Here’s an Easy Birthday Memories Birthday Card that you could make with the delightful Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper if you get it before it retires! I love red so I was particularly drawn to this pattern in the package! There also is a coordinating framelits set that goes with this paper.
The Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper is unique because there are some framelit dies that fit some of the images in the paper so you can die cut those. These Birthday Friends Framelits Dies also coordinate with the Birthday Delivery Stamp Set. And the best part is that if you like all three of these items – the paper, the stamp set, and the dies – you can purchase them all in a Bundle and save 10%. It’s the Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Bundle. It’s almost always a good idea to go ahead and buy the bundle so you have everything you need! Stampin’ Up! does such a good job of coordinating lots of products with images and colors.
To make this card, I started with a Real Red card base. If you are following the new Color Revamp, Real Red is not retiring, it is being moved to the Regals color family! Kind of surprising to me, but we’ll see how it works! As long as they aren’t getting rid of Real Red!
Real Red is actually what taught me the quality of Stampin’ Up! products way back when I was a new customer. I saw no need to purchase the Stampin’ Up! cardstock and went to a craft store to buy paper at a discount. I was thrilled to find a whole package of red cardstock AND envelopes! What a deal! But when I learned how that “red” compared to the Stampin’ Up! Real Red I could tell there was NO comparison! Stampin’ Up! had the better red by far! Even more than “by far”! In my opinion, it is the BEST red anywhere!
I chose this red piece of designer paper for the card front and layered it on a piece of Whisper White with a thin margin, just to help it stand out against the Real Red card base. Then I die cut a cake from the designer paper with a framelit. Next I needed something to make the cake stand out a bit, so I layered it on a Stitched Shapes Circle Framelit and even layered it lower on the circle rather than in the center. I don’t know why, but I liked it better in that position.
For some bling, I added the Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon just adhered back and forth behind the circle piece. Then this whole focal piece is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.
For the greeting, which didn’t fit on the circle as I had originally planned, I chose one from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. I also stamped “It’s Your Day” and “Happy Birthday” on a piece of Whisper White inside the card. I could have used a greeting from the coordinating Birthday Delivery Stamp Set, but I happened to have this other stamp set handy.
So all in all, this is an easy birthday card to make, and easy enough to use the layout and just change up the theme and greeting by changing the paper and the sentiment.
This Bundle and all the separate pieces are on the Last Chance List of retiring products, so these will only be available until May 31 at the latest, while supplies last!