Category: WPlus9

Happy Happy Happy 70th Birthday Sweetheart

My husband turns 70 the end of this month and I wanted to create a card that used his favorite color blue, but also acknowledged his milestone birthday. I saw on Pinterest a card created for Simon Says Stamp by iminhaven. Her card was a rainbow birthday, but I kept mine blue. I really liked the repeating white “happy.”

I began by cutting one of the “happy” dies from the WPlus 9 Happy Trio 15 times from white cardstock. They were glued together using Elmer’s Spray Adhesive. They were adhered to a rectangle 1/8″ smaller than an A2 cardbase with liquid glue. The “happy” panel was adhered to a rectangle of blue glitter cardstocks with double-sided adhesive tape. The secondary sentiment was stamped on a scrap of white cardstock with blue ink and die cut using a Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label Die and adhered to a slightly larger piece of blue glitter cardstock with double-sided tape. It was adhered over the middle “happy” word with Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape.

This would be the end of casing the card by iminhaven, but I felt that it needed more blue and something to add visual interest. I decided to cut Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet from the blue glitter cardstock and adhered it in the upper right of the card. I really liked it, but I wanted to personalize the card, so I cut #70 from the same glitter cardstock using the My Favorite Things Little Numbers dies and adhered them in the center of three of the balloons.

Now the card was ready to give to my amazing husband. So blessed to have him in my life.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • WPlus 9 Happy Trio
  • Altenew Birthday Greetings
  • My Favorite Things Little Numbers
  • Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet
  • Doodlebug Design Navy Glitter Cardstock
  • Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs In the Navy Ink
  • Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive
  • Be Creative Double-Sided Tape
  • Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape

Floral Birthday

I love this paper from Carta Bella, but my die cut sentiment was getting lost in the busy pattern. I started out adding a vellum shadow behind the sentiment and that helped, but it still needed something to make it pop on the page. I decided to use both the shadow dies to create a frame and loved the results.

Products Used:

  • Honey Bee Birthday Die
  • WPlus9 Birthday Wishes
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • Carta Bella Flower Market Floral Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Vellum
  • Pink Cardstock from Stash
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle
  • Copic Markers: R35, R24, R22, RV66

Elegant Black and Gold Birthday Wishes

I love the elegant look of black and gold. This lovely die from memory box makes a stunning focal image on the card.

Products Used:

  • Memory Box Blooming Chrysanthemum Die
  • Wplus9 Birthday Wishes
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Super Fine Detail Copper Embossing Powder
  • Wink of Stella
  • Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black Cardstock
  • Tonic Studio Craft Perfect Pearlescent Comic Copper Cardstock
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • Clear Wink of Stella
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam

Mirror Cardstock Roses Birthday Card

This patterned paper from Recollections Midnight Garden was perfect to use with Simon Says Stamp’s Single Rose Die. Using mirror and pearlescent cardstock made the flowers really standout on the page.

Products Used:

  • Simon Says stamp Single Roses Die
  • WPlus9 Birthday Wishes Stamp
  • Recollections Midnight Garden 12 x 12 Paper Pad
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs Base Weight Ivory Cardstock
  • Tonic Studio Craft Perfect Pearlescent Comic Copper Cardstock
  • Darice Sticky Foam Strips
  • Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Primary and Secondary Colors Happy Birthday Candles

I think candles make great masculine birthday cards, this one uses the primary and secondary color palette.  I stamped the different candles with Gina K. Designs ink and then colored them with Copic Markers.  I think it made a bright and colorful card.

I’ve had this cross-stitched rectangle die for years and rarely use it, but I really like it for masculine cards.  Since the sentiment die cut is from black cardstock I decided to mat the rectangle with black cardstock as well and like the way it tied everything together.

Products Used:

  • Technique Tuesday Many Candles
  • Winnie & Walter The Big, The Bold and Party
  • WPlus9 Happy Trio Die
  • Memory Box Stitched Rectangle
  • Gina K. Designs Inks: Blue Raspberry, Plum Punch, Lipstick, Sweet Mango, Wild Dandelion
  • Hero Hues India Ink Black
  • Copic Markers: B01, B02; V17, V15, V12, Y38, R27, R35, R17; YR14, Y38; Y08, Y11
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black
  • Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Hero Arts Birthday Balloons

I recently purchased Hero Arts Birthday Balloon.  I thought it would make great masculine cards.  For this card I decided to stamp it three times in rainbow colors using Altenew inks onto Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock.  I planned to cut it with the Silhouette using the PixScan Mat, but what I found was that it doesn’t work without a black outline and so I scanned it instead and brought it in as a .jpg image and then cut out the balloons.  I used the balloon strings from Lawn Fawn Party Balloons and ink blended them to match the balloons.  Using a  scrap of white cardstock and ink blended it with the same Altenew Inks using sponge daubers and then die cut one of the words for the WPlus9 Happy Trio Die.

