OMG, did you see this?

Check it out! One of my creations was used to showcase a Unity Stamp that is on sale for Garage Sale Wednesday!!! You have to scroll down, but the stamps I used is the Linden Branch. I love that stamp!!!

Thanks for looking!

I'll try to be a better blogger. I've only been out of school for one very busy week!

Post ya later!

I've been busy over the holidays!

I made this framed art for my daycare provider. She goes above and beyond what is required of daycare! I couldn't find a better substitute for me than her. My daughter is treated like a part of their family, not only by my daycare provider, but also by her girls and her husband. She also makes the daycare crowd like a family, too! So, my daughter gets to have the sibling (5 sisters, not counting the daycare providers 2 girls) effect without actually having any siblings! She is my third daycare provider and unless she changes vocations, my last! I intend to keep Sweet Pea there until she starts Kindergarten, or if Sweet Pea goes half days, until 1st grade!

Here are the details for my project:

Stamps: Sidekick Sayings
Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Confetti White, White Tissue
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Aquapainter, frame from close out sale at Linens'n'things
Techniques: Faux Silk

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

Hope for the Cure

I am so pleased about how this card turned out. My biggest fear was that the mirror would be too heavy for the card. As it turns out, it is not too heavy. After I made it and photographed it, the mirror sagged (still attached to the ribbon, but not to the card stock) so I bolstered my adhesive. That is a minor price to pay for using a mirror as an embellishment.


The Unity Wednesday Challenge for this week revolved around hope.

H - My sentiment is "hope"
O - I put pink organdy ribbon ON my card.
P - I used dp with Pink in it.
E - I used a mirror for my embellishment that starts with M (mammogram)

One little detail that may not be obvious from just looking is how I distressed the circle and oval behind my mirror. It looked to clean when I pieced them together, so I edged the circle and oval with white craft ink and then smeared it with my finger (okay...and a old sock from the rag bag)!

Here are the details for this card:

Stamps: Autumn Leaf Prints, Dream Tree by Unity Stamp Company
Paper: So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Basic Grey Two Scoops
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Timber Brown StazOn, White Craft Ink
Accessories: Mirror, Pink Organdy ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch, Large oval punch, glue dots, MM distressing tool
Techniques: Distressing

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

For my man!!!

I made this card for Unity Challenge Wednesday. Wednesday night at my house is band practice. So after I put the Pea to bed, I work on cards. I was out of coffee (gasp!!!) and so I made some tea, but didn't have enough milk. I threw my coat on over my jammies and went out to face the band! As I pull open the refrigerator in the shop and reach for a gallon of milk, one of DH's band members said, "Sorry Toni, we drank all of your beer!". The light bulb went on, I graciously accepted his apology (as he knows full well that I am not a beer drinker), I went into the house, made my tea and shot up to my craft room to start the card.

The task was to create a masculine card and I think I did it! At least, my dh liked it and he picked out the background colors and approved the brads. We agreed that it shouldn't have ribbon on it, but I went ahead with the linen thread because I felt like it needed something to balance it out!

I embossed the (wine) bottle with Versamark, Classic Chocolate Chip ink, and clear ep. I sponged a lot of Creamy Caramel on the edges of the bar tab panel, the image panel and the edges of the dp on the base! Mostly, I did it for interest! You can't really get all kinds of foofy on a man's card!

Here are the details for this card:

Stamps: Rough Edges Alphabet, Good Times by Unity Stamp Company
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, PC Rob and Bob Studio
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Linen Thread, brads, clear ep, heat tool, stampin' dimensionals, stampin' sponges
Techniques: embossing, sponging, distressing

As Spooky As I Get

It feels like cheating when you use such a nice dp! I probably could have done more to this, but I didn't want it to feel too busy! I made this card for the Unity Wednesday Challenge to make a card other than your standard A2 size.

