Introducing 5 Supply Fix: Birthday Card & Gift Bag

I need a good challenge these days to get me creating. Don't you? I love the cooking show on Food Network called 5 Ingredient Fix.

Going with that inspiration, I decided to start a fun regular on my blog called "5 Supply Fix" These projects will feature 5 or fewer supplies (in addition to ink and paper).

So on this card the 5 supplies I challenged myself with were:
1. 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch
2. Scallop Edge Border punch
3. In Color Boutique Details
4. Bermuda Bay Baker's Twine (Comes in the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit)
5. You're Amazing stamp set

I also used some carnival tickets I had but I'm not counting those. ;)
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Paper: Birthday Basics DSP, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Very Vanilla

Of course every birthday card needs a matching bag to put a gift in. Here are the 5 supplies in addition to ink and card stock that I used for the bag:

1. Chevron Border punch

2. Tag a Bag Bundle

3. You're Amazing stamp set

4. White Baker's Twine

5. In Color Boutique Details

*I did not have Summer Starfruit ink so I stamped the ticket image in Versamark onto Summer Starfruit card stock and embossed it in clear embossing powder. I also didn't have the Ticket Duo Builder punch so I cut the ticket out by hand. 

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Birthday Basics DSP, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit 

I hope you enjoy the projects I come up with for 5 Supply Fix. Maybe you'll be inspired to play along too!

Baby's 1st Birthday Board Book Album

I made this board book last year for convention, but I realized recently that I had never posted it on my blog. It came together very quickly once I had a design plan. I just alternated the different layouts so I didn't have to think too hard about it. You'll see that when I got it printed I didn't leave enough room on the cover so it got cut off a little. Make sure you leave extra room for the cover bleeds if you get a board book printed. My favorite thing about the board books are that the pages lay flat. You don't have to worry about the middle gutter area. I also love how my daughter can look at this as much as she wants and I don't have to worry about the pages getting bent or torn. Here is a video of her looking at this book. You can see more images of the party decor here.

*because everyone should get something Star Wars on their first birthday

This is my favorite spread. I just took a photo and made it fit the length of both pages.

Check out how it printed:

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Supplies used:

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1. Amber Meadows 2. Jeanna Bohanon 3. Julie Leblanc 4. Rochelle Gould 5. Aly Schilling 6. Kimberly Van Diepen 7. Holly VanDyne 8. Erica Shaw 9. Cindy Schuster 10. Beth Rush - guest blogger!

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Happy Birthday Card Featuring Sale-A-Bration DSP

This is such a monumental thing- I STAMPED! With paper and ink and scissors and stamps! I don't remember the last time I did that (and the blog is called Stamping With Erica, imagine that). I think it's been all of the cute samples I've seen posted from Stampin' Up!'s Leadership conference that inspired me.

My mom was making her swaps for Leadership, and these were the products sitting out on the table, so it's what I used. I am so rusty at this, that I barely remembered how to use the Big Shot die cut machine. Does the die go in this way or that? I think this card would be a good masculine one to give to a guy. I mean, I know the cake has flowers on it, and there is a ribbon, but you can't take the feminine completely out of stamping, you know?

This fabulous paper (Sycamore Street) is available in 7 days! You can get it free with any $50 purchase. (Remember, digital products purchased count toward that!) There are also some great digital discs you can get for free if you prefer. I think I'm going to need everything in the brochure! Click here to see it all. Make sure you get your order in between Jan. 22 - Mar. 22 so you can get your free products!

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Supplies used:

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