Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Corny Hello Card using the Poppin’ By Bundle which includes the Poppin’ By Stamp Set and Poppin’ By Dies by Stampin’ Up! I had so much fun making a card with this Bundle a while back, that I decided to make this second card. If you are interested in seeing my other card, I will post it at the end as well.
The Details of My Corny Hello Card
For my card, I thought that the Full of Life Designer Series Paper with its bright colour burst wheel would be perfect for my card! It would lead the eye to the popcorn that is popping out of the focal point. So fun! I added a Basic Black mat to my DSP to tie in the sentiment and help contain the explosion of colour. Lol! This DSP is listed in the Last Chance Products and it’s on sale! So, get it while you can!
Next, I decided to use a Granny Apple Green banner from the Birthday Celebration Dies to anchor my focal point. From this, I had my popcorn and stars from the Loose Shaker Elements bursting out!
After I die cut the popcorn, I used a Blending Brush to add ink to the edges to give them dimension. Then, I used my Wink of Stella Brush to splatter some Crushed Curry Ink on them as well. Love the shimmer it added!
For the sentiment, I heat embossed it in white on a scrap of Basic Black. The POP letters were die cut using the Alphabet à la Mode Dies in Crushed Curry and placed on my banner jumbled to look like it was being jostled by the popcorn.
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Holographic Resin Dots.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Poppin’ By Bundle (165489), Birthday Celebration Dies (164598), Alphabet à la Mode Dies (160750)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad (147087)
Paper: Crushed Curry (131199), Basic Black (121045), Basic White (166780), Granny Apple Green (146990), Full of Life 6” x 6” Designer Series Paper (163357)
Accessories: Small Blending Brushes (160518), Wink of Stella Glitter Brush (141897), Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Holographic Resin Dots (165598), Loose Shaker Elements (165268), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Crushed Curry:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Scraps for POP Letters
Basic Black:
5 ¼” x 4”
Scrap for Sentiment
Granny Apple Green:
2 ¼” x 3”
Basic White:
Scraps for Popcorn
Full of Life Designer Series Paper:
5-1/8” x 3-7/8”
More Information on My Corny Hello Card
Here is the other card that I made using the Poppin’ By Bundle. For more information on it, please click here or on the photo.
My Poppin’ Hello Card
For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.
You will find the items listed above in my online store.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Pop-Up Record Card using the retired For the Record Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Pop-Up Record Card
This card was for a boy who was turning 17 and loves listening to his records. So, I thought a fun pop-up record player card would be perfect for him! To create my card, I used several retired Stampin’ Up! products that I had in my stash, but it was worth it!
Front of My Card
For the front, I thought the Turtle-y Cute Designer Series Paper would be perfect for my card with the musical notes and bright primary colours. It would also help to balance the darkness of the records.
Close Up of Front of Card
I decided to heat emboss in black the records to give the grooves texture. I made 5 records with three on the front and two on the inside. To match the colours in the DSP, I used matching card stock for the labels of the records along with silver foil. Next, I used Black Matte Dots for the centres of my records. I tried to add a hole with the Take You Pick Tool but found it didn’t look right. So, I added the Dots instead. Once I had my records in place, I used my Paper Snips to cut off the overhanging edges.
The sentiments were heat embossed in white and the Real Red one was die cut out while the Basic Black one was cut on an angle with my Paper Snips.
A scattering of Holographic Resin Dots added to the kitschy feel of my card.
Inside of My Card
For the inside of my card, I used the same DSP especially with the turtles playing instruments. You can just see them peeking out behind the different elements. So fun!
Close Up of Top of Inside Card and Record in Sleeve
For the top part of my card, I used one of my embossed records and tucked it into a vellum sleeve just like you get in a record jacket.
Close Up of Top of Record Player
For the bottom part of my card, I decided to create a pop-up record player. To create the top of the record player, I followed along on a video by C & C Designs as she made it. Here is a link to her video.
Since I wanted it to be on the inside of my card, I created a box pop-up mechanism with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper and added the different parts to it. I love that by using brads the record turned, and the record arm moved!
Inside of Card
For the sentiment, I used a piece of Basic White that I die cut with the Textured Notes Dies and placed it beneath my record player.
Side View of Card
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: For the Record (Retired), Textured Notes Dies (165555), Give It A Whirl Dies (Retired), Inspiring Canopy Dies (Retired), Stitched Triangle Dies (Retired), Tulip Dies (Retired), Meadow Dies (Retired), Project Life Cards and Labels Framelits Dies (Retired)
Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Basic Black (121045), Basic White (166780), Real Red (102482), Balmy Blue (146982), Crushed Curry (131199), Turtle-y Cute Designer Series Paper (165221), Country Woods Designer Series Paper(163393), Silver Foil Sheets (163387), Vellum Layering Designs Specialty Paper (Retired)
Accessories: Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Heat Tool (129053), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Holographic Resin Dots (165598), Neutral Matte Dots (165561), ½” Circle Punch (Retired), ¾” Circle Punch (Retired), 1” Circle Punch (Retired), Layering Circles Dies (Retired), Round & Square Brads (Retired), Take You Pick Tool (144107), Take Your Pick Crafter Tips (161602), Paper Snips, Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
More Information on My Pop-Up Record Card
Here is a video of my card in action.
