Stampin' Fun with Diana: SSINKspiration January Blog Hop: Birthday Madness!

Good morning! The holidays are all wrapped up and 2017 is off to a running start. I’ll admit I’m hoping for lots of big snow this year (despite what Aidan’s wishing for) and looking forward to some winter fun. One thing that everyone celebrates, and goes on all year long is birthdays so the Stylin’ Stampin’ INKspiration decided to focus on birthday’s for this month’s blog hop. This is also perfect timing for me since the first half of the year is very heavy for birthday’s in my world, starting with Aidan’s next month so I decided to go with a fun birthday card that works equally well for guys and gals. This year’s Occasions catalog is jam packed with products perfect for all your birthday needs.

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I started with Mint Macaron cardstock for the cardbase and then added a piece of Watermelon Wonder cardstock as a mat for the Whisper White cardfront. On the cardfront I started by using the Tie Died stamp set and stamped the background in Mint Macaron (I stamped twice to fill the cardfront). The greeting is from the Birthday Blast stamp set and was stamped in Night of Navy ink. Next I used the coordinating Star Blast Edgelits (you can get both the stamp set and edgelits as a bundle for a discount) to cut the awesome stars out of Silver Foil Paper. I attached the edge cutout to the cardfront just along the bottom so I could slightly bend the stars so they really pop off the card.

Next I took a piece of Carried Away Designer Series Paper (one of the 2017 Sale-a-bration freebies, yeah) along the bottom of the cardfront. I tied a bow using some Peekaboo Peach 3/8” Ruched Ribbon and attached it to the cardfront in the center of the edgelit with a glue dot. The final touch was to add a Night of Navy Star Enamel shape (from the Regals Enamel Shapes) in the center of the largest star cutout for an extra little detail.

This card is actually really easy to make but all the different textures and elements really elevates the card and makes a “wowser card”, love that!

Below are easy ordering links for the products used on today’s project:

Make sure to check out the rest of the blog hop for lots of other great ideas. If you click the “Next” button, you’ll go to Pamela's site but you can also access any of the hopper’s site from the full blog list below.