Sunrise Sailing & Happy Place Birthday Card
This week we’re showcasing Daffodil Delight, a sunny, happy yellow from the Brights family.
As soon as I saw the “Happy Place” stamp set in the new September – December catalogue I knew it would work perfectly with the Sunrise Sailing bundle!
To create my sunrise scene I’ve used a mix of colours. The inks I’ve blended on the Basic White cardstock layer to create my sunrise are Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Peach Pie and Balmy Blue.
The Stampin’ Blend colours I used to colour in the “Happy” stamp are Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink and Pool Party. And the card base is Basic Black cardstock.
How to partially emboss a cardstock layer
For my sunrise layer I wanted the texture of the sea underneath my blended sunrise, without the embossed image of the sail boat. To achieve this effect I simply embossed the bottom section of the Sunrise Sailing EF by rotating it 90 degrees and only running the lower section through the Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.
This image shows how I’ve extended most of the embossing folder off the edge of the embossing platform. NOTE: the Specialty Plate (Plate 4) only covers the area of the cardstock I want to emboss.
Blending and shading to create a sunrise.
Blending brushes make it easy to create a sunrise/sunset scene. I started at the centre with the Daffodil Delight, adding a touch of Peach Pie to darken the centre of the Daffodil Delight, then I blended the Balmy Blue and Night of Navy for the rest of the sky. The ocean is also Night of Navy.
I used stampin blends to colour in the “Happy” stamp and then I cropped the “birthday” from a “Happy Birthday” greeting in the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack.
The cute little sail boats and seagulls are all from the Sunrise Sailing bundle, die cut in Basic Black and Basic White.
Take a look at some more Daffodil Delight 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 engine window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.
Next in our Hop is Kate @craftwithkate. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop is listed below:
Kate @craftwithkate
Helen @apaperparadise
Andrea @andreaksargent
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Leanne @createwithleanne2
Sharon @sharondaverncreates
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday when we are showcasing the darkest of the neutrals: Early Espresso.
Looking for some Christmas card inspiration?
Our Heart of Christmas blog hop is back for 2025 and we will go live at 8pm (EAST) every Monday night with Christmas card inspiration. This hop is a traditional blog hop (not an Instahop) so you can follow along by reading my blog.
I hope you can join us then!
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