Birthday Archives - My Paper Oasis

07
Sep
2019

Leave a Little Sparkle!

categories: Birthday, Blendabilities, Cards, Kids Cards

Oh my goodness! I’m not going to lie! I absolutely LOVE how this card creation turned out. Seriously – it is awesome and it definitely leaves a little sparkle!

Those of you who follow regularly will know I love a little magic, so as soon as I saw this years catalogue I knew that the Leave a Little Sparkle stamp set would be the first item added to my shopping basket! Anything mermaid, unicorn or fairy is always on my fave list, so this set was no different.

I knew when I began playing that I wanted a colourful background, and I wanted to compliment the unicorn with the swirls from the Stargazing stamp set. Out came our new Pigment Sprinkles and Shimmery White Cardstock for the background.

Once I started playing with the sprinkles, I found it tricky to get the look I was after, combining all the colours, so I pulled out my offcuts and made individual coloured squares before adhering them all to a background piece and trimming the edges. I then ran it through the bigshot using the Subtle Embossing Folder, before stamping the swirls and embossing them with White Stampin Emboss Powder. Just a tip – you need to make sure your card is completely dry before embossing images!

Once I was happy with the background, I stamped my unicorn in Momento Ink and then coloured it using our Stampin Blends, in colours coordinating with the pigment sprinkles. A ‘little’ fussy cutting later, and my unicorn was ready to ‘colour’ again with the Fine Tip Glue and sprinkle with Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (I LOVE this stuff) for a little extra sparkle!

I hope you love the effect as much as I do!

Here’s the measurements to make yours!

Card Base Coastal Cabana

Whisper White Background Base – 3 5/8″ x 4 3/4″

Coloured squares were – Granny Apple Green and Bermuda Bay 1 7/8 x 1 3/4″; Melon Mambo 1 7/8 x 2 7/8″; Daffodil Delight 1 7/8 x 2 1/4″; Gorgeous Grape 1 7/8 x 3/4″.

Basic Black Layer – 3 3/4 x 4 7/8″

Keep Crafting everyone!

Product List

Leave A Little Sparkle Cling Stamp Set

[149292]

$37.00

Stargazing Cling Stamp Set

[149295]

$38.00

Pigment Sprinkles

[149663]

$40.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$10.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$12.00

Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter

[133751]

$10.50

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$5.00

Smoky Slate Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[145054]

$7.75

Bermuda Bay Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[144580]

$7.75

Granny Apple Green Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[146877]

$7.75

Lovely Lipstick Light Stampin' Blends Marker

[147026]

$7.75

Mango Melody Dark Stampin' Blends

[147944]

$7.75

Highland Heather Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[146883]

$7.75

Silver Metallic Thread

[138402]

$6.00

Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana

[131302]

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$15.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

[121717]

$17.50

31
Aug
2019

Basketball birthday card For the Win

categories: Birthday, Cards, Kids Cards

Hi all!

I wanted to swing past and show you just how easy it is to create teen cards using the For the Win Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up! using just a few products.

This card I made for my sons friend, who is also in to basketball, but there are also golf balls, softballs and baseballs in this set! so you could use it for the whole family. It’s a great versatile set!

Here is the card I made:

I had to create this card quite quickly, so I stuck to a very simple colour scheme of Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black and Whisper White.

The basketballs really pop when heat embossed with black embossing powder onto the Pumpkin Pie cardstock and then punched out using the 1 1/4″ circle punch (retired) but you can also use the Layering Circle Framelits too.

I also used the gorgeous Rectangular Stitched Framelits to create my borders. I elevated the outside Basic Black layer using our Foam Adhesive Strips, then created the Whisper White inner layer.

For the inner black layer I again used the Rectangle Stitched Framelits to keep a consistent border. I randomly adhered the basketballs over this piece, then trimmed away the excess, before adhering the whole layer onto the Whisper White.

Then its a simple as adhering a sentiment and the trophy!