I wasn't sure what stamps that I wanted to use or even what colors I wanted. I just started thumbing through my dp and this sheet popped up! Instantly, I had the idea for the Growing in Unity tree and the color combo. I'm limited in my Unity verbiage/sentiments, but I will remedy that soon enough! In many places, I had seen how the sentiment has been framed with mismatched punches. However, today I was browsing Dawn Easton's blog and was reminded about this type of frame for the sentiment. So I went ahead with the look!

Here are the specifics for the card:

Stamps: Growing In Unity Tree by Unity Stamp Company
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter
Ink: StazOn Jet Black
Accessories: Sheer Black Ribbon, 1" circle punch, small oval punch, large oval punch, stampin' dimensionals
Techniques: Distressing

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

Ten year old birthday invites!

I volunteered to make birthday invitations for the daughter of my daycare provider. As it turns out, I only made the samples because she came over to my house and made them herself. I hope it was a nice afternoon for her. I had a really nice time! She is having a "make over" birthday party where she and four friends get to go have make overs done. How fun is that? So she asked me if I had a stamp with lips on it. I e-mailed her the link from this card of mine. She liked it and so I worked up a sample for her.



I shamelessly cased or should I just say copied a card I saw on Angie Juda's blog. You can find it here. I used Angie's tutorial and it turned out beautiful. This is the card that my daycare provider liked best, but she submitted to the birthday girl-to-be.
Finally, this is a case of a card that I saw on SCS when browsing for ideas to get the birthday girl started. I used the lipstick/compact stamp from Haute Couture to go with her make over party theme. If I had it to do over again, I would insert a layer of Real Red between the Pink Passion base and the Whisper White layer.

Here are the specifics for the cards.

1) Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red
Stamps: Whimsical Alphabet Upper, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Hugs & Wishes
Accessories: Light Pink Sheer ribbon, Large oval punch, lipstick, unknown Clear EP
Tools: SAMJ, Heat tool

2) Paper: Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive
Stamps: Tart and Tangy, Hugs & Wishes
Accessories: Red ribbon from JoAnn's, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, popsicle stick

3) Paper: Pink Passion, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Pink Passion, Real Red
Stamps: Pretty Princess, Haute Couture, Hugs & Wishes
Accessories: 5/8" Red Grosgrain ribbon, White grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Scallop punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4 " circle punch, two-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, White Inkssentials pen

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

This time I did it on purpose

That is right! I combined three different challenges on one card. Not because I wanted to be tricky, but because I want to play and I am short on time! I also used a wedding invitation and bridal shower thank you note (from the same couple) as my color and design inspiration. So basically the card was all laid out, I just had to put it together.

Oh yeah, I don't want to forget the three challenges. The first challenge was the sketch challenge from Jennifer Meyer on the OCC blog. Next was the "Dazzle us with something" challenge on the Stamp Something blog. Finally, I incorporated the weekly challenge from No Time to Stamp? to "Make it Girly!".

What do you think? I would love any feedback!

What I used:

Paper: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Vellum, Afternoon Tea DSP
Ink: Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Versamark
Stamps: Fresh Cuts, All Night Media Anna Griffin Sentiments
Accessories: Pretties Kit Brads and Flower, Heat and Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools: Heat Tool, Small and Large Oval Punches

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

Astonishing Stars

Verve is now a member company on SCS and has a forum. That is where I found the starry challenge or did I find it on Julee's blog? I'm not sure, but I found it and I used a star on my card! So...it counts! Challenges really get me going lately. It's fantastic! It helps me not to do the same style, sketch, colors, etc. Enough rambling, I'll get to the specifics of the card.

Paper: Barely Banana, Whisper White, Ruby Red, DCWV Matchmakers 2
Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Ruby Red
Stamps: Holiday Blitz, Full of Life
Accessories: White Ribbon from JoAnn's that I colored with a Ruby Red marker, Colorbok Metal Stars, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools: SAMJ, Corner Rounder

I should add a couple more things. I used a sketch out of the current SU catalog and all products used are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

Basic Grey by the Inch

Sweet Pea went night-night and Mommy went to her craft room! I got this Basic Grey Sugared paper today and wanted to play with it immediately! I started working up a card earlier today when Sweet Pea was playing in her room and she just wanted to join me in my room. She's still to little and busy for me to craft and supervise (adequately for either).

