Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! This is a very happy day as we’re celebrating the fantastic Concord & 9th on their first Birthday! Please give a big Simon welcome back to Angie, who is our special guest today! Big kudos to Angie the entire team at Concord & 9th for their consistent gorgeous designs and inspiration! We are HUGE fans, and wish them lots and lots of continued success and accolades! Please be sure to wish them a Happy Birthday in social media with the hashtag #C9BirthdayBash. Read on and enjoy!
August is Concord & 9th’s birthday month, with August 9th being one year since our very first product launch, so of course we had to create a birthday stamp set. We love the current trend of layered cakes (frosted or not) with large floral toppers. The cake in the Happy Days stamp set is about 3 3/4″ tall by 3 1/8″ wide after it’s stamped and die cut – that does not include the banner. It fills up a standard card size perfectly! This set is definitely intended for those with a passion for coloring! There are fun sentiments like MAKE A WISH and HAPPY BIRTHDAY. You can use the little numbers or even stamp out THE BIG FIVE-OH, and so on.
We didn’t want this to be a birthday set only, so we included sentiments such as MR & MRS and HAPPILY EVER AFTER for weddings, CONGRATULATIONS for a bridal/baby shower, and even IT’S YOUR DAY TO SPARKLE for special events like graduation. The banner piece is also versatile. You can stamp greetings inside of it by bending them slightly. It works as a topper, or flip it over and it runs under the cake plate with the same angles. There is a stick (or straight line) in the stamp set that acts as the banner poles, a candlestick, poles for the little individual flag or the stick to a fun sparkler! The coordinating die, Happy Day dies, has a large cake piece, banner, the words HAPPY and DAY that can be used on their own or together. The words are separate so you can use the negative piece stacked or in a straight line. There is also a flower die shape. This doesn’t cut anything specific in the stamp set, but it works well to die cut, curl the petals, and add to the top/bottom of the cake for dimension.
Did you notice the background of this card? It’s our new Barnwood Background stamp set. This set is photopolymer and sized at 5×6. Perfect for card sizes. It looks great stamped portrait or landscape too! We love the rustic feel this background provides. It’s a perfect backdrop for this beautiful cake!
Now on to how we made the card…
Step 1: Using the Concord & 9th Happy Days stamp set, stamp the large cake on to watercolor paper with black ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set. This will ensure no bleeding while watercoloring the image. Plus, it gives is a nice sheen. Line up the cake die from Happy Days dies and run through your Big Shot.
Step 2: Die cut the banner out of watercolor paper using your Big Shot. Stamp the long banner piece from Happy Days stamp set with black ink. Slightly bend HAPPILY EVER AFTER to fit inside the banner, and stamp in black ink. Sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat set.
Step 3: Use Zig markers and an aqua/water brush to color in the banner and cake. Have fun with this part! Coloring is therapy after all!
Step 4: Use the MISTI to stamp the Barnwood Background on to your card base. The beauty of the MISTI is you can stamp it again if the first image doesn’t pop enough. Stamp the straight line image, or banner poles on to the card base using black ink. Adhere the cake using foam tape for dimension, and glue dots for the banner.
We hope you’ll like these new products as much as we do! We cannot wait to see what you create with them! We also want to publicly thank Simon Says Stamp for supporting Concord & 9th, and being amazing people to work with!
Lovely card…
Wow!!!! Such a beautiful card and stamp set!!!
What a gorgeous image! Beautiful colouring to create such a lovely card! Congratulations on your first birthday Concord & 9th
What a fun cake. Love all the stamps that come with to give more versatility to the set.
So lovely!!
wow—what a beautiful card! Great stamp set!
Amazing card! This beautiful soft cake on gray background… Just stunning!
Such a beautiful and sweet card…. love the cake and the coloring. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Concord & 9th!
This is gorgeous!
Great card.
Wonderful card and a happy birthday to Concord & 9th!
Gorgeous card, Angie!!! I have to have ALL of these products! I’m completely smitten. I love the versatility that you so consistently work into all of your designs.
Great card! Happy birthday Concord & 9th!!! I hope you have many, many more!
Concord & 9th stamp sets are really catching my eye these days. The stamp sets look great and really versatile.
Happy bday, Concord & 9th! Love the card and the stamp set!
I love the Barnwood Background stamp – perfect for scrap pages too!
Wow! STUNNING card!!
The floral topper is really beautiful ! Thanks for this set cant wait to use it!
Happy Birthday to Concord & 9th
Wow love the cake stamp.
Gorgeous card!
Beautiful use of the stamp set, and gorgeous card. Happy B-Day to concord & 9th!
I LOVE Concord & 9th. Looking forward to this new release! Happy birthday/anniversary to C&9th!
I think this set is very pretty. Love the barn wood background stamp. I have not purchased any Concord & 9th products. Will definitely look them over. Congrats on your anniversary!
Happy Birthday!!
Great set…beautiful card and coloring…Happy Birthday! #C9BirthdayBash
This is a gorgeous set! I’m looking forward to using it.
BEAUTIFUL!!! I CAN’T WAIT to see what else you have on the 9th!!! ;)
Woo hoo! Love those cute stamps and dies and congratulations to Concord and 9th
What a lovely card!
Happy Birthday!!
What a great card and stamp set. Love it! And the coloring is fabulous. Love those flowers and the barnwood background is a perfect fit. Love it all!
Thanks SSS, for introducing me to Concord and Ninth, this looks to be a versatile stamp and die set. Woo-hoo, a first birthday party! Congratulations! Di xx
Happy 1st birthday Concord & 9th! Love your products so can’t wait to see this release.
Oh my gosh. I love this elegant cake set!
I love this beautiful card and stamp set and the Barnwood background.
Happy Birthday! This cake is a beauty!
Very lovely card. Happy Birthday to Concord and 9th, keep up your great work. Thanks for sharing with us.
Very pretty card and Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!! Love your stamps!!!!
gorgeous card… love this new stamp and die set!
Wow – what a gorgeous stamp set and amazingly colored!!
What a gorgeous CAS card! Love the simplicity and the neutral woodgrain background. So pretty!.
Fabulous card! And an awesome new set with die.
I love this card! Beautiful colours!
Congratulations to Concord and 9th for their first birthday, they really have taken the stamping world by storm!!!
Those beautiful shiny flowers look terrific against that background!
Pretty card. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a cake topped with real flowers.
What a beautiful stamp set! Gorgeous card!
Really pretty images! We,, thought out set!
Very pretty card !!! Congrats Concord & 9th on one great year and I wish you many more !
Such a pretty card! The colouring is fabulous and I love that sweet little banner above the cake!