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Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a fabulous new years eve and is enjoying the new year so far! I wanted to share another fun cocktail card today using the Happy Hour stamp set!  I love how quick and easy it is to make a fun card with some simple paper flags! Just takek a couple pieces of patterned paper and flag the ends... then stamp an image to put over the other ends as your focal point. Simple and fun! It also shows that a little patterned paper goes a long way!

stamps: Happy Hour, Greetings of the Season

ink: Real Red, Early Espresso, Old Olive

paper:  Real Red, Whisper white, Festival of prints designer paper stack

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Apothecary Accents, Chevron Embossing folder

other:  1/8" taffeta ribbon- old olive 

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Cheers to the New Year!

Happy New Year's Eve! I can't believe how fast this year has gone! I have had so much fun paper crafting with all my friends - and I'm excited to start a new year with more cards ahead of me. Today I'm sharing one of my favorite cards made with the Happy Hour set. I thought this was an appropriate one to send out the year with some cheers! 

To make this card I cut out several of that fun shape using the Framelits die - Apothecary Accents - in the big shot. Then I stamped various drinks on three of them from the Happy Hour stamp set, with a "cheers"  on the fourth one.  Then I layered them over some real red card stock that has been embossed using the fancy fan embossing folder. I added some paper int he background and some grosgrain ribbon in different coordinating colors (I think this ribbon is retired but I still have some left and the colors still match!)

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Real Red, Old Olive

paper:  Real Red, Whisper white, Retired Designer paper, old olive

Big Shot: Framelits Dies - Apothecary Accents,  Fancy Fans embossing folder

other: Ribbon Grosgrain in red, olive and white (retired)

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Christmas Card Cocktail

Here is the second Christmas Card I designed and sent out to bunches of people! This one uses the Happy Hour stamp set along with the Bigz Snow Flurry die in the Big Shot. I love this cute little Martini glass with the candy cane in it... I also added some pearls for bubbles!

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green

paper:  Whisper white, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green, early espresso, Be of Good Cheer Designer Paper

Big Shot: Snow Flurries Bigz Die, Chevron Embossing Folder

other: Large circle punch, adhesive pearls, 

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Cocktail shaker card!

Have you tried using the shaker frames from stampin' up to make shaker cards yet? They make it so easy. They are stick on both sides and already in circle shapes that coordinate with our different sized punches. All you do is stamp an image that will fit inside your circle, stick a shaker frame over it, put something in it to shake (I used the chunky glass glitter) and then remove the top liner to reveal the sticky surface and put a piece of window sheet over it! Ta dah… shaker. Then I punched a hole in another piece of card stock to make a top window and cover the frame. It's that easy! 

To add a little more sparkle to this card I used the Illuminate glimmer watermark ink from the holiday catalog. This ink looks really cool on white card stock. It adds a pretty shimmer that it subtle but adds so much fun to your card. I stamped the circles from the chock full of cheer set to add some bling to this card.  I used it on the top piece… you can see it if you look closely...

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Black, gumballl green, garden green, cherry cobbler, illuminate glimmer watermark ink

paper:  Marina Mist, whisper white, Festival of prints designer series paper stack

other: stitched satin ribbon in gumball green, window sheet, shaker frame, glass glitter

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More Cheers!

More Cheers! This card is similar to the one I showed you in the last post.. same colors and paper, just a little different layout. Which one do you like better?

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse

paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper

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Cheers on Your Birthday

Here is another of the cards we made at my Masculine Stamp-a-Stack. I absolutely LOVE this stamp set, Happy Hour. It's so versatile... who doesn't like a cocktail now and again? It works for celebration cards, birthday cards, and just for fun! This time I used it to make a simple, fun Birthday card that would also work for a guy. To make it "guy-friendly" I used colors that looked a little more masculine, Cajun Craze and Summer Starfruit, along with the ever popular Crumb cake. I paired it with a little piece of designer paper from the Comfort Cafe paper pack. 

Here's a close-up:

stamps: Happy Hour

ink: Cajun Craze, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, Crumb Cake

paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Comfort Cafe Designer Series paper

other:Square punch (to make the flag)

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Retro Cheers!

Doesn't this color combo look retro? That wasn't my intention when I designed this card but it definitely turned out that way! I think it goes well with the stylized cocktail images, don't you?  I've been on a roll of making super simple cards lately... Sometimes I get carried away with adding on too much stuff so it's feeling very refreshing to do some simple cards! I used the new Fancy fan embossing folder on this card and if you look closely, you can see it really coordinates with the patterns in the drinks! How cool is that? 

stamps:  Happy Hour

ink: Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin pie, Pool Party, Old olive

paper:Early Espresso, Summer Starfruit, Pumpkin pie, Pool Party, Old olive, whisper white

big shot: Fancy Fan embossing folder

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Cheers to you!

One of my favorite sets in the new Stampin' Up! catalog is this set -- Happy Hour! I just love all the sayings and the cute cocktails with the patterns in them. Here is a very simple birthday card made using this set. This card would be great for a male or female... it's pretty neutral! I love having cards like this in my stash... birthdays are always sneaking up on me!  I also used one of the new embossing folders -- this one is called Fancy Fan and is so pretty... I love the pattern!

stamps: Happy Hour

ink:  pool party, summer starfruit, island indigo, lucky limeade

paper: pool party, island indigo, summer starfruit, whisper white

big shot: Fancy Fan embossing folder

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