Celebrating Creativity - Day 31

Well folks, we made it.  31 (almost) days of projects in a single month that hopefully offered you some inspiration with their diversity.  I have some great projects queued up for the next few months, so I hope you continue to follow along with me and let me know what you think!

Today is a special day for me.  July 31st is my parents' anniversary.  When I think of love, I think of my parents.  They have been married for 44 years and I have never seen a couple that are such individuals yet make such a beautiful pair.  They taught me so much over the years about how to love, how to trust, how to communicate, and how important it is to be friends with your spouse so that you always have a strong foundation.

At Convention, our new VP of Sales stated "I need to learn to love sending cards as much as I do making them!" and while I didn't write down her name to give her credit for the quote, I did write that quote down.  How true is that comment? We buy supplies, we make cards, we share them as "samples" but we cannot share the story of how warm we made someone feel by actually sending them.  I need to work on that so after I made this card for my parents, I made 5 more to send out to other friends and family members that have been on my mind.

The other thing this card reminded me is that we make our cards too hard sometimes.  I wanted an anniversary card.  I had the stamp set in mind.  I knew I had 5 minutes before my son and daughter work up. I wanted something pretty, and, as it turned out, very easy to replicate.

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Thick Whisper White, Whisper White, English Garden DSP
• Ink: Blushing Bride
• Stamp Set: Friendly Wishes
• Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Bone Folder, and Adhesive

The DSP (Designer Series Paper) on this card is 5 1/4 x 4 and the Love You is stamped on a 4 x 1 1/2 piece of Whisper White.  I love the Thick Whisper White cardstock for card bases - it's sturdy and I think easier to both write and stamp on since it's not so glossy.  LOVE IT!  The Love you is up on dimensionals and the ribbon is tied in  knot and trimmed.  I made six in 10 minutes - that's a great use of time and product!

So to wrap up, sometimes we need to remember the following:

• Sending cards is as important as making them.
• What you write inside the card is more special than what is on the outside.
• Fill your life with beautiful things.
• Tell those you love that you love them, whether you see them regularly or not.

Come back this weekend for more great cards featuring this stamp set!

Have you been considering signing up for Paper Pumpkin?  Now is the time.  For only $9.98 plus tax, you will get a kit sent to your door for the next two months that contains stamps, ink, instructions, and supplies to make great cards and projects.  The kit comes in your mailbox and is designed for beginner or experienced stampers.  I maintain a Paper Pumpkin board on Pinterest full of ideas using the stamps from the kit so you have easy access to a plethora of amazing ideas from other incredible ink artists.  To sign up, visit: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380.

Check out these weekly deals via my online store and use hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout. These deals are for limited qualities so order fast before they are gone!

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 30

Almost done for the month but the samples will keep coming long after July is done. My pre-pre-order will be in the house soon and I will get a head start on creating some wonderful projects!

This card was originally designed by Ronda Wade for Creative Convention Online.  I fell in love with this card - what a great use of washi tape, Color Me Irresistible Designer Series Paper, and accents. 

The card is so much fun to make - cannot wait to get out my other color combos and see what happens!

As a reminder, this camp is going to be on August 22nd from 10am-12pm.  If you are interested in the class, the cost is $42 and includes five cards, the Watercolor Words stamp set, and a packet of White Accents, plus a little extra item.  If you are interested in this kit to go, the cost is $42 plus shipping.  RSVP with payment by August 4th.

Please check out the other entries this week if you'd like to see all the great samples for the class!

Have you been considering signing up for Paper Pumpkin?  Now is the time.  For only $9.98 plus tax, you will get a kit sent to your door for the next two months that contains stamps, ink, instructions, and supplies to make great cards and projects.  The kit comes in your mailbox and is designed for beginner or experienced stampers.  I maintain a board on Pinterest full of ideas using the stamps from the kit so you have easy access to a plethora of amazing ideas from other incredible ink artists.  To sign up, visit: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380.

