Sweet Strawberries - Birthday Cards

How do you like your Strawberries?  I like mine fresh picked, sliced and served in a chilled bowl with a touch of  milk and a sprinkling of sugar.  Weird I know, but that's how I've always loved them.  

Stampin' Up! has a beautiful Strawberry stamp and coordinating builder punch bundle that's featured on page 44 of the January to June Mini catalogue.  This is fast becoming one of my favourites. I really like the images and sentiments in this set which could be used for many occasions.   

Sweet Strawberry Bundle 

Here are some cards I've enjoyed making and sending out for my February and March birthday cards.  Enjoy!

Since COVID 19 changed all our lives, I find I'm sending out more and more cards by snail mail and so I'm making them in batches instead of one card at a time.  I loved the design of the next cards because they are quick and easy to make in an assembly line fashion.

Assembly Details:

First of all a disclaimer, because I don't want you to be disappointed.  The beautiful Berry Delightful DSP you see featured on these cards is no longer available, as it was part of this year's Sale-a-bration promo.  But these cards can be made with any other designer paper or with your own One Sheet Wonders.  

  

• For these cards I began with by cutting ten pieces of 8/12" x 5 1/2" Whisper White card stock and scoring it at 4 1/4" for the card bases.  
• Next I cut 5  5 1/4" x 4" mats from Poppy Parade  and 5 from Garden Green.
• Then cut ten pieces of designer paper into 3 3/4" x 5" mats and then cut each of these at 2 1/2" for top and bottom layers.  Adhere a top and bottom to the mat.  
• Before adhering the mat to the card base, cut ten 6 1/2" strips of white cotton ribbon to hide the joint line of the dsp. Adhere each end firmly on the back of the card stock mat.  
• Cut ten additional pieces of ribbon for the bows and adhere with glue dots. 
• Add a sentiment (see note below).
• Cut ten panels of Whisper White 5 1/4" x 4" for the inside of the card.  

I like to make all my sentiments separate from the cards and then I can choose which one works for the occasion.  So I made stacks of sentiments for the card fronts, by die-cutting stitched circles, ovals, and square pieces of Whisper White card stock, stamping sentiments including strawberries and leaf images, adding embellishments like rhinestones and then matting them on coordinating card stocks.   

When I'm working with a designer paper I like to make batches of sentiments that I set aside that are pre-stamped with a variety of sentiments and in all kinds of shapes, as you can see from this picture.  That way I'm always ready to make a quick card when the need calls.  

I pre-cut ten Whisper White mats for the inside of the card that measured 5 1/4" x 4".  And while I had the stamps out for the sentiments and design I stamped these inside panels.  I used left over dsp pieces to add strips to these panels.

Hope you enjoyed this selection of cards made with the Sweet Strawberry  bundle.  They were truly made with love and I enjoyed sending them out.  

Happy Stamping!

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Penny Hanuszak, Canadian Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator 

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