Birthday fun with Filled With Fun stamps & dies

 Hello & welcome to my blog,

My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia. For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!

 Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

Stampin' Up® 's Annual Catalogue was released last year with a very different format & it's a beauty! It's set out quite differently to previous catalogues but there are benefits to that. They now have sectioned it to have beginners, which is a step by step collection of materials in kits, then there is quick & easy where you select base materials & packs of pre-printed or diecut materials plus some stamp sets then there is create your way where you choose all the materials, stamps etc yourself & create your way! In the quick & easy section Stampin' Up® have also provided some inspiration with a colour wheel & information of various ways to use colour combinations. I explored this in a bit more detail in my 1/1/25 mid week blog. The new mini catalogue was launched on January 7th with lots of lovely stamps, dies & papers to ooh & aah over. If you would like a copy of this new catalogue then please contact me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com. Stampin' Up® also have products available only online. These are called Online exclusives & have no end date, when the stock is sold out, that's the end of it.

Today I have created a birthday set using the Filled With Fun stamps & dies plus a plain party paper bag available from any party shop or $2 style shop. The card was featured in my 22/1/25 Midweek blog as part of a Colour Challenge. I've also created a card without using the cart from this set. Hope you like them!

Here are the two cards...

and here is the Colour Challenge card with the matching bag...

The bag was very easy to make. I used a plain white party/loot bag available at many $2 style shops. I added two strips of Basic White cardstock at the neck of the bag to reinforce it for when I added the ribbon as well as a strip inside the bag to reinforce the bottom of the bag.

The balloons are stamped in Petuna Pop on Basic White as well as some directly onto the party bag. There are some Petunia Pop ones with silver embossing also. I stamped the ribbons in Memento black directly onto the bag & placed 3 diecut balloons on dimensionals above them.

The holes for the ribbon are punched with a small hand held punch and the ribbon is (retired) Crinkled Seam Binding ribbon which I coloured with Petunia Pop Stampin' Blends.

This is an economical & fun way to create unique items for someone special.

Next up, I wanted to create something different to my previous creations which had all featured the cart in some form. I decided to make a wall of flowers. 

This was achieved by adding a matte of Full of Life DSP to a Basic White card base. The paper features 2 strips of colour which was the perfect backdrop for what I had in mind.

Using Memento black, I stamped 2 strips of flowers on Thick Basic White then coloured them with Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Balmy Blue, Summer Splash, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly & Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write markers. These were diecut & adhered to the back of a strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock just below the centre of the card. The sentiment is heat embossed in white.

The final touch was to add a few 2024-26 In Colour Shimmer gems.

A very quick & simple card that I think is very pretty.

That's it for this creative episode. I hope you enjoyed seeing these pretty & completely different creations.

Now I'd like to share some of the latest news from Stampin' Up®.

Stampin' Up® has a number of ways to purchase their lovely products. You can look through their physical catalogue or browse through the catalogues online but there are also some products that are only available exclusively online that don't appear in any catalogues. These products are called the Online Exclusives & are only available under the Online Exclusives section of the Stampin' Up® shop. Check out the online exclusives in my online store. Stampin' Up® adds more product items to the online shop so don't forget to keep checking the store to see what's new. There are some lovely new products now available including kits, embellishments, stamps, dies & embossing folders. Something for everyone! If you would like a copy of the catalogue please send me a message at craftedbyalison@gmail.com or on my Facebook page, craftedbyalison. 

There is also another Sale-A-Bration happening right now from January 7th to February 28th where you get free stuff, just for ordering product! YAY for free stuff!!!! There's also a great new joining offer inside the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.

NEWS & REMINDERS: 

1. Stampin' Up®'s Annual Catalogue is a beautiful piece of artwork as well as an amazing resource for crafting. It's very different to any other catalogue that I've seen from Stampin' Up®. They have changed the front cover from featuring cards or supplies to a casual stamping picture as well as a radical change to the layout of the contents. There are still lots of beautiful pics of the products & ideas aplenty, it's just set out differently. I think you'll love it. If you would like a copy of the Annual catalogue then send me a message at craftedbyalison on Facebook or email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com & I'll send you one. 
2. The Mini catalogue was launched on 7th January! Woohoo!! There are lots of gorgeous new items ready to inspire your creativity. If you would like me to send you a copy, send me a message on my facebook page or email me. 
3. Some of you may know that Stampin' Up® purchased a quantity of scrapbooking materials when Close To My Heart folded. They have taken on any CTMH demonstrators that wanted to cross over & have slowly been including scrapbooking products into our supplies. They now have a dedicated digital mini catalogue, exclusively devoted to scrapbooking products available here at my online shop. There are a number of kits available if you'd like to start your scrapbooking journey or if you already scrap then check the kits out! Here is a link for the new scrapbooking brochure that launched on January 7th.
4. Don't forget the Online Exclusive products with new products added and available now. Check out my online shop here. Stampin' Up® release a new items regularly. The lastest selection of Online Exclusive products launched on January 7th and there are some gorgeous new products to tempt you. Why don't you check them out?

