Happy Birthday, Magnolia Lane

Hello again! It’s time for another Stamp with Amy K Blog Hop! Our focus is on birthday cards this time. I’ve had some busy, busy weeks here. Hope yours has been quieter. It’s time for another handmade-card delivery to my local gift shop, so I took a few hours last weekend to churn through some cards and prepare them. Stampin’ Up’s gorgeous Magnolia Lane Memories and More Card Pack and the complementing Magnolia Lane Large Specialty Memories and More Cards and Envelope Pack made it very easy to have two cards done in record time.

I was really just looking through the Magnolia Lane card pack to see what there was to work with, and, as often happens to me, I began “seeing” cards in my head as different combinations of pieces flashed in front of my eyes. So even though I had intended to only create one card, I liked the final front combination and the 3×4 card I used on the inside so well that I decided my mom needed a birthday card too, no matter how long I had to wait to give it to her. 🙂

The cards in the Magnolia Lane card pack are just so pretty, and there are quite a few with sentiments on them. The “Happy Birthday” one is elegant and classy in its design and font without being over-the-top. Although I could have die-cut the sentiment out of the card, I liked it just the way it was (which was faster anyway).

After choosing a large striped “Project Life”-style card for the background and two flowery smaller background ones to match the “Happy Birthday” card, I then adhered the leafy envelope liner into the kraft envelope and creased the flap. Then I glued the background card I’d chosen onto one of the kraft card bases from the Large Cards and Envelope pack.

I played around with the placement of the Petal Pink 5/8″ Striped Organdy ribbon on the coordinating 3×4 “background” card, decided where I wanted it, and put adhesive on the back before wrapping the length there tightly, since the ribbon would show the adhesive through it. Then I just staggered the two smaller cards on top of the larger striped card and glued them.

I accented the top and bottom of the ribbon with the Frosted Flower Embellishments and then added gold Metallic Pearls in the little divots of the flowers. And then the corners of the sentiment piece looked just a bit bare to me, so I added the pearls there too. 😁

On the inside, I used the “You Are Loved” 3×4 card, some white paper for a message, and a few of the stickers from the sticker sheets included in the Memories and More pack. Easy-peasy!

Thanks for stopping by to see my creations. These are great products not only for scrapbooking but for cardmaking too. With everything matching, creating is a breeze! To see what the rest of my teammates have made this month, you can follow the list or “Previous” and “Next” buttons to “hop” from one blog to the next.

 

 

 

1. Jaimie Babarczy: https://wp.me/p79UhD-2SZ
2. Karen Finkle: https://karenscardkorner.blogspot.com/2019/06/stampin-up-heartland-birthday-card-for.html
3. Karen Ksenzakovic: https://wp.me/paaNf4-Gn
4. Shirley Gentry: https://stampinwithshirleyg.com/?p=5794
5. Connie Troyer: You are here!
6. Mary Deatherage: https://wp.me/p5snyt-8nX
7. Sue Prather: https://wp.me/p5yitZ-1hJ
8. Akiko Sudano: https://stampininthemeadows.com/?p=593
9. Amy Koenders: https://wp.me/p2SFwf-fPE

 

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up demonstrator yet and want to order or receive a catalog, please feel free to contact me for help. If you want to order, use code DWFPUKPH and I’ll happily send my thanks and a free gift! Make it a great week!

Connie