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The Birthday Card I Never Meant To Make

February 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

So yesterday didn’t go according to plan. My two projects were made a couple of weeks ago, they were even photographed and edited early. The blog was written and all I had to do was check it, make a few tweaks and then schedule it to publish at the appropriate time. Simple, except at 3pm yesterday afternoon I realised that it hadn’t published at all! I attempted to rectify that via my phone but apparently that didn’t work either. It was after 7pm AT before I could finally resolve the problem. So today I only had time for a simple project but it was a happy accident that resulted in this birthday card.

Rich Razzleberry coloured floral birthday card created using the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set and coordinating Label Me Lovely Punch from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I began with the large “happy birthday” sentiment from the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set. I planned to layer it over some leafy Designer Series Paper (DSP) and chose my colour scheme with that in mind. So it was that I stamped the sentiment using Mossy Meadow ink onto Thick Very Vanilla Card. Then I punched it out using the coordinating Label Me Lovely Punch.

At that point I was distracted by the images in the stamp set. So, throwing caution to the wind, I chose the large leafy branch and began to stamp on a layer of Very Vanilla Card.

Still thinking of the DSP I chose Pear Pizzazz ink for the leaves. I stamped four of the images, each one pointing roughly towards a corner. Then I decided to add a branch pointing left and right. For this though I only stamped the top half of the branch using a piece of scrap paper to prevent the stalk end from being stamped.

RICH RAZZLEBERRY FLOWERS

And that’s when it happened… With the branches done I wondered what it would look like with a few flowers scattered around the arrangement. There was an open flower and a bud right there in the stamp set so I thought I’d give it a try.

Rich Razzleberry coloured floral birthday card created using the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set and coordinating Label Me Lovely Punch from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

For the flowers I chose Rich Razzleberry ink. It’s a colour I love but haven’t used recently, certainly not as a key part of a project. I set to work with the open flower first stamping them in the spaces between the leaves. Then I stamped the buds in the remaining spaces. That was it. Forget about the DSP idea, who needs that with this gorgeous floral arrangement.

So now with the background decided I grabbed my scraps of Rich Razzleberry Card. Ironically the first piece I pulled out of the packet was a cut and folded card base. I’d probably prepared it for another project but never used it. So I forgot about a card layer and decided to have a card base in Rich Razzleberry instead.

The assembly of the card was really simple. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to attach the stamped layer to the card base. Then I added the punched happy birthday sentiment on top using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On another layer of Very Vanilla Card I stamped the leafy branch in the bottom right corner. Then I stamped the flower and bud a few times before fixing the layer inside the card base with liquid glue.

Finally I stamped the open flower in the centre of the flap on a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope. With that my accidental birthday card project was complete.

Oh my goodness, I love these flowers and leaves. They’re so easy to stamp and the DistInkTive style adds depth and dimension with absolutely no effort from me. I suspect this stamp set has been overlooked a lot but it really is worth a second look.

So far I’ve only made one other project using the Layered With Kindness Stamp Set. You’ll find it in my blog post All you need is a great big lovely punch.

PRODUCT LIST

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad
Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad
Layered With Kindness Cling Stamp Set (English)
Layered With Kindness Cling Stamp Set (English)
Label Me Lovely Punch
Label Me Lovely Punch
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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