Birthday Fiesta

A Birthday Shaker Card!

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birthday-fiesta-shaker-0816Are you in love with this little llama?  I sure am!  It always makes me think of the children’s book “Is Your Mama a Llama?” from when my kids were little.  (Once again I’m probably dating myself….)

The Birthday Fiesta stamp set is so much fun.    Other than this adorable llama I love the sentiment “Fiesta like there’s no tomorrow.”

Shaker cards are pretty easy to make now that Stampin’ Up! has such fabulous tools for us to use.  Everything used on this card is in the catalog!  The shaker portion of the card is made using the Layering Circles Framelits, Window Sheets, Foam Adhesive Strips and the Sprinkles Punch for the confetti!

TIP:  If you want to make sure that the confetti doesn’t stick to the sides of the foam strips rub your Embossing Buddy along the sides of the foam strips.  🙂

Do you have a special someone to send this birthday card to?  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

It’s Birthday Fiesta Time!

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IMG_8529My birthday is in two days and I think it’s time to start celebrating, don’t you?

I’m a little sad this year.  Usually during this week of the year my demo friends and I are heading to Salt Lake City for Stampin’ Up!’s annual convention.  Since expanding worldwide they’ve changed up their events and no longer do one in July.  🙁

I loved convention (and still love all of the SU Convention2015.1events) but I really loved celebrating my birthday with my stampin’ friends.   Here’s a picture of us last July all dressed up for the Roaring 20’s party.

Since I’ve decided to start celebrating early I thought I should post a birthday card, right?  This fun and easy card was made with the Birthday Fiesta stamp set.  I know…how can I use this stamp set and not use the llama?!  I did use my favorite color on the card though!  🙂

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Birthday Fiesta Llama

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IMG_8535This llama is SO dang adorable!  Don’t you just love him?  I just had to make a card with him on it!

Have you played with the Birthday Fiesta stamp set yet?  It has some pretty fun images including the this adorable llama and the cute little cactus.  There are some fun banners too as well as a couple of sayings.

The best thing(s) about the Birthday Fiesta stamp set are the COORDINATING products!  Yes!  There’s a whole mess of products that coordinate with it.  Framelits, embossing folder and of course designer series paper!  Woo Hoo!  My favorite word!  Coordination!  To check out all the products that coordinate with the Birthday Fiesta stamp set check out page 11 in the Stampin’ Up! catalog!

This little card is my favorite 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ square card.  I love this shape and size because it’s large enough but there’s not too much extra space to fill.  Sometimes if you have a regular 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ card and your images are on the small side you have to come up with some way to fill all that empty space.  OK…I’m a little lazy sometimes!  Ha!

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!