My Pop-Up Record Card in Action
Here is another card I made a few years ago using the same stamp set. I CASED it from Carolyn Caballero and her video can be found here.
My Other Card Using the For the Record Stamp Set
For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.
You will find the items listed above in my online store.
Hello Crafty Friends! Happy Canada Day! It’s Laurie here to share my True North Canada Card using the True North Strong & Free Stamp Set by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.
The Details of My True North Canada Card
For my card, I had a lot of fun colouring with my Copic Markers the beaver, the leaves and these cuties. In fact, I coloured the girl and boy to match my hubby and me! Once that was done, I cut them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut.
The O Canada 2 papers by PhotoPlay were perfect for my Canadian themed card! They even had matching ephemera that I used for the wording. This made making my card a breeze!
I added Wink of Stella to all the maple leaves including their shirts to make them shimmer. I also added Black Gelly Roll Pen to the beaver’s nose.
For embellishments, I added some red rhinestones to tie in my colour scheme.
Boy Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04 Hair: E57/E43/E53 Eyes: W5/W3/W1 Reds: R29/R27/R25
Close Up of Boy
Beaver E29/E27/E25E/23/Black Gelly Roll Pen for Nose
Close Up of Beaver
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Card Recipe for My True North Canada Card:
True North Strong & Free, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink O’ Canada 2 12” x 12” Paper Pack, PhotoPlay O’ Canada 2 Ephemera Pack, PhotoPlay Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut Black Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Basic White Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! For the First Day of Summer, I am sharing My Summer Sailing Card using the Framed Scenes Bundle and the Sunrise Sailing Bundle by Stampin’ Up!
I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring techniques using Stampin’ Blends to 24 demonstrators at a Stampin’ Up! Play Date that was organized this past weekend by my team leaders. They asked me to demonstrate colouring a scene with Stampin’ Blends that could be used as a Father’s Day card and the Framed Scenes Bundle was perfect for this! I taught things like underpainting, tip-to-tip, colouring die cuts and so much more!
My card was used as my swap for the event, but not everyone participated in the swap. So, I created some simple bookmarks for the others so that they could explore using the Blends.
Bookmark
The Details of My Summer Sailing Card
For my card, I thought it would be fun to use a z-fold so that I could show off the gorgeous sailboat on the Sunrise Sailing Hybrid Embossing Folder.
I knew that I wanted the full sailboat to be on the inside of my card. So, I cut the Balmy Blue card stock and embossed it twice. Once so that the sailboat was centred on one piece of card stock. The second piece of card stock was embossed on the left side of the embossing folder parallel to where the first one was embossed…this allowed for a continuation of the waves from front to back of the card. There was a small amount of boat showing on the front piece, but the focal point covered it.
Top of Z-Fold Card
For my focal point, I placed it off centre to the left of the card so that the embossed boat can be seen peeking out from the inside layer. The Country Woods DSP created a perfect wooden frame around my colouring.
The sentiment was embossed in white and then the end was snipped at an angle.
The small sailboat and the trio of birds were added to the card to create interest and lead the eye inside the card. The finishing touch was three Riverside Irregular Pearls with one on the front and two on the inside panel.
My Colouring Techniques/Tipsfor My Summer Sailing Card
Underpainting
Underpainting is where a third colour is added to create extra depth especially in the shadows. For my colouring, I used Light Smoky Slate along the edges of the lighthouse where the shadows would be the darkest. Once I laid that colour down, I used the Dark Real Red to go over the Smoky Slate and extend it a little bit further into the highlight. Then, I added the Light Real Red and blended it into the dark. If your highlight is too dark, you can use the Color Lifter to lighten the highlight colour.
Tip-To-Tip
Tip-to-tip is where you take two colours that are different and apply one tip of the marker to the other one to transfer some colour.
For the reflection in the water, I used the Colour Lifter and rubbed it against the Dark Real Red marker to pick up a small amount of red. When I first applied the Color Lifter with the red to my image, it was the darkest. So, I used that for the shadows along the water edge and the edges of the lighthouse reflection. As I coloured, the red was used up until it was colourless. This created a highlight in the water to mirror the highlight in the lighthouse. Once, that was done, I just scribbled off on a piece of scrap paper to remove any red from the Color Lifter.
Close Up of Colouring on Bookmark
Colouring Die Cuts
One thing that most people don’t think about is colouring your die cuts with Stampin’ Blends to create dimension. For the sail of the boat, I used Light Smoky Slate and my Color Lifter. I coloured Light Smoky Slate triangles at the bottom of the sails to make them look like they are full. Then, I extended a line up the mast from the bottom to the top. Once that was done, I used my Color Lifter to soften the edges along the centre of the sail pushing the ink towards the lines (shadows) that I added.
