Birthday Wishes

I'm so thrilled today! After hosting a Christmas party and crafting 118 holiday cards—plus several sympathy and birthday cards—I finally have a clean craft table again. I’m feeling incredibly proud of that marathon session, but it’s already time to start on January birthdays. Fortunately, I checked the challenges at A Cherry On Top this morning. Their latest sketch saved the day once again, and I’m sure it won’t be the last time!

Birthday Card

 Birthday card for my younger grandson, a lover of all things Sprunki - inspired by this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast Stampers.

Happy Birthday to You

Better Together Koala - Hungry JPEG

Birthday Bundle Quotes - Creative Fabrica

Birthday

 For my brother-in-law's birthday.

Birthday Fun

This card is just items from my stash.

Birthday Card

This is one of my favorite gift card holders I've made - and it won me a cool $10 gift card. 

Loving You Forever

I used Featured Stamper 927 from Splitcoast for inspiration for this card - and recreated the card digitally.  

Flamingos in the Flowers

I got a bundle of flamingos from Creative Fabrica.  I think every one of them is so cool, I'm on a mission to use each one!  This is the time I wish I lived in Florida so I could use them in all my layouts.  LOL! Here is just one card.

Another Card

I was in for a surprise when I looked at my calendar and see that it's only January, and I'm already missing birthdays.  Sorry it was late, Becky!  

Birthday Fire Pit

Since I've been busy for so long, it was a big deal for me to take on a new type of file.  This file is part of the Camp Firefly Kit from SVG Cuts.  It's available in the shop HERE. I took my time selecting papers - not that you can tell from the photo.  LOL!  It was really pleased with how easy it was to assemble.  I used some old southwest paper for the flames....odd pattern, but I do like the variety of flame colors.  

Birthday Bouquet for Featured Stamper

I love playing at Splitcoast Stampers in the Featured Stamper Challenge because there are so many inspirational cards each week....and since I've had no mojo lately, it's always easy to find a simple card to CASE when I need one.  For this card, I used the gorgeous Birthday Bouquet paper from We Are 3. 

I added beautiful branches from Design Bundles and a digital sentiment.

Hope to see you playing with the Featured Stamper someday...each challenge is posted on Sunday...no prizes, but plenty of fun - so what are you waiting for?

A Quickie for Featured Stamper

I've been a busy gal - doing what?  I'm not sure - but it seems that a 24-hour day just is not enough.  So for a few cards I needed, I went to Splitcoast Stampers Featured Stamper for quick and easy cards...and I'm able to knock out a challenge at the same time.  For this CASE, I chose a digital splash and a digital sentiment for a quick birthday card.  The splash behind the sentiment is from Design Bundles.

Of course, I was in a hurry and forgot to note the creator of the sentiment.

New Sentiments in the We Are 3 Etsy Shop

Oooh!  Isn't this a magical new sentiment?  This new set conjures up rainbows, wildflowers, and sunbeams.  I used Wonders & Rainbows and Mosaic Background to create this card.

New Make with Typewriter Embossing Folder

I'm actually several weeks early for our friend Ron's B-day...that's because I received some fun embossing folders for my birthday and had to try one out!   

I hope to come up with some better ideas for this folder, but we'll see how that goes.  This may be the closest embossing foler that brings me back to my roots - that of a typing teacher.  

New Featured Stamper at Splitcoast

I'm joining in the Featured Stamper Challenge with this fun CASE of the Featured Stampers card called Cool Birthday by Gram Jean.  Although I do love all kinds of cards, I really get a kick out of simple ones....so I had a ball with this one.  I couldn't resist the paper.   

Happy Birthday

The digital image is from 2 Cute Ink, and I also used a sentiment from Creative Fabrica.  The sentiment is from the Love Spring Florals bundle.  I colored the image digitally...looks like I got carried away with the shading beneath the cupcake. 

Lust

It's a new Progressive Freebie at The Outlawz, and the image is Lust.  You know I love me some digital coloring - but here's the first hair coloring I can say I'm proud of.  I watched a video that recommended a separate layer and using Gaussian Blur for shadows rather than Dodge/Burn.  Seems to be working out well for me.   

I colored digitally and added a balloon background from We Are 3.

It's a Birthday!

Today I'm sharing a card showcasing a fun pop-up.  My hubby and his golfing buddy haven't been able to be on the course for over two years now - and they are finding it hard to get back in the groove.  For his partner's birthday, I thought a gag gift was in order to get some "home" practice - one of the infamous potty putters.  Of course, I had to include a themed card, don't ya think? 

The toilet was created by Sandy at Simply Crafty - this is her prototype and it fit perfectly as a centerfold pop-up - but can also be made to be a stand-alone card.  I'm sure Sandy will be adding the toilet to her store after completing the file for sharing...be on the lookout.  The sentiments are computer generated - the birthday sentiment popped as well. 

Flamingo Card with Dreaming Tree

My post today features a Flamingo Card from Dreaming Tree.  I'm still working with extremely limited supplies as I've been displaced from my craft room for floor tiling.  

We Are 3

I made this fun birthday layout for the Creative Memories Virtual Crop.  For this album, I'm using the gorgeous digital patterns from the Textured Scenes collection, available in the We Are 3 Etsy Shop.  Bonnie has come up with some fabulous patterns that I just can't resist.  The background paper on this layout is one of the scenes shrunk to form a small patterned design in the background.  I love all the blues!.  As always, I love how the digital papers can be resized to obtain different looks for each project.