Category Archives: Happy Birthday

A Simple Yet Elegant Card using Daffodil Daydream Bundle

Daffodils come in so many colors and for today’s card, I decided to color in my daffodil using the Pink or Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends Marker! The image is from the Daffodil Daydream Stamp Set which is retiring next month. I hate to see this set go but Stampin’ Up! has to make room for so many new gorgeous floral stamp set. The images and phrases in this set are… Read More »

Forever Fern Happy Birthday to my Dear Sister

Today’s card features the very popular Forever Fern Stamp Set and the Forever Flourishing Dies. I also used the Ornate Layers Dies for the back panels. This card is for my beautiful dear sister, my best friend, Monica. I’ll have all the instructions on how to make this card in the upcoming newsletter that goes out on Tuesday. If you would like to receive a copy of the tutorial and… Read More »

Hand-Penned Petals for a Happy Birthday

Today’s card features the gorgeous Hand-Penned Petals Bundle. The stamp set features beautifully drawn floral images and coordinating fill stamps that give the design an effortless watercolored look I did something a little different with this card – did a zig-zag stitch to anchor both pieces of the DSP together. Sewing on cards was very popular a couple of years ago and I even had a small inexpensive craft sewing… Read More »

Happy Birthday to an amazing young man!

Another grandson birthday this week! And another digital stamp used for today’s card. Most of my digital images are from Angie Blom Digital Designs – I love her masculine images. They are perfect for my 3 grandsons who are in their 20’s. I took DSP from the retired Plaid Tidings 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and printed out the sweater with one of the patterns. I then glued it… Read More »

Happy Birthday to my grandson, Troy

Today’s card features a digital masculine stamp in creating it to celebrate my awesome grandson, Troy. I love making cards for the ones I love because I try to customize them as much as possible even if it includes using non SU products. The image and sentiment were printed out on a computer. The background was sponged with Night of Navy Ink using a Blending Brush and a stencil. I… Read More »

Bumblebee Trinkets to the Rescue!

Today’s project features the oh so lovely Wildflower Path Stamp Set from the January – June 2022 Mini Catalog. Yesterday on my Facebook group, I posted the following meme: And sure enough, I made a mistake on the card I was making. It was either throw it away or put an embellishment on it. Luckily I had the Bumblebee Trinkets still out from another project and covered up my mistake!… Read More »

In the Moment with Stampin’ Up!

Craft a homemade card that encourages loved ones to take time for themselves with the In the Moment Stamp Set. The stamp set imagery includes three women relaxing by looking at the landscape with a lovely glass of wine or indulging in a hobby like reading with their furry friend. I paired this stamp set with the Friendly Hello Bundle from the Jan-Feb 2022 Sale-a-Bration catalog. This such a gorgeous… Read More »

Driving by in a yellow bug!

The Driving By Stamp Set is such a cute set from the Jan-Feb 2022 Sale-a-Bration Mini Catalog. This one is a keeper! I love it because I had a green bug in the early 1970’s and I absolutely loved that car. I chose the Beetle Bug image for my beautiful daughter, Deena’s, birthday because she also owned a bug and her’s was yellow. I think she had it in the… Read More »

Sailing Home for David’s Birthday

Whether you’re sailing home or going off to new adventures, the images and sentiments in the Sailing Home Stamp Set will inspire you on your journey Today’s project is a bridge fun fold card and was created for my husband, David’s, birthday. The set reminds me so much of sailing to the Channel Islands in Southern California. We owned a sail boat and sailed many weekends in and around the… Read More »

Happy Birthday with the Hat Builder Dies

What’s happening this month at Stamp with Rachel: Sale-a-Bration continues It’s a good time to Join Stampin’ Up! Free gift with your order Safari Celebration Paper Pumpkin All Together Collection Today’s card features the Hat Builder Dies. I love that you can build your own hat with personalized labels! In this case, I was able to download a McDonald’s graphic to put on the hat. It’s for a friend who works at… Read More »