As I started to play with the new products that arrived last week, I was rather surprised that the first three cards all used DSP, not a new stamp set in sight! For someone who initially struggled to use any DSP at all, this was surprising and a breakthrough! Festive Birthday DSP is very bright and cheerful, and perfect for birthdays.

I took the layout from this week’s CAS(E) this Sketch which gives loads of room for interpretation.

I used a strip from the Festive Birthday DSP, which I cut at 2 1/4 inches by 12 so that I had a piece for the card and a matching piece for the envelope flap. I used the raised edge of the Stampin’ Up! trimmer to push my piece of whisper white against as well as the DSP so that I could get them perfectly in line. Then I picked melon mambo as the colour that I wanted to feature and cut out the hello from the Hello You thinlits dies. I then glued my whisper white to my melon mambo card base.

For the envelope, I took the remainder of my DSP piece and glued it to the envelope flap using the multipurpose glue. It was pretty easy to snip the excess off with my paper snips to get a perfectly matching envelope.

My paper pumpkin arrived on Saturday and I’m busy working on alternatives to the kit. Stay tuned.

Don’t forget that for every $50 you spend between July 7 and 31, Stampin’ Up! will send you a $5 Bonus Days coupon that you can use August 2-31. Also, if you spent more than $35 with me and use the code VUME6GSD, I’ll send you the new Emerald Envy Solid Baker’s Twine. For more details see the Customer Loyalty page over on the left.

See you tomorrow,

Liz