Happy Birthday twice over...

 

I made these very simple birthday cards recently as I was beginning to clean the mess on my desk from making Valentines. I'm easily distracted by a scrap of paper here and a die left laying there. I think to myself, "I'll just quickly turn that into a card...," and two hours later I've made several cards and the desk is still a mess!

This first card came about when I spied a strip of pretty pink, dotted paper that was 12" long and slightly less than 2" wide. I saw that two lengths of it would nicely fill an A2 card front with a little space inbetween them.

I cut the balloon sentiment from pink cardstock and inked the edges. Then I add some thin foam strips to the backside of the letters to pop them up on the card front. 

The point where all the strings come together was glued directly to the card front. I added a faux enamel dot at the very end of the strings with Nuvo Drops.

The stamped sentiment was die-cut from white cardstock with a two-part die that included the frame and the inner sentiment section. I cut it again from pink cardstock and used the pink frame around the white section. 

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside.

I started with a blue A2 cardbase for this card and added some DSP matted with white cardstock.

I cut the balloon image out of glossy white cardstock and popped it up.

The point where all the strings come together was again glued directly to the cardfront, with a holographic star glued to the very end.

I also added a scattering of those stars around the rest of the cardfront.

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside of this card.

This balloon die is great to have in my crafting tools for some quick-to-make birthday cards. Popping up the letters adds some nice dimension and makes the cards a bit more special.

We had a wonderful weekend, weather-wise. It truly felt like spring, with temps in the 50s. I know it's going to get cold again with snow in the forecast for this week, but that glimpse of spring has definitely lifted my spirits.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl