A Trio of Birthday Cards

Hi all - busy week! I'm here with three birthday cards, starting with those sent to the two Diva sisters who had birthdays on February 21. First up, the card for Arlene (A Bit of This and That):

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane pastel A2 card;

My Favorite Things Orange Sherbet plaid; 

Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain; scrap of black

Stamp w/die - SCT With Love kit

Die - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Press Plate w/die - Spellbinders A Little Message Sentiments

Other - Copic Markers; upcycled card; foam tape

I had an extra stamped floral image left after the With Love online event I did in February. You can see other cards from the event HERE if desired. I colored the image with Copics, including red which is Arlene's fave. I die cut it with the coordinating die and cut it in half. 

Next I die cut a plaid stitched rectangle and adhered it to an A2 card. Glued an embossed panel trimmed from an upcycled thank you card I received. Sorry, the texture doesn't show in the photo. I glued 1/2 of the floral image on either side of the embossed panel and popped on a Betterpressed birthday sentiment.

Next, the card for Cindy (Escape to Stamping):

I had some leftover floral bits trimmed off a With Love event card & was determined to use one. I added it to a soft grey panel matted in black. Another pastel A2 card with a smaller plaid panel (same MFT pad), a BoBunny dotted strip, & Betterpressed sentiment (from the same set as above) finished the card.

Did you wonder where my Craft Roulette card from last Friday went? Well, here it is! I created it during the show & managed to get it into the LIVE - love doing that!

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane A2 card; scraps

Stamps - Divinity Designs Mini Tag Sentiments

Dies - My Favorite Things Ride the Wave (retired),

Warm & Fuzzy (retired), & Coffee Cup

For Craft Roulette 257, host Mary Gunn FUNN had the owner of Riley and Company, 

Tanya Kostynuk (‪@rileyandcompanyonline‬) who started out as a Stampin' Up demonstrator 25 years ago. The wheel gave us some easy parameters:

• Project - Birthday Card: I made a bday card for a friend.
• Colors - Succulent Garden: I found colors online HERE.
• Element - Wave: I used a wave die set.
• Random - Add a Mug: I used a die cut mug.

I find it easiest to grab die sets if I want to get my card made and uploaded during the show. I pulled out an MFT set I bought quite a while ago but had never used before and it's already retired!! Perfect for the wave element. I also had an MFT set with a mug & found a third set with a little heart to put on the cup. Stamped a birthday sentiment & done!! I kept it simple since this will go to a guy. The wave dies were newly used so I'll add this card to Darnell's March NBUS Challenge #72. I made it last week so it doesn't fit into her IDEAS project but I'll have one to share tomorrow.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping and happy crafting!!