August Birthdays

There were two special birthdays this week. The first was that of a friend who turned 80 on Monday. He certainly looks a lot younger that his age, and is quite the bridge player. We sang “Happy Birthday” to him on Friday night when we hosted our duplicate bridge group, but I failed to take any photos. Here’s the card I made for him.

It’s a design I first saw on Maile Belle’s blog, and one that always seems appropriate for masculine cards. Here’s another one of similar design I sent out awhile ago, but never posted.

Both cards use die cuts from Papertrey Ink’s “Birthday Cheer” set. The top card is made with a patterned paper by Teresa Collins, and the bottom one with one of Maile Belle’s “Black and White All Over” papers.

Yesterday was Sarah’s birthday. It’s the first year in quite a few that we weren’t around to help celebrate in person. 

She’s not one who likes particularly fussy cards, so I hope the scalloped card (Papertrey’s Noted: A2 set of dies) wasn’t too much for her. I used a stencil brush to add some color to watercolor paper, and then stamped the cupcake from Mama Elephant’s “Carnival Cupcakes.” The sentiment is from their “Carnival Toppers” set. I added some Glossy Accent to the cherry after coloring the image with Copic markers.

Although I’ve used the Papertrey set “Scene It: Celebration” several times, I’d never tried the banner. I stamped it, embossed the greeting, and then cut it out by hand. I love the ombre effect of the stamped banner.