Hello everyone! I’m so excited to share on May’s edition of Stampin’ Up! Saturday. This week I have some birthday projects to share with you. Birthday cards and gift packaging are always handy to have on hand, right?
My projects today feature a bundle of products including the Party Pop-Up Thinlits Dies and the Party with Cake Stamp Set (available in Clear Mount and Wood Mount).
I made four different birthday cards as well as a gift bag and gift box to share today.
For the first card, I die cut the pop-up from Watercolor Paper and trimmed it away from the pop-up portion. I then used Aqua Painters and some ink refills to give it a touch of watercolor. It makes a beautiful focal point for the front of a card, don’t you think?
I also decorated the inside of each of my cards. I love the fun sayings in this stamp set. I used the cute patterned papers from the It's My Party Designer Series Paper Stack to accent my cards with. I used the Cherry On Top Cotton Paper Assortment with the Fringe Scissors and some Crushed Curry Baker's Twine to complete the card front.
For my second card, I heat embossed the greeting in white on three different colors of cardstock (Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Mint Macaron), and then cut them into strips. I used some more patterned paper and twine, along with the It's My Party Enamel Dots in matching colors to complete the card front.
On the inside, I used the pop-up die as intended, and added some more white heat embossing to highlight it. I also backed the entire Melon Mambo die cut with some yellow patterned paper.
The third project is made with the Gift Box Punch Board and some Sahara Sand Cardstock. I used more of the yellow cotton paper fringed, patterned paper and the wonderful Baker's Twine Combo Pack. The greeting is stamped in Versamark Ink onto Watercolor Paper then heat embossed in white; I then water-colored over each word of the greeting in a different color. This is a great way to make your greeting stand out. I also used the Ornate Tag Topper Punch for the top of the tag. That punch makes it so easy to make a cute tag with any 2” strip of paper!
Next I used the leftover pink letters from the second card above to start the decorations for this gift bag. I selected seven different patterns from the paper pack, one for the main panel, and then six others in 1” strips that are fringed. I started at the bottom and adhered them one at a time, about ¾” above the previous strip. Then I just adhered it to the front of the gift bag. It’s a simple project, but it has a big impact!
For my fourth project, I wanted to make a card that would work for a masculine birthday, so I left off the bright pink and stuck with more neutral colors. I water-colored over my greeting again, but this time it was heat embossed in black. I added a little fringe, this time using the 2015-2017 In Color Envelope Paper. In addition to making personalized envelopes, it’s thinner than normal patterned paper so it works well with the Fringe Scissors too.
Here is the inside of the same card. See those fun sentiments at work again? There is a cute little punch (part of a pack) that makes cutting out the candles a breeze.
Ok, I have one more card I just had to share! I made it 4” x 4”. It may be small, but don’t let the size fool you—it packs a big punch! I added a layer of Vellum Cardstock over the patterned paper so the balloons and greeting would stand out more, and used a sewing machine for some stitching around the edge before adhering it to the card base. The balloons were punched out using the Balloon Bouquet Punch, and under the greeting I used some of the It's My Party Designer Washi Tape. The balloons and greeting were adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals for more depth.
The inside is fancy, but it was easy to create with the second pop-up die. I just added some stamped confetti, and let the die stand out against the Melon Mambo Cardstock.
It has been so fun to share these projects with you on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. I hope you keep the Party with Cake bundles in mind the next time you need to make some extra special birthday cards or gift packaging. Thanks for having me!
– Marisa Gunn
Thank you so much Marisa! We love how you've used these products and shared the versatility of them. We also love that our friends from Stampin' Up! would love to share the Party with Cake clear mount bundle with a lucky SCT reader! For an opportunity to win, be sure to leave a comment below by May 31st! We will announce the winner on Stampin' Up!'s next inspiration Saturday on June 4th! Good luck!!!
Last month Stampin' Up! offered one lucky reader the Cutie Pie Thinlit Dies!
And the winner is….
Nice to see the versatility of this die set. It is one I've passed over and now I'll have to give it a second look. Or perhaps I will just won one 🙂 Posted by: Misty Murphy | April 09, 2016 at 08:48 PM
Misty congratulations! Please be sure to send your mailing address and telephone number to catherine@scrapbookandcards.com and we'll send that off to Stampin' Up!
