BIRTHDAY FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Today's Friends for Life card is made with a beautiful watercolor embossed vellum background.

Isn't this a pretty background?  This is a fun technique where the only "skill" you need is to be able to "scribble"!  We can all do that, right?

Watch my Learning with Friends video to see how fun and easy it is.

For my background, I used the Dashing Designs Embossing Folder and Smokey Slate, Petunia Pop and Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends.

If you like this embossing folder as much as I do, you are going to want to order it quickly as it is on the Last Chance List.  So, once it is sold out, it will be gone forever.  

When your background is completed and dry adhere the Vellum to a piece of Basic White cardstock to make the colors POP.  In the video I show you the best way to adhere Vellum to cardstock so that the adhesive doesn't show through the vellum.  Someone showed me this trick many years ago.  It's a great trick to know because who wants to see their adhesive showing through the vellum?  No one!

The front of the card was quick and easy to complete.  I used two dies from Friends for Life to make the Petunia Pop leaf and the Basic Black scripty friend.  For the friend script I die cut 3 layers to make the "friend" a bit thicker.  And this time I even remembered to use my adhesive sheets so it was easy to layer the die cuts.  

Then the Friends for Life Happy Birthday sentiment was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Basic White cardstock and die cut with a Perennial Postage die.  Next a little more scribbling with a Light Balmy Blue Stampin' Blend added just a bit of color to the sentiment.  This is a great trick to tone down a stark white sentiment when it just looks way too bright for the surrounding soft colors on the card.  

For the inside of the card, I stamped the leaf in Petunia Pop ink and the sentiment with Black Memento ink.  It's a very simple inside design--but never naked or forgotten!

Use this link to download a free tutorial with all the details.

A list of the products used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more.  

Remember, we are in the largest Last Chance time of year at Stampin' Up! as we eagerly await the new 2025-2026 Annual Catalog.  All Last Chance Products are available while supplies last.  Once the sell out they will be gone forever!

Product List

Friends For Life Bundle (English) [163365]	Happy Labels Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160856]	Perennial Postage Dies [162607]	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]	Petunia Pop 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163801]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Adhesive Sheets [152334]
Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101856]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904]	Petunia Pop Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [163828]
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]	Dashing Designs 3 D Embossing Folder [163483]	2024–2026 In Color™ Shimmer Gems [163781]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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