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Painted Illusions Split Grame Happy Birthday Card

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This card design I have been looking at for a while and finally made, I am calling it a split frame card.  This one is made with the Painted Illusions designer series paper from Stampin’ Up. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Flirty Flamingo card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Transparency clear sheet
  • Painted Illusions designer series paper (February 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Fabulous Saying stamp set (January 2025 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Forever Florals (2025 Virtual Retreat Stampin’ Up)
  • Flirty Flamingo ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for paper trimmer
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of white card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 5 5/8” and score at 1 3/8”.  Then cut a piece to 1 3/8” x 5 ½”, one to 1 1/8” x 3” and three to 1 3/8” x 1 3/8”.  From a transparency or clear sheet cut a piece to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From the Painted Illusions designer series paper find the pink floral paper and then the swirl paper that has the blue floral back.  From the swirl paper cut two pieces to 1 ¼” x 5 3/8” with a section of the pink included.  From the pink floral piece cut a piece to 1 ¼” x 5 ½” and six pieces to 1 ¼” x 1 ¼”. 

With the white card base, fold at the score mark.  Take the transparency piece and adhere to the front of the 1 3/8” section, making sure you keep the adhesive away from the edge so it won’t show outside the paper boundaries, about 1/8” all the way around.  Now adhere the white piece measuring 1 3/8” x 5 ½” and adhere that to the right side to the back of the transparency. 

Take the white squares and three of the floral squares and adhere each floral square to the white squares.  Adhere one to the top portion of the clear center strip, one to the bottom and then the third to the middle. 

For the inside of the card adhere the other three floral squares to the triangles on the left side to cover the adhesive from the front.  Adhere the floral strip to the left side of the card back.  In Flirty Flamingo ink stamp the “happy birthday” greeting from the Fabulous Sayings stamp set to the white strip.  Adhere to the center of the floral strip.  Cut two of the small flower bunches from the Forever Florals dies and adhere one bunch to each end of your happy birthday greeting making sure they are on the white so the centers of the flowers are white. 

The inside is as cute and the outside and this card design could be used for any occasion card.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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True Blue Floral Delicate Whispers Birthday Card

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This pretty birthday card is made with the True Blue Florals designer series paper and the Delicate Whispers stamp set both from Stampin’ Up.  Using arches dies to form the stamped section of the card front.  The floral stamp from Delicate Whispers matches this paper perfectly, they just seemed made to go together.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Balmy Blue card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • True Blue Floral designer series paper (December 2025 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Delicate Whispers stamp set and dies (March 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Notes of Spring stamp set (March 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • Arch dies (Senhai)
  • Secret Sea ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  With a piece of Balmy Blue card stock cut two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. Cut a piece of white card stock to 4” x 5 ¼”. Take you True Blue Floral designer series paper and find the piece with the floral springs and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Use your arches dies to cut the labels, with the large one measuring a width of 3 ¼” to cut out of Secret Sea, the 3” wide one to cut a piece of Balmy Blue and the 2 ¾” die to cut a piece of white card stock. 

With the Delicate Whispers stamp set find the floral sprig that goes to the right and stamp to the left edge of you white card stock arch in Secret Sea ink.  Then from the Notes of Spring use the “happiest birthday wishes” stamp to stamp in Secret Sea ink in the white space to the right of the floral sprig.  Also stamp three of the small flower from Delicate Whispers in Secret Sea ink around the leftover white space. 

With your Light Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends pen color the flowers and with the Light Secret Sea Stampin’ Blends color in the leaves of the floral sprig.  Adhere your three layers of arches together then cut off the end where desired.  Adhere one of the Balmy Blue pieces to the front of your card base and the floral piece to that.  Then adhere your arches label to the right side lined up along the edge of the floral paper. 

For the inside of your card take the white piece of card stock you cut and stamp the “especially for you” greeting from Notes of Spring in Secret Sea ink.  Then stamp three of the small flowers from Delicate Whispers around.  Use the Light Balmy Blue Stampin’ Blends to color in the three flowers. 