A group of women who love to craft and create started a blog called Our Creative Corner and issued a challenge to use Basic Grey paper on your card. They have a nice give-away for the randomly drawn winner, too. The challenge spurred me on as well!

I wanted to try the design concept of inchies. So I cut my own 1" squares (thus "DIY inchies"), taped them down with removable adhesive and had a go! What I found more difficult was putting them back together on the Old Olive background. I could have fidgeted for another hour trying to get them all equi-distant from each other and the sides.

I stamped the flower image in Basic Brown and then used my blender pen to pick up color from the lids of my Stamping Pads. I used two-way glue on the center of the Burgundy flower and sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds for fun. I took the image panel and popped it up.

Here are the specifics of the card.
Paper: Pale pink ?, Basic Grey Sugared, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Basic Brown, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Bravo Burgundy
Stamps: Tag Time
Accessories: Sheer Pink ribbon, two way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Dimensionals

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise posted.

Cupcakes for Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea will be "2" in five days! So.....she and Kristina and a pair of pajamas are the inspiration for this card. Inspiration can be wacky! Kristina Werner brings the color choices for the card with her Color Inspiration #9. The fact that Sweet Pea is having her birthday necessitates a "birthday" card. Finally, Sweet Pea's friend, Ryan, has graciously gifted her with hand-me-down jammies with cupcakes all over them and this inspired the design. I am not sure that this will be the birthday card that she receives from us, but it might be. That will depend on how the rest of the party prep goes. It is impossible to have a small family birthday party in our house. I think we are having 19 for a late lunch on Sunday.

I won't bore you with my woes. Instead, I will get on with the details of the color inspiration. Below you see the image that Kristina Werner pulled colors from this week.
They are Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise. I felt like the majority of the inspiration piece was in the turquoise and saffron so I tried to use those colors on my larger pieces.

I started with a card base in Tempting Turquoise card stock. On top of that I layered a piece of Real Red DSP. I tied a random white ribbon from Michael's? around the bottom of the DSP, knotted it and used an Old Olive rub on from Love and Happiness (SAB) rub ons. Above that I layered a piece of So Saffron card stock. I punched 1 3/8" circles from Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, and Pumpkin Pie card stock. Next I stamped the cupcake image in Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, and Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White card stock. I punched them out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. Then I used those same three colors to make the sprinkles on the cupcake and the inside dotted circle on the Whisper White circles. I used the three colors in all three cupcakes. I'm not sure how to explain this clearly (I think that is why one says, a picture is worth a thousand words). Finally I mounted the cupcake circles on Stampin' Dimensionals to give it some lift!

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

Frangipani Wishes

Have you ever smelled a frangipani? They smell so sweet. I think that there is a different name that is used for the same flower in the West. I was first introduced to Frangipani in Fiji, on my honeymoon. They are a beautiful flower that I have seen in about three different color combinations. When my husband and I were in Thailand, we saw (and smelled) them again. He would carry one around all day just to sniff it periodically.

Frangipani are delicate flowers so I went with delicate colors for the card. First, I stamped the image (from Toybox) in Versamark on Watercolor Paper (oh yeah, I did this for the SCS TLC168!). Then I heated up Silver Tinsel EP with my heat tool. Next, I used my Aquapainter to watercolor with my Yoyo Yellow and Pixie Pink watercolor crayons. I dressed up the flowers just a little more with Icons Rhinestones and then mounted the whole thing on a piece of Pretty in Pink card stock. Then I tied two ribbons (7'8" Ivory Organdy and 3/8" Light Pink Organdy around the left end of the image. I mounted that piece on the Very Vanilla card base. Then I stamped "Warm Wishes" from Hugs and Wishes with Pretty in Pink ink. Finally, I used my corner rounder to round out corners and soften the look a bit more.