 

Check out these weekly deals via my online store and use hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout. These deals are for limited qualities so order fast before they are gone!

 

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 29

Another day, another great camp card originally designed by Ronda Wade for Creative Convention Online.  This stamp set is included in my class kit and it will be one that you use more than you'd ever imagine.  Trust me!

As mentioned yesterday, the cards were originally designed using sequins, I substituted out White Accents because they were easier for my little fingers to work with. 

This card features Blackberry Bliss and Crushed Curry.  The strip of washi tape is from the Cherry on Top collection.  So beautiful as a layout - I can see substituting other papers for any of these cards and having them be beautiful!  And what a great use for all that washi tape we've all been buying!

As a reminder, this camp is going to be on August 22nd from 10am-12pm.  If you are interested in the class, the cost is $42 and includes five cards, the Watercolor Words stamp set, and a packet of White Accents, plus a little extra item.  If you are interested in this kit to go, the cost is $42 plus shipping.  RSVP with payment by August 4th.

Come back tomorrow to see another card in the kit.

Have you been considering signing up for Paper Pumpkin?  Now is the time.  For only $9.98 plus tax, you will get a kit sent to your door for the next two months that contains stamps, ink, instructions, and supplies to make great cards and projects.  The kit comes in your mailbox and is designed for beginner or experienced stampers.  I maintain a board on Pinterest full of ideas using the stamps from the kit so you have easy access to a plethora of amazing ideas from other incredible ink artists.  To sign up, visit: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380.

 

Check out these weekly deals via my online store and use hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout. These deals are for limited qualities so order fast before they are gone!

 

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 28

Today I'm bringing you another great card from my Watercolor Words camp on August 22nd.  This camp features projects originally designed by Ronda Wade and provided during Creative Convention Online.  This stamp set is so versatile and I find it has had more use than anything else in the mini catalog.

While the cards were originally designed using sequins, I substituted out White Accents for those because I was tired of gluey fingers.  There is a fix for that in the new holiday catalog that you are all going to want and enjoy but since this class is before it's available, we'll go with the accents.

The paper is the Color Me Irresistible Designer Series Paper which is embossed white and lets you color on it with daubers.  This one is done with Lost Lagoon and Mint Macaron ink.  So good for weddings, good news, etc.  Ronda gave a tip on using this paper that I want to pass along.  When using a dauber, you will want to ink it up and then swipe it off on a scrap piece first. If not you get some dark areas that you can't lighten by sponging.

As a reminder, this camp is going to be on August 22nd from 10am-12pm.  If you are interested in the class, the cost is $42 and includes five cards, the Watercolor Words stamp set, and a packet of White Accents, plus a little extra item.  If you are interested in this kit to go, the cost is $42 plus shipping.  RSVP with payment by August 4th.

Come back tomorrow to see another card in the kit.

Have you been considering signing up for Paper Pumpkin?  Now is the time.  For only $9.98 plus tax, you will get a kit sent to your door for the next two months that contains stamps, ink, instructions, and supplies to make great cards and projects.  The kit comes in your mailbox and is designed for beginner or experienced stampers.  I maintain a board on Pinterest full of ideas using the stamps from the kit so you have easy access to a plethora of amazing ideas from other incredible ink artists.  To sign up, visit: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380.

 

Check out these weekly deals via my online store and use hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout. These deals are for limited qualities so order fast before they are gone!

 

 

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Days 26 & 27

So I left you hanging yesterday on my 31 days of creativity - sorry about that!  I guess stamping is a strength but counting is not....  Convention was wonderful and once my kids let me unpack, I have some great samples to share!

Today I'll bring you TWO of my cards from my next camp.  These cards were designed originally by Ronda Wade and were make-n-takes from Creative Convention Online.  I loved the cards she designed and had to buy the stamp set after seeing the samples.  This stamp set has turned into one of my favorites - it has become my go to stamp set for sentiments.

