Best Day Because It's Your Birthday

 Hello friends.  I am sharing a birthday card I made for a young one at church.  Her birthday is on Valentine's Day so I thought my new Sunny Studio Bighearted Bears with their heart balloons would be perfect for her card.

  I stamped 3 of the bears with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with SU Blends - Poppy Parade, Flirty Flamingo and Bubble Bath for the balloons & roses.  I used Lt. Basic Black & Smokey Slate for the bears.  I blended Balmy Blue ink over Taylored Expressions Cloud Border Die for the sky area; Pear Pizzazz for the grassy area and a little Crumb Cake for the walking path.  I also stamped some grass sprigs along the grassy border.  After die cutting the images, I mounted the bears & balloons with foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment from an older SU set in the sky area.  I mounted this panel to a Poppy Parade panel cut with a Crimped Frame Die by The Greetery, then to the white card base.

I will link to the Double D Challenge since they are featuring hearts.

and to Darnell's NBUS (first time using the new stamp & die set)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Birthday Wishes for Three Challenges

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  

I used Honey Bee Lovely Layers Anemone for the white flower.  I shaped the petals a little before gluing the 3 layers together.  I cut the centers from SU Night of Navy and Lime Green (Recollections). The leaves were also cut from the Lime Green. I embossed the Night of Navy panel with Spellbinders Flowers & Leaves EF, and then swiped over the raised edges with my white ink pad.  It looks like pattern paper to me and I love the look.  I glued the flower on and glued the leaves under the petals. The sentiment is from Poppy Stamps Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script - I did not use the shadow layer. I glued this on the navy panel and then glued the panel to my white card base.  I really like the finished card and it will be going to a friend at church.

I made this one using the Color Hues Challenge - Navy & Lime Green.

Also linking to AAA Birthday Challenge - Winter Birthday. I think it has a wintry look with the white inking on the embossed layer and the white flower and her birthday is in winter.

and to Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge- Use an embossing folder.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Use Kraft & Red

 Hello friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and Glenda wants to see Kraft and Red on our cards.  If you are not in to our "toppings" option, you can just make a birthday card.

We are also welcoming a new Team Member today -Jenny Martin.  Glad to have you with us Jenny.

I used SU Real Red to die cut the Memory Box Riverbank Large Layered Bloom.  It had 3 layers and I cut an extra layer to make the bloom fuller.  After gluing the layers together in the center, I added the die cut center from black, shaped it with my stylus and added it with a dimensional in the center.  I added some sparkle with my Wink of Stella pen.  The leaves were cut with a die from a new SU set  Memorable Blooms dies.  I glued the bloom and leaves to a kraft panel embossed with SU Exposed Brick 3D EF, and then to a white card base.  The sentiment is from Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments stamp & die set, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I mounted it with bits of foam tape.

Now check out all the great cards by the team and our party guests over at Seize the Birthday.  I hope you will join us in this fun challenge.

I am also linking to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterfiles.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday

 Hello friends.  I have a new birthday card to share today.  

I used a new die, Birch Press Splendid Cosmos Contour Layers die for the pretty red bloom.  I die cut it from SU Sweet Sorbet card and layered it together.  The center is cut from scraps of yellow and black.  The leaves for from PTI Into the Blooms: Dahlia cut from SU Old Olive card stock.  I mounted them to a panel embossed with Altenew Natural Wicker Pattern EF and then to a black mat.  The sentiment is cut from SU Wanted to Say dies and glued on in a slant to kind of match the embossing.  I then added it to a white card base to finish my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day and stay warm.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday for Someone Special

 Hello friends.  Today is one of my great-granddaughter's 16th birthday and I am sharing the card I made for her. I have 6 family birthdays in January.

.  I used a balloon die from The Greetery and die cut 3 colorful balloons from yellow, pink, and blue cardstock.  I blended a darker ink around the edges and then stamped a background stamp on the blue and yellow balloons and used a Tim Holtz stencil on the pink balloon.  I die cut the balloon strings from grey cardstock and glued them to the tips of the balloons.  The Basic Beige panel is embossed with SU Forever Plaid EF.  I glued the yellow and pink balloons down and added the blue balloon with foam tape.  The number 16 is stickers from my stash.  The sentiment is from SSS Happiest Wishes and cut with a die from Altenew Featured Sentiments Dies.

I will share this at AAA Birthday. They are looking for winter birthdays but we don't have much winter here in Florida although we are going through a cold spell right now as is the rest of the county. I just went with a normal birthday card.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - Use Something New

 Hello friends.  Hope you all had a good start to the New Year - 2025.  This is Seize the Birthday's first challenge of the new year and Cathy wants to see something new on our cards.

My new items are Altenew  Perfect Gift stamp & dies, and Altenew Basic Plaid 3D EF.  Love the background texture from the EF.   I stamped the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with SU Rococo Rose (ret.) and Granny Apple Green Blends. I added a light yellow center and used my black Micro pen to go over the stamen dots.  I mounted the flower with foam tape.  I used Memory Box Happy Birthday Debut Script die for the sentiment and cut a black layer and a white layer with just the top die layer.  I did not use the shadow die, instead I glued the layers together off setting them for a thin shadow effect.

Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by the team, and our party guests, using something new on their cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Another Anniversary Card

 Hello friends.  I have another anniversary card to share today.  This one is for my sister and brother-in-law; she has already received it so I can post it now.

I used Gina K Designs Blooming Sunflower Stamp & Die set for the pretty flower and colored it with SU Azure Afternoon & Granny Apple Green Blends, with a little yellow in the center.  The white panel is embossed with Spellbinders Deco Holiday EF and mounted to an Azure Afternoon panel.  The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy Anniversary Innies. I stamped it on a white strip, added an Azure Afternoon mat and then to the white panel.  I mounted the flower with foam tape below the sentiment strip.  I colored some clear rhinestones with the Dark Azure Afternoon Blend and added them for a little bling.

I will add this to Just Us Girls Challenge - Die Week.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Anniversary for JUGS Challenge

 Hello friends.  I have an anniversary card to share today.  I need several cards for friends at church so you will be seeing more anniversary cards.  It is Die Week at JUGS and I have used 3 different die sets for this card.

The pattern paper is from SU Timeless Plaid (available Jan. 7) and is cut with SU Scalloped  Contours die set (ret.). The white panel is also cut with the same die set and mounted with foam tape.  The sentiment is from an older Verve set and stamped in Calypso Coral ink.  The flowers are cut from white with an older MFT set, Plentiful Flowers.  Each flower has 2 medium and 1 small flower layered together - there is a larger flower that I did not use. I sponged Calypso Coral ink in the centers before gluing together, and then added a fancy rhinestone to the centers.  The leaves are cut from Old Olive with a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs Floral 10.  I glued the flowers to the left side of the white panel and then glued the leaves under the petals.  I really like the finished card and I think my friends will also.

I will also link to the Triple B Challenge - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies. (I love making floral cards)

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn