SNEAK PEEK: Star Blast Birthday

Wow, it seems the birthday projects have been non-stop.  While I’m excited to share today’s project, I promise I’ll make an effort to go non-birthday tomorrow.  🙂  Today’s card showcases the amazing Star Blast Edgelits Dies that create a super-fun burst of stars and excitement.  I accented this fun die with three bright, beautiful colors that are perfect for a birthday celebration:  Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight.  I think you’ll agree this is a cheery card.  Here it is:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Birthday Blast Bundle.  Say that five times fast. 🙂  This new bundle – available in Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Occasions on January 4 – gives you the Birthday Blast stamp set and the coordinating Star Blast Edgelits Dies at a budled 10% savings.  Who doesn’t love that!?  I used one of the sentiments from the stamp set last week – you can see that card here.  Edgelits?  How is this starburst different from Framelits or Thinlits?  If you crop this starburst, the die will cut out all the intricate designs of stars and curly q’s, but the base of the die only cuts along the sides, leaving the bursts and curly q’s attached the the base.  For my card, I cropped the dies about an inch from the base of the cardstock to create a strip for my sentiment.
  

  Birthday Blast Bundle, Stampin’ Up!

• Building My Sentiment.  I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Sweet Cupcake stamp set and cropped it with the Classic Label punch.  I then punched two chevrons from Melon Mambo cardstock to attach to the ends.  I simply punched the pointed end into a piece of cardstock (and throw out the punched piece) and then carefully aligned the punch over the punched out area, sliding it down just a snidge to create a piece that would fit right on the sides of the sentiment.  The sentiment was the only piece of white on my card (as it was originally designed).  To keep it from being too sticky sweet, I added a Thick Whisper White panel to calm down the bright tones a bit.
• Color Combination.  Yesterday I shared some Starter Colors for birthday cards for him, her and kids (you can see those combinations here).  While today’s colors are mostly inspired by the Cards for Kids colors, there are variations.  I used Melon Mambo and Whisper White from the color chart.  Instead of Tempting Turquoise, I used Bermuda Bay.  Instead of Crushed Curry, I used Daffodil Delight.  If you like this combination of colors, please save this:

Stamp Sets:  Sweet Cupcake  Papers:  Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Thick Whisper White  Inks:  Archival Basic Black  Accessories:  Star Blast Edgelits Dies, Classic Label Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Star Blast Edgelits Dies – 142763

Price: $20.00

Birthday Blast Clear-Mount Bundle – 144716

Price: $34.00

Sweet Cupcake Photopolymer Stamp Set – 141498

Price: $21.00

Classic Label Punch – 141491

Price: $18.00

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131197

Price: $8.00

Melon Mambo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 115320

Price: $8.00

Daffodil Delight 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 119683

Price: $8.00

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 100730

Price: $9.00

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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