Happy Wednesday!!
Do you just love this cute little Cupcake Birdcage stamp?! I originally was going to paper-piece the frosting but then ended up coloring it with Copics. I think with the right patterned paper it would be so sweet.
I’m still thinking about my Christmas cards. I typically think about it for a few weeks before I start trying things out. Last year I made 80 of these. I think it was too much. So, I am just sending 40 handmade this year. I hate to cut back, but I need to enjoy my kids while they are young during the holidays. I’ll report back soon with more details!
Hope you have a great week!
Supplies:
Stamps:
Paper:
Inks/Color:
- Copic Sketch Markers
: frosting (RV10, RV13, RV14); cherry (RV13, R27, 0); cage (C1, C4); bird (Y11, Y15); flagpole (E13, E25, E29)
- Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
- Stampin’ Dazzle Silver Pen (retired, sorry!)
- Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink
- Uniball White Gel Pen
Embellishments:
Tools/Punches/Dies:
- Stampin’ Up! Chevron Embossing Folder
- Sizzix Ovals Framelits
- Stampin’ Up! Craft Scissors
- Stampin’ Up! Pennant Builder Punch
- Stampin’ Up! Stamp-a-ma-jig
- Ink Blending Tool
Other:
Jessika
Love that stamp! So cute!!!
Susan
WOW! This is just tooooo cute!! Combining cupcakes and birds? Who woulda thunk it?????
Diana
Darlene,
What a fun card! A “birdcake” – loved it. Wednesday is my favorite day.
KatieP
This card is great. TFS.
Lynn
Very cute card …
Pam Zirbel
How adorable!!!!! Love watching you make your cards and color!!!
Meli Isen
Yowza…80 Cards…that makes me tired just thinking about it :)….love you cards as always…!!!
Gabby
Haven’t seen that stamp before, it’s cute and so is your card! 🙂
Sue
Your cards are wonderful! In the video, you use your favourite white gel pen. What is the brand of this one?
Darlene DeVries
Oops! I forgot to put the pen into my supplies list! I just added it – it’s the Uniball White Gel Pen.
Kristin
Such a cute card! I always love watching your videos. Just a heads up to everyone that Blick.com is offering 20% off of orders $99 and over (and free shipping, too) through tomorrow! I just bought a bunch of Copic markers for $4.19 each. What a deal!! Anyway, as always, thanks so much for sharing!!
Gloria Taylor
Sooooooooooo cute and easy to create, thanks again Darlene!!
Lillian R
Love this card Darlene~
Trish
Love it Love It as always. Good for you in managing your holiday rather than letting it manage you! As a pastor’s wife we used to send gobs of Christmas Cards. At a point we totally quit so we wouldn’t be favoring one person over another. I have a plan for decorating a secondary Christmas Tree with card fronts of Christmas cards I would like to make. We have 2 new puppies. The secondary tree was in their main hangout. BUT I can still make card fronts, decorating in another way, and put them on the tree NEXT year when the puppies are a little more experienced.