Please join us again on June 4th for Stampin' Up!'s next inspiration Saturday! Be sure to leave a comment below for this month's prize too!
~ Catherine
HIP HIP HOORAY
I’m INSPIRED today!!!
THANK YOU for sharing and for the chance to win 🙂
Very festive for birthdays–love the pop up feature.
Oh I can see the possibilities with these dies from cake to pizza and then icecream cone. Lovely jubley. Lol.
Thanks for the birthday inspiration.
Wow, there are so many fabulous ideas packed into this blog. Love this set and how wonderful to use so many of the different components to create pop up cards! Would love to have the opportunity to work with this set- it is truly special!
What a great set. I love making birthday cards for my kids and their friends. This set is versitile
Love these cards! This set would really impress my friends and family!
This is a great set and love the cards with it.
So much birthday fun!! I love it all!
Love these dies – & the cards too! As usual, great inspiration!
Love the inspiration. It looks fab.
Stampin’ Up really knows how to celebrate!!
So many great projects with this bundle! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great kit! I am loving those dies!!!
This awesome die set offers so many possibilities! I just got a Big Shot and don’t have many dies to use with it, so I would love to win this fabulous giveaway.
These cards are beautiful and so cleaver. I love the way you used up the letters for the bag. With all the birthday cards I make, this prize would come in very handy and I could try to recreate some of your cards. I love dies they are my favorite thing to use and with stamps…..perfect!!!!! Thanks for this chance to win such a great prize. I have a few Stampin’ Up products and love them. Love those cards and other projects. Happy Stampin!
I love those pop-up cards! What a great set. Everyone has a birthday, so this is an excellent set to have. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!
I love all these ideas. What a fun set for birthdays. I think the tag is my absolute favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!
I am so in love with the Pop Up Birthday Cake die! Totally awesome! They all rock but that is my favorite! What a great assortment of cards using them. Whoever wins is going to be VERY happy! Hopefully that will be ME!! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win these awesome goodies!
Thank you Marisa for sharing your lovely creations. Beautiful stamps and dies to create great birthday cards, projects with.
Love the festive, pop up card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow, love the inspiration today! And the opportunity to win some great products!
Wonderful cards!
Wow what a lot of great ideas. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win
Great cards with lots of ideas, especially for the pop-up cards!
This prize package would be so much fun to use, and I’m sure the recipients would smile when they open their cards. Thanks for the chance to win!
I’ve just started making cards and I am loving all the inspiration from your blog!!
What a fun and versatile set! Perfect for anyone!
WOW! What great inspiration. Love all the ideas. Thank you for the opportunity to possibly win this fun prize.
Love the happy birthday pop up card!
Fabulous creativity! Love the pop up die…so unique and looks so fun! Thanks for such great inspiration!!!
Oh, how fun!!! Love all the possibilities with this set. Thanks for a chance to win it. 😀
How fun and so
many variations!
Carla from Utah
Love the card inspiration! Thanks.
Great way to give a festive happy card -wonderful products.
I just love Stampin’ Up! projects! Great cards and gift packaging posted today! All the projects look so fun and festive! Thanks for the chance to win some great products.
Love the versatility with Stampin’Up products. Marisa, I loved all the different ways you showcased the HipHipHoray! set. Who wouldn’t love this set along with your inspiration? Thanks for the chance to win it.
Love the little gift box with tag, so simple but with lots of impact. Happy Birthday to all.
What a great bundle of goodies! I am loving the dies, especially for using them as pop-ups! So fun!
Gorgeous cards , great prize too 🙂
Such fun cards! I especially like the pop-up dies – such an easy way to create a great effect!
Fabulous projects!
Loads of fun ideas!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007 (at) gmail(dot) com
Marisa, your cards and packages using the Party with Cake bundle are fab! I try to make all my birthday cards. This bundle offers so many possibilities. Thank you for the great ideas.
Love the Stampin Up Party Cake bundle! It has been on my wish list, so will keep my fingers crossed! Great ideas today!
Sweet cards! Perfect inspiration for me this morning as I get comfy in my craft room to make a bunch of cards to send out to family and friends 🙂 Love Stampin’ Up! Thank you so much for the chance to win this thinlit and stamp set bundle 🙂
Such awesome SU projects here! Love the pop-up thinlit dies and birthday stamps–AMAZING! You can never have too many birthday cards on hand… Thanks for the chance to win the Stampin’ Up prize pack and for sharing these great and inspiring projects! 🙂
Great card ideas. You always need birthday cards
nice set. They tie together so nicely.
