Birthday Card Fun

This time of year is always busy, yet fun in our home.

We have several daughters and a son, and three of my daughters' birthdays are within about 2 weeks of each other. My twins' birthday is March 26, and then their younger sister's birthday is April 12th. 

So since there are some celebratory events coming soon, I thought now, would be the perfect time to make their birthday cards.

 I try to hand make my girls' cards each year, then after the birthday fun is over, I mount them in their scrapbooks, as a focal point on the page, to help create the memory along with a few pictures of the day. 

Here is the "Pink Card" that I made for one of the twins.

The main image is "Kidz Birthday Balloons" by Bugaboo Stamps. 

For the "Pink Card", I used Pixie and Canary cardstock for several of the layers and "Gimmie Some Sugar" patterned paper also by Close to my Heart.

The sentiment is from Sweet Birthday stamp set by Close to my Heart and is stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

I also entered the "Pink Card" into a few challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog-Challenge #140 Circles

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge - #14 Anything Goes with Bugaboo Image

Craftliners Challenge - #48 Use Circles

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge -#63 Anything Goes

Papercraft Business Challenge -#4 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -Girl Power

Word Art Wednesday - #324-#325 Anything Goes 

Joy Clair - March Challenge Anything Goes 

Your Scrapbook Place - March On With Paper Nest Dolls

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - #107 Anything Goes 

A Quick Birthday Card For A Little Boy...

Today's card is a quick little card I whipped up in literally a few minutes.

I utilized a few layers of cardtsock, a few circle punches, and two of my favorite stamp sets. 

I utilized the party hat stamp from Sweet Birthday and the greeting on the inside from Birthday Sparkles both from Close to my Heart. 

I colored in the little birthday hat with my ShinHan Markers, and popped it up on the 3-D Foam Tape. 

I also stamped a few party hats with VersaMark Ink to create a subtle background. 

I stamped the inside greeting with Tuxedo Black Ink by Memento.

I submitted the card to a few challenges as well:

Pile It On! Challenge #133 For A Child
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog Wednesday Add A Sentiment
CAS on Friday #114 Birthday
That's Crafty Challenge Blog Only Cards
Through The Craftroom Door Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog #342 Anything Goes