Happy Birthday - Day 3

Whew!  Half way through the week...

Today's card is so simple!  It's also so cute!!!

The best part of it all is that it was so simple to create!

I started off with a Whisper White card base of 8.5 x 5.5" folded in half.  I then put a pop of color with the Raspberry Ripple cut at 5.25" x 4".  Another layer of Whisper White cut at 3.75" x 5".  The banners are cut from the Designer Series Paper (DSP) Polka Dot Paper.  I'm not very good at creating the same size, shape or even the depth of the cut time after time.  But Stampin' Up knew that and created Framelits for me!!!  I used the Bitty Banners Framelits and cut one from each color of DSP. 

There is a matching stamp set!!!  It's Itty Bitty Banners.  It has a variety of sayings - Happy Birthday, Congratulations, Sweet Baby, Love You, Thank You, and For You.

The sentiment is stamped, the Framelit lined up and run through the BigShot....easy!  I then popped up the sentiment using Dimentionsals.

Many Blessings....Cathy

Sunflower Birthday....

And this week wouldn't be complete without a Birthday Card... I made this card for my beautiful Daughter-in-Law.  She loves all things Sunflower!

To make this card, I used the Floral Frames Edgelits and cut the largest flower and ran it through the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder from last year's Holiday Catalog.  This folder is still available to order (check out the Spring Catalog, page 36).  I then sponged the embossing with a Daffodil Delight ink.

The next layer used Daydream Medallions stamped in Daffodil Delight on the same color cardstock.  I then used the Floral Frames Edgelits to cut this image out. 

The last layer is the 2.5" punch of Early Espresso, run through the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  I layered these together with Dimensionals and added the Happy Birthday greeting.  This great greeting is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set and I used the matching Bitty Banner Framelits! So cute and so simple....

Hope you've enjoyed the cards this week....I'm so glad to be back!

Many Blessings....Cathy