This camp is going to be on August 22nd from 10am-12pm.  If you are interested in the class, the cost is $42 and includes five cards, the Watercolor Words stamp set, and a packet of White Accents, plus a little extra item.  If you are interested in this kit to go, the cost is $42 plus shipping.  RSVP with payment by August 4th.

This first design is my simple card.  I designed it because I wanted to teach a card using each stamp in this kit and the make-n-take covered the rest of the stamps!  It uses a black marker around the edges of a Crumb Cake notecard.  Then I inked up the Happy Birthday with the marker and stamped in the middle of the card.  I stamped the flower on a scrap of Crumb Cake and cut it out.  Then I stamped the leaf on the card and layered the flower on a dimensional.  The center of the flower is a White Accent - one of my favorite new products in the Annual catalog.

The second card was originally done in Vanilla but I wanted to change it out to use the White Accents on the butterfly.  The antennae are made using our silver metallic cord which comes off backorder on July 31st!  The card utilizes the Color Me Irresistable DSP in Mint Macaron (a 2015-2017 In Color).  The ink is Tip Top Taupe, another 2015-2017 In Color.

Come back tomorrow to see another card in the kit.

Have you been considering signing up for Paper Pumpkin?  Now is the time.  For only $9.98 plus tax, you will get a kit sent to your door for the next two months that contains stamps, ink, instructions, and supplies to make great cards and projects.  The kit comes in your mailbox and is designed for beginner or experienced stampers.  I maintain a board on Pinterest full of ideas using the stamps from the kit so you have easy access to a plethora of amazing ideas from other incredible ink artists.  To sign up, visit: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380.

 

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 25

It's the last day of Convention and the last day of my Watercolor Wishes posts.  This card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made the following changes from the instructions:

• Added White Accents colored with Calypso Coral Blendabilities (retired)

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 24

As mentioned, it's Convention week so I'm going to focus on posting samples from the Watercolor Wishes Card kit this week and post updates from Convention as I'm able.  This card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made the following changes from the instructions:

• Added White Accents colored with Calypso Coral Blendabilities (retired)
• Covered the wood element with washi tape
• Added White Accents instead of sequins

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 23

As mentioned, it's Convention week so I'm going to focus on posting samples from the Watercolor Wishes Card kit this week and post updates from Convention as I'm able.  This card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made the following changes from the instructions:

• Added White Accents colored with Night of Navy and Calypso Coral Blendabilities (retired)
• Added White Accents to the center of the flowers 

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 22

As mentioned, it's Convention week so I'm going to focus on posting samples from the Watercolor Wishes Card kit this week and post updates from Convention as I'm able.  This card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made the following changes from the instructions:

• Colored White Accents with Night of Navy and Calypso Coral Blendabilities (retired).
• Added White Accents to the center of the flowers.

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 21

As mentioned, it's Convention week so I'm going to focus on posting samples from the Watercolor Wishes Card kit this week and post updates from Convention as I'm able.  This card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made the following changes from the instructions:

• Added White Accents to the flowers.

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code SVTNRUVY upon checkout.

 

Check out this week's weekly deals here!  Remember these are being offered in limited qualities so order soon before they are gone!  That Fast Fuse Refill is a great deal and those In Color ribbons are beautiful!  It's also a good time to stock up on cardstock if you enjoy those color selections!

Have a craftastic day,

Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 20

It's Convention week!  I'm so excited to be wow'd and inspired and to see dear old friends! 

Because I'll be jumping out here with updates as Convention occurs, I'm going to focus on posting samples from the Watercolor Wishes Card kit this week.  The card kit includes supplies to create 20 cards, 2 ink spots, and a stamp set and clear block. 

I made a few changes on mine from the instructions because I wanted to use my White Accents instead of using all the sequins from the kit.  I've been using sequins a lot lately and decided to give my hands (and eyes) a little break!