Adding Texture to Leaves
For my trees, I decided to add texture with dots. First, I coloured the leaves in Light Old Olive and let it dry. It needed it to dry so that the dark would not bleed when added. Then, I used my Dark Old Olive and added random dots to the leaves making sure that where there were shadows, I concentrated my dots. At this point, the dots may look strange, like a polka dotted tree lol, but by going over them with the Light Old Olive next, it blended the edges of the Dark creating texture and dimension.
Blending from Colour to White
The final technique that I taught was how to blend from colour to white such as for the sky. I used Light Balmy Blue and edged my scene where the sky was on the image. Then, I used a flicking motion of my Light Balmy Blue marker from this line out to the white. This flicking allowed the marker to blend easier than if there was a solid line. Once that was done, I used my Colour Lifter and used circular motions along the edge where the blue ended, and the white began. This softened that edge creating a transition from colour to white.
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), VersaMark Ink (102283)
Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Basic White (159276), Balmy Blue (146982), Real Red (102482), Country Woods 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (163393)
Accessories: Riverside Irregular Pearls (164937), Basics Embossing Powder (165679), Embossing Additions Tool Kit (159971), Real Red Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154899), Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154892), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154830), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Lighthouse on Card
Measurements for My Summer Sailing Card:
Thick Basic White:
11” x 4 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
Balmy Blue:
4” x 2 ½” (2 pieces)
½” x 3” (sentiment)
Basic White:
3 ¼” x 2 ½”
Scraps for Birds and Sail
6” x 2 ½” for Bookmark
Real Red:
Scrap for Boat
Country Woods Designer Series Paper:
3 ½” x 2 ¾”
More Information on My Summer Sailing Card
For more information on my colouring, here are some videos of my colouring techniques from a few years ago:
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Ride Your Dreams Card using the Ride Your Dreams Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps. Today is my big brother’s birthday and I knew he would get a kick out of a Deadpool card! For one of my brother’s birthdays, his grandchildren rented a unicorn blow up for the pool and so many hilarious stories came out of it! Lol! So, this stamp was perfect for his card. I also made another card for a friend using the other characters in this stamp set which I will link at the end of my post.
The Details of My Ride Your Dreams Card
For my card, I had a lot of fun colouring this character with my Copic markers! I even added some sparkle to the unicorn’s main and tail with my White Gelly Roll Pen and Clear Wink of Stella. Once that was done, I cut him out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut.
Next, I decided to create a city scene using the Cityscape Die from Kindred Stamps. The city buildings from the Save the Day Paper Pad by Stamp Anniething were perfect for my background behind the die cut cityscape. I die cut this paper with the Card Basics Dies and matted it on Real Red cardstock. The stars were also cut from the Save the Day and die cut with the Card Basics Dies. I love how they are bursting out from my scene!
The card front sentiment was stamped in black and die cut with the ticket die from the Card Basics Dies. For the inside, I decided to stamp another sentiment from the set and added the cute Pup Sidekick underneath it.
Inside Sentiment with Pup Sidekick
For embellishments, I added some black matt dots to the front to tie in my colour scheme.
Ride Your Dreams, Kindred Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Save the Day Paper Sheets, Stamp Anniething Cityscape Die, Kindred Stamps Card Basics Dies, Kindred Stamps Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Clear Wink of Stella, Stampin’ Up! Black Matt Dots, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Basic Black Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”
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Here is my other card that I made using the Ride Your Dreams Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps. For more information on it, please click here.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Poppin’ Hello Card using the Poppin’ By Bundle which includes the Poppin’ By Stamp Set and Poppin’ By Dies by Stampin’ Up! I needed to make a shoebox swap and thought that this cutie would be perfect…just look at those shoes and glasses! So cute!
The Details of My Poppin’ Hello Card
For my card, I knew that I wanted to have the popcorn guy as my main focal point! So, I pulled out my Crushed Curry and Real Red Stampin’ Write Markers and coloured the rubber stamp with them. Then, I “huffed” with my breath on the stamp to moisten it and reactivated the ink before I stamped him. Such a fun technique that I haven’t done in a while!
Once he was stamped and die cut out, I glued on his shoes and his 3D glasses. I could have left off the lens of the glasses, but I thought a 3D look would be fun!
To create my focal point, I added a die cut Balmy Blue flag from the Birthday Celebration Dies. I stamped “POP” randomly on it in Balmy Blue for a subtle tone-on-tone look.
For the sentiment, I used two Basic Black die cut film strips that I layered behind the Real Red stamped sentiment.
All of this was layered onto the Turtle-y Cute DSP, matted with Crushed Curry and adhered to my Real Red card base.
