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Birthday cards blog hop with the Fun n Crafty Stampers
I’m so excited to be participating in the Fun n’ Crafty Blog Hop this month! We are celebrating birthdays and sharing cards and project ideas to help you with those celebrations any time of the year! You know they are coming! 🙂
And it is fitting because today is my Mom’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Mom!!
This is one of the 5 cards from my Birthday Card Bash Class to Go and I love it! I was inspired by a fellow talented demonstrator Kriss Huels and thought my local stampers would love this card and so I had to recreate it! Plus I was dying to use my Best Year Ever designer paper and this was a fun combination, don’t you think?
Tips for making this card:
- Don’t be afraid to use your designer paper! Grab a paper pack – or get this one FREE during Sale-a-Bration with your $50 order – and then pick two patterns and mix away! You may find a pattern you weren’t a fan of in the 12×12 size looks great in a smaller piece.
- Don’t you love this new Flower Medallion punch and matching Petal Potpourri stamp set? I love that the flower set ranges from simple and modern to lacy and elegant. This clean shape goes great on any style of card. Plus get the punch and stamp set together in a bundle and save 15% off both while you are at it!
- Make a simple leaf for your flower by punching an Extra Wide Oval from your Coastal Cabana cardstock and then scoring and folding down the middle. Easy, peasy, done!
- Don’t forget the 7/8″ scallop circle punch matches perfectly the smaller flower shape in the Petal Potpourri stamp set! It makes a great finishing touch to your flower.
- Use one of your designer buttons (or one of the buttons from the FREE Best Year Ever Accessory Pack during Sale-a-Bration) and tie some white baker’s twine through for a little extra pizzazz on your card.
Quick Sale-a-Bration Bundle Idea for you:

I didn’t get a chance to get more cards up, but you can get some sneak peek ideas of other fun birthday cards you can create at home by checking out my image for my Birthday Card Bash class below!
Check out the wonderful and talented ladies who joined me on this blog hop!
They also have great ideas to share with you and so hop along and enjoy the inspiration!
Fun & Crafty Blog Hop
Stacey L. of A Work of Carte
Pam W. of Stinky Tofu
Tobe B. of The Craft Sea
Jennifer B. of Northwest Stamper
Susan S. of Stampin’ By The San Francisco Bay

Here is the teaser photo for my Birthday Card Bash Class… so you can get a few more ideas!
Or, get your own project kit and make these cards at home! SIGN UP HERE.
Project Supplies Used:
Easy shopping anytime! Click the images below to see the item in the online store.
Use Hostess Code 9CYWBHVC to receive a free gift from me when you place your order!

Petal Potpourri Wood Bundle
Price: $37.95

Petal Potpourri Clear Bundle
Price: $31.25

Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set
Price: $23.95

7/8″ Circle Scallop Punch
Price: $12.95

Extra-Large Oval Punch
Price: $16.95

Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper
Price: $0.00

Best Year Ever Accessory Pack
Price: $0.00

Crisp Cantaloupe 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
Price: $6.95

Coastal Cabana 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
Price: $6.95

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock
Price: $8.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Hello Honey Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin’ Pad
Price: $5.95

Twine Baker’s Whisper White
Price: $2.95

Glue Dots
Price: $4.95

Stampin’ Dimensionals
Price: $3.95
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March 4, 2015
Bright Birthday Card with Celebrate Today and Sale-a-Bration Accessories
Did you catch my Occasions Catalog walkthough video? If you did, you saw me showing this card when I talked about both Sale-a-bration products as well as the Celebrate You stamp set and framelit bundle. It was my first time playing with this set and I just had too much fun!
Tips for making this card:
- If you like the Celebrate Today stamp set, then you definitely should go for the bundle! You get framelits to cut out almost all of the shapes including those cute balloons (and pennants, which I didn’t in this card, but could have). Plus you save money in the process.
- When picking colors for your card, pick your papers or your accessories to get inspiration from. In this case, I reached for my Best Year Ever (FREE) Sale-a-Bration accessory pack and used the ribbons and buttons. So, the rest of the card was centered around those colors – Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, and Coastal Cabana
- Don’t be afraid to go “off the page”! I let my elements (like the sentiment and the balloon) have their edges peek over the edges of my white layer. This gives the card more interest and keeps it from being too stiff.
Get those buttons and ribbons free!
You can only get them for free (that’s the best price, right?) and you can do it one of two ways:
1. Place a $50 order in my online store and you can pick their bundle as your free Sale-a-Bration item
  OR
2. Purchase my I WANT IT ALL Product Sampler from me. As a bonus for getting the full shebang (all for only $26 for all the papers and accessories in the catalog) you’ll get a sampler of these ribbons, buttons AND the coordinating designer paper! Sweet right?
Have fun and enjoy the new goodies!
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January 8, 2015