I hope you’re inspired to add this set to your collection! You won’t regret it.

Product List

For The Win Cling Stamp Set

[149435]

$40.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

[148551]

$61.00

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

[108601]

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$8.75

Pool Party Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

[144594]

$7.75

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

[131288]

$15.25

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147087]

$13.00

19
Aug
2018

CTC 192 – Tranquil Textures

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC, Flowers

Welcome to another week of CASEing the Catty!

CTC 192 – Tranquil Textures

This week we are CASEing the Tranquil Textures section of the Annual Catalogue between pages 154 – 163.

We would love you to play along with the challenge to. So take the hop, create your own project using inspiration from the catalogue images from the given section and then pop a picture of it on our Facebook Page HERE.

This is a gorgeous section of the catty to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit or Copy and Share Everything). But i couldn’t go past the card on the bottom left below, found on page 157…

I thought it was a great colour combination and not one I would naturally think to use myself, so I had to have a play!

Now I didn’t mess with the design too much at all for this card because I LOVED the texture and layers that the Timeless Textures stamp set created on this card. Not to mention the gorgeous green! So my card ended up VERY similar to the original.

Healing Hugs Card

I used Granny Apple Green for my card base which is then stamped with one of the textured stamps from Timeless Textures. I also chose to use the rose from Healing Hugs for my card and Crushed Curry, because if you have been following me on Facebook you will know I have been featuring this stamp set heaps lately!!!

I think the overall effect of this card is quite lovely. I hope you do too!

Now its time to hop on over to Judy’s blog and see what she has created this week.

Happy Crafting

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Product List

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

$35.00

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146530]

$37.00

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$14.75

Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad

[147095]

$13.00

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147116]

$13.00

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

[119982]

$14.75

Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147115]

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

08
Aug
2018

Colour INKspiration 39 – Subtles

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Colour Inkspiration, Flowers

Hi everyone and welcome to this weeks Colour INKspiration 39 – Subtles.

For this challenge we are using the subtle colour palette, where you can choose 3 subtle colours plus any basics to create your project. Remember, once you have created it jump on over to the Colour INKspiration facebook group to upload your pic for the challenge right HERE.

Since our colour shake up in June, the Subtles collection has by far been my stand out favourite colour group. There is such a range of pretty, coordinating hues to play with, and Soft Sea Foam is by far one of my stand out colours!

However, today I decided to create my card in hues of blue using my current favourite stamp set – Healing Hugs!

I used a tutorial by the very talented Jennifer McGuire called Stamped see through cards to create tonights card. I thought Healing hugs and the leaves would work perfectly to create a similar look to the one she creates on her video HERE.

These cards work by layering all the individual pieces together so they slightly overlap, then adhering them, so the card front is see through in the gaps. It’s quite a clever and effective card and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

My flowers are coloured using Pool Party ink, the gently using a sponge dauber around the edges to add some Balmy Blue for extra depth. Add a bit of Pear Pizzaz for the leaves and my challenge was complete!

I hope you enjoyed my creation this week. Don’t forget to upload yours by Monday 20th of August.

Now its time to hop on over to Jackie’s blog to see what she has created!

Happy Crafting everyone!

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Product List

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[146530]

$37.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147107]

$13.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147105]

$13.00

Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147104]

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$13.50

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$14.75

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.75

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$7.00

25
Jul
2018

Colour INKspiration 38

categories: Birthday, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration

Hi everyone!

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge #38!

What is a Colour INKspiration Challenge I hear you say….well it’s where the design team take a specific colour palette every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, and create a project using those colours. You can play along too over at our Facebook Group by creating your own project and uploading an image for us all to be inspired by!

Not a member of the group? No Problem…just click HERE and request to join, but make sure you answer those questions first!

For this challenge we are creating with a very pretty colour Palette of Powder Pink; Gray Granite; Berry Burst; Whisper White and Basic Black as inspired by the image below.