Stampin' Up® have a great range of Kits including crafting, card making & gift giving. There are 3 new kits just added to the collection on January 7th also. Click here to check them all out in my online shop. As Stampin' Up® have so many beautiful kits available I will be featuring a different kit in each blog so that you can see the range. 

This week's featured kit is a card kit that co-ordinates beautifully with the Birthday Bash kit I featured last week. It is called Brightest Birthday & has all the supplies for you to make 9 cards with matching envelopes. They're bright & cheerful & very easy to put together. Combined with the Birthday Bash kit you can be well on the way to having most, or all, of your birthday needs done by the beginning of the year! 

Here's how Stampin' Up® describes the kit...

Celebrate every birthday with cards made from the Brightest Birthday Kit. As you craft the perfect birthday card, stamp out a happy sentiment using the included stamp set and add some shine with holographic gold foil elements. With coordinating envelopes and bright embellishments, these cards will surely brighten up any birthday celebration.

If you feel that you need to add this to your list then click here to purchase one from my online store. 

If you shop with me then don't forget to use this month's host code DXK2BBSD. This will allow me to pass on any hostess benefits to customers when the sales reach the required qualifying amount.

Lastly, there have been lots of great items added to the clearance rack which is now called Last Chance items so make sure you check them out using this link to my online store.

If you would like to purchase any of my creations that I feature in my blogs they can be found in my FaceBook shop at craftedbyalison or you can order something unique. 

I hope you've enjoyed today's post. I certainly had a lot of fun playing around with this stamp set again. If you would like me to send you a copy of the current Annual catalogue or the new mini  then please message me via my FaceBook page, Crafted by Alison or send me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

That's all I have for you this week. My next blog is on Wednesday with a new card sketch to share. 

My next Sunday my blog will feature a fun 3D project. I hope you can join me for both of them.

Well, that's it for another week. I hope you enjoyed this post & come back for more. 

Til next time, take care & keep creating! XX Alison.

Here are some links to the products I used today & some craft room essentials.

Shop with me

Stamps, Dies, Embossing folders & punches

• Filled with Fun stamp set
• Filled with Fun dies
• Filled with Fun bundle 10% discount 
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Cardstock, DSP & paper goods

• Basic White cardstock
• Basic White Thick cardstock
• Blueberry Bushel cardstock
• Pecan Pie cardstock
• Petunia Pop cardstock
  
• Full of Life DSP
• Silver Foil
  

Inks & Markers

• Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad
  
• Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' pad
  
• Petunia Pop Classic Stampin' pad
  
• Versamark pad
• WOW Basics embossing powders
• Metallics WOW embossing powders
• Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' blends *
• Granny Apple Green Stampin' blends *
• Read Red Stampin' blends *
• Peach Pie Stampin' blends *
• Pumpkin Pie Stampin' blends *
• Pebbled Path Stampin' blends *
• Stampin' blends light combo pack *
• Stampin' blends medium light combo pack *
  
• Stampin' blends medium combo pack *
• Stampin' blends medium deep combo pack *
• Stampin' blends deep combo pack *
• 2024-26 In Colour Stampin' Write markers
  
• Neutrals Stampin' Write markers
  
• Brights Stampin' Write markers
  
• Subtles Stampin' Write markers
  
• Stampin' Write Markers Collection
  

Embellishments

• 2024-26 In Colour Shimmer gems 
• 2024-26 In Colour Resin dots
  

Adhesives

• Multipurpose liquid glue
• Tear and tape
• Dimensionals
  
• Mini Dimensionals
  
• Foam adhesive strips
• Mini Glue Dots
• Adhesive sheets

Tools

• Paper Trimmer
• Take Your Pick tool
• Paper Snips scissors
• Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine
• Water painters
• Heat tool
• Blending Brushes