This is a really cut birthday card for a friend or family member.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Painted Illusions Floral Birthday Card

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This floral stamp from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set is just so pretty and stamps so clear.  It seemed like the perfect option to go with this blue decorative paper from the Painted Illusions designer series paper from Stampin’ Up March Product of the Month.  The small flowers match the flowers in the paper perfectly. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Misty Moonlight card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Painted Illusions designer series paper (March 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Stampin’ Blends
    • Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blend
    • Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blend
    • Light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blend
  • Misty Moonlight ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

From a piece of Misty Moonlight card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut another piece to 2 5/8” x 3 5/8”.  With some white card stock cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 2 ¾” x 3 ¾”, one to 1” x 3 5/8” and a last to ¾” x 3 5/8”.  Take your Painted Illusions designer series paper pack and find the blue piece with the small flowers.  Cut a piece to 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”. 

Take your Misty Moonlight card base and adhere one of the white 4” x 5 ¼” pieces to the front.  Then adhere the blue floral designer series paper piece.  Adhere the 2 5/8” x 3 5/8” Misty Moonlight piece to the 2 ¾” x 3 ¾” piece of white and then adhere this to the center of the front of your card base. 

With a scrap piece of white card stock and your Misty Moonlight ink stamp the large floral stamp from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set.  Ink the grouping of 2 small flowers and ink and stamp just that on your scrap white as well.  Use your Light Flirty Flamingo Stampin’ Blends marker to color the small flowers.  Color the flower centers in Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends marker and the leaves in Light Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends marker.  Use a pair of scissors to cut out the design and your three small flowers (cut to three individual flowers). 

On the white strip you cut to ¾” x 3 5/8” stamp the Happy Birthday greeting in Misty Moonlight ink.  On the white strip measuring 1” x 3 5/8” stamp the stripes strip in Misty Moonlight almost to the bottom, leaving about 1/16” of white at the bottom.  Adhere the Happy Birthday strip to the top of the stripes strip.  Adhere this toward the front of your card base at the bottom of the rectangle.  Then use pop dots to adhere the floral piece.  Use the three small pink flowers you cut out to adhere around the edge of your Happy Birthday. 

For the inside of your card adhere the last white pieces to the inside of your card base.  At the bottom of the white pieces stamp the stripes at the bottom in Misty Moonlight.  Then stamp the “Love you” and “friend” stamps together for form “Love you friend” greeting stamped toward the top of the inside of your card. 

What a pretty, cheerful, birthday card for any friend.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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You’re a Peach Floral Birthday Card

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This peach bloom floral paper from the You’re A Peach designers Series Paper from Stampin’ Up made for a beautiful birthday card.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Calypso Coral card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • You’re A Peach designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Calypso Coral ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Artistry Bloom Adhesive-Backed Sequins (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your white card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut another piece to 2 ¾” x 2 ¾” and then cut in half on a diagonal.  With Calypso Coral cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and another piece to ¼” x 5 “.   From the You’re A Peach designer series paper find the peach blooms paper and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 1 ¼” x 4”.

Take your white diagonal piece and the “Happy Birthday” greeting with the Calypso Coral ink stamp along the diagonal. 

Grab your Calypso Coral card stock piece and adhere the piece of peach blooms paper.  In the lower right corner adhere your white diagonal piece with the Happy Birthday greeting.  Take your ¼” x 5” strip and adhere to the top of your diagonal piece leaving the ends hanging over on both ends.  Flip over and trip the ends.  Now adhere this to the front of your white card base.   With the orange colored sequins from the Artistry Bloom Adhesive-Backed Sequins and adhere 3 rendomly on your white diagonal piece.  

For the inside of your card get your Calypso Coral card stock and the “To a Sweet Friend” greeting and stamp in the upper center.  Then use the “Let’s Celebrate You!” greeting and stamp below the other greeting.  Adhere the peach blooms paper strip you cut to 1 ¼” x 4” to the bottom section of your card, leaving about 1/8” at the bottom. 

