Oh Happy Day!

Yet another March birthday in the family, so yet another birthday card needed!  My what a busy month...

I finally broke down and bought the Starburst Sayings set, after having seen so many cute cards made with it.  This stamp seemed to shout "FUN", and looked to be the perfect sentiment for a wonderful niece.

I embossed the stamp with black embossing powder, after stamping it in Versamark ink on Whisper White card stock.  I then sponged Pool Party ink all over it, going off the edges.  The image was then cut, using the Starburst framelits, and layered on a circle of black cardstock, cut with my circle framelits. 

And speaking of "bursts", I used the beautiful FREE Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (get some of your own for FREE with a $50 purchase during Sale-a-Bration!) to make this fun sunburst background.  I cut four rectangles of the DSP, cut each of them in half on the diagonal, and then layered them on a scrap piece of paper.  This was then layered on Basic Black cardstock, and I wrapped some Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon around it, tying a little bow.

The whole layer was adhered to a Pool Party base.

And not forgetting the inside:

Some Pool Party dots were stamped across the bottom using Border Banter, and the birthday sentiment from Bring on the Cake was added, using Staz On Ink.  The a coordinating piece of DSP was adhered to my envelope, tying it all together.

Happy Birthday, Abby!

Let's get creating!

A Birthday Gift

I have a colleague who recently had a birthday, and I needed a small gift.  So I sat down at my craft table (over 3 nights) and created a box of cards for her.  Just in case she had  "card emergency" (ever have one of those?  When someone has a birthday and you forgot all about it?)

This was the gift:

Using two sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" Coastal Cabana card stock, I crafted a box.  Cut one piece for the bottom at 7-7/8" x 6-1/2" and score at 1" on all four sides.  Cut the other piece for the top at 8" x 6-5/8" and score at 1" on all four sides.  Snip one line of each corner and fold into a box, using Tombo Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Sticky Strip to hold it together.  

I covered my box using Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper.  The belly band is embossed with the Sophisticated Stripes embossing folder and the Big Shot, and the rosette was cut from the Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die (gotta love that die!  Makes rosettes from 1-12" wide and with two different types of edges!).  Of course, you can't make rosettes without the trusty glue gun and our wonderful Silicone Craft Sheet! 

I finished it all off with a quick banner (Happy Birthday from "Bring on the Cake", stamped in Tangerine Tango) and an In Color Boutique Details button. 

And the best part?  It fits 5 cards/envelopes:

I'll be detailing each card over the next few days, so c'mon back for more!

Let's get creating!