I have an upcoming Follow Your Dreams Class, so I decided that was the set I needed to pull out and get playing with for this challenge. Are you loving all the new catalogue items? Have you found your favourites so far?

Follow Your Dreams

Here is my project for Colour INKspiration 38.

I started by stamping the large dream catcher with versamark and heat embossing with Gold embossing powder. I then cut out three smaller dream catchers in Powder Pink, Berry Burst and Gray Granite and used the long feathers for my Gold dreamcatcher. I even added some Tranquil Textures Sprinkles tied on to metallic thread to give my dreamcatcher a 3D feel. I softly sponged the background using one of the smaller dreamcatcher circles as a mask.

It is a bit of a fiddly card to make, I love how it turned out with all the layers!

Here’s a bit of a closer look for you.

I hope you enjoyed my project. Now it’s time to hop on over to Kathryn’s blog and see what she has created for you all.

Happy Crafting everyone!

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Product List

Follow Your Dreams Clear-Mount Bundle

[148370]

$63.00

Berry Burst A4 Cardstock

[144249]

$14.75

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

[147008]

$14.75

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

[144251]

$14.75

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

$17.00

Powder Pink Classic Stampin’ Pad

[147147]

$13.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$15.00

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder

[109129]

$8.75

Gold Foil Sheets

[132622]

$7.00

Gold Metallic Thread

[138401]

$6.00

Tranquil Textures Sprinkles

[146337]

$10.50

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

[138309]

$12.00

29
Mar
2018

Colourful Seasons Bike Ride Shadow Box

categories: 3D, AddINKtive Design Team, Birthday, Cards, Fancy Folds, Male, Paper Boxes

A big Hello to you all!

I wanted to share with you today a bit of a fun project using Bronwyn Eastley’s Bike Ride Shadow Box Tutorial.

I made this one for an order for a friend who needed a fiftieth birthday card for her brother in law. The brief was – he enjoys bike riding.

Isn’t is lucky that we have the Build a Bike set to make this even easier. My design is based pretty close to Bronwyn’s, but I needed to make it more masculine!

I used some embossing paste directly over the cloud dies on the background and gave the card an Autumn feel using Colourful Seasons Bundle and attaching the leaves to the branch.

I did have to use the retired Little Numbers Dies to make sure a 50 could fit nicely onto the card! And I think this is the first time EVER I have used Always Artichoke! Lol. But it needed just a little green to lift the overall look!

You get a bit more of an idea of the depth with this picture.

Bronwyn’s tutorials are super fun for creating a ‘special’ card. Why not pop over to her tutorial shop HERE to see what you can start creating! They really are versatile!

And don’t forget – you only have until the weekend to stock up on all those FREE Saleabration goodies you are after! Now is the perfect time to stock up on cardstock, Designer Paper, adhesives and the retiring In Colours and reap the rewards with FREE items!

Contact me to place an order, or Securely Shop Now by clicking the image below!

Product List

Colorful Seasons Photopolymer Bundle

[145348]

$92.50

Color Theory Designer Series Paper Stack

[144193]

$17.50

Embossing Paste

[141979]

$11.50

Bike Ride Photopolymer Bundle

[145314]

$73.75

Cajun Craze Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126965]

$11.50

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131173]

$11.50

Always Artichoke Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126972]

$11.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

14
Mar
2018

Colour INKspiration 29

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blog Hop, card in a box, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration

Good evening everyone! Welcome to Colour INKspiration 29.

Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month the Colour INKspiration Crew get together and create a hop using a selected colour palette to create with. You can join in the fun by creating a project with the colours and popping a picture of it on our Facebook Page HERE by the Monday night before the next challenge.

This weeks colour palette is a beautiful selection chosen by Bronwyn with colours Crumb Cake; Chocolate Chip; Blushing Bride; Garden Green and Very Vanilla. I initially went to go straight to florals for this colour palette as it’s so suited, but I had another project that needed to be done for a customer order, so I decided to combine the two tasks.