A sweet card for a sweet friend.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Painted Illusions Happy Birthday Pop-Up Blocks Card

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I have looked at making this pop-up style card for a while and this paper from the Painted Illusions designer series paper from Stampin’ Up seemed perfect for it.  I am not usually a fan of bright papers so breaking it up into small pieces with a calming background warmed it all up.  I love how it turned out and while there was a bit more cutting that usual, especially since I did two layers, it really went together fairly fast. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Lost Lagoon card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Painted Illusions designer series paper (March 2026 Product of the Month Stampin’ Up)
  • 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Lost Lagoon ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock cut these pieces:

  • A card base to 4 ¼” x 8 ½” and score at 1 ½” and 3”. Fold the middle small panel in and the outside small panel out to form a “z” fold. 
  • 3 ¼” x 4 ½” and score at 1 ¼”, 3”, and 4 ¼” and fold all inwards
  • 2 ¼” x 3 ¾” and score at 1”, 2 ½” and 3 ½” and fold all inwards
  • 1 ¼” x 3” and score at ¾”, 2” and 2 ¾” and fold all inwards

From white card stock cut the following:

  • Two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” for the back of the card base and back panel
  • Two to 1 3/8” x 4 1/8”
  • 1 5/8” x 3 1/8”
  • 1 3/8” x 2 1/8”
  • 1 1/8” x 1 1/8”

From the Painted Illusions designer series paper find the Lost Lagoon decorative piece and also the Lost Lagoon and Granny Apple Green “swooshy” piece.  From the Lost Lagoon decorative piece cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From the swooshy piece cut the following:

  • Three pieces to 1 ¼” x 4”
  • 1 ½” x 3”
  • 1 ¼” x 2
  • 1” x 1”

For one of the 1 ¼” x 4” and each of the other three, if you need a pattern to align, as I did, then cut them all from the same piece in order and then an even about off the top and bottom of the last three pieces. 

Adhere the large white piece to the back panel of your card base and then the Lost Lagoon decorative piece to the top of that.  Adhere your first 1 ¼” x 4” “swooshy” piece that starts your patterns that align to one of the white pieces measuring 1 3/8” x 4 1/8”, and then adhere that to the top of your front panel.  Use one of the other two “ swooshy” pieces to adhere to one of the white pieces and adhere to the front of the middle panel. 

Now time to create your steps.  Adhere each of your smaller “swooshy” pieces to their appropriate white pieces and then adhere each to the second section of each of the appropriate steps.  Take your largest step and adhere adhesive to the first panel, adhere in the center of the middle card base panel, then put adhesive on the ¼” section of the block, fold the third and fourth panel up and then fold your card down to find the appropriate spot, repeat for the next two sections. 

With the large floral stamp with the three flowers and your Lost Lagoon ink, stamp them on a scrap piece of white.  Color the leaves with the Light Garden Green Stampin’ Blends pen.  Fussy cut out the three flowers and the colored leaves.  Then stamp the “happy birthday” greeting and cut out a rectangle around it.  Adhere the large flower to the bottom of the first panel with a single leaf and the triple leaves and then adhere the Happy Birthday greeting, angled up above the second and third pop-up blocks.  Adhere the middle flower and one of the two leaves to the upper portion of the second panel and the small flower and two leaves to the fourth pane. 

For the back of the card adhere the large piece of white to the back and then the last “swooshy” piece to the left side of the right.  Stamp a birthday greeting in Lost Lagoon ink centered in the upper portion of the rest of the white.  I used a stamp that says “wishing you a day of little treasures and simple pleasures, happy birthday” which is a single stamp I have had for a long time but don’t know who made it. 

This card turned out so cute, and it is so out of my normal range, so I was so excited about it. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Birthday Card

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This Birthday Wishes card was made with the 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar box that covered Day 2, and yes, I said box.  I used the cover for Day 2 to make this card as I thought it was beautiful. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Cloud Cover card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Poppy Parade card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • 12 Days of Crafting Advent box cover for Day 2(2025 Advent Stampin’ Up)
  • 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set and dies (2025 Advent Stampin’ Up)
  • Banner Punch (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Sweet Sorbet ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Cloud Cover card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From a piece of white card stock cut two pieces to 3 7/8” x 5 1/8” and another to 1” x 3 ½”.  From Poppy Parade card stock cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 5” and another to 1” x 5”.  Then take your piece from your 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar Day 2 cover and cut a piece to 3 5/8” x 4 7/8” and another piece to 7/8” x 4 7/8”.

Adhere your larger floral paper to your large Poppy Parade piece and that to one of the white pieces and adhere to the front of your card. 

