Sweetest Birthday Wishes

Hello Blogger Friends! Happy Sunday to you. Hope your weekend is going well.

I went to a Rubber Stamp show yesterday in the Pittsburgh area. I went alone since I don't have any friends locally who are card makers. I had a great time browsing all the vendor products. 

There was even a new vendor there "The Ton". This company has been around for about 7 years, but I just heard of them. They have some really beautiful layering stencils.  I did a make and take with the peony stencil. I loved how it turned out. I did the make and take after I spent the last of my money at her booth. So, I do have some of her items on my wish list. 

Now onto my card for today. This one I created for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. Today for your viewing pleasure I created a birthday card. That seems to be the most needed card of the ones I send. So, I can never have enough of these. I have a big extended family plus the friends I send birthday greetings to.

I am featuring the new Strawberry Treats die. So, let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I wanted to use on my card and then chose my designer paper & card base.  My designer paper and cardstocks are al from Stampin' Up. 

Fresh freesia card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

White border strip: 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Fresh Freesia Designer Paper: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Attached to the card base with double sided tape.

Next, I cut the cake image and the sweetest phrase in colors that complemented the base and designer. Instead of the strawberry that is part of the cake design I decided to add flowers. I didn't think a red strawberry would look good with the shades of purple I was using.

I decided to place the images on a circle. I had this one in my supplies already cut from the Wacky Stitched Circle die. It's the 2nd largest one - approximately 3 1/8". I attached the circle with double sided tape and the images with dimensional adhesive.

To finish off this first card, I attached the sweetest phrase, stamped an additional greeting on a banner and added a few light purple gems.

Well, that's it for me for this Blog post. So until next time......God bless. 

Dies I used to create card:

I am also entering:

1.  A Gem of a Challenge is anything goes. 

2.  Polkadoodles has an anything goes challenge. 

3.  Aud Sentiments has an anything goes with a sentiment. 

4.  Creative Knockouts has a celebrations challenge. 

5.  The Paper Shelter has a birthdays celebration.