{Trifecta Cardmaking} Birthday Cards with Stamps, Stencils, and Stickers

 

Happy Sunday, STAMPlorations friends! We are back with Trifecta Cardmaking, a fun feature wherein you'll see how the three S's in our line -- stamps, stencils, and stickers -- play well in cardmaking. Guest designer Sue Symens is back with a trio of cards with beautiful backgrounds.

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Hey there! Can you believe it is June already? Today I am working the trifecta again with stamps, stickers, and stencils blended to make three birthday themed cards. I used the same stamp set, Kathryn's Big Wishes, and clear sticker set, Mixed Media Background #1, for all three cards, as well as a couple of stencils, another stamp set, and a couple other clear sticker sets. 

My first card I stenciled the Stars Align along the left edge with pale yellow ink on a pale yellow card base. Then stamping the candles in black ink on card base and a scrap of cardstock, I colored the candles with alcohol markers. Placing one of the Mixed Media Background #1 stickers over the scrap cardstock and trimming it down to size. I die cut the happy greeting from another scrap of cardstock, covered the candles and happy panel in glossy effects and mounted it to the card base with foam tape.

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The next card started with the Hello and Company stencil. Using just the "happy" word I stenciled the card front with pale yellow ink. I set the base aside for a minute. Then I stamped the balloon from the Kathryn's Big Wishes stamp set in black ink on a scrap of cardstock and colored it with alcohol markers. I placed another Mixed Media Backgrounnd #1 stickers over the balloon and trimmed it down to size.

 To soften the base a little, I added vellum and hand drew the balloon string with a black marker. The celebrate sticker is from the Inspirational #2 sticker set and I also added a few bits of Newsprint Background Bits #1 stickers. My final step was to mount the balloon panel to card base with foam tape.

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My third card also started by making a pale yellow card base and ink blending the Stars Align stencil across the card. I then took the dots from the Kathryn's Big Wishes stamp set and added them over the stenciling with pink ink. I also stamped a couple of the sucker images in the same yellow ink. 

The sucker image was also stamped in black on a scrap of cardstock and colored again with alcohol markers. Then I placed a Mixed Media Background #1 sticker over the scrap and trimmed it to size. The greeting is from the Sweet Kindness stamp set. After the panel was mounted to card base with foam tape I added the bakers twine and Stickles to the card front.

I hope you enjoy this concept and can see the real mileage you can get from one stamp set, stencil and sticker set. 

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• Kathryn's Big Wishes stamp set ($15)
• Hello and Company 10mil stencil ($6)
• Mixed Media Backgrounds #1 clear stickers ($7)
• Inspirational #2 clear stickers ($7)
• Newsprint Background Bits #1 clear stickers ($7)

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