My task was to create a card for a 21st for someone who loves baking. I was inspired by how Jackie Aitken created a brilliant BBQ Card a few weeks ago, so I thought I could adapt a basic Card in the Box design to create an oven and get it baking!

I must say, once I worked out how to cut it to achieve the look I wanted, this was quite fun to make! I did use a few different bits and bobs to make this card. The cupcakes were from Lift Me Up Stamps and coordinating dies and utensils and glove from the Apron of Love Bundle. The Basket Weave Embossing Folder made for a great background to represent tiles – I am so glad this Saleabration item will be continuing in the new Annual Catalogue – I Just love it!

And the best bit – it folds flat for posting!

Don’t forget – there is only 2 more weeks of Saleabration left to grab your freebies!

Keep hopping around – the crew has some beautiful projects on display this week. Up next is Narelle:

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Product List

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

[121685]

$14.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

$15.75

Lift Me Up Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[142896]

$37.00

Up & Away Thinlits Dies

[142748]

$50.00

Apron Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[145986]

$79.00

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$7.00

Window Sheets

[142314]

$8.75

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad

[131172]

$11.50

Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126973]

$11.50

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126975]

$11.50

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Pad

[126979]

$11.50

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Layering Squares Framelits Dies

[141708]

$58.00

11
Mar
2018

CTC 169 Saleabration – Blossoming Basket

categories: Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, CTC

Hi all and welcome to CTC 169 where we are back taking a look at the Saleabration Catalogue.

The CASEing the Catty Crew hop every Sunday night and recreate projects from given sections of the catalogues to inspire you all to get crafting! You can play along too by CASEing a project and then uploading your version to our Facebook group before the challenge closes.

There is only a couple of weeks left to make sure you have everything you want off your Saleabration wish list! It’s a great time to stock up on all your papers and embellishments and get rewarded for FREE products at the same time!

This week I received my Blossoming Basket Bundle from the second release of items, so I took it for a spin for tonights challenge.

The basket has a beautiful bunch of flowers and the bundle is teamed with the basket weave dynamic embossing folder which will happily be available in the new Annual Catalogue in June 🙂

I created my project using another FREE saleabration item – the Tutti Fruitti Cards and Envelopes. I would have loved to create a whole set (and I will at some stage) but I ran out of time before the challenge to colour and get all the fussy cutting done! Lol

That embossing folder is just WOW, and when you layer up the flowers in the basket it really adds some extra prettiness to the card! I also love the effect of the loosely tied tag around the basket using some linen thread.

You really will have lots of fun with this combination and the endless colour combinations you could produce. And it’s the perfect product for Weddings, birthdays, thank you and sympathy!

Now it’s time to hop on over to the lovely Fi to see what she has created for you all this week!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Blossoming Basket Clear-Mount Bundle

[147505]

$0.00

Tutti-Frutti Cards & Envelopes

[147242]

$0.00

Calypso Coral Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$15.50

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$15.50

Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$15.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

$15.50

Pool Party Stampin’ Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$15.50

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

$50.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$8.00

04
Mar
2018

CTC 168 – Petal Passion with Charming Cafe

categories: 3D, Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, CTC

Hello again!

It’s Sunday night so that means it’s time for another CASEing the Catty Sunday Blog Hop.

This week the crew will CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from the Petal Passion suite in the Occasions Catalogue on pages 22 – 27.

If you follow my Facebook Page then you would see I have been playing A LOT with the Petal Palette Suite. I absolutely love it! But tonight I thought I would pop a few more pages in and focus on the Charming Cafe Bundle on Page 25.

I know I say it a lot, but this bundle really caught my eye and I had been waiting (not so) patiently to purchase it for my ‘collection’. I am a bit of a sucker for a fancy framelit and these were no exception. What really grabbed my attention was how easily the framelits work together to make a multi layered or dimensional card.

