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!
Love this card! The barn wood background is perfect! Happy, happy birthday to Concord & 9th!! I love the products!
Love the colors on the card and the awesome background! Happy Birthday!
I’m in love with this set already! Can’t wait for the release!
What a gorgeous set! Love the florals on the cake!
Hi Angie ~ Happy (HAPPY!!) Birthday to Concord & 9th!!! I wish you many, many more years to come. I’m always amazed with the beautiful stamps/dies and the ability of both you and Greg to come up with something unique to C&9. Your card is beautifully done and that B/G is the perfect backdrop. I wish you and Greg both well as C&9 continues to grow. ~HUGS~
Very pretty! This is a new company to me – I don’t have any of their stamps yet! Thanks for introducing me!
Love this – both the cake and bar wood stamps separately and the beauty of the combined card!
Oh wow that barnyard background and the cake stamp are awesome
Beautiful card and unique stamps!
Such a versatile set. I love the card!
What a beautiful cake image! So versatile! Wishing you a VERY happy birthday Concord and 9th! Congrats!
I can’t wait till the 9th! I just love Concord & 9th! My favorite stamp company!
Happy 1st Birthday to Concord & 9th! Love the sweet wedding card…the cake looks delicious.
Beautiful card and perfect for a wedding or anniversary.
I love that this Concord & 9th Happy Days stamp set is so versatile. I love sets that can be used for many occasion like birthdays, anniversarys, or weddings. Beautiful card.
The cake is so very pretty. I love it. Thanks.
Love this company. They have such different stamps and sayings. Just bought several sets and love them. Beautiful card!
Love the design. Love the zig markers
Looks like another great release! Happy Birthday Concord and 9th!
Beautiful! That background goes so perfectly. Love the coloring too. Looks like another great release!
So beautiful! Love the background stamp too.
Happy birthday Concord and ninth! not lucky enough to own any of your items, but there’s so much fabulous stuff i will have to try and get some! great card too
Beautiful card and background. Also great stamps. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Gorgeous cake!! Love the orange flowers!!
Amazing birthday cake card!
Holy coy this looks amazing!
Beautiful card! Happy B’day to Concord and 9th!
Ur sooooo creative! I hope one day to create cards like this
So pretty!!
I love the watercolor florals!
I love this new set, and the card is absolutely beautiful!!
Beautiful card!
Love that barnwood background – definitely going to be a big seller!! Happy Birthday, Concord & 9th!!
Wow this is a gorgeous card! I loveeee the image of the cake! And the flowers top it off perfectly!! So excited for this release!!
Happy 1st Birthday to Concord and 9th! Love this stamp set. The cake looks so beautiful watercolored, especially against that barnwood background. Beautiful card!
These are beautiful stamps and the watercoloring and color choices are lovely.
Oh. Em. Gee. Think I’m in love. Fanstastic card.
so soft and dainty!
I love this!
The cake stamp is perfect!
I love this new cake set! Happy 1 year anniversary! And thanks for making such wonderful products to add joy to my crafty life!
I love how realistic the barnwood background looks …… and is such a cute backdrop for the pretty cake
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This is a great card! Love the size of the cake, and that it has the matching dies for the set. Also love the barn wood stamp. It’s so realistic! Congratulations on your milestone!
Happy Birthday! This is a great set – can’t wait to see the rest of the release.
Amazing card!
That stamp is gorgeous! Love the card too!
Happy Birthday Concord & 9th. LOVE LOVE LOVE your products. You are so innovative – it blows me away!
Such a pretty card! TFS!
This is going to be the perfect stamp set!!!! Can’t wait to get it!
That cake is making me hungry!