Tricia's Stamping Creations: January-June 2022 Mini Catalog Blog Hop

Welcome to the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog Blog Hop as we showcase products to inspire you explore this wonderful new catalog. There truly is something for everyone and this is a great opportunity to start off the New Year on a new creative journey.

At the start of a New Year, I love to create birthday cards to restock my stash for birthdays throughout the year. In the new mini catalog, there are so many great stamp sets for creating birthday cards and it was hard to choose just one for today's blog hop. In the end, I chose the cute Catch You Later stamp set as it has fun images and sentiments that work well for a variety of occasions. I loved the sweet little monkeys, so I chose that image for my focal point and paired it with the birthday sentiment in the stamp set. I used the Layering Diorama Dies to create the focal label and for the sentiment, I used one of the Scalloped Contours Dies. The background was created with the fun Sunshine & Rainbows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper, which you can earn Free with a qualifying $50 order during Sale-a-bration.

Products Used:

Catch You Later stamp set (item #158037)

Layering Diorama Dies (item #155565)

Scalloped Contours Dies (item #155560)

Sunshine & Rainbows 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #158126)

Bermuda Bay Cardstock (item #131197)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154882)

Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154906)

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154885)

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154894)

Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154878)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Basic Rhinestone Jewels (item #144220)

Measurements:

Bermuda Bay Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Matte Layer die cut with Layering Diorama Dies

Basic White Cardstock

Focal layer die cut with Layering Diorama Dies

Sentiment Label die cut with Scalloped Contours Dies

Sunshine & Rainbows Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This fun birthday card is simple to create and the bright, cheerful colors work well for all ages. I colored the main image with Stampin' Blends Markers and used Light Pool Party to color the background. To create a frame for the focal image, I layered it onto a slightly larger die cut piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock and added it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment with Tuxedo Black ink onto the Scalloped Contours Label and added it to the bottom right corner of the card front. For a touch of bling, I colored five of the Basic Rhinestone Jewels with the Dark Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Marker and added them to the card. I love how this card design came together and how well these colors work together.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to start creating your own stash of birthday cards to send to the people you love throughout the year. There are so many wonderful options to explore in this amazing new catalog.

Now it's time visit my fellow creative stampers as they share their projects and ideas to help inspire you. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List below to visit with them and make sure to leave us a comment to let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.