Day 181: bee birthday wishes card

a simple single-layer birthday card stamped on white cardstock.

Day 162: Stampin' Up Butterfly Birthday Card

made this for the private Swap-bot swap, "Happiest Birthday to us! ♥"



the hydrangea flower is stamped just off centered to the right on the plain blank white cardstock card.  the flower is from the Stampin' Up hostess Because I care set and is inked with marina mist (for the blooms) and old olive (for the leaves).  the butterfly is from the Stampin' Up clear stamp set, Nature Walk, and it's inked with tangerine tango.  the sentiment is from Stampin' Up's happy everything set and was inked in stampin' up's marina mist. 

Day 139: Red, White and Black Happy Birthday Ladybug Card

it's my co-worker's birthday, so i decided to make her a birthday card and found some inspiration in my Take Ten magazine. i used the same red, white and black color scheme, and thought that ladybugs would go good in place of the flowers.

so, i stamped the ladybugs on the top and bottom edges of the card in black and colored them in red.  then i cut the checkered black and white paper to fit in between the borders of bugs.  cut a small rectangle of black glitter paper and centered it in the middle of the checkered paper.  finally, i stamped the happy birthday sentiment from my Stampin' Up happy everything set in black in on plain white cardstock.  i cut the sentiment to fit and trimmed the corners using the Stampin' Up ticket corner punch.  the glitter paper makes it difficult to adhere anything to it, so i punched holes in the middle of the short sides and attached the sentiment using red heart-shaped brads. 

i even bought her a matching Target giftcard. :)  everything is red and black and white!
happy birthday, Erica!

Day 118: Blue Butterfly Birthday Card

my friend, Charlotte's birthday is coming up soon, so i made her a card.



i used a pretty blue butterfly embellishment i got in a grab-bag from Scarlet Lime.
the sentiment is from Stampin' Up's happy everything set and was inked in stampin' up's marina mist.
the top and bottom borders are Japanese paper tape i picked up today from Paper Pastries at Unique LA.   i want to go and buy more stuff tomorrow, too! hahah...  i already spent too much money at all the local merchants...  we'll see if i make my way over there again and find any other wonderful gems, or i can control myself and go to church instead.

anyway, i made a nice card today. :)