Bye-Bye Fingernails! & FS66

I broke two nails on Sunday while doing chores :( That's okay because I was able to do the paper piecing today with relative ease. You are looking at my ode to Jennifer a.k.a. lovetostamp6. I think my favorite part of the card is how she worked in the ribbon on the side. Very cute!

Here are the ingredients for my card. Paper : Barely Banana , Pretty in Pink, Pixie Pink, Whisper White card stock and striped designer paper from DCWV The Stack III. Ink: StazOn Black. Stamps: Merci and Birthday Whimsy. Ribbon: Random red grosgrain in my ribbon drawer (probably from Michaels), Light Pink organdy ribbon and Scrap Essentials Neutrals self adhesive twill tape. Tools: SAMJ, Paper snips, corner rounder, Glue Dots and Stampin' Dimensionals. (All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted).

Jennifer a.k.a. is the featured stamper on SCS from yesterday. Her creation can be seen below or at http://splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/895811?cat=500&ppuser=68112. Her cards are very sweet and delicate. I tried to imitate that when I made my version. I did follow the rules and changed 2 or more elements of the original card. However, it still looks pretty similar to me.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day (a little bit early) for all of you Mom's!

I found some time to do Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #47. I knew that I wanted to make my mother a really nice card and not just choose something from my card basket at the last minute. Not that I have asked her lately, but I think that my mother likes rich colors, especially deep reds and burgundys. So I focused on using burgundy in my card and it all came together after that. Here is the sketch that Beate provided this weekend:









Here is my mother's card for this Mother's Day. She doesn't know about my blog, so I won't ruin her surprise. Here are the details.

I used Chocolate Chip card stock for the base. I cut a smaller piece of Bravo Burgundy card stock for the second layer. The third layer is two smaller pieces of Recollections DSP (retired). I tied a piece of Mellow Moss taffeta ribbon around the third layer and secured my knot with a mini glue dot. I inked up the flower image from Live Your Dream with Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip and Mellow Moss. I stamped off twice and then stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock. I used my SAMJ to center the sentiment from All Year Cheer II (retired) over the flower image. Finally, I sponged Chocolate Chip and Bravo Burgundy ink over the whole thing.

Now, I don't currently own any oval punches or Nestabilities. I had to resort to outdated methods and I used an oval stencil to cut out the stamped image. I used a slightly larger stencil to cut out the Mellow Moss oval. Then I distressed the edges of the ovals (to disguise my less than perfect job with the paper snips) and adhered the Very Vanilla to the Mellow Moss. I raised the ovals up on Stampin' Dimensionals and mounted it over the taffeta ribbon. Voila!

Fingernails

Fingernails...are pretty. They prohibit speed and accuracy when typing. Fingernails make it difficult to pick up small pieces of paper when you are crafting. Threading a needle...forget it!

The Pea is asleep so I didn't trim my nails, I went straight to my craft room. No guilt as the hubby is out on the property with two buddies, tasty adult beverages and a bonfire. I was ready to try my first Limited Supplies Challenge and here it is:
I think it was just a long week at school because I couldn't decide what to use. I looked at buttons, stickers, packaged embellishments, designer paper and punches. Finally I settled in on starting with some scrap paper I had laying on my desk. The card base was a reject from Kristina's Color Inspiration #8. I found some other colors that I liked with it and away I went.

I used Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue card stock for my card base. I layered Whisper White card stock on top of it. Then I punched the vase out of Going Gray card stock with a Marvy vase punch. Then I punch out the flowers in Barely Banana, Pixie Pink and Lovely Lilac with a McGill flower punch (this is a poor quality punch from my early days). I colored the center of each flower with a silver gel pen. I positioned my vase and then lifted it back up to punch holes for the stems. I threaded Making Memories Willow Scrapbook Stitches through the holes. Then I tied the Stampin' Up! silver cord around the neck of the vase. I attached my vase and then placed my flowers "in the vase". I used Making Memories Simply Stated Spring rub ons for the "bloom where you are planted" sentiment that I applied to my Stampin' Up! Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon. I secured the ribbon at the bottom of the layer over the top of the vase. Next, I placed the punched flowers at the end of the sentiment and at the side of the vase. I originally thought I might be done, but then I determined that it still needed something. I whipped out my Stampin' Up! mat pack and my paper piercing tool and paper pierced around the sides and top of the Whisper White card stock. Finally, I was satisfied.

