I got in quite a bit of stamping yesterday, and out of nowhere (as in not any ideas I had of making these cards!), I came up with this Trio of Broadway Bound Easy Square Birthday Cards. I was in one of those “idea modes” of looking at stamping ideas online, starting to make one of the ideas, then deciding to make another idea I saw and so on! These cards came about while wanting to make a card with one of these Broadway Bound Specialty Designer Series Papers but wanting to be able to possibly use it for a class and have enough. If you cut 12″ x 12″ designer paper into 4″ x 4″ pieces, you can get 9 pieces out of one sheet of paper. So these cards are 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square! And each one is embellished a different way!
Each side of the Broadway Bound papers is beautiful! Either you get a birthday or designer print on one side and a foil accented design on the other side. It’s beautiful paper!
This card uses the gold foil-accented side with birthday candles. Of course the black, white and gold color scheme is so elegant and striking! The greeting is from the Detailed With Love Stamp Set and accented with the Gold Mini Sequin Trim and the Gold Metallic Pearls. I just used circle punches for the greeting and layering of black and gold foil.
This card is made with the balloon print in the Broadway Bound Suite papers layered on Lovely Lipstick Cardstock. The greeting is also from the Detailed With Love Stamp Set and I accented it with Rhinestones on the stamped dots. The ribbon is the 1/8″ Lovely Lipstick Grosgrain Ribbon.
I admit for this card I purposely cut the paper so that the tier cake would be in the center and not partially cut off! The greeting is the same as on the candle card but it looks different because it is die cut with an oval shape and layered on a scalloped oval. The card base is Lemon Lime Twist and the ribbon is the Lemon Lime Twist 1/4″ Ombre Ribbon. I added a layer of Lovely Lipstick Cardstock so the paper is cut down another 1/4″ to 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″.
On the inside of each card, I adhered a piece of Whisper White with a scrap piece of designer paper, about 1″ x 4″, on the bottom of the white to decorate the inside a bit and have the white paper on which to stamp or write a note.
It would be fun to make multiples of any of these cards or all of them and give an assortment as a gift to someone or keep them on hand for your own use. Maybe even make smaller versions to fit into the Mini Pizza Boxes.
As I said, these cards were not planned at all, even though I had all kinds of other ideas for cards and projects going on. These cards just popped into my head as I worked and as I thought of how I wanted to use the designer paper to have many pieces. So even if you think you don’t know what to stamp, just get out some supplies and start cutting paper and stamping some things and see what you come up with! The more you stamp the more ideas you will get!
Here’s another card I made with the birthday candles paper. It’s made in a slightly different way so be sure to click and check it out!
Just have fun stamping and playing with your supplies! Take advantage of the Designer Series Paper Sale going on now until July 31 with select papers Buy 3 Get 1 Free! The Broadway Bound paper is not on the list but you’ll find great choices on the sale!