Made this just for you!

Happy Thursday....one more day till the weekend!  Yippee!!  Tonight marks the first of three consecutive days of birthday card buffets for me and I thought I'd show you a preview of one of the projects that will be on offer for my guests...

Birthday card featuring the Balloon Bash stamp set and Best Year Ever DSP.

This is a pretty quick and easy card...the toughest part is the fussy cutting of the banner, but more on that later!  I began with a Sahara Sand card base and added a background layer of Best Year Ever Sale-a-bration DSP...yep, you can get it for free!  I added some Coastal Cabana thick baker's twine as a subtle embellishment.  The label is die-cut using the Top Note Bigz die...can you believe that is the very first die I ever bought five years ago??  It seems like such a long time ago now!  I stamped the sentiment from the Ballon Bash set in Soft Suede ink...I love the cheekiness of the #you'rewelcome :)

The banner is stamped in Crushed Curry ink and fussy cut using paper snips.  Not difficult, but, as I said above, the hardest step in this very simple design.  I popped the label up with dimensionals to make it stand out even more.  The only other embellishments on the front of this card are the In-colour sequins that I added for a little bling.

On the inside I stamped another image and sentiment from the Ballon Bash set using Soft Suede ink.  Once again, I stamped a second image in Crushed Curry ink and fussy cut out the solid candles, layering them over the Soft Suede ones.

Before I go I want to share some exciting news with you!  My design for this week's Sunday Stamps challenge was chosen as a top pick over at PPA this week!  A big thank you to the Design Team for the shout out!

Have a thrilling Thursday!!

#Happybirthday

There are so many new products in the Occasions Catalogue that I love it is hard to choose just one.  Near the top of my list, however, is the Balloon Bash set.  Check out this project I designed for my upcoming Birthday Blitz Buffet using this week's colour challenge from PPA:

Birthday card featuring the new Balloon Bash stamp set.

I have to admit that I wasn't too sure about the colour combo of Night of Navy, Wisteria Wonder and Silver, but once I started working with it I really love it!  Who would have thought that they would work so well together??  I began by stamping the balloon images in Night of Navy and Wisteria Wonder ink and then heat embossed the centre one with silver embossing powder.  I added a couple of strips of All Is Calm Washi Tape and some Wisteria Wonder baker's twine.  I added some sliver glimmer stars for some sparkle.  The front panel is matted on Wisteria Wonder card stock and mounted on a Night of Navy card base.

The sentiment label is heat embossed in silver and die cut with the Chalk Talk framelits.  I layered it on a mat that I created using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch...love the way that works!  I just cut a piece of Night of Navy card stock to 2" x 3-1/4" and then punched both ends.  The label die cut label fits perfectly over top.

Inside view with image and sentiment from Age Awareness

On the inside I stamped the ballon and sentiment from the Age Awareness set, which work so well with the ones in the Balloon Bash set.  I love it when new sets work well with ones I already have!

If you haven't yet received your copy of the Occasions Catalogue and the Sale-a-bration Brochure, email me and request a free copy today!  You'll be glad you did!!