Hope you like!

Kristina Werner's #8 Color Inspiration

Kristina calls hers an "inspiration" and others in the stamping community call it a challenge. This was a challenge for me. These were not colors that I would normally use together. Of course, this is funny because I was talking to my friend about 45 minutes before the challenge was posted and we both hoped for something to make us stretch. Be careful what you ask for!

This card measures 3"x6" and the base is Pumpkin Pie card stock. I layered Brilliant Blue card stock along the bottom edge of the card. I rounded the bottom edges with a corner rounder. I then covered my seam with Bashful Blue grosgrain ribbon. I stamped the main sentiment from Celebrate Everything on Whisper White card stock in Brilliant Blue ink. I then stamped the flower circle images from A Beautiful Thing in Pumpkin Pie ink. I layered that on a slightly larger piece of Bashful Blue card stock and raised it off the main card with Stampin' Dimensionals. For my embellishment, I stamped a five petal flower image from A Beautiful Thing in Brilliant Blue on Bashful Blue card stock. I distressed the surface of the flower image and used a White flower imaged from the Eastern Elegance rub ons over the top. I then pierced a hole in the center of my flower and placed an Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad in it. Finally, I cut out the flower image and raised it up off the main card with Stampin' Dimensionals. Here is a closer look at my flower embellishment.




Kristina offered this image up for this week's inspiration piece. She located this gem in Pier 1's room inspiration gallery. The colors that she plucked out the image are Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Brilliant Blue.












All products used to make my card are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.

More Paper Therapy

I was asked to make a card for my "roomie" at work. The woman that I share office space with at school needed a card to give to her daughter's doctor. Her sixth grader is recovering from her second foot surgery this year. The poor girl was beginning to have hip and knee pain due to her extremely flat feet. My roomie is grateful for the doctor doing the surgeries and doing them in a timely way so that she didn't have to miss too much work (over Thanksgiving and Spring Break holidays)and so that her daughter could go to camp with her 6th grade class and be in her older sister's wedding this summer.

I used Almost Amethyst as a background and then stamped Itty Bitty Backgrounds in Amethyst ink. I used the same Amethyst ink to stamp the sentiment from Thankful Thoughts on Very Vanilla. I mounted that on Blush Blossom and then Real Red card stock. I tied a red ribbon from Micheal's around the sentiment image and secured it. I drew in 3 tiny hearts at the bottom and colored them in with Real Red. I stamped a band aid image from the Kathy Davis Collection on Very Vanilla. I sponged over the whole image with Blush Blossom and then colored the hearts Real Red. Next, I cut it out with my Paper Snips (love these!!!)and mounted it up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

All products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise listed.

Kristina's Color Inspiration #7

Here is my creation for Kristina's 7th color inspiration. I wanted it to be easy and simple because I just had a rotten evening! I won't bore you with the details of my evening (plus it's embarrassing!). How about if I give you the details about the card instead!

My card is a little 3x3 cutie on Close to Cocoa card stock. I used a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and stamped a leaf image from Carte Postale in Chocolate Chip. I mounted that on a slightly wider piece of Chocolate Chip card stock. I scalloped one edge of a piece of Soft Sky card stock and mounted the Vanilla and Chocolate piece on top. I used Chocolate Chip ink to stamp the sentiment "delight in the ordinary" from Wordsworth. Finally, I tied a thin vanilla colored ribbon around the bottom of the card. I don't remember where the ribbon came from as it was just stuffed in the bottom of my ribbon drawer. (See, another shameful admission).

