Of all the happy days we celebrate throughout the year, birthdays are one of our favorite occasions to craft for! Handmade cards are always a hit, commemorative scrapbook pages make treasured keepsakes, and all of them present an awesome opportunity to flex your creative muscles!
Today, we’re going to give you an insider’s look at how to shake up your cake day crafts with our Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set! We’ll be showing off one of our favorite ways to use these stamps and Thin Cuts—in shaker windows!
The Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set is available in our May–June catalog. (To view this set, along with all the other exciting products in this catalog, click here!) The Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set includes 10 metal dies and 22 stamps, all of which were designed to help crafters celebrate in style!
Now that we’ve introduced you to the Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set, we want to show you all the fun that comes with using this bundle to create your own birthday-themed shaker windows! In our blog post from last week, we taught you how to construct these fun, interactive elements, so if you’re not familiar with how to build shaker windows, we suggest that you go back and take a look at last week’s post to see how easily they come together.
One of the standout features of the Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set are the whimsical characters that accompany the sentiments and icons in the stamp set. These fairy tale figures make a delightful addition to any birthday craft!
When you incorporate these characters into a shaker window and fill it with a few sparkly sequins, beads, or gems, they become even more magical! Because these character stamps are designed to fit inside our Circle Shaker Windows, you can easily create a shaker window using any of these stamps as a backdrop. You can even play around with other shaker window shapes, like hearts, stars, or rectangles! You can see in the examples above that shaker windows make a great addition to your card fronts, but we encourage you to try adding them to your scrapbook pages as well! When you incorporate a shaker window as an accent on your page, it instantly adds some interactive excitement that makes the whole page sparkle!
Whether your shaker window graces the front of a card or provides an unforgettable accent for a scrapbook page, it’s a sure-fire way to up your crafting game, especially when using the Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set! With so many creative options available with the Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts set, it makes birthday crafting an absolute joy. Do you have a favorite stamp from this set? Tell us about it in the comments below!
Recipes:
8½” x 11″ Hip, Hip, Hooray Page
Z4448 Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts, X9040 Mix-in Paper Packet, X6036 Ballerina Cardstock, X6042 Mint Cardstock, X6044 Peach Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, X6056 Wild Berry Cardstock, Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z5012 Wild Berry Shimmer Trim, Z3274 Clear Sparkles, Z6025 White Acrylic Flowers, Z3630 Watercolor Pencils, Z3225 Medium Round Waterbrush, Z1151 3-D Foam Tape, Z4309 Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts, Z3906 Iridescent Flower Confetti, Z5026 Clear Loose Gems, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine
4¼” x 5½” Happy 6th Birthday Card (Horizontal)
Z4448 Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts, X9040 Mix-in Paper Packet, X6057 Capri Cardstock, X6044 Peach Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, X6032 Wisteria Cardstock, Z3239 Silver Glitter Paper, Z6514 Wisteria Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z4288 Capri Shimmer Brush, Z4225 Mint Shimmer Brush, Z3661 Peach Shimmer Brush, Z3132 Watercolor Paints, Z3225 Medium Round Waterbrush, Z4191 Silver Glitter Gems, Z4304 Silver Loose Sequins, Z2900 Silver Star Confetti, Z4309 Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts, Z4310 Circle Shaker Window Foam + Acetate, Z3224 Small Round Waterbrush, Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine
8½” x 11″ Happy Birthday Page
Z4448 Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts, X9040 Mix-in Paper Packet, X6047 Black Cardstock, X6057 Capri Cardstock, X6042 Mint Cardstock, Z4189 Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z3630 Watercolor Pencils, Z3225 Medium Round Waterbrush, Z1151 3-D Foam Tape, Z4309 Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts, Z3274 Clear Sparkles, Z5026 Clear Loose Gems, Z2900 Silver Star Confetti, Z1263 Bitty Sparkles, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine
4¼” x 5½” It’s Your Birthday Card (Vertical)
Z4448 Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts, X9040 Mix-in Paper Packet, X6057 Capri Cardstock, X6030 Evergreen Cardstock, X6051 Sundance Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper, Z3271 Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z4288 Capri Shimmer Brush, Z3132 Watercolor Paints, Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems, Z4235 Gold Loose Sequins, Z3677 Gold Star Confetti, Z4309 Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts, Z4310 Circle Shaker Window Foam + Acetate, Z3224 Small Round Waterbrush, Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine
4¼” x 5½” It’s Your Birthday Mermaid Card (Horizontal)
Z4448 Birthday Numbers Stamp + Thin Cuts, X9040 Mix-in Paper Packet, X6050 Flamingo Cardstock, X6032 Wisteria Cardstock, Z3274 Clear Sparkles, Z5030 Lagoon Loose Gems, Z3132 Watercolor Paints, Z3225 Medium Round Waterbrush, Z4259 Stitched Square Frames Thin Cuts, Z4309 Circle Shaker Window Thin Cuts, Z4310 Circle Shaker Window Foam + Acetate, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine
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