Calypso Coral Birthday Card

Calypso Coral Birthday Card

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.

 
I had so much fun going out of my comfort zone to create this birthday card and I’m happy to say my Calypso Coral card definitely made Jenny smile.
 
We even managed to enjoy a sneaky lunchtime glass of bubbles together to toast her birthday!

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!



 

 

Darling Ducking Mixed Florals Cards

Darling Ducking Mixed Florals Cards

Welcome to Week 2 of the brand new 2025-26 AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop!

For the first five weeks of our AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop we are introducing the five new 2025-26 In Colors in alphabetical order and this week we are showcasing Darling Ducking.

Here’s a graphic I created to show how Darling Ducking compares to the other yellows and light greens in the Stampin’ Up! range.

My two cards this week both use the Online Exclusive Mixed Florals bundle along with two fabulous new background stamps I’ve used to hand make my own patterned background: the Painted Stripes stamp set and the Stripes & Dots stamp set.

Card one is a birthday card with a striped background created using the Painted Stripes stamp set. 

I love these bold stripes of yellow created using just the one stamp!

The daffodil and baby’s breath image is also one stamp coloured using Stampin’ Blends in Darling Ducking and Old Olive.

The white circle layer is die cut using the largest Spotlight on Nature Circle dies.

Card two uses the dotted stamp from the Stripes & Dots stamp set. This stamp can be used as either one single stamp set or split into four different stamps than can used in a variety of ways.

I’ve simply repeated the dotted stamp to create the spotty background layer.

This thank you card was coloured using the same Stampin’ Blends in Darling Ducking and Old Olive.

Both cards use sentiments from the Greetings for All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack, 2025–2027 In Color Flat Pearls and White Bakers Twine.

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 Kate @craftwithkate. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.

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

Kate @craftwithkate

Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss

Vicki @vickiboucher

Andrea @andreaksargent

Helen @apaperparadise

Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel

Leanne Mitchell@createwithleanne

Rosa @hum.and.stamp 

Cathy @whatcathymade 

If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase the products I’ve used for my card in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.

I’ll be back next Wednesday night with Week 3 of our 2025 – 2026 AWH Colour Creations Insta hop when we will be showcasing Secret Sea, another of the 5 brand new InColours.

I hope you can join us then.



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