I began by creating a bit of a quirky card CASEing the image above. However, I wanted my Chairs and tables behind the cafe window, so I added an acetate layer to my card. I need the stamp-a-majig to line it up properly in my window – which ended up being quite fiddly as the acetate kept moving when I tried to move the stamp-a-majig. Not for the feint of heart I tell you!

I didn’t mind the overall affect, but I was very impatient with my acetate as I used Momento Ink on it hoping to colour the brickwork, but it took far too long to dry and as you can see – it smudged and didn’t dry at all – so if you wanted to do this you could use the archival ink and colour from the back of the image.

Never mind…you live and learn and at least I had my colour choices right now, so on to my next project…the one I really wanted to create. A diorama card. I have made a few of these over the years and we all know I love a 3D card, but this set really just lent itself to creating one of these so very easily! The framelit that cuts out the seats and table whilst leaving the base intact does all the work for you for this card! I even pinched a couple of birdies from the Flying Home Stamp set! Shhhh. And colouring is sooooo simple with the Stampin Blends to really make your project pop!

Charming Cafe Diorama Card

Now I LOVE how this one turned out! I guess you could say I ended up CASEing myself! Lol!

What do you think?

Unfortunately I cannot find the You Tube video I used a few years ago to create a Diorama card, but I am giving away the tutorial with any order placed with me during March. And don’t forget – March is the LAST month to get any of the FREE Saleabration items with a $90 or $180 purchase! Don’t miss out!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Monique and see what she has created for you all xx

Happy Crafting

Product List

Charming Café Clear-Mount Bundle

[147508]

$75.50

Charming Café Wood-Mount Bundle

[146086]

$88.00

Stampin’ Blends Markers Collection

[147475]

$209.25

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$10.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$12.25

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

[144251]

$14.00

Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack

[144131]

$38.50

Whisper White 1/8″ Sheer Ribbon

[144172]

$10.50

14
Feb
2018

Colour INKspiration 27 – Petal Palette

categories: Birthday, Blendabilities, Blog Hop, Cards, Challenges, Colour Inkspiration, Flowers

Hi everyone.

Welcome to Colour INKspiration Challenge Number 27!

Colour INKspiration happens every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. The design team are given a colour swatch to create their projects with and then we put together a hop to inspire you all to get creating!

You can join in the challenges. Just create your project using the given colour palette (neutrals and metallics are allowed) and then upload a picture on to our Facebook Group HERE.

This week we are playing with hues of blue and pink…

Your colour selection is – Powder Pink; Pool Party; Melon Mambo and Island Indigo.

Melon Mambo and Island Indigo are fairly strong colours, so I was trying to work out how to incorporate them into a design without overpowering the softer colours. An idea sprung to mind and I began playing. I used our gorgeous new Petal Palette Bundle for my design. Ever since I have received it I haven’t been able to stop playing. It’s a beautiful set that can have a vintage or modern feel depending on your design.

Colour INKspiration 27 Petal Palette

I decided I wanted to keep this card quite subtle, so I included lots of white space, and embossed my images with White Embossing Powder before watercoloring them. I used Shimmery White Cardstock for the images that I have coloured as it holds watercolouring much better than Whisper White. We are allowed to incorporate neutrals into our designs, so I added touches of Sahara Sand for the stamped leaves in the background and to watercolour the embossed leaves. I then simply trimmed my flower image to allow me to have the individual designs. A few gentle curls of our Whisper White Organza Ribbon, a flick of tombow mixed with water and a sprinkle of Gold Glitter and the card was complete!

I haven’t popped a sentiment on this card yet as I think it could be used for multiple purposes – so I will add it when I know where its going!

I have a special this month where you can get a tutorial and card kit free when you purchase the Petal Palette Bundle this month. You can find out more HERE.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Make sure you take the entire hop and see all the lovely creations.

Next up is Denita 🙂

Happy Crafting everyone!

Product List

Petal Palette Clear-Mount Bundle

[145974]

$108.00