These cards are 3 1/2 by 5 and include envelopes.  I made the following changes from the instructions:

• I colored the wooden butterfly with the Calypso Coral Stampin' Spot.  Warning - this takes a while to dry so don't put your finger in it unless you have white accents to cover it up.  :)
• I added white accents where the sequins should be.
• I moved the wooden heart element up above the saying - I'm still getting the hang of how to add those to cards. 

If you are interested in purchasing this card kit, please visit my online store and enter hostess code E9K9QN9B upon checkout.

 

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 19

Yesterday I posted the first kit using the Happy Times Accessory Pack that focused on good time photos.  Today I wanted to share the other half of the kit, which features Family Time. 

I started with the Happy Times Accessory Pack.

I actually created this one first and the Good Times kit second with the leftovers.

Today's kit is made up of family photos.  I provided 24" of Very Vanilla thick twine, four pieces of Cajun Craze cut to 6 1/4 x 4 (2 of them), 2 1/4 x 2 1/4, and 3 x 4 (plus the leftover scraps), and tear tape since you want to use strong adhesive on anything that will be hanging for long periods of time.  The kit leverages the same clothespins as yesterday and I provided them with a handheld stapler to make their banners. Everything else is from the Happy Times Project Life Accessory kit.  Customers would provide the tear and tape, dimensionals, and adhesive.

A few closeups of my favorite pieces from the Family Time kit.

This is the first piece I designed - I figured if I couldn't do anything with the woodcut pieces, I wouldn't be able to put together the rest of the kit.  I liked the idea of using the Established idea on the house so show when our family began.  The different colored letters from the kit are used because we were married in 2003 and I needed two zeros.

 

I love this little banner because it let me feature my husband and his mom who is as much a member of my family as he is.  :)  The banner is made by creating banners using the washi tape and then stapling the 2 x 2 cards to it.

 



 

I cannot wait to teach this to my Sip and Stamp group that has already made their Hello Life Project kit.  I will provide the instructions for this and the Good Times kit I shared yesterday to anyone that purchases the Happy Times Accessory kit from my Web site.  Order it here.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 18

This weekend I'm posting one of my favorite projects I've worked on in months.  I set forth to create a refill kit for the Hello Life project kit that showcased a variety of family and friend photos.  I also wanted a project that would be fun to teach and cost effective for my customers and provide a way to introduce them to Project Life whether they were memory keepers or card makers!

I started with the Happy Times Accessory Pack.

I landed with this - cool, huh? 

Today's kit is made up of friend photos.  I provided 4" of Very Vanilla thick twine, two pieces of Crushed Curry cut to 11 x 1 and 4 x 4, and tear tape since you want to use strong adhesive on anything that will be hanging for long periods of time.  I also added 8 clothespins to each kit.  Everything else is from the Happy Times Project Life Accessory kit.

A few closeups of my favorite pieces from the Good Times kit.

 

I cannot wait to teach this to my Sip and Stamp group that has already made their Hello Life Project kit.  I will provide the instructions for this and the Family kit tomorrow to anyone that purchases the Happy Times Accessory kit from my Web site.  Order it here.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 17

My yesterday was a Paper Pumpkin commercial in the making.  The scene opens with my 16 month old son sleeping peacefully during his afternoon nap.  The mommy has to wake him up to drop him and his sister off at separate grandparents to make all her appointments.  This goes poorly.  Running behind schedule, the mommy gets one child dropped off and speeds off to the other grandma.  While speeding, a police officer joins the story and writes a ticket for $90.  The mommy hangs her head and sighs, now more behind than she was before.  She gets the child to the grandma and heads to her appointment where she misses the turn and is 10 minutes late.  Which makes her 10 minutes late for the pedicure that was supposed to be relaxing but is next to a Chatty Cathy that would make my sister and I seem quiet on our most talkative days.  The afternoon ends with a lovely glass of wine and a great opportunity, but not until after the mommy has an allergy attack in the bathroom of the restaurant that uses orange oil in their spritzer.