Kristina selected this bedding from Restoration Hardware as inspiration this week. She chose bedding again, isn't that interesting? One more bedding choice makes a pattern, if you ask me. Anyway, the colors correspond to Stampin' Up!'s Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky and Very Vanilla.




All of the products and images used in MY card are Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted.

Kristina's Color Inspiration #6

Here is my card for Kristina Werner's 6th color inspiration. I think my card turned out so simple that you would never guess that I struggled and struggled to finish it. I like it (sigh), but I am still frustrated with the whole process. It seems that I made every mistake humanly possible. I smeared ink, I cut cardstock too short and then I just couldn't get the images right! Maybe I will feel differently after some time.

For my card, I used a Sahara Sand base. I stamped the bamboo image from Artfully Asian (trust me, it's there) with So Saffron Ink on So Saffron Cardstock. I then place a strip of self-adhesive pumpkin colored twill tape over the border of the So Saffron and Sahara Sand. I stamped the flower image from Embrace Life in Stazon Black on Very Vanilla. I then used a blend pen to color the flowers in with Pumpkin Pie ink. I colored the stem and tiny leaves with a blender pen and Wild Wasabi ink. Finally, I used Really Rust (don't tell) for the accents on the flowers. I layered this flower image on Wild Wasabi cardstock and mounted it on the card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. The last thing I did was stamp the sentiment from Artfully Asian in Black Stazon on the Sahara Sand base.

Here is the source of this week's inspiration and the corresponding Stampin' Up! colors. In order, the colors are So Saffron, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie and Wild Wasabi. This beautiful bedding comes from Mystic Valley Traders.

Weekend Sketch Challenge

I have been reading Beate's Blog for some time now and finally decided to participate in a challenge. This is my entry for this weekend's sketch challenge. It was fun and helped to build my desire for new and exciting designer paper. I think my card turned out nice. Let me know what you think!

I used Very Vanilla as a base. Then, on top, I layered Old Olive. The rectangles are Provo Craft Soft Serenity and River Rock. On the River Rock rectangles, I stamped Itty Bitty Backgrounds in River Rock ink. I used a sentiment from Full of Life in both Old Olive and River Rock ink and then the leaf image from Infinite Goodness in Old Olive. I colored in the leaf with River Rock ink and a blender pen. I layered this on top of Old Olive. Then I used Dimensionals to lift it up. I used River Rock Double Stitched Ribbon to run the width of the card under the sentiment. Oh and I distressed the edges of the Old Olive cardstock with the blades of my scissors.

Here is the sketch that Beate provided:

and a link to her blog can be seen in the image. Thanks for looking!

29 More Days

If you ask me, she's already there. I had a discussion with another mother last Thursday and she said if their 2's are not bad, then look out for the 3's. According to her truth, 3 will be just fine for our family.

What I know from my days as a therapist is that if their toddler days are horrid, then the teen years are smooth sailing. I don't gamble as a rule and not preparing for the teens is too huge a risk to take. So I will begin building my raft now for the stormy seas of adolescence.

Anyway, a few days ago, I posted a card that was my sketch for her birthday invite as part of a color inspiration. I swapped out the colors for something a little more girly, but did include a green so Daddy wouldn't freak out! Here it is:



I used Pretty Princess and All Year Cheer II to stamp the images. The base of the card is Blush Blossom. On top of that is Spring Flowers DSP (edge scalloped with a corner rounder), Mellow Moss, Groovy Guava and Very Vanilla. The tan paper is something random I had in a drawer. I stamped the cake in Black Stazon and adjusted the top of the cake to hold two candles. I then used my blender pen to color in the cake image with Blush Blossom, Groovy Guava, Mellow Moss and River Rock. Finally, I sponged Groovy Guava around the edge of the cake layer. The ribbon on the card is American Crafts Elements Uptown Khaki. The brads on the card are Making Memories pastel mini circles. Both the cake image and the "you're invited" sentiment are popped up on Dimensionals. (All products are Stampin'Up! unless otherwise listed.)