Happy Birthday!

Happy 16th Birthday to my nephew Nathan! A really great kid with a big heart.  This was taken at Virginia Tech where he volunteered in the 3.2 mile Run in Remembrance event. #WeAreVT #NeverForget #HokieBird

Double Diamond Fold Card

Last week was my niece's 16th Birthday and I thought this double diamond fold card from Lisa Curcio at Lisa's Stamp Studio would be really cool and unique. I also made an accompanying St. Patrick's Day card using the same papers and stamps. The best thing about Lisa's card is that it fits in a standard A2 envelope and doesn't require extra postage.

Dragonfly Birthday Cards

This is one of the first stamps I ever bought from SU. For these cards I stamped the image on watercolor paper with archival ink and then used a mixture of watercolors and misting sprays to get the desired effect. No matching die here, just a lot of fussy cutting.

Lawn Fawn Iris Card

The inspiration for this fun Lawn Fawn Iris Card came from Kelly Marie Alvarez's tutorial video. It came out a little wonky but not too bad for my first time. All of the images were taken from the internet. Papers are from SU.

Drive By Birthday

I made these the night before an impromptu drive by birthday. I totally CASE'd the posters from whatever showed up in google (sorry for not linking sources). White poster board was 24"x36", rainbow banners and embellishments were made with 6 sheets of 8.5"x11" cardstock, and  I did all the lettering with Crayola markers.

Social Distancing

Who would have thought the new normal would be Zoom and Houseparty online events to celebrate birthdays? This month there have been many but here are two screenshots of online birthday parties that I hosted. The inspiration for this layout came from My Creative Scrapbook's May Sketch.

Another Bridge Card

I am totally loving this Golden Gate bridge stamp from Etsy. This time I embossed in gold and splattered inside and out with gold ink. Happy 13th Birthday Nathan!

Bridge Card

I purchased this stamp from Etsy for another project and thought it would make a great masculine birthday card stamp.

Happy Birthday!

For fifteen years I have been gifting a photobook to my niece. Over the years I've switched between Snapfish and Shutterfly, and have never been disappointed. This one was made with Snapfish. Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Easel Cards

Yeah, I know it's been a while. This month my mother and my best friend from college celebrated birthdays so I broke out the old easel card. Wow, did I forget how cool these were and how much the recipients love having something that they can sit on their desk or table. Most of the supplies came from my SU stash with distressing courtesy of Tim Holtz. Enjoy!

Birthday Card - Boy

The sea turtles for this card came from a World Wildlife Fund (@World_Wildlife) mailer that I received with 6 complimentary cards and mailing labels. I repurposed the turtles for this card and combined it with some really old Heidi Swapp travel themed paper. Happy Birthday!

Stick It Down - May Layout

Last weekend we celebrated Joe's birthday at The State restaurant. Can you believe he rode his bike 33 miles to the restaurant and didn't even break a sweat? This inspiration for this layout came from Stick It Down's One Page Sketch.

...On Your Special Day

Here is my card for Stick It Down's July Card Sketch. The paper is from Cocoa Daisy and the sentiment is from SU and embossed on vellum.

Show Me the Money

I got the idea for this card from RobbyGurl's Creations. I obviously made a few modifications and stuffed it with $11 for my nephew's 11th Birthday!

Happy Birthday - Celebrate

I made this for my husband and for his love of the outdoors. Here's to another year of adventure.

Happy Birthday - Teenager!

Today my niece is turning thirteen....oh my, how time flies. I got the idea for this card from Di Barnes over at Pinterest. Thank you Di and Happy Birthday Sydney!

Stuck?! Layout #1 (Dec) - Birthday

For this month's sketch from Stuck?! Sketches I used two photos from my birthday celebration last month. Both the show and the dinner were fabulous!

Happy Birthday Card

One of my best friends from high school celebrated her birthday on October 20th. I consider her to be a greeting card aficionado since she works in the card industry.  This card was made using leftover card stock from Cocoa Daisy and the "birthday" sentiment is my own brush lettering using a brushables marker.

 

Happy Birthday - Hummingbird

This cute little guy was created using a 3-step polymer stamp set from SU where each layer of the bird was stamped in a different color with a slightly different image. 

Stuck?! Layout #2 (May) - Friends

Here is my second layout for Stuck? Sketches' May challenge. Although this dinner party took place at a local Mexican restaurant you would never know it from the doily. 😁