Tag Archives: Best of Birthdays

April Aloha

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This image looks a lot like the plumerias that grow in my backyard.  It wasn’t intentional, but the serendipity makes me smile:

Maui Stamper DIY Easel Calendar April 2016

Maui Stamper DIY Easel Calendar April 2016

To be authentic, I should have added heaps of blossoms at the bottom of the calendar.  Plumeria are as famous for their beautiful litter as they are for their ease of stringing into lei.

Take a moment to see what Cheryl and Crystal have done with their calendars for April.  And if you’d like to shop, visit my Online Store.

Prints Poetry

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Woo hoo!  More designs from the gorgeous Prints Poetry Designer Paper pack!  I can’t get enough of these designs!  They coordinate really well, and the colors are gorgeous together.  You know how sometimes the scale of the designs is hard to work with?  Not here!

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays

  • Best of Birthdays stamp set
  • Whisper White card stock
  • Prints Poetry Designer Series paper
  • Raspberry Ripple FFIP
  • Primrose Petals Stitched 3/8 inch ribbon

Super simple card!  These little flags are only 3/4 of an inch wide.  Say it with me:  Use up your DSP scraps!

Wonder if there’s a lime in that pool?

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Color combinations shouldn’t always be safe.  This one isn’t particularly adventurous but it’s not run-of-the-mill either!

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays

  • Best of Birthdays Stamp set
  • Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Whisper White card stock
  • Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party FFIP
  • Pool Party and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write markers
  • Big Shot and Argyle TIEF
  • Adorning Accents Folders
  • Dazzling Details
  • Bitty punch pack
  • Bitty Buttons
  • Wisteria Wonder Bakers Twine

This was another card we made in the Best of Birthdays class.  I’m telling you, you NEED this set!  Do I need to get out that dizzy hypnotizing oval from Oh Hello again??  Make you get sleepy…sleepy…sleepy…

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Dazzling DetailsAnd while you’re at it, put some Dazzling Details on your order.  Can’t get much cheaper (#124117 for $2.50) and it’s on the Mr. Maui Stamper Approved Forms of Glitter List.  What more could you ask?

 

 

Birthday hypnosis

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I paired the Best of Birthdays with Oh Hello and loved the results:

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays

  • Best of Birthdays and Oh Hello stamp sets
  • Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Summer Starfruit card stock
  • Black Staz-on Ink
  • Cherry Cobbler and Summer Starfruit Stampin’ Write markers
  • Cherry Cobbler seam binding
  • Ovals Collections Framelits
  • Rhinestone jewels
  • Honeycomb TIEF and the Big Shot
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals

That Honeycomb TIEF is awesome – bold but not overwhelming. But I’m warning you, if you stare at that chevron stamped oval from Oh Hello for very long you will be hypnotized!  It is positively dizzying, but I love how it looks.  Just don’t look at it too long or your eyes will start to water 🙂

Or maybe you can put it to good use.  You are getting sleepy, very sleepy.  You NEED that Best of Birthdays stamp set!  You WANT that Best of Birthdays stamp set!  You MUST HAVE that Best of Birthdays stamp set!  You will go to the Online Store and BUY the Best of Birthdays stamp set!

Hmm.  Could be useful.

Silver Buttons and Birthdays

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Stampin’ Up! celebrates 25 years of business this year.  If you’re not familiar with the story,  I encourage you to check it out HERE.  I’m proud to be associated with a company that produces a great product, stands behind that product AND the Independent Demonstrators who sell it, and which makes a commitment to community service.

One of the ways Stampin’ Up! is celebrating this anniversary is with a series of “Best of” stamp sets.  Each month a new set is released featuring archived favorite images as well as brand new designs.  January featured Best of Birthdays and what a winner it is!Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays card classLast weekend we had a Best of Birthdays class – it was self-serving since I always need birthday cards 🙂

Maui Stampers Best of Birthdays Anniversary StampsThose Silver Designer buttons are pretty sweet too – and I am an enormous fan of the Print Poetry DSP packs.  I wasn’t sure I would like the small sheet size, but I find I use it more.  It’s reverse psychology:  because the sheets are smaller you don’t mind chopping them up!

Each anniversary stamp set is $14.95, and when you collect 6 you’ll get any set valued $14.95 or less for free!  You can’t go wrong starting with Best of Birthdays #132929

Stampin' Up! 25th Anniversary Best of Birthdays

If you missed the RemARKable blog tour last month, go back and take a look.  We featured this set and there are loads of great ideas.  Start with THIS post, and as you follow the links around you’ll need to find the post for February 16 for each blog – a little extra work, but well worth it.

25 Years with Stampin’ Up: Best of Birthdays

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What a fabulous start to the 25 Years of Stampin’ Up! celebration!  This Best of Birthdays set ($14.95!!)  is a great selection of birthday images and I immediately saw the potential for favors:

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Anniversary Blog TourOf course, this is a Stampin’ Up! birthday, so the favors have to be Stampin’ Up! favors!  And the Sycamore Street Designer Series Paper (DSP) is such a great bundle of designs and colors that I knew it would be a perfect choice for birthday fun.

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Anniversary Blog TourHow about a rosette for your birthday cake – or your cupcakes – or your centerpieces – or your flowers?  This rosette was a snap with the Designer Rosette Bigz XL die.  I cut the DSP about 1 1/2 inches wide and used two 12 inch strips.  A little Tombo (the Wonder Adhesive) attached the ends into a circle, and some hot glue on our Silicon Craft sheet secured the rosette quickly and easily.

The images are embossed in White and Tangerine Tango for an extra pop, and those curly ribbons are from the Sale-a-bration Sycamore Street ribbon and button bundle.  I’ve tried curling our ribbon before with limited luck, but I had an idea this time:  I wrapped the ribbon around a skewer and taped it down (and by the way, I consider a fistful of skewers an essential tool on my craft desk).  Then I spritzed it with a little hair spray – yep! – and gave it a shot with my heat tool.  I let it cool down and success!!  I had curls 🙂

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Anniversary Blog TourI love the Petite Pocket die for favors.  It’s a fun size and shape for anything from pencils and crayons to Pixie Stix or even Stampin’ Spritzers!  This image is also embossed to make it easier to color with markers – I’m a messy, outside-the-lines artist.  A few quick accents and these little pockets are done – with our beautiful, two-sided DSP this is an easy project to mass produce.

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Anniversary Blog TourAnd here’s my current favorite favor – the Petal Cone die!  It just takes one die cut folded over on itself to make this cute ice cream cone shape, and then a pair of fun DSP scalloped half-circles (also on the die) to dress up that cone.  Our super-soft seam binding is supple enough to thread through the buttonholes, so that button is tied right onto the favor.

Hope you’ve enjoyed this stop on the tour!  There’s much much more to come – skedalddle on over to see what Robin Merriman at http://www.TrinityDesignStudio.com has created or click on the link below to send you over.  And check back next month for the Best of Love 25th Anniversary Blog tour!

Maui Stamper Best of Birthdays Anniversary Blog Tour