Birthday Cards

Hi Everyone!

I have been sitting here working on an accordion card that I will share with you some other time.  I have just decided that I am crazy, completely crazy.  I have been setting unrealistic goals for myself that create stress and pressure that I do not need or want.  I won't bother going into details.  Just by putting that in print I have released some of the stress I have been feeling lately. 

Before I head off to bed I will share a few of the birthday cards I have created recently.  Here's the first one.

Hmm, there's a pink tint to that photograph that isn't a true reflection of the card.  The tag that the flowers and sentiment are stamped on are white, not pink.  I rediscovered how relaxing it is for me to watercolor with my distress ink pads.  You cannot tell by the photograph but I brushed a coat of clear wink of stella over the watercolor in each of the vases.  It made them sparkle and added a nice touch to the card.

 

I found the cake sticker on this card in the clearance section at Michaels.  It was made by K&Company and came with 2 other stickers.  You pull on the little tab along the side of it and the flames on the candles "get blown out". 

 

 

I don't use my Nestability dies as often as I should.  I used them to create the circles that you see on this card.  The card came together so quickly that I realized I should be using those dies more often.

 

That's all I have for tonight.  I am heading to bed.  Will hopefully stop by again tomorrow.

Carol





Happy Birthday, Gayle

Hi Everyone!

I cannot believe that I haven't posted in over a month.  It was a long and busy month.  I am back today to share a card that I made last night for my friend Gayle.  Today is Gayle's birthday. 

The inspiration for her card came from a combination of cards on Pinterest and some Hero Arts bird stamps that are displayed in front of me.  I didn't use those stamps, but instead pulled out some of my circle and heart punches and played with them.  I also pulled some party hats out of my birthday embellishments clear container and got to work. 

I started out by arranging the circles and hats onto a piece of 4" x 5.25" white tag.  I didn't attach them to the card at that time.  When I was satisfied with the arrangement I stamped the sentiment and embossed it.  Next I added legs to the circles.  Then I ran the tag through a Sizzix birthday embossing folder and attached it to a blank red card. 

Then I glued the circles to the tag and attached the hat stickers.  I cut punched out hearts in half to create a wing for each bird.  I added some wiggly eyes and used tiny scraps to create beaks. 

Here's the card.

Happy birthday Gayle!

Have a great day!
Carol

Happy Birthday Jeanne

Hi Everyone!

Can't believe that it is already 9 PM.  The past 5 hours of this day really flew by.  We celebrated Jeanne's birthday tonight even though her birthday is tomorrow.  Marie made her the most awesome cake.  We found the inspiration for it on Pinterest. 

 

I used stamps from 2 of my favorite companies to create Jeanne's card, Denami Designs and Lockhart.  It's a small tri-fold card.  Here's the first panel.

 

 

As you can see in the picture "Mimi" has been shopping and is adding more packages to her stack of gifts.

 

Panels 2 and 3 show even more packages being stacked.

 

 

And here's the sentiment in the card along with the gift cards that are layered onto the card.

 

 

 Happy birthday, Jeanne!

 

Enjoy the day everyone.

Carol

 

Welcome Lucy Grace

Good Morning Everyone!

I thought I'd write a quick post before I do some major cleaning.  Since the card I made last night is sitting next to me I snapped a picture of it and decided to share it today.  I made it for a friend who is hopefully too preoccupied and busy to read my blog today.  If you are reading it, Janet, you'll get the real card in a day or two!

Yesterday my dear friend Janet became a grandmother for the second time.  Her daughter Emily and son-in-law Brian's second daughter was born yesterday.  Her name is Lucy Grace.  Sadie will meet her baby sister today. 

Here's the card.

 

I know that I used a sketch that I use way too often, but the side of the card is different.  It was inspired by a post by Vicki Boutin on the Scrapbooks and Cards Today blog at this link.

Congratulations to Janet and her family.

Have a wonderful day!
Carol

Birthday Gift Bag

Good Morning Everyone!

Cards, gift bags, gift tags, mini cards, and boxes - I've been making them all lately and I am having trouble keeping up with what I need.  Maybe it's because it's a season of milestones...one friend turned 70 and at the other end of the spectrum 2 babies have turned one.  Robbie and Jeanne have July birthdays.  Paula and Pam will turn 50 in September.  The 4th of July was a time to give something to Annie, Bob and Jan. 

Yesterday I spent a few hours organizing my supplies...again.  I updated the lists I keep of sentiments on my clear stamps, cut sample swatches of my embossing folders, cleaned and reorganized some of my drawers, and did my usual cleaning and dusting of everything in this little corner of my world. 

I bought a package of 13 blank Kraft bags and have been decorating them as I need them.  I finished a gift bag for the party I am attending later today. I'm very happy with the results. 

 

I used a clip art image as the pattern for my cupcake.  I ran the "cupcake wrapper" through my crimper to give it texture and to make it look more realistic.  The "frosting" is attached to the bag with foam tape.  I added tiny pearls to the frosting.  The candle is a piece of a straw and the flame is a dimensional sticker. 

 

Inside the bag is a gift box I made that is filled with thank you cards.  I have shared many of them with you. 

 

Have a nice day!

Carol

 

Under the Weather

Hi Everyone!

I purchased the Denami Design's Polka Dot border stamp at the West Springfield Stamp Show last month.  I knew it would be a stamp that I would use again and again.  When I saw this week's CAS-UAL Friday "polka dots" challenge I knew it was time to ink up my stamp and get to work.  I stamped onto pink. blue, and orange tag.  Then I used some cloud dies and cloud punches to create some clouds.

I created the sentiment for my card on my computer.  I stamped a
Denami Design's large umbrella onto my card and onto a scrap of yellow polka dotted Memory Box tag.  I fussy cut the top of the umbrella and adhered it to my card.  Then I added my clouds to the card.  The blue one is attached to the card with foam tape so that the umbrella is truly "under the weather. 

This card also meets the color combo challenge for the Summer Card Camp 2 online card class I joined on Monday. 

Enjoy your day!
Carol

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

Good Morning Everyone!

I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep.  I went onto my computer and saw this week's CAS-UAL Fridays challenge, "Polka Dots".  Now I really couldn't fall back to sleep as the lyrics to the song "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" crept into my mind.  I knew I had the perfect Lawn Fawn stamp that I could use to create a polka dot bikini for the challenge.  The stamp is from Lawn Fawn's "Swimsuit Season" clear stamp set.

I created the sentiment on my computer.  I stamped the bikini onto my A2 card and onto a scrap of yellow Memory Box polka dot paper.  I fussy cut the yellow bikini and adhered it onto the stamped image.  And that's my card.  Clean and simple. 

Have a great day!
Carol