Category: Birthday Cards

Birthday Cards · Countryside Inn · Lattice Fold

Lattice Fold Birthday Card

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I made this cute card for my neice’s birthday. This is the lattice fold technique. It looks difficult, but it’s actually not so hard to make. I used the new Stampin’ Up! Countryside Inn Suite and the new Moody Mauve In-Color as the anchors for this card.

I watched a u-tube video by Sam Calcott to learn how to make the lattice. It’s a bit time consuming when you first begin, but once you get it down it goes quickly.

Moody Mauve is one of the new Stampin’ Up! In-Colors. I LOVE all five colors! They are sutble and earthly, so my style. The Countryside Inn Suite is also a new suite from the latest annual catalog. The DSP in this suite is stunning! Beginning 1 June, most of the the lastest DSPs in the catty and the online exclusive Hello, Irresistible DSP will go on sale at 15% off. It’s a great time to stock up and same. Check out my blog on 1 June to get the June Host Code. Use the Host Code when placing orders through my Stampin’ Up! Website on orders between $50-149.

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Birthday Cards · Fun Folds · Tri-Shutter Fold · Uncategorized

Tri-Shutter Birthday Card

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I love, love the tri-shutter fun fold. This fun fold technique it a bit more challenging to do, but the final result is always breath taking. I made this card for a very dear, close friend for her birthday. Green is her favorite color so of course, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen were the first colors I thought of. Both of these colors are part of the 2021-2023 In-Colors. I will be so sad when they are replaced by the 2023-2025 In-Colors; get yours before they are gone! I really hope whenever Stampin’ Up! does a color revamp that these two greens are included into the Stampin’ Up! color family.

The base of this card uses a 12 inch by 5 1/2 inch piece of basic white cardstock. I used Evening Evergreen as the layer base for the Ever Eden DSP (retired) and the sentiments. Soft Succulent paper was used for my die cut layers and some of the stamped images. I went a little crazy with the DSP and used it on the reverse side of the card too. I used the retired Stitched So Sweetly dies and the Lasting Label punch, #158651, $19.00, AC p. 152. The stamp sentiments and leave accents are from the Framed Florets, #161815, $23.00, Jan-Apr MC, p. 65; Eden’s Garden, #157823, $23.00, AC p. 59; Happy & Heartfelt, #158005, Retired 30 Jun 2022; and Flowing Flowers, #157880, Retired 30 Jun 2022.

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Birthday Cards · Framed Florets

Framed Florets Joy Fold Birthday Card

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Hi Everyone! I know it’s been ages since my last card post. Life sometimes gets in the way. I’m back now so you will be seeing my cards on a more regular basis. Back to the card above…

I made this lovely joy fold birthday card for a friend using the Framed Florets Bundle, #162407, $54.00, from the new mini catalog, p. 65. This is such a cute versitile set! If you don’t already have it, you need to add it to your must have list. The Wishes for a Beautiful Birthday and the For a Special Person stamps are both part of the Framed Florets photopolymer stamp set. The Happy Birthday stamp on the interior of the card is from the Celebrating You cling stamp set, #158028, $24.00, AC p.38. Unfortunately the DSP paper is no longer available for purchase.

You know me, I love fun fold cards. This joy fold card is super easy to make. Stay tuned, I’ll be adding a how to tempate to my tutorials page soon.

Please check out my Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator website – donnacrain.stampinup.net I would love to be your Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator!

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Birthday Cards · Cascading Gatefold · Fun Folds

Cascading Gatefold Card – Take 2

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Hi Everyone! I can’t believe it’s been three weeks since I’ve posted. I have been busy on the blog making some upgrades. I added a page for a card gallery and one for tutorials. I am working on a rewards page. Hopefully it will be unveiled soon.

Today’s card is the cascading gatefold card I promised a few weeks ago. This card was made using the retired Flower & Field DSP, the stamp set and punches are current.

This card is a bit complicated to make, but the end result is worth the work. I used retired DSP to use up some of my old stock. I used the Label Me Lovely and the new Lasting Label SU punches to stamp my sentiments on. Speaking of sentiment stamps. You have got to get the SU Peaceful Moments cling stamp set! I absolutely adore this set! It is so versitile and I love, love the fonts used in the set. The video tutorial on I watched to make my previously posted card was a bit confusing and the finished card was a whopping 5″ x 7″. I wanted a card that would fit into a standard SU medium envelope, so I created by own template with the measurements I desired. Yay, my test template was successful and this card is the end result. I ultimately made a tutorial and template for this card so you too can make it too! The pdf tutorial with template will be in my tutorials page on my blog.

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Remember, order your supplies from me at donnacrain.stampinup.net or click the catalog icon on my blog, https://loveatfirststamp.org . My July Host Code is G6B2ZV7E for orders less than $150 before S&H. Orders over $150 earn hostess rewards. Soon orders between $50-149 will receive rewards from me, stay tuned for updates.

Blessings and Happy Stamping! Donna

Birthday Cards · Cascading Gatefold · Fun Folds

Birthday Cascading Gatefold Card

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My sister recently had a birthday. I wanted to make an unusual card for her special day. I found the perfect card and template on the Mixed Up Craft blog. Of course, I had to CASE the example. This was a time consuming card to make and the instructions were a bit confusing. In the end, I created a beautiful card that conveyed my feelings for my sis. She absolutely loved it!

The card measures a whopping 5″ x 7″ x 1/4″. This card was huge! I sent it to her in an 8×10 mailer. I loved the idea of the cascading gatefold card, although it is simply too big in most circumstances. I redesigned the card measurements so that it would fit neatly into a standard Stampin’ Up! medium envelope. Here is a sneek peak of the smaller 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card:

I’ll be posting the interior view of this card along with measurement templates after Father’s Day. Stay tuned tomorrow for my Father’s Day six-sided pinwheel card. It is so cute, you will love it!

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Blessings and Happy Stamping! Donna