Wednesday, March 13, 2024

STAMPIN' UP! CAKE FANCY BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING REAL RED

 



This week's Colour Creations blog hop is all about Real Red, one of the Stampin' Up! colours that has been in the range for MANY years!  I have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for nearly 15 years, and it has long been a favourite.

I am showcasing the gorgeous Cake Fancy stamp set tonight, using this colour combination:



In my early Stampin' Up! days, I used a similar colour combo for Christmas cards (but using Chocolate Chip, a long-retired warmer brown).  The birthday card I've made is a little rustic-looking, due to the colour scheme, but with a bit of added bling.

How yummy does this chocolate and caramel cake, topped with red berries, look?!






On a panel of Crumb Cake card, I repeatedly stamped "Birthday wishes", at different angles, using Crumb Cake ink.  I sponged around the edges of this piece of card with Crumb Cake ink, and attached to the bottom third a piece of Perennial Lavender DSP (with the edges also sponged using Crumb Cake ink).  These pieces are matted on a Real Red card layer, then a Thick Basic White card base.

When building my cake, I first stamped the cake stand in Real Red ink on Basic White card, then added an Early Espresso layer of cake.  After cleaning the ink off the stamp, I turned the stamp around to stamp the middle layer in Crumb Cake ink, so the shading on the cake was not uniform.  I flipped it again to stamp the top Early Espresso layer.  The bow/twine stamp is a gorgeous little detail, don't you think?  My regular followers may notice I added no ribbon to my card.  It just looked too much, with the stamped bow.

A layer of Crumb Cake icing/frosting was added to the cake, before a liberal addition of Real Red berries.  I cut out the finished art piece with a Scalloped Contours Die.

The flowers were stamped in Real Red ink on Basic White card, and fussy cut before being glued to the cake.  I added Adhesive-Backed Sparkle Gems to the flower centres, and in a couple of other spots on my card front.





Here's a closer look at the delightful detail, particularly of the cake stand.  How sweet are those dotty scallops?!

I stamped the first part of the sentiment in Early Espresso ink, directly onto the scalloped rectangle panel.  The second part of the sentiment was stamped in Versamark ink on Real Red card, then heat-embossed in white.  I used a Happy Little Things Die to cut it out.  I love this pack of two cute little sentiment label dies, just recently released as an Online Exclusive product (ie, it doesn't appear in a current catalogue, but is available to purchase from my online store).







Next up on tonight's blog hop is Di Furniss:





If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares every week, year-round.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.



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Heat Tool
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Paper Snips
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Friday, March 8, 2024

STAMPIN' UP! SIMPLY ZINNIA BIRTHDAY CARD FEATURING PUMPKIN PIE

 There is a beautful new suite of products on offer from Stampin' Up!, as an Online Exclusive (meaning they won't appear in a catalogue).  The Flowering Zinnias suite includes a stamp set and co-ordinating dies, beautiful Designer Series Paper, a 3D embossing folder, and self-adhesive sequins.  I've used everything on today's card, made while I was creating with Pumpkin Pie for this week's Colour Creations blog hop.




The sentiment is from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set.  I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on a piece of patterned paper from the Flowering Zinnias DSP pack.  After cutting it out using a Stylish Shapes Die, I sponged the edges with Lemon Lime Twist ink.

In this photo, you can see some of the gorgeous detail of the Zinnia 3D embossing folder, on the Basic White panel.  I coloured some Adhesive-Backed Shiny Sequins with the Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends marker.  The alcohol-based markers don't colour these sequins evenly, so I just dotted on colour to give them a mottled appearance.





The zinnias were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on Basic White card, and coloured with Stampin' Blends markers.  I used Pumpkin Pie and Lemon Lolly on the flowers, and Lemon Lime Twist and Old Olive on the leaves.  The flowers were then brushed with Wink of Stella to make them sparkle a little.

After die-cutting the flowers, I arranged them on top of a Thoughtful Expressions die-cut in Basic Black, and layered them onto another piece of Flowering Zinnias DSP that I'd sponged around the edges with Pumpkin Pie ink.




As I used a Crumb Cake card base, I added a Basic White insert to the inside.  I cut a strip of the same Pumpkin Pie and Lemon Lolly DSP as on the front of the card, and sponged it with Pumpkin Pie ink before gluing it to the Basic White panel.




Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  I have linked to the individual products, as well as providing a link for purchasing the entire suite all in one hit (much easier than entering each product code, if you want all the "bits").

If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.




Product List