As a finishing touch to my card, I added some Holographic Resin Dots. Perfect for that 3D look!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Poppin’ By Bundle (165489), Birthday Celebration Dies (164598)
Inks: Real Red Classic Stampin’ Pad (147084), Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (147105)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (166780), Balmy Blue (146982), Crushed Curry (131199), Basic Black (121045), Turtle-y Cute 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (165221)
Accessories: Regals Stampin’ Write Marker Assortment (161699), Holographic Resin Dots (165598), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Real Red:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Scraps for Glasses
Basic White (2 pieces):
Scraps for Popcorn Guy
Scraps for Sentiment
Crushed Curry:
4-1/8” x 3-1/8”
Balmy Blue:
2 ¼” x 3”
Scraps for Glasses
Basic Black:
Scrap for Glasses
Scraps for Shoes
Scraps for Film
Turtle-y Cute Designer Series Paper:
4” x 3”
More Information on My Poppin’ Hello Card
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my It’s Your Birthday Card using the Ride Your Dreams Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps. A good friend’s birthday was recent, and he loves a certain movie and comic book. So, I couldn’t resist creating this card for him using this stamp set!
The Details of It’s Your Birthday Card
For my card, I had a lot of fun colouring the characters with my Copic markers and then cutting them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut.
Next, I thought it would be fun to create comic book style card using the Comic Mat Die from Stamp Anniething. Of course, the paper sheets from the Save the Day by Stamp Anniething were perfect for my background behind the characters.
The sentiment was stamped in black with red blood splatter since there is a lot of blood in the movie. Lol! Please excuse the language of the sentiment, but it is appropriate considering the movie.
Inside of Card
Since I had one square leftover on the front cover, I decided to print of a Cake Topper of the characters that I bought on Etsy in two different sizes. One for the front and the other for the inside. For the inside, I stamped another sentiment from the stamp set beneath the characters on the inside.
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Copic Markers:
Pup Sidekick Fur: C4/C3/C2 Hair: C2/C1 Muzzle: C7/C6/C5 Tongue: R32 Outfit: R39/R37/R35/C7/C4/C3/Gold Gelly Roll Pen for dog tag Belt: E44/E43
Pup Sidekick
Hunk with the Claws (aka Wolverine) Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000 Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43 Shirt: C3/C1/0 Pants: B97/B95/B93/B91 Belt/Shoes: C7/C4/C3
Ride Your Dreams, Kindred Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Save the Day Paper Sheets, Stamp Anniething Comic Mat Die, Stamp Anniething Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up! Real Red Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up! Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Deadpool & Wolverine Cake Topper, Kiwi Art Present Real Red and Basic Black Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! Today is my Father-in-law’s birthday and I know he loves planes! So, I am sharing My Floating Hexagon Card using the Adventurous Sky Bundle by Stampin’ Up! This bundle is retiring and if it was on your wish list, now is the time to get it!
I received a swap card from another Demonstrator recently and she used a Half Hexagon Pop Up Box Card using the Wildflower Birthday Suite Collection, but I thought the Adventurous Sky Bundle would be a fun alternative. When I was researching this fun fold, I discovered that another Demonstrator used this Bundle but made it floating with Window Sheets. So, I combine the two ideas and made my card as a Floating Hexagon Box Card (could also be called a Bandstand Pop Up Card). Don’t you just love all the inspiration out there!
The Details of My Floating Hexagon Card
For my card, I decided to use the cloud DSP for the front and side panels and the airplane DSP for the inside panels. I knew that I wanted to use the DSP also for the body of the large die cut plane. I love how it looked on another card that I made (I will post this card at the end). It gives the plane a texture like it was rivetted together.
Side View of Card
Next, I fussy cut two planes from the DSP. I wanted one of them to be pulling the Happy Birthday banner along the bottom of my card.
To create my scene, I used Tear & Tape Adhesive to hold the Window Sheets in place. I tried liquid glue, but it wasn’t strong enough. Then, I decorated them with Boho Blue stamped clouds using liquid glue and then dimensionals for the clouds on top. I added the large plane that I built with liquid glue to the centre window panel with dimensionals.
Top View of Card
The finishing touch was to add another cloud and a fussy cut plane to the top of the panels to balance out the plane and banner below.
I placed a Basic White piece on the back for the message.
Inks: Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (161650), Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)
Paper: Night of Navy (100867), Basic White (166780), Copper Clay (161721), Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (163772), Take to the Sky 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (163436)
Accessories: Window Sheets (142314), Paper Snips (103579), Stampin’ Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Tear & Tape Adhesive (154031), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Close Up of Focal Point
Measurements:
Night of Navy:
5-3/8” x 4 ¼” scored at ¾” and 4-5/8”
7” x 1 ¼” scored at ¾”, 2 ½”, 4 ½” and 6 ¼” (2 pieces)
Basic White (7 pieces):
3 ¾” x 4” (for Back)
Scrap for Sentiment
Scraps for 5 Clouds
Copper Clay:
Scrap for Large Die Cut Plane
Textured Metallic Specialty Paper:
Scrap for Propeller
Window Sheets (3 pieces)
1 ½” x 4” (2 pieces) and 1 ¾” x 4”
Take to the Sky 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (12 Pieces):
8 Sky pieces total: 1 ½” x 1” (4 pieces), 1 ¾” x 1” (2 pieces) and ½” x 4” (2 pieces)
3 Plane pieces: 3 ¾” x 4” and ½” x 4” (2 pieces)
Scrap for Large Die Cut Plane
2 Planes Fussy Cut from DSP
More Information on My Floating Hexagon Card
I made a while back another card with this Bundle which you can find here.
