Happy Birthday!

Hello! It's Monika here today with a set of birthday cards.
I needed to make some birthday cards so I decided to go Clean & Simple (CAS) and make a number of cards (several of the same designs). 

 

 

I had the Chunky Alpha clear stamp set out on my desk so I incorporated some of the letters into the greeting. It's fun mixing up your greetings and letters... there are so many different ways you can mix n' match images.

On the first card, I masked off the first letter of the words from the Companion Words clear stamp set, and used the letters from the alphabet set to make it more interesting:

 

 

On my second card, I stamped HAPPY with pink ink and stamped birthday with black ink. It game me a nice contrasting look:

 

 

On my last card, I used 2 different stamp sets to stamp out the greeting. Happy was part of a retirement greeting from the Retirement Sentiments clear stamp set, but I masked off the rest of the words:

 

 

I worked with 2 different shades of the same color... one dark and one light...

The cupcake image came from Birthday Bash clear stamp set. It has a coordinating die set (which is not available at the moment), but you can just stamp up the frosting image, cut it out and use that as a template to make the sparkly frosting. I had a bunch die-cut from ages ago so I used those to make several cards.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

 

 

fuzzy pink birthday wishes

Did you see the new release?  I love the new Birthday Word die and wanted to try cutting a piece of felt with it...some fuzzy pink felt!  It looks pretty cute in person!

The word Wishes is from Companion Words and the cupcake was cut with the Birthday Bash dies.  A little scallop border was made with a die from Bookmarks & More.

Thanks for popping in and have a great day!

♥  Diane

 

 

Birthday Bash Cupcake...

Hello! It's Monika here, continuing on my birthday card quest, and showing you another sweet birthday card. I find that I am always in need of birthday cards...
Have I convinced you yet, how much you need these 2 birthday sets: Birthday Word Art and the fabulous Birthday Bash clear stamp sets? If not, here is another card to inspire you to have these in your stash:

I love combining the images from the sets... The colors came from The Color Throwdown #302. The sketch was loosely based on Mojo Monday #355.

 The frosting was die-cut with a die from the coordinating Birthday Bash die set. To embellish my card, I made a butterfly, stamping the image from Majestic Monarchs clear stamp set on vellum, and heat embossing it with white embossing powder. The image then was die-cut with the coordinating die from Monarch die set. I also used Borders & Backgrounds die set...

...and here are some of my previous cards, using the same birthday stamp sets, but with different colors:

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

You're How Old

Hi there is Ceal here to share a card using the Birthday Word Art set.  This is such a fun set to ink up. I used the Birthday Bash die set to make my balloons and ran them thru different embossing folders. For my background I took the number image and stamped it three times but not reining to get the ombre effect.  last I tied some head around them for the string. 

Birthday Word Art...

Hello! It's Monika here today bringing you a birthday card that's perfect for the summer. The color combination came from Split Coast Stampers (CC486). I was drawn to the bright colors right away.

I wanted a clean and fairly simple design that can be re-produced easily. It has a little bit of stamping, die-cutting... my favorite flower/thread embellishment... and we can't forget the rhinestones. 

The images came from the new Birthday Word Art, What's Up? and the fabulous Birthday Bash clear stamp sets. The frosting was die-cut with the coordinating Birthday Bash die set.

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika

Play. Laugh. Repeat.

Hello!  Today I have 2 different cards.  I love this image in the first one!  Play. Laugh. Repeat... what a great sentiment to accompany the awesome silhouettes in the set called His Child.  I adore the playful nature of this set!

The second card was for my neice who turned 16.  The cupcake dies are so fun to play with!  I also used a Mini Tag die and "sweet" is from Mini Tags and Sentiments.

Have a great Monday!

♥  Diane

Birthday Cupcake

Hello! It's Monika here today, bringing you a birthday card.

What a fabulous release we had this month. Did you have a chance to check out all the awesome stamps and dies?

One of my favorites are the Birthday Bash clear stamp set and coordinating Birthday Bash Die set.

I love the cupcake images and dies. They are so easy to use and you can mix 'n match them as you please.

On today's card, I stamped the bottom of the cupcake and die-cut the frosting and the 'muffin' part.

First I stamped the cupcake 'liner' on the tag... then I stamped the tag with Music Background clear stamp using VersaMark ink... and heat embossed it with clear powder. Next I sponged some light blue ink around the edges and spritzed dark blue ink on top. 

I really like the sweet tag dies (Mini Tags Die set) from the April release so I just had to through some tags on the card... as embellishments... 

With so many images to choose from, you can easily find something to stamp inside of the card. I used a sentiment from the brand new Birthday Innies clear stamp set along the balloons from the Birthday Bash set and another die-cut tag. 

The sketch came from The Sweet Stop, SSS205. Please stop by and see what the Sugar Babies came up with using the fun sketch this week. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Monika