Happy Birthday Garden

Today's card features the ever popular Secret Garden stamp set.  This is definitely a go to set that I am not sure how I ever lived without!  This set is so easy to dress up, or dress down - and goes with any sort of greeting.  Today, we have a birthday card that uses the Color Challenge from Pals Paper Arts and the Lunchtime Sketch Challenge at Technostamper.

And here is the card I came up with:

What do you think?  I was surprised at how much I liked it when it was finished.  I really didn't care much for it while it was coming together.  I was sure I'd have to make something else to use for the challenges.

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Have a great day!

What I used:

Secret Garden Stamp Set

Petite Pairs Stamp Set ( On sale 25% off this month!!!!! )

Whisper White Cardstock

Primrose Petals Cardstock

Garden Green Cardstock

Primrose Petals Ink

Garden Green Ink

Primrose Petals 3/8" Satin Stitched Ribbon

Secret Garden Framelits

Ovals Framelits

Honeycomb Embossing Folder

Simple Christmas

I made this card for a challenge over at PPA.  I *love* this fabric!!  I had a lot of fun making this card, I was able to use all of my new favorite things.  The Christmas tree from snow swirled, shimmer paint, fabric and crochet trim!  The challenge was to have a clean and simple card, that uses fabric or ribbon.  I'm not sure on the exact definition of clean and simple - so I'm not sure I qualify there - but I love how this turned out.

I had fun painting my Always Artichoke border with shimmer paint.  I also used the shimmer paint for the dots on the Christmas tree stamp.

Here's what I used:

Snow Swirled Stamp Set

Always Artichoke Classic Ink

Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink

Always Artichoke Cardstock

Cherry Cobbler Cardstock

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

Deck The Halls Fabric

Victoria Crochet Trim

Stampin' Dimensionals

Decorative Label Punch

Top Note Bigz Die

More Birthdays

We know so many people with birthdays coming up, and they *always* catch me by surprise!  I am trying to get ahead of the curve here, and be prepared.  I did this card for the PPA challenge.  When I first saw the inspiration photo, I thought it would be easy peasy to make a card.  WRONG!  I threw out 4 other cards before making this one.  I am very happy with how this turned out - simple and elegant.

Pals Paper Arts #68

Here's what I used:

Sincere Salutations Stamp Set     115068     $23.95 

Rich Razzleberry Classic Ink     115658     $5.95

Perfect Plum Cardstock     101889     $6.95

Whisper White Cardstock     100730     $8.50 (40 sheets)

Basic Jewels Pearls     119247     $4.95

Whisper White Organza Ribbon     114319     $5.95

Decorative Label Punch     120907     $16.95

1 3/4" x 7/8" Oval Punch     119855     $15.95

Brayer     102395     $12.50

Stampin' Dimensionals     104430     $3.95

Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder     119277     $7.95