Birthday Wreath

Just felt like doing a fairly quick & simple card for a couple of challenges tonight, so I'm playing along with Freshly Made Sketches #259, and am using the palette from The Color Throwdown #415 :

I've had these little twig wreath die cuts (Memory Box?) sitting in my craft room for longer than I can remember... my friend Tania gave them to me, so she'll laugh if she sees them here :o)  Not my favourite card, it's a little busy with the die cuts, but I loved getting the chance to play with a couple of challenges!

Patterned paper is Pathfinding, Cardstock is Chocolate, Glacier & Cashmere; Stamp set is Happy Birthday, ink is Chocolate - all Close To My Heart; Wreath die, Memory Box, Happy die, Avery Elle; Gumdrops are Your Next Stamp.

Inspired By #15

Jeanne Jachna is our hostess this week on Inspired By All the Little Things - with a very funky, retro inspiration photo!  I loved the direction that I saw most of the Design Team going... so I pulled out my Quatrefoil die from Taylored Expressions that I haven't used in a while, and whipped up a quick card to play along:

I ran the die through my Cuttlebug four times, using up scraps of cardstock, then randomly fit some of them back into my soft grey base.  I popped up the hello die cut with some pop dots, and added a black pearl.  Done!
Cardstock is White Daisy,Whisper, Slate, Sunset, Sunflower & Black - all Close To My Heart.  Dies are Taylored Expressions & Avery Elle.

Masculine Birthday

This is the card that I made for my husband's birthday today... fairly bright for a masculine card, but a mix of some fun Jillibean Soup papers and a few dies:

Patterned papers are Spicy Social Soup, Jillibean Soup; Cardstock is Crystal Blue, Pacifica & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Hello, Life - Cardmaking, CTMH; Ink is Ruby, CTMH; Dies are Banner Bundle Die Set, Verve & Happy by Avery Elle.

Masculine Birthday cards

I am in need of several masculine birthday cards for a couple of nephews over the next while, so I took advantage of a snow day yesterday (we got 14"!) to get them made.  I used a new Avery Elle die to embed the "happy" into my card front and added a few arrow die cuts for decoration.  Easy peasy.

Patterned papers are Lauderdale, Basic Grey; Cardstock is Ruby, Pear & Sunshine, CTMH; Stamp set is Happy Birthday, CTMH; Dies are Simply Said Happy Die, Avery Elle and Shoot! by Spellbinders.

Graphic Birthday

Just another quick card that I made this week for a family birthday.  I'd had the zigzag die cuts sitting on my desk for a while - they're negative die cuts from a card that I made a while ago.  I just received the "happy" die, and thought that they'd all work well together:

Zigzag die, My Favortie Things; Happy die, Avery Elle; Stamp is Say It In Style, CTMH; Cardstock is White Daisy, Black, Moonlight, Tulip, Sorbet & Creme Brulee - all CTMH; Enamel Dots, Your Next Embellie.