Northwest Stamper

Category: Birthday

  • A Sweet Ice Cream Cone Punch Art Birthday Card

    We are about to enter “birthday season” here at my house with the first few starting up at the end of the month and then me and my two kids all have December birthdays… so it is about to get crazy here!  But one thing I always have to have for birthday is cake and…

  • Some ideas for the 25% off Stamp Sets

    If you didn’t see, yesterday Stampin’ Up! announced a 25% off 25 stamp sets sale.  Looking through the list I saw some sets that I can’t wait to get and others that I’ve had for a while but hadn’t posted about in a while.  So I thought I would pull up a few fun ideas…

  • Make 20 Cards in a Snap with the Everyday Occasions Kit

    Have you been wishing you had a fast way to create a pile of handmade cards to have on hand that you’d be proud to send out?  And do it without breaking the bank too!  If so, you should check out this new Everyday Occasions kit!  When we were at Founder’s Circle last week, they…

  • Spotlighting Paper Piercing for a Fab Blog Hop on Tools!

    Thank you so much for joining us for the September Stylin’  Stampin’ Squad Blog Hop! This month we are focusing on the tools of the stampin’ trade. Specifically, each of our favorite stamping tools. It’s amazing the kinds of tools that have been created to help us along in our paper-crafting addictions.  This month’s blog…

  • Sketched Birthday Card for the Birthday Bash!

    Ahhh… back in the blogging saddle again.  I’ll admit I’m feeling a little rusty (I know it hasn’t really been that long but it feels like ages to me!), but kicking back off with a blog hop is a great way to get the blogging and creative mojo happening again – for sure! Summer has…

  • Fun & Easy Birthday Card with Banner Greetings

    What do you think of when you see a stamp set that is full of stamp images that look like flags?  Well, I imagined banners, but don’t ask me why, but I never thought to make little flags with it.  But, thank goodness for other creative stampers out there! My mom created this card and…

  • Frosted Glass Butterfly Technique and Card

    As I get ready for Monday’s Terrific Techniques: Fun with Washi class, I was looking over a card I made recently using the Best of Butterflies stamp set.  (You know, because it was one of my few samples right now that uses washi) I was playing with Vellum and thought it would be really pretty…

  • New Catalog Weekend & Stamps are on Sale!

    Sometimes I hear about the promotions that will be starting up in the near future, and sometimes I log into the Stampin’ Up! website for demonstrators and I’m surprised by a new sale that is being announced.  I figured that since we have the two big catalogs out this weekend that there would be no…

  • Cute Pinwheel Card Farewell to the Spring Catalog

    If you have been around the Pacific Northwest the last few days, you know it has been rainy and a bit grey.  We had the most amazing summer weather a few weeks back and then suddenly mother nature remembered she was in the Seattle area and turned the water faucet back on again! But never…

  • Guest Stamper: Make Your Own Fabulous Backgrounds

    I have a Facebook group for my Stampin’ Up! team where we share ideas, support, and projects we’ve been working on.  Well, this was one of the cards that Elise Hamilton posted in the group and we were all blown away by how cool the background looked on her card! So I asked her if…

  • A Quinceanera Dancing Queen for CuteCardThursday!

    Oops! I’ve totally fallen behind on my blog posting this week.  I’ll let you in on a secret – I’m working on a design refresh for my blog – and I’ve gotten so caught up with that and my monthly Stampin’ Up! team meeting this week, that I completely got behind on blog posts. But,…

  • It’s the Styling Stampin’ Squad January Blog Hop!

    Alright, this is my second month with the crew of talented stampers and this month we are sharing project ideas using items from the new Spring catalog and Sale-a-Bration items.  Because who doesn’t like fun ideas with new stuff? Well, I have a couple quick projects for you and I hope they inspire some new…