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!
Happy Birthdday Corncord and 9th.
Love this set! The card is super fun!
Love this cake image
Happy Birthday, Concord & 9th. . . . . . .beautiful stamp set. . . .
Happy anniversary to concord and 9th. I love today’s’ card and I love the barn wood background stamp.
That cake die and stamp is awesome! Great card!
Wow I really like the birthday set and the background stamp is awesome too. Can’t wait to see the whole release.
What an amazing card – I LOVE the softness of the cake against the wood background. IT’s just stunning! Happy Birthday Concord and 9th! They have such unique designs and have quickly become one of my favorite stamp company!
The stamp looks like it would be fun to color.
Such a beautiful card! I need more Concord & 9th in my life, obviously. ;)
Lovely cake card.
HB2U Concord & 9th.
Happy birthday Concord and 9th. Love the name of your company and how you came up with up. Even more, love stamp and die sets.
Love this card. Beautiful cake stamp, great wood background and beautiful coloring with Zigs.
Happy Birthday to Concord & 9th. Such a beautiful stamp set.
Gorgeous card! Love the size of the cake and the wonderful flowers to color!
What a lovely big cake to make beautiful cards with! Concord and 9th is a another new company to me – thanks for the introduction and happy birthday to them!
Happy Birthday Concord & 9th! Love your stamps. This is a beautiful card! So glad to have you in the stamping world.
Beautiful card!
Happy First Birthday Concord &9th! What an absolutley beautiful cake, and love the accessories – brilliant!
Happy, Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
so simple yet classy I luv it
Gorgeous card. I’ve been a follower of Concord & 9th since the early days – love them! Very happy birthday!
A unique birthday cake stamp and die; very pretty; beautiful coloring of it.
Perfect card for a rustic wedding couple! The colors are awesome. I love this set and I love Concord & 9th!
Happy birthday & many more!! Great card…I think I need the barnwood background stamp!
The cake with flowers stamp is so beautiful and looks like it’s perfect for watercoloring.
So pretty, love the colors in this big cake! A very happy Birthday Concord & 9th
Such a Beautiful card !
Happy Birthday Concord & 9th! Love the card.
The cake is delicious looking and the card is beautiful. Happy birthday and many more! Thank you for your art.
This is beautiful! I love the wood background. That’s going on my wish list for sure!
Beautiful card! Love the stamp.
Wow, another lovely stamp set and a great card. I love it!
Happy First Birthday to you! Beautiful designs and wonderful card.
This cake stamp will be so versatile for many different occasions. Love how the sample is watercolored.
What a fabulous – crafty – milestone! Congrats! Can’t wait to see the new release products soon!
love the use of zigs
This card is gorgeous! I can’t wait to play with it.
Gorgeous card! I love that beautiful cake image and it looks like such fun to color. Going right on my wish list!
What a fun birthday image. Congrats Concord & 9th. Hugz
Love the background stamp!
Looks yummy enough to eat!
Happy Happy Birthday to Concord and 9th….here’s to many more. I love the card and the set will be another one to be added to my ever growing wish list.
Very lovely card. These cake and flower is pretty.
Happy Birthday to Concord and 9th! Wow, what a gorgeous card!
Beautiful card!!
Happy Birthday Concord and 9th – we share the same birthday!
Happy Birthday Concord and 9th! Such an elegant image and beautiful card.
I love the rustic yet elegance of this card! An awesome birthday/wedding/celebration cake!