Happy Birthday from the Barnyard

Posted on March 28, 2016 by mauistamper

I love these animal friends from the Barnyard Babies set. I’ve tried watercoloring them, but I like the results best when I use Stampin’ Write markers to highlight their features. Pool Party and Island Indigo are one of my favorite color combinations.

We made this card at my #ImBringingBirthdaysBack class earlier this month, and I made a few extra for my personal use when everyone was finished. I think the Silver Glimmer paper balloons are the perfect amount of bling.

The Stampin’ Up! color range includes a number of tonal combinations. I kept the base colors Whisper White and Basic Gray, and experimented with the accent colors. This is Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride (oh, I miss Crisp Cantaloupe! Do you think we’ll have a color refresh this year?)

The diagonal stripe comes from the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper stacks. There’s a lot of bang for the buck in these fat pads of 12 x 12 patterned paper!

Yellow and grey are a very trendy color combination. I paired So Saffron with Crushed Curry for this Buttercup version of my card.

If you look closely, you’ll see that I used both colors of marker in this example. Making a batch of one style of cards leaves lots of room for experimenting!

For this last sample, I used the same Calypso Coral and Blushing Bride combination but used the softer, more subtle Blushing Bride stripe for the DSP background. This one seems more like a baby card to me as a result.

Seriously. Have you ever seen such a contented cow?

What’s your favorite Stampin’ Up! color combination? Which of these do you like the best?

#ImBringingBirthdaysBack

Posted on March 12, 2016 by mauistamper

Are you on the Birthdays bandwagon?

I’m offering a class next Saturday, March 19th. Make one card, make 10 cards, make 3 of card #6 and 2 of card #9. Cost is $3 a card or 4 cards for $10. The cards (with the exception of #5) are designed to go together quickly and they are suitable for beginniners.

I must have your personal card order by midnight on Thursday, March 17th.

Contact me with questions or your class order!

(Note that card #5 will take longer than the rest – it’s not hard, just more time-consuming)

#ImBringingBirthdaysBack – and Weekly Deals

Posted on March 1, 2016 by mauistamper

Whew! It was an exciting night – at midnight Mountain time (that’s 9pm Hawaii time) Stampin’ Up! released a limited edition stamp.

There were some crazy demonstrators all across the U.S. who stayed up late to place their orders – yours truly included. (Well, 9pm isn’t early for me, but it’s the thought that counts, right?)

This is a limited edition stamp, so if you’d like one I suggest you go to the Online Store and enter item #143573. The stamps are $12 and are designed to go on the back of an envelope containing a birthday card. Hopefully, the recipient will photograph their card and share it on social media with the hashtag – check Shannon West’s post on the Stampin’ Up! website for more information.

And it’s Tuesday, so there are Weekly Deals!