A very Happy Birthday

Well technically this isn't entirely current Stampin' Up product but I wanted to share my sister's birthday cards with you all the same (and wish Natalie a very Happy Birthday today too ;0)

 

These are the two designs I came up with for Natalie's birthday today.

The first was inspired by a beautiful button rainbow I'd seen on Pinterest. I decided to give it a Stampin' Up! spin and create this for Aunty NatNip from Summer. I'm not sure where the sentiment came from off the top of my head. I think it is a retired Hostess sentiment set. I thought it worked perfectly with this rainbow design. I punched a scallop circle and inked the edges with Tempting Turquoise for the clouds and then created the rainbow with Bright and Regals Designer Buttons.

I have seen a lot of these Beautiful Wings Embosslit card and frame designs. I wanted to give one a go as I just adore this Embosslit (I don't think a crafting session goes by without me creating something with these butterflies). The papers I used are a now retired Stampin' Up! design. However, I wanted to use them as Nat and I had crafted together with them last year and they remind me of her ;0) I accessorised the butterflies with various sized basic pearls and raised some with dimensionals. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

 

Hope you like my projects today and will join me in a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday to you" for my sister today who is busy working but will hopefully have the energy to enjoy our Chinese Takeaway this evening.

 

Happy Crafting ;0)
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Another scrapbooking preview

Here is another of the scrapbooking LOs I have designed for this Thursdays scrapbooking evening. Again it uses the Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper as its focus. I have chosen two apple blossom photos from my Mums garden to compliment the papers. I based the layout on my previous page which was inspired by the Sunny Garden DSP. I adapted the LO to use the Just Perfect Alphabet and small circle punch as well as sneaking in my favourite scallop trim border punch too. I also found the Very Vanilla 5/8" Satin Ribbon perfect for the little butterfly embellishments (created using my Beautiful Wings Big  Shot Embosslit Die). I also loved creating my own little DSP button with a tiny scrap of the Springtime Vintage, my Itty Bitty flower punch and matching shaped clear button. It doesn't stand out too well in the photo. But I created the button to form the centre of the big butterfly and looks lovely on the real page.

 

Any Stampin' Up! questions, or to find out about this months scrapbooking class, just drop me a line on poulton_sarah@yahoo.co.uk or 01983 609249.

Happy crafting ;0)
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