My Adventurous Birthday Card
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You will find the items listed above in my online store.
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Game On Birthday Card using the Plumber Brothers and Company by Paper Nest Dolls for my Design Team Inspiration Card. This Set comes with 14 digital stamps, and I used 8 of them on my card.
The Details of My Game On Birthday Card
Everyone loves the classic Mario Brothers video game! For my card, I wanted to create their world using the different elements that they must encounter. So, I coloured my stamps with my Copic markers in bright primary colours.
My Colouring
Next, I decided to use the Enchanted Kingdom Slimline Designer Paper by Whimsy. The primary colours and scene were perfect for my Mario world!
I die cut this slimline paper with the Slimline Windows Dies by Whimsy to create the different levels in which I could insert my elements. I popped up the frame using adhesive strips to limit the sagging especially along the top and bottom edges. Next, I adhered with liquid glue the leftover die cut scene squares to the card base to create dimension. Tip: liquid glue gives you time toposition the squares and allow wiggle room to get them just right.
Left Side of Card
Once the scene was in place, I added my elements to the different squares to create my Mario world.
Right Side of Card
The sentiment was stamped in black and die cut out with a stitched rectangle. I added a star to one side to help with the balance.
The finishing touch was to add Mario and Luigi to the card. Voilà! Game On! My Mario world was complete!
Plumber Brothers and Company, Paper Nest Dolls Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Enchanted Kingdom Slimline Designer Paper, Whimsy Stamps Slimline Windows Dies, Whimsy Stamps Level Up Stamp Set, My Favorite Things Versafine Onyx Ink, Tsukineko’s Rectangle Stitched Dies, Stampin’ Up! Foam Adhesive Strips, Stampin’ Up! Multipurpose Adhesive Glue, Stampin’ Up! Real Red and Basic White Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Height measurements: Mario and Luigi: 2.5″ Pipe: 2.70″ (but I did trim down the height to fit the space) Plant: 1.5″ Stars: 1″ Mushrooms: 1″ ? Box: 1.75″ Bricks: 1.20″
Finished card size: 8 ½” x 3 ½”
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To view my other Paper Nest Dolls cards, please click here.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Adventurous Birthday Card using the Take to the Sky Suite Collection which includes the Adventurous Sky Bundle, Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper and the Industrial Trinkets by Stampin’ Up! I love this masculine Suite and decided to use it for a new Annual Catalogue Swap.
The Details of My Adventurous Birthday Card
For my card, I knew that I wanted to use the airplane dies to build my own airplane! One of the cards in the Annual Catalogue used DSP for the airplane’s body making it look like rivets. So, I decided to use that DSP and went with Copper Clay card stock for the other die piece for a “wooden” look. Plus, the Copper Clay matched the DSP flag behind the sentiment. Finally, I used a scrap of the tungsten colour from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper which added a shimmer to the propeller.
Once my airplane was built, I worked on my sky by using the largest stitched circle from Stylish Shapes Dies to die cut my cloud DSP. I stamped the different clouds in Boho Blue, die cut them out and scattered them around my cloud DSP.
Next, I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy and die cut it out with the flag from the Adventurous Sky Dies. This sentiment piece was layered on top of a DSP flag that tied in the colour scheme of the airplane.
All of this was mounted onto Night of Navy card stock that was embossed by the So Swirly Embossing Folder. Don’t you think that the swirls give the feeling of air currents and movement!
The finishing touch was a single Industrial Trinket added beneath the focal point.
Close Up of Airplane
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Adventurous Sky Bundle (163447), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Boho Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad (161650), Night of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad (147110)
Paper: Thick Basic White (159229), Night of Navy (100867), Basic White (159276), Copper Clay (161721), Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (163772), Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper (163436)
Accessories: So Swirly Embossing Folder (163791), Industrial Trinkets (163450), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Measurements:
Thick Basic White:
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Night of Navy:
5 ¼” x 4”
Basic White (4 pieces):
Scraps for sentiment and clouds
Copper Clay:
4” x 1 ½” (Plane)
Textured Metallic Specialty Paper:
Scrap for propeller
Take to the Sky Designer Series Paper (3 pieces):
4” x 1 ½” (Plane)
3” x 3” (Circle)
Scrap (Flag)
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here! I am sharing my Magical Napkin Fold Card using Wiz by Mo’s Digital Pencil. Recently, the son of family friends celebrated his 13th birthday. Every year I try to make him an interactive card and this year I went with a Napkin Fold that he opens to reveal the wizard with a Push Button to turn the lights on the crystal ball. How fun is that!
The Details of My Magical Napkin Fold Card
I had coloured this image twice for another card. So, I had this one leftover and decided to use it for this birthday card. I used the same techniques for both cards. I will include a link to the other card with the instructions at the end of this post.
