Birthdays

There were a lot of birthdays to celebrate in August, but I ran out of blogging time so I’ll be sharing three of them here today.

The first one was cased from Stephanie of Clearly Besotted Stamps. I loved the cut out clouds and knew they would work with balloons as well as a kite.

All the papers and stickers came from the July Simon Says Card kit. 

Since my grand-nephew was celebrating his birthday right around the time he was here visiting at Conesus Lake, a nautical card seemed in order.

The card is one I’ve had in my stash for years, and I can’t remember who manufactured them. They came pre-embossed and I bought several pack of them. 

This card is really one of the most versatile around. By changing the colors of the cardstock and candles you could create a card for almost anyone. I loved Papertrey’s new birthday set, Wishes Come True, as soon as I saw it because along with the candles the sentiments are perfect for men, women, or children.

I added some glitter to the flames with my Gelly Roll Clear Star glitter pen, the quickest and cleanest way to add some glitter.

Card Recipe #1:
Cardstock: Robin Egg’s Blue (Bazzill ), Soloar White (Neenah)
Patterned paper: Sweet Shop (Lily Bee) 
Stickers: Sweet Shop (Lily Bee)
Dies: Balloon Bash & Clouds (PTI) 

Card Recipe #2
Card from stash
Patterned papers: Bitty Dots (PTI)
Stamps: sailboat from Celebrate (Unity), sentiment (Stampendous)

Card Recipe #3
Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Scarlet Jewel (PTI)
Stamps: Wishes Come True (PTI), Tilted Banners (Simon Says)
Die: Tilted Banners (Simon Says)