To assemble the card I found some matching green plaid paper in the Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6 x 6 Paper Pad and die cut it with the Rectangle from Simon Says Bundle of Stitched Shapes.  Another rectangle was die cut from white cardstock using the largest Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Rectangle.  The two rectangles were adhered together with the Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive and Darice Sticky Back Foam was cut with the Lawn Fawn rectangle and adhered to the back.  It was then adhered to a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.

The balloons and word die were placed on the card front to determine where to stamp the secondary greeting from Winnie & Walter Sentiment Birthday.  Two of the balloons and strings were adhered to the card front with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and the third had 3M ½” Foam Tape added to the back for dimension.  Foam Tape was added to the back of the die cut word and adhered to the card front as the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Hero Arts Birthday Balloon
  • Winnie & Walter Sentimental Birthday
  • WPlus9 Happy Trio Die
  • Lawn Fawn Party Balloon Die
  • Altenew Inks: Parrot, Orange Cream, Maple Yellow, Moss
  • Copic Markers: Y08, Y15, Y17; E97, YR18; YG03, YG05, YG06
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# White Cardstock
  • Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6 x 6 Paper Pad
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheet
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Tombo Mono Multi Glue
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes
  • Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Rectangles
  • Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive

Happy Birthday Bouquet

When I am stamping floral images I usually have leftover that I keep in a little box under my desk.  My granddaughter was over and using some of them and I decided to pull some of them out and use them as well.  It has a lot of different flowers from Simon Says Stamp Look for the Miracles, Gina K. Designs Peony wishes, and WPlus9 Freehand Florals.  I used some Copic Markers (listed below) to add shading and some Doodlebug Sprinkles for the center of the larger flowers and to scatter around the focal image.

I die cut a rectangle using the Winnie and Walter Audrey Essentials Die.  I love the scalloped edge that it gives.  To add focal interest I ran it through the Big Shot with a new Cuttlebug Embossing Folder entitled Charles.  I think the dotted chevron is very pretty.

I arranged the flowers the way I liked them and pulled out some Press and Seal to hold them all together while I added Tombo Mono Multi Glue to the back.  This is such an effective way to get your flower arrangement in place.  3M ½” Foam Tape was added to the blue flower for a little dimension.

The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Peony Wishes and was stamped on Gina K. Designs 120# Black Cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Fine Detail White Embossing Powder.  The ends were cut into fishtails and 3M ½” Foam Tape was cut in half and applied to the back.

A side folding cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was cut just smaller than the scalloped rectangle and then adhered to the cardbase with Tombo Mono Multi Glue.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Simon Says Stamp Look for the Miracles
  • Gina K. Designs Peony Wishes
  • WPlus9 Freehand Florals
  • Altenew Inks: Warm Sunshine, Ocean Waves, Forest Glades
  • Copic Markers: Y02, Y06, Y08, Y15, Y19; B01, B02, B04, B05; G24, G40, G53; R32
  • Doodlebug Sprinkles: Cupcake, Primary, Swimming Pool
  • Cuttlebug Charles Embossing Folder
  • Winnie and Walter Audrey Essentials Die
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# White
  • Gina K. Designs 120# Black
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam

Freehand Florals Encouragement Card

Sometimes we all need a reminder to not be so hard on ourselves, to believe that what we are doing is enough.  We can’t solve everything, sometimes we cannot make things better for those we love, but we have strength beyond what we know, we just need to believe in ourselves.

This is another of those stamp sets that have been sitting on my shelf just waiting for me to use it.  I found lining up these layering stamps was a little more challenging than others I’ve worked with.  It took a few tries, but I finally got it to where I was okay with the outcome.

The favorite colors of the person this card was created for is pale blue and silver and so those were the predominant colors used.  I began by stamping the images on Gina K. Designs 80# White Cardstock with Altenew Ink.  Before stamping the flowers I used VersaMark ink to season the stamp.  I saw this tip I think on Jennifer McGuire’s YouTube Channel.  Once you have a good coating of VersaMark on the stamp you wipe it off with a cloth or your hand and it will give you a crisper image.  The Altenew Inks used are:  Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk, Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glade.  The last layer was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Detailed Silver Embossing Powder.  Once stamping was complete I die cut the flowers and leaves with the matching dies.

I knew I wanted to use a die cut word and originally thought I had the word amazing, but alas when I searched I didn’t (will have to get that soon) and so I used Simon Says Stamp Believe stamp and die set.  I die cut the word from Paper Accents Silver Mirror Cardstock and then three more times from white cardstock and adhered them together using Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive Spray.

