A {Happy 5th Birthday} Card...

Hey there!  Sunlight was not on my side when I took this photo today.  The sun was out in full force so that's why my card has some shadows.  I think you can get the gist though.

My card is a CASE of this card I found on Pinterest.  I loved the layout and tried to recreate it based on the supplies I have on hand.  This card is for my nephew, so I wanted to keep it as boyish as possible.

Here's a close-up of the center panel.  Ugh, those shadows.

Have a great day!

{Happy 5th Birthday}

Stamps: Background Basics 1, Number Blocks, Circles Plus, Trendy Tags 2 (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Such a Gray-cious Host, Trendsetter Blue, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Ink: Dare to Be a Diva Red, True Blue Fan (CSS), White

Dies: Numbers, Tags 2 (CSS)

Accessories: Navy Blue/White Twine (CSS), Foam Dots, Circle Punch

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A Confetti {Congrats} Card...

I've been seeing these "confetti" cards popping up all over the blog-o-sphere!  I thought I would finally take a stab at it.  It was unintentional, but my card turned out pretty masculine looking.

Once I had all the circles punched, I simply smeared a little glue over a one wide strip of the card.  I sprinkled the larger circles first and then the smaller ones.  I saved the small black ones for last since they were a sort of accent.  

The sentiment is popped up on foam dots.  Now we wait and see if all the confetti holds up, fingers crossed!

Have a great day!

{Congratulations}

Stamps: Circles Plus, All Occasions 1 (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Such a Gray-cious Host, Orange You Fabulous, Perfect Little Black Dress, Say Yellow to All Your Fans (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Circle Punches, Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dots

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A {Happy Birthday} Card...

Hey friends!!!  You can't ever have too many birthday cards, right?  I made this super simple card today to share with you.  This card would be very quick to recreate, most of the time is spent wiping the ink off the stamp so you can use it again for the next color of ink.

This card would have come together a lot faster, but I spend a lot of time making a skinny rectangular panel for the sentiment that I was going to adhere to the lower right side of the card.  I got so frustrated about what color it should be, etc, that I finally just stamped the sentiment on the card, AND I LOVE IT!!!  Clear & Simple Stamps have the best black ink (Perfect Little Black Dress), just sayin'.

This card is one layer, which doesn't happen very often for me, but I love when it does happen.  

Thanks for popping in, have a wonderful weekend!!!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Circles Plus, All Occasions 1 (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Glamazon Green, Green With Envy, Orange You Fabulous, Paint the Town Pink, Creamsicle Cardigan, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

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A {Class of 2012} Grad Card...

Hello!  As soon as I received the Number Blocks stamps set from CSS, I couldn't wait to start making graduation cards using the colors of the local high schools.  I love to personalize cards!  This card features green and white, which are the colors of my alma mater.  I think I get the love of the color green from a different place though, not high school.

The number stamps are so bold against the green because I used white embossing powder.  How fun!  This powder even had bits of glitter in it for an extra special kick.

Have I told you lately how much I adore Glamazon Green?  Well, I do!  The End.

Have a great day!

{Class of 21012}

Stamps: Number Blocks, Circles Plus (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Glamazon Green (CSS)

Ink: Glamazon Green, From an Anonymous Source (CSS), White

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Foam Dots

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A Crafty {Happy Birthday} Card...

Hello!  This card started with inspiration from a card I found on Pinterest.  I won't even link it because my card looks NOTHING like it.

I started out with the background and the colored circle punches, then I got stuck.  I picked out the sentiment from "Craft Room Sentiments" and saw the button stamp, once I stamped the buttons on the circle punches (that were already glued in place) there was no turning back.

So, I decided to incorporate the jar of buttons, even though I didn't have the exact matching colors.  I finished up the card and then took the jar of buttons off, dipped the jar in versamark and clear embossed it.  I gives the look of glossy accents without the drying time.  Here's a look:

In the end I think this card is just so-so, KWIM?  

Have a great day!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Craft Room, Craft Room Sentiments, Circles Plus (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, Coral Necklace, Orange You Fabulous, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)  

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Orange You Fabulous, Simply Blue-tiful, Paint the Town Pink, From an Anonymous Source (CSS)

Accessories: Circle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Foam Dots

Copics- R85, B95, W1, Y38 

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Clear & Simple Stamps: Group Project

Each year Pantone, the leading color enthusiasts of the design industry, selects the coveted color of the year. For 2012, the lucky winner is Tangerine Tango...better known around CSS as Orange You Fabulous.  For this month's group project, we are working with the color orange! 

I had so much fun creating this card for my niece.  I started off by stamping the entire card base using a stamps from Circles Plus with Orange You Fabulous ink.  I covered the center of the card with a piece of cream card stock.  I stamped the sentiment on this piece of cream card stock using the same ink.  


I created a panel using Creamsicle Cardigan with the numbers from the new Number Blocks set.  

Orange Baker's Twine added a nice finishing touch.  I can't wait to give this too my niece, but I hope I remember since her birthday is in July.


Be sure to check out the rest of the Orange You Fabulous creations:

• Lori
• Jax
• Kim
• Tracy
• Laurie
• Jennifer
• Denise
• Laura
• CSS

Have a great day!

{12 Fabulous Years}

Stamps: Circles Plus, Number Blocks (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, Creamsicle Cardigan (CSS)

Ink: Orange You Fabulous (CSS)

Accessories: Orange Baker's Twine (CSS), Foam Dimensionals, Mini Hole Punch  

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A {40 and Fabulous} Card...

Hello!  I made this card for a challenge.  It's been a while since I've participated in one of those.  It's for this week's Runway Inspired Challenge.   I chose to use the colors of the clothing on my card.  I ended up loving the layout of the card, but I'm not quite to keen on the color combo, which I don't necessarily understand in the clothing either.  

Maybe next time I'll be inspired by the feel or the elements used in the clothes themselves.  Thinking about it now, I should have used RUFFLES!

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Have a great day!

{40 and Fabulous!}

Stamps: Circles Plus, Number Blocks (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Your Style Blue Me Away, Paint the Town Pink, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Ink: Your Style Blue Me Away, Paint the Town Pink, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Accessories: Rhinestones (Recollections), Stamping Sponge, Foam Dots

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