 

The mommy comes home tired and late to make dinner and while she has pretty toes and is happy about that final meeting of the day, she's exhausted.  And then she sees that her Paper Pumpkin box has come and her husband is all ready done mowing the lawn so he can watch the children while the mommy relaxes.

 

And then this creativity happens all within 60 minutes - with just me, my kit, my paper cutter, and my adhesive.

 

I adore Paper Pumpkin.  It's a box of creativity that comes when you need it most (or around the 15th of the month if you want to be less dramatic about it!)  The box comes with ink, exclusive photopolymer stamps, and a kit of cards or 3D items with instructions.  The July 2015 kit is called Thanks a Latte.  It came with an adorable 2-step stamping set, 2 ink spots in Early Espresso and Cucumber Crush, and supplies to make 8 cards.  You always get a video to show you how to do them to - here is the link for this month's kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9iE63jwuSg

This first card is what is outlined in the instructions.  You could just use the supplies in the box plus your favorite adhesive and knock out 8 of these beauties in under an hour.

For this card, I cut 1" of the Basic Gray background paper off and added it to the card.  I stamped the steam and Get Well on the card directly.

For the third card, I tried to recover from a creative decision that went awry.  I wanted to use my markers on the card and discovered after stamping that the orange is NOT Pumpkin Pie, but rather Tangelo Twist.  I also tried to fill in the lines on the Basic Gray with the Cucumber Crush marker and that didn't look good to me.  Finally, I had cute the bottom off the Basic Gray piece thinking I wanted to us a square and that didn't work either.  So I undid the ribbon from the clip and attached it over the line to cover the cut.  Then I used my markers to color the stamp and image and the notebook piece and turned one of the sticky strips into a banner.  Not my favorite card at all, but like my ticket, it was a learning experience! 

Finally, this fourth card is my favorite and I'm making a bunch like it when the refill packs come out.  This card has the sticky die cut strips layered on the center of the card and I took the ribbon off the clip and attached it with a glue dot.  When I stamped the cup die cut, I was a little low.  If that happens, you have an extra to work with or you can just use your Paper Snips and cut around the cup to remove the extra.  See, it looks perfectly stamped and only you will ever know!

If you are interested in receiving next month's kit, please go to my Web site and sign up.  Paper Pumpkin is $19.95 a month plus tax.  The shipping is already included in the price!  As a subscriber, you can order refill kits for most of our current offerings and you too can have a little creative time to yourself!  You can see more information on being a member of my Paper Princesses club here or sign up directly with the link below!

Sign Up Here: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=80380

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 16

My final butterfly swap is for a Treat Swap I'm in at Convention.  I wanted to leverage the Tag a Bag boxes because I think they are an excellent size for gift giving.

I used white Stazon to stamp on the window sheet included with the boxes.  I layered a butterfly stamped in Blushing Bride with a butterfly cut out from the Gold Vellum.  Then I did a Blushing Butterfly thinlit on the top.  But it was missing two things - a body and antennae.

 

The body of the butterfly is half of a clothespin.  I took off the metal fixture and then inked with White Stazon.  Once added to the body using glue dots, I added a piece of Gold Metallic Thread to the back and it gave it the perfect amount of whimsy.

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, English Garden DSP, Gold Fancy Designer Vellum Foil
• Stamp Set: Watercolor Wings
• Ink: White Stazon, Blushing Bride
• Accessories: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform and Cutting Mats, Butterflies Thinlit Dies, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Gold Metallic Thread, Clothespins, Glue Dots, Tag a Box, Dimensionals, and Adhesive

If you are interested in these products or any others, please visit my online store and enter hostess code E9K9QN9B upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 15

It's Amazon Prime day but I wanted to take a few minutes away from my spree shopping to share another great Convention swap.  This card features two more of of my favorite products - English Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) and White Accents.  This DSP is so versatile for almost any occasion and pairs beautifully with the Watercolor Wings bundle.  The Bold Butterfly Framelit coordinates with the smallest butterfly in the Butterflies Thinlit Dies so I put a solid Hello Honey butterfly behind the White die cut to keep the DSP from showing through the wings.  I hope you enjoy it!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Whisper White, Hello Honey, English Garden DSP
• Stamp Set: Watercolor Wings
• Ink: Hello Honey
• Accessories: White Accents, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform and Cutting Mats, Butterflies Thinlit Dies, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Hexagon Punch, Dimensionals, and Adhesive

If you are interested in these products or any others, please visit my online store and enter hostess code E9K9QN9B upon checkout.

