Pretty Party Decor

The next pair of cards I'm sharing from my craft day are made with the Pretty Party Decor stamp set (Trinity Stamps). I'm always looking for fun birthday images, and I love that the party lanterns in this set are a change from the usual balloons.

For my two cards I decided to make one that was really lively and colorful and one with a more clean and restrained layout.

For the first card, I used the Date Night collection of inks (Catherine Pooler). I chose six colors and stamped each style of lantern in two different colors. The lanterns are two-step stamps: there is a solid stamp and a detail stamp for each image. I didn't have coordinating ink colors, so I used the same ink to stamp both images. For each lantern, I first inked the solid image, stamped off on scratch paper, and then stamped on the white panel. Then I inked the detail stamp with the same color and stamped directly over the solid image.

I love that there are different styles of streamers and confetti images in this set, too. I stamped each of the little confetti pieces individually, but if you wanted to have them all in the same color, you could put all the images on a large clear block and stamp them all at the same time. Once the colorful background was done, I stamped the streamers and sentiment in black ink and added a few sequins. A fun, one-layer card that would be great for mailing.

For the second card I wanted to make something a little more subdued and maybe a little more masculine looking. I started by stamping the sentiment using black ink on a white card base. Then I used three colors from the Life of the Party collection of inks (Catherine Pooler) to stamp three lanterns in the upper left quadrant of the card. I drew a string for each lantern with a black pen and a ruler and glued a narrow black die-cut frame on the card front. I know some people are hesitant to use embellishments like sequins on masculine cards, but I still added a few on this card. They're clear, so I don't think they look too "girly," and a little sparkle is ok for any birthday card!

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