With the white piece you cut to 1” x 3 ½” and stamp with Sweet Sorbet in the Birthday Wishes stamp from the 12 Days of Crafting stamps to the right side of the paper.  Then use the Banner Punch to punch the left side and adhere about 1” off the bottom of your card front and to the right edge of your floral paper. 

For the Inside of your card adhere to white piece.  Then adhere to floral strip to the Poppy Parade and then the full strip to the left side of the white piece leaving a small edge on three sides.  Then use the Sweet Sorbet ink and the “For someone extra special” greeting stamp to stamp in the upper center of the remaining white.

This card started a bit different, but it is lovely to give to anyone.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Wildflower Birthday Stepper Card

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This birthday stepper card turned out cute with the Wildflower Birthday paper from Stampin’ Up.  Then then large Happy Birthday on this inside from the With You In Mind stamp set from was perfect. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Pool Party card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Pretty In Pink card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Wildflower Birthday designer series paper and cut outs (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Sentimental Park stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • With You In Mind stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Tempting Turqoise ink (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

With your Pool Party card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 1 ¼”, 2 ½” and 5 1/5” and fold into an “m” shape.  From the Pretty in Pink card stock cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼” and fold in half.  Take your Wildflower Birthday designer series paper pack and find the cake paper and the Pool Party and gold banner paper.  From the cake paper (which is directional) cut a piece to 2 ½” x 4”.  With the Pool Party and gold banner paper cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 5 ¼” and another to 1” x 5 ¼”, watching your direction as well. 

With your “m” shaped pool party card base adhere the 1” strip of the banner paper to the front of your small step.  Then adhere the larger banner paper to the front of the larger section.  Then take your cake paper and adhere to one section of your Pretty In Pink piece and adhere the back of the part with the cake paper to the center of the 1 ¼” step front.  Then adhere the pink piece to the back of your “m” shaped card base. 

With a scrap piece of Pool Party card stock stamp the “let’s celebrate” greeting stamp in Tempting Turquise ink.  Use the stitched label die to cut it out.  Then use pop dots to adhere it to the center to right side of the front over the small step.  Then find a cut-out, I used a flower, from the Wildflower Birthday paper cut-outs and adhere to the left side of your front small step. 

For the inside of your card use the “happy birthday” greeting stamp from the With You In Mind stamp set and stamp in Tempting Turquise on the inside center back of your card. 

It is just a nice bright card that will be great to give to anyone. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Birthday Tree Card

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This birthday tree card is a great masquiline birthday card for anyone in your life.  This card is made with a three trees die from Jinshinging and Something Fancy stamps from Stampin’ Up.  It used the Softly Stippled designer series paper from Stampin’ Up as well. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Sahara Sand card stock (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Pebbled Path ink (Retired 2023-2025 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Softly Stippled designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Something Fancy stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Three Trees die (Jinshining Dies)
  • Pebbled Path ink (Retired 2023-2025 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

To start this card, take a piece of Sahara Sand card stock and cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut another piece to 3 ½” x 4 5/8”.  From the Pebbled Path card stock cut two pieces to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 3 5/8” x 4 ¾”.  From your Softly Stippled designer series paper find the Pebbled Path woven design paper and cut a piece to 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”. 

Take a scrap piece of Pebbled Path card stock and cut a piece to 3 ½” x 4 ½” and use your three trees die with the top of the trees toward to top of the paper so there is a large base left at the bottom, and cut.  Use the “grateful for the everyday magic of you” greeting stamp from the Something Fancy set and stamp in Pebbled Path ink at the bottom of your cut out trees. 

Adhere your cut out trees piece to the 3 ½” x 4 5/8” piece of Sahara Sand and adhere that to the 3 5/8” x 4 ¾” piece of Pebbled Path card stock.  Adhere one of your 4” x 5 ¼” pieces of Pebbled Path card stock to the front of your card base, and then the woven paper to the front of that.  Now adhere your three tree pieces centered on the front of the woven paper. 

For the inside of your card adhere the last piece of Pebbled Path card stock.  Stamp the “happy birthday” greeting in Pebbled Path ink in the upper center of the Pebbled Path piece on the inside of your card. 

