Build A Cupcake Waterfall Happy Birthday Greeting Card

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My card share today features the WATERFALL TECHNIQUE and spotlights the Stampin' Up! Create A Cupcake Stamp Set; thus, the card is called "Build A Cupcake Waterfall Happy Birthday Greeting Card".  This is the first time I've created a card using the waterfall technique and I enjoyed it.  The card's "waterfall" reflects the process of "building" a cupcake.

Besides the Pink Pirouette Cardstock, the card is made with the new Stampin' Up! In-Color Collection, the Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder Cardstock.  I hope you like the card.

The following pictures are closeups of each section of the "waterfall".  Each sentiment and piece of the cupcake was made with a stamp image from the Stampin' Up! Create A Cupcake Stamp Set and cut out with the Stampin' Up! Cupcake Punch.  This section is the cupcake wrapper, which is made with the Pool Party Cardstock and Ink.

This section is the cupcake wrapper and the cupcake's icing, which is made with Pink Pirouette Cardstock and Ink, and is spritzed with the Stampin' Up! Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.

This section is the cupcake wrapper, icing, and sprinkles.

This section, which completes the cupcake, is the cupcake wrapper, icing, sprinkles, and a cherry. 

If you need a tutorial on how to make a waterfall card, please don't hesitate to ask.

Buy the Stampin' Up! products used for this card by clicking on the links in this post.  

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Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

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STAMPIN' UP! CONVENTION 2011

STAMPIN' UP! CONVENTION 2011

GENERAL INFORMATION

The 2011 Stampin' Up! Convention will occur from July 13, Wednesday through July 16,  Saturday at the Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.  A couple upcoming dates to remember: 

July 7	Last day to transfer your convention registration.
July 8	Online check-in is available.

Late Night Stampers Activities 

The Late Night Stampers (LNS) Group Activities (for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators only) will begin on Monday, July 11 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 PM (PT). Further information may be found on this website http://latenightstamperpreconvention2011.eventbrite.com/.

Stampin' Up! Greeting Card - Beach Scene - Tutorial

I'm sharing today a simple Stampin' Up! Greeting Card featuring a beach scene.  Living on the Gulf Coast of Florida is the impetus behind my beach scene greeting cards.  The beaches here are just gorgeous, especially the Siesta Key Beach. 

I'm also providing a tutorial for making the card in case you want to give it a try.  Now I do not claim to be an expert at sponging, which is the technique used, but I wanted to share a tutorial of the card as it is very simple to case.  Here is the greeting card:

TUTORIAL

1.  Using a sheet of Stampin' Up! Watercolor Paper, Stampin' Up! River Rock Stampin' Pad, and Stampin' Up! Sponge, sponge the River Rock ink onto the cardstock as shown below.  This begins the creation of sand dunes:

 2.  Place a straight edge of a piece of paper across the cardstock and sponge onto the cardstock Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze Ink in the valley between the two sand dunes.  This creates water.

3.  Using the hibiscus flower stamp from the Stampin' Up! Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set, ink just the stamens with a Stampin' Up! Wild Wasabi Marker.  Stamp this onto the cardstock at the locations shown.  I double stamped some of mine.  This creates the grass on the sand dunes.

4.  Using a Stampin' Up! Soft Suede Marker, put many dots onto the sand dunes.  Sponge Soft Suede slightly across the dunes.

5.  Using a Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue Stampin' Pad, sponge the ink onto the cardstock to create the sky.  I made a template of scallops to create the clouds shown below (I forgot to take a picture of the sky before adding in the fence).  Using a brown marker, hand draw a fence on both dunes.  As I did, you may want to practice on your Stampin' Up! Grid Paper before drawing onto the cardstock. 

6.  Using a black ink pen or marker, draw birds into the sky.  A variation of the letter V does the trick.

7.  Add six Stampin' Up! Metallic Brads to the cardstock as shown.

8.  Enhance your scene by creating highlights with a Stampin' Up! White Gel Pen around the grass, fence, and water.  Using a brown marker, create some shadows of the fence and grass.

9.  Assemble your card as desired.  I used Bashful Blue and Crumb Cake Cardstock.

I hope you give the tutorial a try!  Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

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Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Florida

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Stampin' Up! Countryside "Happy Birthday" Greeting Card

Being from the country, I am naturally attracted to the Stampin' Up! Countryside Stamp Set, which I used to make this "Happy Birthday" greeting card.
 

I used the Stampin' Up! Markers - Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Real Red, Soft Suede, Bravo Burgundy, and Marina Mist - for the truck and sentiment.  For the truck's hubcaps, I used the Stampin' Up! Silver Fox Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink.  The cardstock used for the card is Whisper White, Certainly Celery, and Marina Mist.  The Stampin' Up! Corner Punch was used to create the photo corners on the card.  I added a Marina Mist balloon onto the truck's antenna, a stamp from My Digital Studio.  Lastly, the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the Curly Cute Stamp Set.

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Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Florida

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Stampin' Up! Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper & Fabulous Florets

My Stampin' Up! greeting card made with the Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper (DSP) and Fabulous Florets Stamp Set is a simple one.  My cards are typically more detailed but today I decided to keep it simple.  I used two of the new In-Color colors, Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral in cardstock and ink.  I selected one of the designs from the Paisley Petals DSP for the first layer of the card, which goes well with the Calypso Coral.  Here's the card:

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God's Blessings!

Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Florida

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Enjoy making Stampin' Up! Greeting Cards!