Another Amazing Birthday display sample + amazing Big Shot deals!

The convention display board samples just keep on comin'...I've got another one with the Amazing Birthday stamp set.  Have you seen the colors in the Sweet Sadie washi tape?  Oh my, lovely indeed!  Our sweet little rescue pup is named Sadie so I couldn't NOT buy this washi tape, right?

The colors in the washi tape made for a sweet birthday card: Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Basic Black.  I think this one is just trendy and girlie enough to be suitable for a tween girl, don't you think?  I love the way the happy, happy birthday sentiment fits perfectly inside the Word Bubbles Framelits.  Isn't that cute?  And, while we're talking about Framelits, have you seen the crazy Big Shot bundles on sale this month? 

WOW, when you buy a Big Shot during the month of August you get any one of a select stamp set + matching Framelits bundle for FREE!  That's a huge savings!  And if you already have a Big Shot, then select bundles are 15% off--including the Word Bubbles framelits I used on today's card.  Check out the flyer for all the details: Big Shot & Bundles through August 31st!

Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

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Ridiculously Amazing Paper Players {PP207}

My Paper Players friends are ridiculously amazing and today we get to reveal this week's challenge--a theme challenge, hosted by the always super Sandy...Cute as a Button!

I have to admit, I don't use buttons very often and SU doesn't have any current button stamps so I was a little stumped....until I got the idea to use the [retired] Sweet Buttons embosslit in combination with the Large Polka Dot embossing folder and, well...I got a little carried away:

 

But isn't it cute??!! All those little embossed buttons just make me smile...well, after my arm got a rest from all the cranks through the Big Shot, then I could smile!  :-)  The sentiment was stamped 5 times in 4 different inks (Crushed Curry, Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party & Real Red) as well as embossed with silver embossing powder.  Each sentiment was trimmed down and the angled ends were just cut free-hand.  Most of them match up...sorta :-)

The piercing on the inside of last week's card was such a big hit that I thought it could work again.  The sentiment was inked up with markers and I used the Eclectic Piercing Pack to punch a banner around the image.  A good way to add detail without a lot of fuss!

This is one of my display stamper cards that inspired the layout for today's card.  A totally different look when designed in bright colors.   

Be sure to check out the rest of the inspiration from our ridiculously amazing Design Team. We hope you'll join in the fun before our challenge closes on Friday, August 8th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Andrea Whisman

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Mike Funke

Yapha Mason

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Amazing Birthday: display board

Hello peeps!  I have another display board project for you today.  I am so glad that we received the Amazing Birthday stamp set during convention--it's great for so many more occasions than just birthdays.  It's one that I probably wouldn't have bought myself...until I saw all the great projects made with it.  Can you relate?  :-)  Hopefully today's project will inspire you too!

 My goal with most of the display projects was to try to feature the stamp set in different ways.  I had made several cards already with this set and most were pretty and girlie.  :-)  With this one, I tried to go more gender neutral and, surprisingly, it was the colors in the Flower Pot DSP that turned up on this card:  Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon, Tangerine Tango, Garden Green and Crumb Cake.  When I'm stumped for color combinations, I just look through my stash of designer paper for inspiration.  The background was embossed with the Alphabet folder that had been inked up with Crushed Curry ink.  The result is a faux letterpress look that really makes the design stand out.

It's really fun to stamp this image in different colors, cut apart the words and piece them together into a colorful jigsaw puzzle!  The birthday cake is easy-peasy to cut out because it fits perfectly inside the 1.25" circle punch!  I hope you enjoyed my Amazing Birthday card...be sure to keep coming back coz there's still lots of samples to show you!  Also, check out the amazing work of the other Display Stampers on our Pinterest board---these ladies rocked the boards!!

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