Happy Birthday Cards, CAS, Cupcake Cards!

 

These Birthday Cards were created using many of my "OLDIES." They are CAS, Clean and Simple.

(Spellbinders pierce, cut and emboss dies, Birthday embossing folder, an old acrylic set of Birthday stamps, Stamping' Up paper punches for the hanging tags, craft thread for the little bows, colored pencils, copic markers, etc.)

 

 

 

 

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CAS Valentine, Birthday and Thinking Of You Cards.

A Valentine card featuring Tim Holtz Bird Crazy images 

and a watercolor background with a little splatter.

 

Watercolored flowers from an acrylic set.

 

Watercolor background, Stampin Up' sentiment tag and butterfly from an old acrylic set.

 

 

Watercolor flower from an acrylic set and Stampin' Up sentiment.

 

Old Spellbinders Piercing die.

 

Wild watercolor background!

 

 

Pinterest idea, my thanks to the original creator!

 

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Birthday Cards, Clean and Simple!

As you can see, these birthday cards are clean and simple and easy to do. Some feature teabag folding which was created by stamping a symmetrical image four times  on  pink copy paper and doing a simple teabag fold and then gluing four pieces together. The Martha Stewart happy birthday punch was also used, as well as cuddle bug embossing folders. 

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Birthday Cards With Alphabet Stamps! Individualized Birthday Cards!

Here are six birthday cards created using the Martha Stewart HAPPY BIRTHDAY paper punch and Stampin' Up paper punches for the corners and the alphabet.  Images are from the NOSTALGIQUES alphabet set, Emerson, Inky Antics, and All Night Media. A Score Board was used to score the lines on the second layer. Each card has a touch of fiber, either embroidery floss or twine. This completes the birthday cards for 2014 and now onto the Christmas cards.

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Birthday Cards, CAS Clean and Simple

These two birthday cards were created for a husband and wife. They both have birthdays on the same day in October. He's vertically enhanced (TALL) and she is vertically challenged (SHORT)! He gets the tall jack-o -lantern and she gets the short one.

Martha Stewart paper punches and Stampin' Up images.

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EASY-EASEL BIRTHDAY CARDS! CLEAN AND SIMPLE AND FAST!

While visiting a favorite blog, I found this EASY EASEL card idea.  The link and all the directions are below and I can take no credit for this EASY EASEL folded card.  It is fast, clean and simple.  I needed some birthday cards for the end of the year and made quite a few using this pattern.  Here are a few of what I created using this new fold.

Hope you try it. 

Many thanks to Lee Ann Greff 

http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/08/kind-cosy-easel-card.html

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Easy Easel Card

http://flowerbug.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/08/kind-cosy-easel-card.html

Here are LeeAnn's directions:

It starts out a normal size card, 5 1/2" X 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".  Then on one side of the fold you'll cut 1 1/2" from the fold line to the end of the card.  Do the same to the other side.  Now you have 3 cuts with the center one being 2" wide.  The back of the card remains intact. I ran the cut side through the Chevron or Stylish Stripes embossing folder.  You can emboss it before or after you cut it doesn't really matter. 

After stamping your inside White layer you'll adhere it to the center and then glue the outside flaps down.  Then fold that center 2" easel flap in half to create the easel. 

Of course it folds flat for mailing.

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BIRTHDAY CARDS August 2013

Yes, it's still hot and sunny in Florida!
I am still defrosting from living in New York for 55 years!

You will not hear me complaining about the heat, in the summertime, in Florida.

Here are the birthday cards I made for August and September.

This card is for a music teacher!

This card features a  teabag fold embellishment and I made this one for an artist friend of mine.

This birthday card is for one of my rubber stamping friends!

This birthday card is for the husband of one of my rubber stamping friends.

This card is very special because it is for a sweet and beautiful 90 year old girlfriend!

This last card is for her daughter.

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Birthday and Anniversary Cards Using "Punch Around The Page"

For June and July, I needed five birthday cards and one anniversary card.  I wanted to practice using the Martha Stewart "Punch Around The Page" paper punches that I bought quite a while ago.  They work just fine as long as you start with the proper SIZE paper piece. 😳 Following that simple direction has made ALL the difference. Proper sizes link: PUNCH AROUND THE PAGE SIZES. Here are the results:

I hope the folks who receive them, enjoy them! I wish them many healthy, happy returns, too!

Last, but not least, wishing all the Fathers......