Les Shoppes Suite Collection

Birthday Shopping Card

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Birthday Shopping Card - a birthday card with a street scene of an art supply store.
Birthday Shopping Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Birthday Shopping Card using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up! It’s a friend’s birthday this week and she is very artistic. So, I thought a birthday card shopping for art supplies would be perfect for her!

The Details of My Birthday Shopping Card

For my card, I decided to create a shopping scene. So, I fussy cut with my paper snips the building with the art supplies, but you could use any of the buildings in the Designer Series Paper. Next, I stamped the awning stamp randomly on the Calypso Coral card base in Calypso Coral for a slight tone-on-tone. The Basic White piece was die cut by the 3rd largest Deckled Rectangles Dies and embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder to add some interest.

Since I was creating a street scene, I thought the die cut lamppost and bench would be fun accents beside the shop. A strip of the cobbled DSP created the perfect grounding for my scene.

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in white on Misty Moonlight card stock and then die cut out. 

The finishing touch was a scattering of Loose Silver Sequins that are included in the Collection.

Close Up of the street scene on the birthday card

Close Up of Card

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Les Shoppes Suite Collection (161337), Deckled Rectangles Dies (159173)

Inks: VersaMark Ink (102283), Calypso Coral (147101)

Paper: Calypso Coral (122925), Basic White (159276), Misty Moonlight (153118), Pecan Pie (161717), Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (in Collection)

Accessories: Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (161600), Basics Embossing Powder (155554), Heat Tool (129053), Loose Silver Sequins (in Collection), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Calypso Coral”
    • 8 ½” x 5 ½” scored at 4 ¼”
  • Basic White:
    • 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
  • Pecan Pie:
    • Scrap for Bench
  • Misty Moonlight (2 pieces):
    • Scrap for Sentiment
    • Scrap for Light Post
  • Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (2 pieces):
    • 4” x 1”
    • The Art Shop or another building

More Information on My Birthday Shopping Card

I have made another card using this Suite. It was a fun z-fold card. If you wish to learn more about it, please click here or on the photo.

Open card displaying the boulevard
Open Z Fold Displayed

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.

Va Shopping Card 

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A Birthday card with a bakery and florist on a boulevard
Va Shopping Card

Hello Crafty Friends! Laurie here again! I am sharing my Va Shopping Card using the Les Shoppes Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!

The Details of My Card

When I saw this Suite in the Annual Catty, this card immediately popped into my head! Lol! It’s a double Z fold card with the shops running along the cobbled Z part.

Open card displaying the boulevard
Open Z Fold Displayed

For my card, I decided to make a bakery since what is better for a birthday than a bakery filled with birthday cakes! The Let’s Go Shopping Photopolymer Stamp Set is so neat that you can interchange the stamps for a bakery, a bookshop, or a cafe! So, I coloured my bakery with my Stampin’ Blends to match the Les Shoppes Design Series Paper. I added a die cut awning to the window in matching colours to the bakery. I even popped it up with dimensionals so that it felt more 3D.

Close Up of Bakery
Close Up of Bakery

Since I was creating a boulevard of shops, I thought the die cut lamppost and bench would be fun accents without covering up the building in the background when the card was closed. The planter was also die cut out from the DSP, but you could stamp and colour it instead.

I used the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the Basic White as a background for my DSP building. You could leave it unbossed to write on.

I made this card for a swap and used the different buildings in the DSP. There were 19 cards in total. So, a lot of fussy cutting was done! Lol! Here are the 5 designs with the different buildings that suited my cards.

Cards with Different Shops
Swap Cards with Different Shops

The sentiment was stamped in matching colours to the awning and die cut out. 

The finishing touch was a scattering of Loose Silver Sequins that are included in the Collection.

Supplies:

Stamps/Bundles/Dies: Les Shoppes Suite Collection (161337)

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (132708), Misty Moonlight (102283), Calypso Coral (147101)

Paper: Basic White (159276), Misty Moonlight (153118), Smoky Slate (131202), Pecan Pie (161717), Calypso Coral (122925), Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (in Collection)

Accessories: Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (161600), Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (153108), Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154881), Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154882), Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (161674), Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack (154830), Loose Silver Sequins (in Collection), Paper Snips (103579), Bone Folder (102300), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Stampin’ Seal (152813), Mini Glue Dots (103683)

Measurements: 

  • Misty Moonlight (2 pieces): 
    • 4 ¼” x 11” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½”
    • Scrap for Awning
  • Basic White (3 pieces):
    • 4” x 5 ¼”
    • 2” x 2 ½”
    • Scrap for Sentiment
  • Smoky Slate
    • Scrap for Light Post
  • Pecan Pie:
    • Scrap for Bench
  • Calypso Coral:
    • Scrap for Awning
  • Les Shoppes 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (4 pieces):
    • 4” x 2 ½”
    • 11” x 1”: Scored at 5 ½” and 8 ¼”
    • One of the shops
    • Planter
Card Open Displaying the Boulevard View
Card Open Displaying the Boulevard View

More Information on My Va Shopping Cards

For more of my Stampin’ Up! cards, please click here.

You will find the items listed above in my online store.