Fun and Games Chess Birthday Card

This card features stamps from the “Game On” stamp set from Stampin’ Up (retired). Perfect set for the chess players in my family!

The chess pieces and greeting were stamped in Gina K Designs Charcoal Brown ink on Papertrey Ink Fine Linen card stock. The focal panel was embossed with the “Subtle” embossing folder from Stampin’ Up (retired), and the edges were roughed up using a Tonic paper distresser.

I cut 1 1/4″ squares from GKD Warm Cocoa card stock swiped with kraft ink and Fine Linen card stock to create the chess board pieces. Dark Chocolate card stock was used for the mats.

Yeah, another brown card… lol!

I’m always amazed at how quickly Stampin’ Up retires so many of their products. I feel I am constantly adding “retired” after SU products I use. Thank goodness for ebay!

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Blooms and Flourishes Birthday Card

This card features blooms made with the Confetti Hydrangea Punch by EK Success and a stamp from the “Decorative Flourish” set (#97634) by Inkadinkado. (It’s called “Dot Flourishes” on my package. Hmmm…)

Color was added to white card stock with Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide inks from a gel printing plate. After the inked blooms were punched, they were shaped with my Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Kit. The center circles were punched using a Bubbles Border Punch by Fiskars.

The greeting was cut with the “Mini Expressions – Happy Birthday” die from Creative Expressions.

The flourish was heat embossed in white.

Background paper is from the “Our Family Tree” 12 x 12 paper pad by The Paper Studio. Mat was embossed with the Stampin’ Up Subtle embossing folder.

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Foiled Charming Floral Border (and a variation)

This card features the “Charming Floral Border” hot foil plate along with the coordinating layering stencils and die all from Pink Fresh Studios.

The background panel was created with the Spellbinders “Skinny Stripe Background” hot foil plate.

I used the “Solid” hot foil plate from Pink Fresh Studios to create a piece of gold card stock and then cut the greeting from it using a die from the “Happy Birthday Friendship Script” die set from Memory Box.

You can see all the shine with more light hitting it in this photo:

The sentiment strip was heat embossed in gold with a stamp from the “Tiny Words” stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and then cut with a die from thePhotoPlay “Sentiment Strips” set.

All of the foiling was done with Spellbinders Gold glimmer foil. Inks used were Gina K Designs Peach Bellini, Tomato Soup, Moonlit Fog, and Dark Sage. The card stock was GKD Peach Bellini (no longer available?) and white.

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My initial idea for this card was to use the die to create a shaped border. Because this was still in the planning stages, I left the Charming Floral Border panel uncolored and ended up liking the simplicity of the gold and white. I felt like the top half needed a little something more, and I added a few gold dot embellishments (cut with a die from the Cuttlebug “Celebration Confetti” set along with the greeting. Here is that version.

Here’s a photo with a little more light:

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