Create a Textured Background for your cards

Two handmade birthday cards, each decorated with a “It’s a Big Day” greeting from Stampin UP! Around it All and With You in Mind stamp sets, striped backgrounds in teal or orange tones, cupcake cutouts, and sequins. A package of starburst sequins in yellow, pink, and white sits beside the cards on a grid-patterned surface. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

When I took my Stampin’ Up! Pattern of Friendship die out of the package, the first thing I thought of was to emboss the Full of Life ombre patterned paper. You can see the designs below and how pretty and unique this die is as it creates a textured background for these simple handmade birthday cards.

The Pattern of Friendship die is a full background die.. reaching nearly the full 6×6 size of the designer paper.

All of these Stampin’ UP! papercrafting supplies are available in my online store by clicking the product photos at the bottom of this post. The only product you’ll need to wait for is the Timid Tiger ink I used for “it’s a big day” below.

A crafting workspace featuring a birthday card that says "It's a Big Day," a block stamp with a cupcake stamp from Stampin' UP! With You in Mind set, stamped cupcake images on colored paper, scissors, and a ruler, all arranged on a gridded cutting mat. The watermark reads "Patty Bennett, PattyStamps.com. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

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I stamped directly onto the Full of Life printed ombre paper with the small cupcake stamp then fussy cut them with my Paper Snips. (see above)

Combining the With You in Mind stamp set and the Around it All stamp set allowed me to make simple cards with big bold statements.

A hand holds a handmade birthday card featuring pastel stripes, three cupcake stamps from Stampin UP! With you in Mind stamp set, and a large tag reading “It’s a Big Day.” The background has repeating “happy birthday” text. Another similar card is slightly visible in the background. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

I created the same birthday card twice with a textured background and Starburst Sequins but changed up the color combo. After creating the birthday cards I made 2 graduation cards (below).. you can see them on my blog on Sunday, May 4th.

A tabletop displays several handmade greeting cards in bright colors with cupcake and birthday themes. Behind them is a stack of colored Stampin’ Up! ink pads. The text “Stampin Up! color combo” is at the top, and a cutting mat is underneath everything. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

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Full Of Life 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 163357

Price: $12.50

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