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

Celebrating Creativity - Day 14

Still posting Convention swaps - I guess I did more than I thought which is great.  Convention is so much fun for so many reasons.

1. It's girl trip - my mom and sister are demonstrators so we get to have this awesome experience together.
2. The excitement of thousands of demonstrators is beyond your imagination.  It's energizing and inspiring.
3. You get to attend a lot of useful classes that help make me a more effective demonstrator.
4. You get to see MORE SAMPLES than you ever dreamed of - both of existing product and brand spanking new holiday product.  Those demos are my favorite - the talent of SU's presenters is incredible.
5. It's just fun - from awards night to social events to swapping, you leave ready to Share, Inspire, and Create!

These next three swaps are all butterfly themed.  I wanted to do something that I could teach my customers, especially since so many of them purchased the Butterfly Basics bundle and the Watercolor Wings bundle.

For this card, I used the Watercolor Wings bundle, as well as the Watercolor Wash background stamp.  I wanted it to look like sky so I used Soft Sky.  I wanted to use So Saffron for the saying so I punched out a 2" circle from a post it and adhered it on the Whisper White.  Then I inked up my background stamp and stamped.  This left me a "sun" to put my beautiful So Saffron saying inside.

For the butterfly, I stamped off the So Saffron for the base and then used a second of the stamps for the darker yellow.  It is punched out using the Bold Butterfly Framelits (which pair perfectly with the Butterflies Thinlits Dies) and has a few strands of Silver Metallic thread behind it.  The base of the butterfly are metal rimmed pearls - aren't those AMAZING?  One of my favorite new catalog products!

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Soft Sky, Whisper White
• Ink: Soft Sky, So Saffron
• Stamp Set: Watercolor Wash, Watercolor Wings
• Accessories: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform and Cutting Mats, Metal Rimmed Pearls, Silver Metallic Thread, 2" Circle Punch, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Dimensionals, Scissors and Adhesive

If you are interested in these products or the new weekly specials, please visit my online store and enter hostess code E9K9QN9B upon checkout!  You can click on the images below to head straight to the Weekly Deals - there are some great ones!

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy

  

Celebrating Creativity - Day 13

Today's post is really today's post.  :)

As I'm busy sharing my Convention swaps, I wanted to share a fun little project that came together as I was working on Happy Birthday cards for all Callie's friends.  This card is for a masculine swap at Convention.  While not necessarily manly, it is "little manly" and little boys like my son LOVE anything that flies in the air!

This new Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper (DSP) is really bright and fun to play with.  The colors are perfect for BSU fans and the colors are great for boys.  The strips of DSP are 5 x 1 and 4 x 2 1/2.  The center panel can be whatever you'd like it to be but mine was 2 1/4 x 3 and the parachute is popped on a dimensional.  I put a 5 1/4 x 4 piece of Garden Green on the inside of the card for writing the messages.  Whisper White would work to.  I colored in the Happy Birthday with the Tangerine Tango marker and the little army man with the Garden Green marker.

Supplies:

• Cardstock/DSP: Basic Black, Garden Green, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Schoolhouse DSP
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Stamp Set: Boys will be Boys
• Accessories: Tangerine Tango Marker, Garden Green Marker, Regals Candy Dots, Dimensionals, Scissors, Banner Punch, and Adhesive

 If you are interested in these products, please visit my online store and enter hostess code E9K9QN9B upon checkout.  Come back tomorrow to view the latest specials!

Have a craftastic day,
Stacy