Glossy accents were added to the mystical crystal ball. I used a gelly roll pen on the mystical lightening arcing from the crystal ball. Clear Wink of Stella was added to the stars on his shirt, the gold band on his hat and the star hanging from his hat. To add some mystical particles, I used my splatter brush with Frost White All-Purpose Ink.
Close Up of Techniques
Next, I added the EZ-Light to the back of my coloured image placing them strategically with one behind the globe and the other two where the arcs of light ends. I secured them with scotch tape and added a lot of black dimensionals around the lights so that the light was focused where I wanted them, and the mechanism was hidden. The “Push” button was created on my computer and printed out. It was then coloured with my Copic markers to match the globe.
Magical Napkin Fold Card Laid Flat
Napkin Fold
Once that was done, it was time to create my napkin fold card base. The papers were perfect for my magical theme especially the little wizards and spell sayings! Tip: cut the squares first and then cut the on the diagonal. I made sure that the words lined up on the diagonal cuts when I adhered them down.
Since my card was so thick, I need to create a belly band. So, I used more of the wizard paper along with stickers from the Pack. I punch two holes on the front and threaded the hemp cord through them.
Front Belly Band
For the back of the belly band, I used a doodle-pop sticker of a castle with some fireworks and the Birthday Boy sticker from the Pack.
Back Belly Band
Next, I stamped the sentiment in Gorgeous Grape ink and the stars in Crushed Curry onto the white card stock that was for the written message. I also created an easel so that the card can stand up when displayed.
Napkin Fold
Since my card was so bulky already, I just added some Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins to match my mystical theme.
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Best Father’s Day Card using The Best There Is May 2024 Paper Pumpkin by Stampin’ Up!
The Details of My Alternative Cards
I had so much fun playing with the kit that I made the 3 cards in the kit. This kit’s wood grain textured designs are perfect for making masculine and all-occasion cards.
Cards in The Best There Is May 2024 Paper Pumpkin
In addition to them, I also made 6 alternative cards that included 3 thank you cards, a sympathy card, a birthday card and a Father’s Day card. For 4 of the cards, I also use the Add-on Thanks & Beyond Dies. Please see them below.
My Alternative Cards
The Details of My Best Father’s Day Card
For my final two cards, I thought I would go into more in-depth details. I decided to create a Flippy Fun Fold card that was sure to wow! I made a Father’s Day card using the stamp in the kit and a birthday card using the Throughout the Year Stamp Set.
Best Father’s Day Card
The largest of the circles from the Stylish Shaped Dies fitted the preprinted tree circle perfectly with a nice border! So, I die cut the circle from the Misty Moonlight card base towards the top to leave enough space for my sentiment. Next, I die cut a circle from Early Espresso on which I mounted the preprinted tree circle.
Inside of My Best Father’s Day Card
For my inside, I cut and scored a Basic Beige card base according to the instructions below. I adhered this card base to the Misty Moonlight card base with the larger panel at the back and the smaller tab panel at the front. Note: make sure you only add glue to the top and bottom of the small tab panel. You will see the smaller tab panel showing through the die cut circle. Using my Paper Snips, I cut where the small tab panel over lapped the circle on the front and adhered that to the back of the larger panel thus hiding it.
Inside of Card Flat
Next, I decorated the inside with the striped paper and the Early Espresso mats. For the Basic White panel, I stamped in Early Espresso the trees that came in the Kit to match the trees on the preprinted circle and then matted it with the Early Espresso mat.
Once the inside was done, I closed my card, added glue to only the part of the panel that can be seen through the die cut circle and adhered the Early Espresso circle in place.
Inside of Card Standing Up
Finally, I added a couple of strips to my sentiment piece to tie in the inside papers and to balance out my circle focal point.
The finishing touch was to add some Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots to my card.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: The Best There Is Paper Pumpkin Refill Kit (165001), Throughout the Year Stamp Set (162312), Thanks & Beyond Dies (164397), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad (in Kit), Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad (147114)
Paper: Basic White (159276), Early Espresso (119686), The Best There Is Paper Pumpkin Refill Kit (165001)
Accessories: Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots (163338), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)
Fop View of Card Showing Inside Folds
Measurements:
Misty Moonlight Card Base (from Kit):
8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
Basic Beige Card Base (from Kit):
6-7/8 x 5 ½” scored at 2-1/8”, 4 ¼” and 6-3/8”
Basic White:
1-5/8” x 5”
Early Espresso:
1-7/8” x 5 ¼” (3 pieces)
3 ¼” x 3 ¼”
The Best There Is Paper Pumpkin Refill Kit:
1-5/8” x 5” (Stripe Paper – 2 pieces)
½” x 3” (Basic Beige Strip from Card Base)
¼” x 3 ½” (Stripe Paper)
Preprinted Tree Circle
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Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing My Fishing Birthday Card using the Gone Fishing Bundle which includes the Gone Fishing Stamp Set and the Gone Fishing Dies by Stampin’ Up! I am so happy that this set is carrying over to the new Annual Catty!
The Details of My Fishing Birthday Card
This past weekend was my Father-in-law’s birthday and I decided to create a fun pop-up card with this bundle! I had a lot of fun decorating my tackle box and the front of the card!
