Well Written Birthday Card

 A friend asked me to make some cards for her. This is one of the cards I made. An interesting thing about this card is that there is zero stamping on it! Take a look:

All supplies available from Stampin' Up!:

Cardstock: Purple Posy (Item #150881)

Daffodil Delight (#119683)

Basic Gray (#121044)

Accessories: Best Dressed Designer Series Paper (retired)

Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper (#152493)

Mini Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine (#150673)

Tasteful Labels Dies (#152886)

Well Written Dies (#151816)

5/8" Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon (#146912)

Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (#152155)

Foam Adhesive Sheets (#152815)

If you notice that the label looks to be rather thick, it is because I used the Foam Adhesive Sheets on the back side. Some of the Tasteful Label dies have embossing edges on them, so that when I ran it through the Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, it gave a really deep embossed edge to the label. Plus it is like a great big solid sheet of Dimensional foam, so it also pops it up! Awesome!

I also  loved using the Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. It adds such a beautiful touch of shine to this card. And it comes with so many different pieces of the laser-cut paper that you have multiple options to create with!

If you see anything you want to order, please feel free to contact me about helping you to place your order.  Or go to https://www.stampinup.com and use the item numbers that I included. And I would appreciate it if you put me as your demonstrator, if you are not already working with one. 

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See you soon,

Kathryn Whittaker

Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator since 2005

Paper-Strip Weaving Birthday Card

I was watching some videos on YouTube earlier today and came across a fun technique presented by Ingrid Blackburn. I think she is an artist, and she does all sorts of really fun techniques. The technique that sparked my interest this morning was using thin strips of paper and weaving them together into a piece that you could use as the focal point, or the background, on your card. Since today is Independence Day in the United States (July 4th), and I have some friends with birthdays that are around this time of year, I decided to use some patriotic colors, (you know, Red, White, and Blue) but you could use any colors you wanted...even patterned paper! (I might have to try that!)

Take a look:

 All supplies are available from Stampin' Up!:

Card Stock: Whisper White Thick (card base) (Item #140272)

Real Red (Item #102482)

Night of Navy (Item #100867)

Whisper White (Item #100730)

Basic Black (Item #121045)

Accessories: Die Cutting Machine (Coming soon!)

Well Written Dies (Item #151816)

Paper Snips (Item #103579)

Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack (Item #152475)

Rhinestone Basic Jewels (Item #144220)

Stampin' Dimensionals (Item #104430)

Another interesting thing about this card is that it has zero stamping on it! But you could use any stamp you had, if you wanted to. I die-cut a greeting from the Stampin' Up! set of dies called "Well Written". It has multiple dies to cut words and a few little shapes too! So many fun options to use! I die-cut the words out of Whisper White and then glued them onto a scrap of Basic Black cardstock. Then I hand-cut the words out with a thick border, and mounted them onto the woven-paper-strip background using Stampin' Dimensionals foam adhesive mounts. I finished off the card with a bow tied from some gold metallic trim (from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack), and a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

It is fun to try a new technique! I hope you will give this one a try, and use up some of your paper-strip scraps at the same time.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you soon!
Kathryn