What an easy and masculine birthday card for anyone you care about.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Dandelion Wishes Happy Birthday Card

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I have been wanting to use the Dandelion Wishes stamp set from Stampin’ Up for a while and just keep going to others and I have owned this set for years and just using it, so sad.  This is a bright and cheery birthday card In Calypso Coral colors.  I used white embossing powder to make the flowers stand out on the polka dot paper from the You’re a Peach designer series paper from Stampin’ Up. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Calypso Coral Two-Tone card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • You’re A Peach designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Happiness Abounds stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Calypso Coral ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • VersaMark ink
  • White embossing powder
  • Heat gun
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From you white card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” folded in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut a piece to  3 3/8” x 4 ½” and another for the inside to 3 ¾” x 5”.  From the Two-Tone Calypso Coral card stock cut a piece to 3 1/8” x 3 ½” and another for the inside to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Take the You’re A Peach designer series paper pack and find the Calypso Coral polka dot paper and cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Grab the 3 1/8” x 3 ½” piece of Calypso Coral Two-Tone card stock, and with your VersaMark ink stamp the large dandelion from the Dandelion Wishes stamp set.  Cover with white embossing folder and tap off all the excess powder and the use the heat gun to heat your powder covered flower until it melts.  Be careful not to overheat as this paper is lighter than regular card stock and will start to burn. 

Adhere you embossed flower piece to the white card stock cut to 3 3/8” x 4 ½” piece.  Find the “Happy Birthday” greeting stamp in the Happiness Abounds stamp set and stamp that on the remaining white portion at the bottom of the flowers in Calypso Coral ink.  Now adhere the polka dot paper to the front of your white card base and then adhere your floral piece to the front of that, centering on all sides. 

For the inside of your card adhere to the piece of Calypso Coral and then the white piece to the top of that.  From the Happiness Abounds stamp set find the “Wishing you all the happiness you can imagine” greeting and stamp toward the upper center in Calypso Coral Ink

What a cute birthday card for anyone.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Framed Florets Stepper Card

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I was working on cleaning up my craft room and found a few cards that were cut but never put together.  This stepper card base was one of them, so I made this card which I am loving with this Fitting Florets designer series paper from Stampin’ Up.  I used the Framed Florets stamps with it.   

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Night of Navy card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Balmy Blue card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Fitting Florets designer series paper (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Framed Florets stamp set and dies (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Night of Navy ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Moody Palate Glossy Dots (January 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scoring board or scoring blade for trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Night of Navy card stock cut a piece to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 3 ¼”, 6 ½” and 7 ½” and fold the 3 ¼” to the 3 ¼” and then the 2” end up and then the last 1” down for form your step.  Cut another piece to 3” x 8 ½” and score at 4 ¼” and old in half.  Now take your Balmy Blue card stock and cut a piece to 3 1/8” x 5 3/8”, one to 2 7/8” x 4 1/8” and a third piece to 7/8” x 5 3/8”.  From your white card stock cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 4” and one to 2 7/8” x 5”.  With the Fitting Florets designer series paper find the Night of Navy piece with the Balmy Blue Flowers and cut a piece to 3” x 5 3/8”, one to 1 5/8” x 2 5/8” and a third piece to ¾” x 5 3/8”. 

Take your large piece of Balmy Blue and adhere to the front of your back step and then the larger floral piece to that.  Adhere the strip of Balmy Blue to the front of your small step and then the floral strip to that.  Now take your 3” folded piece of Night of Navy and adhere to the front of your small step, centered, and then adhere to the back of your large step.  Adhere the medium piece of Balmy Blue to the front of that. 

Take the small piece of white and adhere the small floral piece to the bottom portion of the white leaving a small edge around three sides.  Then stamp the “Wishes for a Beautiful Birthday” greeting from the Framed Florets stamp set in Night of Navy ink in the top portion.   Adhere this to the front of your Balmy Blue.  Add a few Moody Palate Glossy Dots around the white for decoration. 

Take your floral die from the Framed Florets and cut out two of the flowers from the designer series paper, or stamp two in Balmy Blue ink and cut them out.  Adhere to the lower left corner of your piece of white for the inside of your card.  Take the “For a special person on a special day” stamp and stamp in Night of Navy ink.  Adhere your white piece to the last piece of Balmy Blue and adhere that to the inside of your card.

What a lovely birthday card for anyone special in your life. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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