It was now time to assemble the card.  I die cut some 80# white cardstock with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles and arranged the flowers and word die cut where I wanted them so that I could determine the placement for the secondary sentiments, which is from the same Simon Says Stamp Believe stamp set.  I stamped the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Detailed Silver Embossing Powder.  The flowers and leaves were adhered with Tombo Mono Multi Glue, which the exception of the large blue flowers which were adhered with 3M ½” Foam Tape.  I added Darice Sticky Back Fun Foam to the back of the focal image rectangle and adhered it to a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and this clean and simple card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • WPlus9 Freehand Florals Stamp and Die
  • Simon Says Stamp Believe
  • Altenew Inks: Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk, Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glade
  • Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
  • Tombo Mono Multi Glue
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Darice Sticky Back Fun Foam
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# White Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Silver Mirror Cardstock
  • Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive Spray

WPlus9 Watercolored Anemones Birthday

I liked the outcome from my previous card made with WPlus9 Watercolored Anemones and wanted to create a birthday card with a little more color.  I like the look of the blue flowers and multi colored green stems.

This time I stamped the bouquet with Altenew’s Frayed Leaf on 80# Gina K. Designs White Cardstock to use as a background for assembling the separately stamped individual flowers and leaves, which were stamped on another piece of cardstock and then cutout with the matching dies.  The die cuts were glued to the stamped bouquet with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and then the finished bouquet was fussy cut with scissors.

It was time to determine the layout of the card.  A scalloped oval was cut with Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals from Gina K. Designs 80# White Cardstock.  A rectangle was also die cut from the same cardstock with Lawn Fawn’s Small Stitched Stackable Rectangles.  Both were ink blended with Distress Ink Stormy Sky applied with the Inkylicious Ink Blending Brush.  Darice Adhesive Fun Foam was added to the back of both.

I wanted to use some gold on this card and so I decided on Delicata Celestial Copper Ink for the flower centers and sentiment.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Sentiment Bouquet and was stamped on the bottom of the Lawn Fawn rectangle.

A top folding A2 cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock and the Lawn Fawn rectangle was adhered with Tombo Mono Multi Glue the fun foam.  3M 1/2″ Foam Tape was added to the back of the bouquet focal image and applied to the scalloped oval with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and then applied to the rectangle with the same glue. Sequins from Doodlebug Designs Swimming Pool and Simon Says Stamp Sparkle and Shine were scattered on the front of the focal image, applied with Ranger Multi Medium Matte, and the card was done.

Supplies Used:

  • WPlus9 Watercolored Anemones
  • Gina K. Designs Sentimental Bouquet
  • Altenew Ink: Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, Evergreen, Ocean Waves, Dusk
  • Delicata Celestial Copper Ink
  • Distress Stormy Skies Ink
  • Doodlebug Designs Swimming Pool Sequins
  • Simon Says Stamp Sparkle & Shine Sequins
  • Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals
  • Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Rectangles
  • Gina K. Designs 120# and 80# White Cardstock
  • Darice Fun Foam
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape

WPlus9 Watercolored Anemones Sympathy

I love Wplus9 flower stamps.  I recently purchased their Watercolored Anemones and dies and thought they would make a pretty sympathy card. When making a sympathy card I like to mix a pop of color with more subdued colors as well.  I liked the look of the tangerine and grey.

The stamp set comes with a bouquet of leaves and flowers and then there are individual layered flower stamps.  I stamped the bouquet with Altenew Silver Stone Ink on Gina K. Designs 80# White Cardstock.

The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Sentimental Bouquet and was stamped with Altenew Industrial Diamond ink and placed at the bottom of the grey bouquet.  Next the focal image was die cut with My Favorite Things Pierced Oval STAX and Darice Adhesive Fun Foam was added to the back.

The individual flowers were stamped with Altenew Rouge and Crimson on 80# Gina K. Designs White Cardstock.  The flower centers were stamped with Hero Hues India Ink Black and then cut with the matching dies with the Sizzix Big Shot.  The lower flower was glued to the focal image oval with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and the upper flower was adhered with 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape for a little dimension.

For the card base a rectangle of Gina K. Designs 120# Navy Cardstock was cut with the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Rectangles and Darice Adhesive Fun Foam was added to the back.  Another rectangle was cut from Gina K. Designs 80# White Cardstock with my paper trimmer 1/8″ larger than the Lawn Fawn rectangle.  A third rectangle of Navy cardstock was cut 1/8″ larger than the white panel.  A top folding A2 Cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  All the panels were adhered together using Tombo Mono Multi Glue.  Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver Sequins were added to finish the card.

Supplies Used:

  • WPlus9 Watercolored Anemones
  • Gina K. Designs Sentimental Bouquet
  • Altenew: Silver Stone; Industrial Diamond; Rouge; Crimson
  • Hero Hues India Ink Black
  • Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Rectangles
  • My Favorite Things Pierced Oval STAX
  • Gina K. Designs 120# and 80# White Cardstock
  • Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver
  • Darice Fun Foam
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# Navy