Pennant Parade Stamp Set cut out using the matching Banner Framelits.
I love the pastel colours of these two cards.
I used some of the Retro Designer Series Paper on the card below and the Zoo Babies Stamp Set.
Did you notice the toucan sitting on the elephant.

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack and the Perfect Pennants Stamp Set.

I received the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack in my order this week and I love the colour combo.
I immediately thought of the Circle Thinlets and the Banner Blast Punch and had to get crafting to put together some thank you cards for my customers.
The colours in the papers are Coastal Cabana, Real Red, and Crumb Cake.
The Scalloped Circle and the star are included with the Circle Thinlets. I cut the star out of Red Glimmer Cardstock for a bit of extra bling!

The thx sentiment is also in the pack of Circle Thinlets and gives a quick greeting on the card.

I then got out my new Perfect Pennants Stamp Set and the matching Banners Framelits dies and made the above card. The tiny heart and star accent stamps are in the Banner Blast set which is one of the Saleabration items that you can get free with a £45 order until March 31st.
The thin zig zag border on the left hand side was cut out of Coastal Cabana Cardstock using one of the Finishing Touches Edgelits. This one is very useful for Men's cards.

Here is a picture of the Wood Mount Perfect Pennants Stamp Set. When Monica came over to do a training day in January I put the stickers and stamps on the wood mount blocks for her and then we could not remember how they fitted into the box as it was a very tight squeeze. So this photo is for the benefit of those who have the same problem as I have now found the solution.