Front of My Card
For the front of my card, I decided to use the tool box frame die and cut different pieces of DSP that represented my fishing theme. I used 4 different pieces of DSPs to fill the openings and the frame was from one of them being turned over.
Close Up of Front of Card
For the sentiment, I stamped the “Let’s celebrate you!” from the Celebrate with You Tags Stamp Set in Misty Moonlight, die cut it with the Nested Essential Dies and matted it with a piece of Pebbled Path. The red/white baker’s twine was from my stash which I tied in a fun knot.
The die cut fishing rod from the retired Rugged Icon Dies was perfect for the theme of my card! So, I couldn’t resist using it and die cut it in the Galvanized Metallic Paper. I also cut it a second time so that I would have a Real Red fish to add interest.
A few fishing lures die cut in silver foil and a round float finished off the front of my card.
Inside of My Card
I had a lot of fun creating the inside of my card with the fun pop-up! If you want to learn how to make the pop-up mechanism, Rachel Tessman has a video.
Inside of Card
Once I built my tackle box, I stamped and decorated it with the different pieces that come with the Gone Fishing Dies including another round float, lures, hooks, and all paraphernalia that a fisherman may need! Lol!
Close Up of Tackle Box
For the sentiment, I stamped the “Happy Birthday” from the Celebrate with You Tags Stamp Set in Misty Moonlight on Very Vanilla card stock and placed it on the top half of the inside of the card.
Side View of Inside of Card
Hope you like My Fishing Birthday Card using the Gone Fishing Bundle which includes the Gone Fishing Stamp Set and the Gone Fishing Dies by Stampin’ Up!
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Gone Fishing Bundle (161542), Celebrate with Tags Stamp Set (159974), Nested Essential Dies (161597), Rugged Icon Dies (Retired)
Inks: Misty Moonlight (153081), Real Red (147084), Wild Wheat (161651), Parakeet Party (159208), Calypso Coral (147101)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Basic White (159229), Very Vanilla (101650), Pebbled Path (161722), Parakeet Party (159259), Let’s Go Fishing Designer Series Paper (161534), Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (161744), Galvanized Metallic Paper (Retired)
Accessories: Red/White Baker’s Twine (from my stash), Bone Folder (102300), Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Paper Snips Scissors (103579)
Close Up of Pop-up Mechanism
Measurements:
Real Red:
5 ½” x 8 ½” scored a 4 ¼”
1” x 5” each scored at ½”, 2 ½” and 3” (2 pieces for mechanism)
Pebbled Path:
Scraps for die-cutting full tray twice and half tray twice:
1 ½” x 4-7/8”3 ½” x 4-7/8”
½” x 2 ½” scored at ½”, 1 ¼” and 1 ¾” (2 pieces for mechanism)
Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards using the Kiddin’ Around Bundle and the Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! I am pleased to see that the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set and the Kiddin’ Around Dies are carrying over to the new Catty! Yay!
I was honoured to be asked to present my colouring techniques using Stampin’ Blends to several demonstrators at a Stampin’ Up! Play Date that was organized this past weekend by my team leaders. They asked me to demonstrate colouring people with Stampin’ Blends and the Kiddin’ Around Stamp Set was perfect for this!
The Details of My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
For my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards, I thought it would be fun to use the same centre-step fun fold for all my cards with slight variations on decorating them. I only demonstrated the colouring of the little girl, but I decided to colour all the kiddies using the different Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends to give a good variation of skin tones for my presentation.
My Presentation Card
For the card that I presented, we used the Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo for her skin, Basic Black for her hair, Fresh Freesia, and Daffodil Delight for her dress. We created a fold in the centre of her dress by adding a small Fresh Freesia triangle to add interest. To add texture to her hair, we left some white highlights which we then coloured with the bullet tip of the Light Basic Black. I find that the felt tip is always darker than the bullet tip. Thus making it great to add a third tone. You could also use the Smoky Slate for that third tone. We used Light Smoky Slate and Light Fresh Freesia for her mouth.
My Presentation Card
For her paper with her sun drawing, we used Light Smoky Slate along the top under her hand, left side and bottom of the page. Next, we used the Color Lifter along the edges of Smoky Slate to soften the edge and push the ink back into the shadows of the paper. We let that dry before adding the Daffodil Delight since we wanted control of the ink and for it not to spread. We added Wink of Stella to the sun.
Close Up of Girl
The Building of the Card
The sentiment was stamped in Fresh Freesia and die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies.
To make her pop from the card, the Berry Burst card stock was embossed with the Splatters Embossing Folder and placed behind her. Perfect for my arts and crafts theme.
Finally, to match my dress colour, I went with a Fresh Freesia card base and followed the measurements in the template that I have included at the bottom of this post.
