Happy Birthday Cards

After seeing Brenda's (sweet as a gumdrop) beautiful card, I had to try the format since she so generously supplied the dimensions. With the Martha Stewart scoreboard and Tim Holtz clear ruler (both available at Ben Franklin Crafts), making the card base was not hard at all. I started with an orange 12x12 cardstock (will make two cards) and used a Bo Bunny printed (on both sides) Happy Birthday cardstock for the panels. Using Merikan tape made the work quicker because there was no drying time. The monster, balloon, and word stamps are from a Hero Arts clear stamp set. Because the balloon strings were too thin to cut out I replaced them with black wire. The images are raised up on pop dots which makes them stand out from the busy designs on the cardstock. Although you can't really tell, I glued googly eyes on all of the monsters.

This second card is a partially recycled one. Sometimes when I receive a non-handmade card that is too pretty to throw out even after having it on display for months, I cut off the front and attach it to a plain card front. Then I try to dress up the card to make it more personal and send it to someone else. This way I get to be creative, it doesn't take too much time, and I feel good about recycling. I added the Birthday Anya (The Greeting Farm) stamped image which I colored, cut out, and glittered. Thanks for visiting my blog site. I hope you saw something that made you stay awhile and read about my creations. If you have a blog site, please leave a comment so I can visit you too.