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It’s time for another cookie exchange and this time 3 of my DD Alumni friends agreed to play along! We decided to use the new SU! set Big Bold Birthday. I didn’t give them any other guidelines….just to use this set. Jen del Muro, Paula Bloom and Michelle Laycock participated in my challenge. Click on their names to check out their cards. 🙂
I decided to make a Big Buckle card using the Word Window punch for the hole. Directions for the Buckle cards can be found here on Splitcoast. Beate does a fantastic job with the tutorials there! I turned my card around a bit and just cut a 1 1/2″ strip off the front for the buckle. I scored it at 1″ and then attached the 1″ section on the back of the card.
When the new catty came out I was a bit confused until I found out that there was a mistake in it. The bottom of the cupcake is pictured as a solid image but in fact it has the happy birthday words all over it. I love it with the words….so cute! After stamping the dots on the frosting, I added some Stickles. And I added some Stickles to the candle flames and horn (under the words) as well. Hope you like it!

Here’s a pic of the card when open.

stamps- Big Bold Birthday, Dilly-Dally Party wheel
cardstock- Cocoa, Guava, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, white
ink- Soft Sky, Pomegranate, Guava, Blue Bayou, markers- Choc. Chip & Not Quite Navy
access- Stickles, punches- corner rounder, Photo Corner, Large Oval, Word Window

Here’s my first challenge with another stamper. Kirstin agreed to play along and you can find her creation here. I do not own this set but my friend let me stamp a few petals to try it out. The challenge was to use the new SU! set Pick a Petal and also the colors Turquoise and Orchid. I didn’t stop at one and made 2 cards….so fun! This set is very cute and caught my eye right away but it also is a bit more challenging to me.

I used a pair of wave scissors on the first card. The second card has Stickles glitter all over the watercolored flower petals and I brushed in a stem by hand.
stamps- Pick a Petal, You Make Me Happy, $1 stamp
cs- Turquoise, Orchid, Night of Navy, white, Sweet designer paper
ink- Black, Navy, Turquoise, Orchid, Artichoke (flower stem on second card)
access.- ribbon, Stickles, oval punches, button, white gel pen