As a finishing touch to all my cards, I added some Iridescent Foil Gems near the sentiment on each card.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708), Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin’ Pad (155611)
Paper: Fresh Freesia (155613), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Copper Clay (161721), Berry Burst (144243), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Stripes & Splatters Embossing Folders (157980), Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Measurements:
Fresh Freesia:
11” x 4 ¼” cut/scored according to template below
Scraps (Ball)
Berry Burst:
1 ½” x 4 1/8”
Daffodil Delight
Scraps (Ball and Banner)
Copper Clay:
Scrap (Building Block)
Basic White:
Scrap (Stool and Sentiment)
Just Kiddin’ Designer Series Paper:
7/8” x 4 3/8” (2 pieces for sides)
7/8” x 4 3/8” (for green stripes)
My Sailors Card
For my next card, I went with three different skin tones to show the diversity of the Natural Tones Stampin’ Blends. I used Medium Combo for the girl, Medium Light for the baby and Medium Deep for the boy.
My Sailors Card
To achieve the curly hair for the boy, I coloured his hair in Light Basic Black. Once it was dry, I added Dark Basic Black with little “c” squiggles all over but left some of the Light Basic Black showing through. The shadows on his paper hat were achieved the same way with the Light Smoky Slate as the girl’s paper above.
Close Up of the Three Kids
This girl’s hair was done with the same method as the first girl that I presented.
The other Stampin’ Blends colours that I used on this card were pulled from the DSP. They consisted of were Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Fresh Freesia and Poppy Parade. Wink of Stella was added to the heart on the girl’s top.
For this card, I went with a Pool Party card base and used the dies from the Give It a Whirl Dies for the Basic White clouds on the side panels which I trimmed with my Paper Snips.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183), Give It a Whirl Dies (154336)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Pool Party (122924), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Azure Afternoon (161719), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Medium Combo (159462), Stampin’ Blends Medium Deep Combo (159461), Stampin’ Blends Medium Light Combo (159463), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends Combo (155518), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Combo (154894), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo (154881), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo (154958), Paper Trimmer (152392), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
My Wizard Card
For my last card, I used the Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo for his skin tone.
My Wizard Card
To make his skin pop, I went with Lemon Lime Twist Blend Combo with Daffodil Delight for his hat and Azure Afternoon with Daffodil Delight for his robes. The bunny slippers were Smoky Slate with Fresh Freesia for the ears.
Close Up of My Wizard Boy
For this card, I went with a Lemon Lime Twist card base and used the castle dies that come in the Bundle to help ground my little guy. I thought that the DSP behind the castle looked like trees and gave the perfect backdrop to my castle.
Supplies:
Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Kiddin’ Around Bundle (162839), Stylish Shapes Dies (159183)
Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad (132708)
Paper: Lemon Lime Twist (144245), Basic White (159276), Daffodil Delight (119683), Just Kiddin’ 12” x 12” Designer Series Paper (162828)
Accessories: Iridescent Foil Gems (162842), Stampin’ Blends Deep Combo (158152), Basic Black Stampin’ Blends Combo (154843), Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo (154883), Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends Combo (154904), Stampin’ Blends Color Lifter (144608), Azure Afternoon Stampin’ Blends Combo (161672), Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo (161682), Paper Trimmer (152392), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (144108), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
More Information on My Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards
Side View of My Kiddin’ Around Cards
Downloadable Centre-Step Card Template
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Centre-Step Card Template
I hope you liked my Kiddin’ Around Birthday Cards and will find the Centre-Step Template useful!
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Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Go Boldly Birthday Card using The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps! It was my brother’s birthday recently and he loved Star Trek Next Gen growing up! He loved it so much that one year we even had a Next Gen murder mystery birthday party for him! Lol!
The Details of My Go Boldly Birthday Card
For my card, I wanted to include all the characters on his card. So, I went with a fun fold that is like a booklet where you open each page to a new layout! I have included a video at the end to show it in action.
First Page of Booklet Card
But first, I coloured all the characters with my Copic markers and cut them out with my Brother Scan n’ Cut. Once that was done, I built my booklet using the template that I have included at the end of this post.
Next, was decorating the pages. The Stargazing Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up! was perfect for my space theme. I even used the Reach for the Stars Dies by Stampin’ Up! to create my ringed planet with Holographic DSP for the rings.
Second Page of Booklet Card
I used two sentiments from The Next Space Explorers stamp set and one with the Star Trek Symbol from the Space Explorers stamp set to fill the pages facing the characters.
Since the card was so bulky already, the only embellishments I added were a scattering of Holographic die cut stars throughout the booklet.
Star Trek Symbol Golds: Y28/Y26/Y21 White Gelly Roll Pen
Close Up of Star Trek Symbol
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Card Recipe for My Go Boldly Birthday Card:
The Next Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps Space Explorers, Kindred Stamps Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink Reach for the Stars Dies, Stampin’ Up! Stargazing Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Holographic Trio Specialty Designer Series Paper, Stampin’ Up! Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up! Brother Scan n’ Cut White Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura Paper Snips, Stampin’ Up!
Night of Navy and Tahitian Tide, Card Stock Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
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Downloadable Booklet Card Template
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Downloadable Booklet Card Template
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Hope you like my Go Boldy Birthday Card using the The Next Space Explorers Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!