Thanks for sharing and the chance to win a great prize pack.
I love all the great ideas on this post! I always love the ideas that you guys put forth…so inspiring!
So many fun ideas! Love the chance to win some great products.
Wow, what an awesome prize. So many uses for it. Thanks so much for the chance to win this amazing prize.
Thanks for all the lovely inspiration today! Everything is so cute! Love the pop up dies – awesome! Thanks for the chance to win.
Wow! So many things you can celebrate using this prize package!!
I love the last card with the birthday cake.
I’ve been thinking about getting that die but\
haven’t done it. All of the projects are
fantastic.
thanks for sharing.
Wow, what great celebration cards. I love the insides with the pop ups.Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for the great inspiration…this set is certainly very versatile! It would be fun to win!
All of the samples are lovely. Wonderful inspirations. The stamp set and dies would be very handy to have.
What great pop up cards with the dies! Love it! Thanks for sharing such great ideas!
Great giveaway! Thanks for sharing!
I just think that those pop up cards are so adorable!!! Would love to make and give those cards! Thank you for the chance to win! HaPpY WeEkEnD!
Love that little 4×4 and you’re right, it does pack a punch. Thank you for the chance to win, what a great idea!
I just love those adorable birthday cards and this fun Stampin Up giveaway package! I always need birthday cards in my stash because with two little girls we attend a lot of parties!
Love all the birthday inspiration!
Wonderful cards! Love the use of vellum!
Ooooh fab birthday projects! I LOVE the pop ups!
Oh how I love these stamps and dies! I can think of so many wonderful ways to use them! Stampin Up never disappoints!
These birthday products look like so much fun! I like the pop-out cards. What a fun surprise for someone!
Thanks Marisa for sharing these card ideas. Love how versatile these stamps and dies are. Definitely keeping these in mind for my next birthday card project.
Love this collection
Beautiful cards Marisa!! Especially love the pop-up ones, so cool!! I’ve always loved Stampin’ Up’s stamps and all the possibilities they offer.
Love the cards, I am starting to build a nice collection of stampin up dies to make cards and this would be a great addition! HIP HIP HOORAY 🙂
Cute birthday ideas. Love the pop ups inside the card!
Love seeing all the uses for this set, thanks for the inspiration & the chance to win!!
Such pretty cards! I would love to win this set!
Cute cards and projects. I like the die set and stamps. If I make cards, they are generally birthday ones, so this set will work nicely. But I also invision it on my scrapbook birthday layouts 🙂
Such fun and interactive cards! Love them!
And congrats to Misty!
These cards look like cakes themselves)
These are so fun! Love the pop-up die!
Wow what an amazing giveaway. I love the projects made with those products!!! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Love the pop up features of the cards! Very pretty
I really like how these cards pop out. What a surprise to the card receiver.
Wonderful projects…I love the pop up cards the best. I also like the color choices that Marisa used. Wonderful! Thanks for another great giveaway. This looks like a fun prize to win.
HIP, HIP HOORAY for Stampin’ Up! and their amazingly cool and fun products!!! This looks so fun and I think anything from SU! is good quality and inspires creativity!!!
our family has all of our birthdays starting this month, so this post is a huge help with inspiration! thank you! really love the pop-up cards.
what a great giveaway, too! thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Oh, how fun!!! I love all the great inspiration and this birthday bundle is sure to be a party for whomever it finds a forever home with!!! Thanks so much!!!
I love seeing the versatily in the stamps and dies. Love the quality of Stampin’up products. I sure would like to add this set to my collection.
Wow! What amazing projects!!
I teach a kids card making class and anything unique & birthday to add to my teaching crafty stash is awesome. Thanks for the chance.
Wow, talk about making someone’s birthday extra special! This set has so many wonderful possibilities. Love all the examples!!!
Aww..I love the Pop Up Birthday Cake die!! They all rock my boat but that one is my favorite.
This prize would be awesome so I could create and make some gorgeous cards. Loving the
Inspiration. Thanks for the chance to win.
