The Write Stuff – Creative Ideas from Just Write Designs

Fashionista Birthday

Posted on February 27, 2026 9:43 PM by Julie Comment

This is a fun & bright birthday card for that Fashionista we all know and love. Everything looks so sharp, stylish & color coordinated! Everything a girl could want is most likely in those packages. It’s not hard..just a lot of paper piecing.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1056 we are visiting Gatsby Backdrops & their Pinterest Board. I used THIS picture a my inspiration.

To make my card, I die cut the lattice cover out of black & attached it to a white layer. I die cut the packages, gift bags, bows & ribbons of out white, black, and 2 shades of bright pink. I used the brightest pink for the dress, hat & purse. Some little scraps of black & white flower print paper just for a little accent on the hat, dress & purse. Then it was just a matter of mix & match with the colors for all the presents. By the way, you’ll love that all these presents & bags come in dies facing in two directions. You can see that half are facing left & the others are facing right.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: none

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, rose pink, fuchsia pink, dp (Brass & Bliss: Floral Monochrome paper pad)

Ink: none

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Urban Lattice Cover, Derby Day Dresses, Presents & Packages dies

Derby Day Dresses die 5608D	Urban Lattice Cover die 5910D	Floral Monochrome paper 2202	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Scotch ATG
AC color card stock

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Birthday Circles

Posted on February 21, 2026 9:09 PM by Julie Comment

Today I have a fun birthday card that works equally well for guys or girls. Best of all, it’s easy to make, easy to customize to colors for the recipient, and there are a lot of these birthday circles to choose from in this set. All you need is a few dies and one stamp set.

A big congrats to Michelle, the newest Featured Stamper FS994! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout & colors, but used different images, dies & made my paper pieced background instead of using printed paper.

For my card, I stamped the birthday circles w/ brown ink, added just a bit of color to the cakes, then die cut them w/ a circle die. They are popped up one layer before I attached them to a slightly larger scallop circle die cut. The background was die cut w/ the Swiss Cheese cover in chocolate brown & attached to a piece of bubblegum pink. I pieced in some white circles & pale pink into some of the openings to mimic a multicolor polka dot paper. The birthday circles were attached at the bottom.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Circle of Celebration set

Paper: Staples 110# white, chocolate brown, bubblegum pink, pale pink

Ink: Memento rich cocoa

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Swiss Cheese Cover, Rectangles, Circles, Scallop Circles dies, MISTI, Copic markers

Circle of Celebration set 38017	Circle dies 5002D	Circle Scallop dies 5029D	Rectangle dies 5003D	Swiss Cheese Cover die 5911D
AC color card stock	MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks
Scotch ATG

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Bird Cake

Posted on February 20, 2026 9:55 PM by Julie Comment

Someone said cake and this cute little birdie is so excited he can hardly wait. This new bird set is packed with super cute little birds and birthday greetings. Don’t you love his little aviator goggles and scarf?

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1055 we are visiting Essential Stencil & their Pinterest Board. I was inspired by THIS item.

To make my bird birthday card, I colored the bird & branch & die cut them. The two largest Victorian Label dies were used to cut the white & sky printed paper. The large white rectangle looked a little plain so I used a frame embossing folder on it. After determining where I wanted the branch, I used the same label die to cut the left side of it before attaching it. The little bird & greeting were popped up as were 2 label layers,

Here are the Copics I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Sky-High Birthday Birds set

Paper: Staples 110# white, Brass & Bliss: Birthday Bash paper pad

Ink: Memento tuxedo black

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Sky-High Birthday Birds, Victorian Labels dies, MISTI, Sizzix Flourish & Postcard 657666 embossing folder set, Copic markers

Sky High Birthday Birds set 38015	Sky High Birthday Birds dies 38015D	Victorian Label dies 5903D	Birthday Bash paper pad 2402	Sizzix Flourish & Postcard set 657666
MISTI	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Copic Sketch Markers	Memento Inks	Scotch ATG