Simon Says Stamp - Birthday Streamers

Hello there. I have one more card to share today for STAMPtember 2026 from Simon Says Stamp (SSS).  I used the Background Streamers stencil set and the Birthday Tiles embossing folder (EF) to create a simple masculine birthday card.

The two lightest colours in the Glacier Caves and Frosted Foliage ink collections from Altenew were ink blended over the streamers stencil layers on an A2 size Bristol panel.  For confetti, added blue splatters.  

For the sentiment, a scrap of Bristol paper was selectively embossed with the EF.  Next, dragged the darker blue mini ink pad (direct-to-paper) over the raised areas to colour it.  Fussy cut it out then mounted it onto the streamers panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension to finish. 

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Challenges:

All About - #9 Masculine 

AAA Colourful - Colourboard #31 

Stencil Fun - AG Stencils + optional Yellow 

Seize the Birthday - #334 AG Birthday + optional Add a Sentiment Strip (no topping) 

Addicted to Stamps and More - #525 Die Cuts and/or Stencils (stencil)

Whimsy Stamps - Punny Birthday

Hello there.  Today is my nephew, Liam's, 11th birthday.  Hard to believe it's been 6 years since this video.  So in keeping with the same vibe as the card in that video, I decided to stretch the Sheets and Giggles stamp set from Whimsy Stamps (WS) beyond halloween and created him a punny slimline (SL) size (3.5"x8.5") birthday card.  This was so fun and I'm glad he liked it.  He actually recorded another video of him opening today's card, but for some unknown reason, I'm no longer able to upload videos to my blog. 🤔 

Black cardstock was trimmed to SL size.  The SL Film Strip die and the Spellbinders compact cutting plate were then used to partial die cut the film strip frame to SL size from its original 3.25"x8.25".  

Trimmed a SL panel from Bristol paper next and masked off the two sides with painter's tape.  Place the film strip frame over the panel to use as a guide and stamp the ghost images with Memento London Fog ink.  Went back and inked up their eyes with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker and re-stamped.   Ink blended Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Black Soot distress inks around them then splattered with water and blot with a paper towel for some texture. 

Green glow shading was added to the ghosts with YG01 Copic Sketch marker.  Stamped the sentiments (top frame from Monster Daze & bottom frame from Simple Sentiment Strips) with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Assemble the card onto a SL card base to finish. 

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Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - #524 Any Occasion 

Creative Moments - #285 Make It Cute 

Tic Tac Toe - #300 Featured Designer Rosanne (left column - Letters, Sentiment, Die Cut & middle row - Sentiment, Children, Birthday 

All About - #8 Frames 

Charming Delight Birthday

Hello everyone.  Today is a friend's birthday and I created a CAS (clean and simple) floral birthday card for her using the Charming Delight layering stencil set from Altenew (ALT)   Hope she's having a wonderful day and getting spoiled. 😉  

Trimmed Bristol paper to A2 size then ink blended ALT Enchanted Garden and Frosted Foliage fresh dye inks over the stencil layers for the flowers and foliage. For the center, used distress inks (Squeezed Leminade, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber) and purple ink remaining from the Enchanted Garden detail blending brush.

Was going for a soft watercolour look, so had to add splatters with diluted white gouache paint.  Die cut the Spellbinders Layered Happy Birthday sentiment from silver foil paper and its shadow from vellum.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. Easy peasy! 

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Challenges:

Stencil Fun - AG stencils + optional CAS design style 

Time Out - #319 Choose Two (CAS-Floral-Birthday)  

Simply Clean and Simple - AG CAS + optional theme Nature 

Beautiful Blossoms - AG Florals + optional Mood Board #43 

AAA Birthday - #88 Flowers 

Whimsy Stamps - Masculine Birthdays

Hello there.  The current Yellow and Black Color Hues challenge #135 inspired my cards today.  Using goodies from Whimsy Stamps (WS), I created two masculine birthday cards.  I had a third idea, but it didn’t work out. 🤷🏻‍♀️  These colours immediately made me think of bees… so this is where I’ll start. 

The bee from Bee Happy was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It paper, coloured with Copic Sketch markers then fussy cut out.  The Happy Day sentiment was also die cut from X-PresIt paper and coloured with the same yellow markers as the bee. 

Stretched the Chunky Checkers die and made it look like a honey pot since the shape reminded me of it.  It was die cut from Bristol paper and ink blended over a Honeycomb Drips stencil with distress inks (Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber, Bronze Corduroy).  Splattered it with diluted black gouache paint for texture I  Assembled the card onto a white card base, popping the bee up with foam tape.  Added highlights with a white Posca pen to finish. 

My econd card was influenced by my dad.  He lovd the water and going fishing.  He usually went in the early morning, so I guess this is a sunrise scene on his case. 😂  Stamped the Tranquil Wishes image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Coloured the image / whole scene with warm gray and yellow Copic Sketch markers. 

Masked the boat and used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker to ink only the fisherman from Born to Fish then stamped him.  Repeated this step a few times.  The sentiment from Raccoon Happy Day was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder. Die cut the panel with the Treasure Map then adhered to a split black/white card base to finish.  

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Challenges:

cards 1 & 2 

Coler Hues - #135 Yellow and Black 

AAA Birthday.- #86 For Boys 

card 1 

Stencil Fun - AG Stencils + optional Butterflies   

Addicted to Stamps and More - #520 Die Curs and/ir Stenciks 

card 2 

The Male Room - #211 The Outdoors. 

We Love Stamping - Sports/Hobbies (fishing)     

Birthday Majestic Roses

Hello everyone.  I’ve been commissioned to create birthday cards, and since it’s May (you know the saying April showers bring May flowers 😉), it had to be a floral card.  And it was the perfect opportunity to finally break out the gorgeous Majestic Roses stencil set from Altenew (ALT) and use their current monthly challenge as inspiration to create my card. 

3 gradient ALT Rock Collection gray colour inks were used to stencil the white roses, while only one green colour dye ink was used for the foliage.  The green colour was brighter than I wanted, so diluted gesso was applied over top to desaturate the colour. The stencil gives an image with two roses and foliage, but for design purposes (odd numbers being more pleasing to the eye), a third rose (bottom right front) was added first, then masked with a DIY fussy cut mask created from masking paper.

The sentiment from ALT Pocket Sentiments was white heat embossed  on a paper strip that was coloured with a RV17 Copic Sketch marker.  A fishtail was then die cut from it using a Fishtail Banner die (currently on sale) from Sunny Studio Stamps.  Die cut the panel next with a stitched rectangle die (out-of-business).  Assembled the card onto a white card base and embellished with some clear Moonshine sequins from Simon Says Stamp to finish. 

I couldn’t stop playing with the stencils and somehow ended up creating two more cards. 😆   For these cards, heat embossing with clear embossing powder was used for masking instead of creating more DIY masks before ink blending a light green colour for the background. 

On this final card, three gradient ALT Cherry Blossom ink colours were used for the pink rose. 

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Challenges:

Altenew Inspiration - May 2026: Host Bridget Casey 

Beautiful Blossoms - AG Florals + optional Mood Board #41 

Just Add Ink - #785 Stencils/Dies 

Just Us Girls. - #823 Word Week: Flowers 

Tic Tac Toe - #292 Featured Designer Betty (middle row- Floral, Free, White/Cream)

Make My Monday - $278 Say It With Flowers