Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday

A fun little card I made for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #139.  The challenge was to use border stamps to make a square.  I used the only border die I had from the Boutique Borders - Baby stamp set.  I also used the Think Big Favorites #12 for the "happy" stamped 3x.  The birthday die is from PTI as well.  I pulled out the Close to My Heart's Whooo's Your Valentine to make a chevron border in the background.  It was painstaking but I like the result. It was a fun challenge and the first one I have done!

Create with your Kids - Happy Birthday card (Part 1)

I needed a birthday card for my mother-in-law and thought it would be fun if Lucas helped me stamp. I started with the white card base and let him stamp owls and hearts wherever he wanted (I did a couple in where needed!). I then layered the white on patterned cardstock and a yellow card.

Both the sentiment and balloons are from a great clear stamp set from Inkadinkado - #60-30444. I stamped the balloons first, cut them out, adhered using glue dots, and added brown string with glue. I also blinged out the sentiment and some dots on the patterned cardstock using Stickles!

Supplies used:
Patterned cardstock: Hobby Lobby open stock
Sentiment and balloon stamps: #60-30444 (Inkadinkad0)
Brown ink: Chocolate (CTMH)
Yellow ink: Yellow Washable 4 Stamp (Ranger)
Glitter: Crystal Stickles (Ranger)
Owl stamp: #115465 (Craft Smart)
Heart stamp, pink ribbon: personal collection

Happy Birthday Pop-Up Card

I am absolutely in love with the new "Premium Pop-Up Cards" SVG kit on svgcuts.com! I visited my mom on Sunday and we worked on the Cricut Expression. The best about her Cricut is that she also uses Sure Cuts Alot. What an awesome tool to turn svg files into works of art!

This Happy Birthday card was made using the pop-up card kit. No guess work involved... the kit includes the cupcake, the scalloped layered piece, the inside pop-up "happy birthday" and even the card and envelope! No measuring or guessing sizes. I then added glitter to the edges of my cupcake's frosting and punched holes in the scalloped layering piece. Once again, I resorted to the good ole' "Say it in Style" Close to My Heart stamp set to stamp "Happy Birthday." The front seemed a little boring so I also distressed the edges of the happy birthday layer and the front of the card itself. Another key addition to this card was the Doublemate paper - light purple on one side, dark purple on the other.... a perfect pair!

It was quite tricky to have the "happy birthday" pop-up fold right when inside the card. In a "TA-DA" moment, Mom and I got it at the same time. Once you get the hang of it though, it is as easy as, well, cupcake? The card does seem thick so I am mailing with 2 stamps just in case.

Making this card motivated me to save up for a Cricut and Sure Cuts Alot.