Calypso Coral Birthday Card

by What Cathy Made | Aug 6, 2025 | calypso coral, Elements of text stamp set, Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, Layers of Beauty, Mixed Florals Bundle, Mixed Florals Dies, What Cathy Made

Is Calypso Coral a colour that makes your heart smile?

A group of the Art With Heart Team is hopping through the Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order and week 14 is all about Calypso Coral.

Here is my project, a shabby chic style birthday card (CASED from former Artisan team member, Tammy Wilson) that I specially created for my beautiful friend and longtime partner in crafting crime, Jenny Boffey @jenboff Boffey always makes me smile.

How to make a shabby chic style birthday card

If you love the romantic, layered look of shabby chic cards, you can easily recreate this style using Stampin’ Up! products and a few mixed media techniques. 

This card uses the Mixed Florals Bundle (Stamp Set and Dies), the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder, the Elements of Text Stamp Set, the Scalloped Petal Pink Ribbon, Calypso Coral Ink, Blending Brush, Mixed Media Florals Dies, and Crumb Cake Cardstock and Ink to create a soft, vintage effect with plenty of texture.

Start by embossing Crumb Cake cardstock with the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder to create a textured panel for your background. Layer this onto a Basic White card base for a clean edge.

Use various stamps from the the Elements of Text Stamp Set and the small floral stamp from the Mixed Florals Stamp Set stamped in Crumb Cake ink to add a script-style text pattern across the panel for a faded, old-paper feel. Use a blending brush 

For the focal panel, stamp the largest floral image and the small floral stamp from the Mixed Florals Stamp Set in Crumb Cake and colour in with the Calypso Coral Stampin Blends. Die cut some Basic White cardstock using the large grass die.

Cut apart the large floral image and the grass die. Layer the flowers, foliage and ribbon together, to create a textured, “garden-style” arrangement. 

Cut a piece of Petal Pink 3/8″ (1 cm) Scalloped Ribbon in half lengthway and add loops of Scalloped Petal Pink Ribbon between the flowers for extra softness and texture.

Finish the card by stamping the sentiment “you make my heart smile” (from the Layers of Beauty Stamp Set) in Pecan Pie ink and layering it across the floral cluster. 

A few Tiny Bee Trinkets embellishments add a final touch of elegance. 

The handmade envelope was created using the Mixed Media Florals Designer Series Paper.

I used another small floral stamp from the Mixed Florals Stamp Set to create the closure on the back of the card. The “Happy Birthday” stamp is from the Birthday Celebration Stamp Set.

Take a look at some more Calypso Coral inspiration on our Insta Hop!

Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!

Simply copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.

Next in our Hop is Andrea @andreaksargent. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.

The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:

Andrea @andreaksargent

Sharon @sharondaverncreates

Helen @apaperparadise

Rachel Woollard @handstamped_by_rachel

Rosa @hum.and.stamp 

Kate @craftwithkate

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Leanne @createwithleanne2 

Theresa @teegeeinspirations 

Vicki @vickiboucher

We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing Cherry Cobbler.I hope you can join us then!