WOW… All of these projects from SU are gorgeous amd fabulous! I always wanna play with SU thin lits, I hope I’d win this time 😉
Love all these idea.thanks for sharing.
Such fun cards and lots of inspirations here! Love the pop-up card!
Whoa, Marisa!! What incredible versatility this set provides – really impressive! Thanks very much for all your inspiration & examples – stirs up even more ideas in my brain ☺️ Would be such a lucky win ? ?
Pop-up dies! What a great invention. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Great cards! Love the ones that pop out especially. I always seem to need lots of birthday cards.
so adorable!! thanks so much for the chance! 🙂
Wow! Beautiful cards….stampin up is fantastic! Would be nice to win on my Birthday!
With a fun set like this, I would be planning parties all the time!! The Party Pop-Up Thinlits are nothing short of AMAZING! Party time anyone?! ?
Cute cards, thanks for the chance!
Love birthday-themed SB products! Stampin Up has some awesome phrases 🙂
Birthday sets are always going to be useful and this is a wonderful one!
So many great examples with this set! Thanks for sharing and doing a giveaway. I laughed when I read last month’s winning comment – let’s hope it’s my turn this month.
Awesome birthday ideas! I can always count on Stampin’ Up! to inspire!
Looks like a very versatile set. Love pop-ups! Thanks for the chance to win.
Nice Birthday Cards & Thank You For Your Great Ideas & The Opportunity To Win Such A Great Prize!!
Wow!!!! All the projects are amazing!!!! I love the pop up cards!!!!
wow–so inspiring! amazing cards! Thank you for the chance to win!
Love the pop up cards. Thanks for the great inspiration.
Cool!
Whoo hooo! Hip Hip Hooray for all the cool project ideas! (Like always)
WOW!! Super cute!!
I always seem to run out of birthday card ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.
Oh! How Wonderful to see all those fabulous cards, etc. made form one set. Love the way you used everything positive and negative. Great job. Love the stamp and dies. The sentiments are so cute and perfect for anyone’s birthday card. Thanks for the chance to win.
Wow such inspiration and cute cards! Hopefully I can scraplift these by winning this set! Thanks for the chance!
Love the pop-up cards and who doesn’t love cake!
Great projects! I love SU’s products!
What an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
lovely cards
I love the pop-up ideas. Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration!
Beautiful cards! Love the pop-up inside the card…very fun!
With so many birthdays to have a card for this is a great prize.
I love that new die!!
Fantastic! Once again another great opportunity to win a fabulous prize and create these beautiful cards! Thanks SCT!!
Raquel Chubey?
Ooo loving the new Stampin’ Up goodies! And awesome cards – I think I’m going to have to lift those 🙂
Luv the cards….especially the 4×4 card. Pop up dies are so cute! Thanks for inspiring me.
These are awesome….I am always looking for new ideas for birthday cards and these would keep me going for quite awhile!
Birthday cards are a Must make and this set would sure make it easy! Thanks for a chance to win!
Thanks, what great ideas!
Such great cards! I love this set!
Love these stamp & die-cut sets! And what great projects from Marisa! Thank you SCT for the chance to win!
Love the pop up cards! Wonderful ideas! Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards!
Such a cute birthday set! Love it!
Such fun and happy projects. Love your colour choices.
What a great bundle! Lots of great projects! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh. My. Goodness. The project inspiration here is amazing, Marissa!! I’d LOVE to win this bundle. Thanks for the opp.
The the font of the stamps. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love what you did with the “party with cake” bundle. I would be so happy to try them out myself. Thanks for the opportunity.
Wow, all these ideas are truly wonderful! The winner of this set will be very lucky, it’s awesome.
Wonderful set of birthday cards. I appreciate your sharing them with us.
Such great ideas. Such talent! The creativity is endless with this set, thanks for the opportunity to win.
This great die set is fabulous to make pop-up cards, tags and more! I have a Big Shot so I would love to win this awesome “Party with Cake clear mount bundle”!
I have always loved pop up cards. These are fantastic ideas and a fun way to make someone’s birthday so happy when they open up their card.
Such cute ideas! I don’t have any birthday dies and these look awesome. I love the fun cut paper edges too. Great ideas. 🙂 Thank you for sharing.
Katie B.
The pop up birthday cake die is the cutest die ever!!! I just love all of these products. Thanks for a chance to win.