50th Birthday

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 50th birthday card I made for my eldest daughter’s birthday recently. 

For this card I used the 5 x 7 Side Panel Card Showstopper die set from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. 

The numbers are also from Made to Surprise.

To decorate my card I used Papertrey Ink’s Cake Builder, Build-A-Party Hat & This is Big - Birthday die sets.

I added a sentiment from Made to Surprise to the panel on the back of my card.

Happy 90th

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a 90th birthday card I created for a friend who is turning 90 in December. As December is a busy month and very hot down here in Australia, he had his party early. 

For the card base, I used Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Side Panel Card die set which creates a 5 x 7 inch card.  

For the blue panels, I pulled out Kristina Werner's Dots on Dots Stencil Pack. I love that she is creating 6 x 9 stencils as I love making larger cards and this gives me more options.

The "Happy", "Birthday" and "90th" are also from Made To Surprise.

I used the whiskey glasses from Spellbinders Love on the Rocks die set for the middle portion of the card.

 This is a look at the back of the card. I added the white panel and added a stamped sentiment, leaving enough room for a personal message to be added.

70th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

A good friend recently celebrated her 70th birthday, so of course I had to make her a card. This one got made a little too close for comfort for me, due to being ill and ended up in hospital for about 4 days. It was the first card I made once I came back home and caught my breath.

For my card today, I created a Winged Pop-up Card using die from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Showstopper 3 Collection.  The die used here is called 5in x 7in Showstoppers Winged Pop Up Card die set,  this die set can be used to make a number of different styles of card.

Here is an overhead view of the card, so you can see the winged portion of the card a little easier. The sentiment and numbers on the pop up portion of the card are also from Made To Surprise.

This is a look at the card when it is closed (so the front of the card). As the focus is on the inside, I kept this simple by just adding the birthday sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

And finally the back of the card. I wanted to add some info about what happened back in 1955 when my friend was born. I wasn't able to create this in the format I wanted as the panels are only 2 inches wide.  But I was happy I was able to get it all in!

 

90th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a 90th birthday card I created recently for a friend to give to her sister later in the year.

I used the 5 x 7 Side Panel card from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott’s Showstopper 1 Collection.

 

To decorate my card I used the cake,  party hat and birthday sentiment dies from Papertrey Ink.

I added them”90 th” to the narrow panel on the right which is another Made To Surprise die set.

Here is a look at the back of the card. I added a white panel, so I could add a sentiment and have a place to add a personal message.

Happy 15th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a birthday card I created for my grandson who turned 15 this year. He has just discovered the joy of reading comics and especially loves the comic called One Piece, I have been helping encouraging him by ordering more as he needs them.

For this card I used products from Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott. This card is a Triple Tier Slider Card and I used her die set to create that.

I decorated the larger panel of my card using Sam's Changing Faces die sets, there are now 4 different die sets which include different styles of heads, hair, facial features etc. I used the Because I Care die set for the head and hair. For the facial features I used Love & Hugs die set. I love how you can customise the faces to get them to look like the recipient.

I used the pop up additions to add the headphones & book.

I found some One Piece Clip art online which I used to decorate my book/comic.

When you pull the top tab it reveals the middle panel. For this I used the Large Modern Numbers to add "15".

Pulling the top once more reveals the final tier. For this I used another piece of clip art I found online.

Here is a look at the back of my card. I added a stand to the back, so the card can be displayed standing easily. I added sentiments from the Moving Along Sentiments stamp set.

The "For My Grandson" at the top of the panel is from Spellbinders Nearest & Dearest Stamp set which was their Clear Stamp of the Month for March 25.

 

70th Birthday Wishes

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

As you can see, I have yet another 70th Birthday card to share with you. This will be my last one for a while LOL! 

Happy Birthday - to me!!! Yes today is my birthday and I am 70!!!!

For my card today I created a Triple Tier Slider Card using the Made To Surprise by Sam Calcott's Triple Tier Slider Card die set. This card fits in a 5 x 7 envelope, when the card is completely closed.

To decorate my card, I used Spellbinders Bougie Birthday die set. I love this die set which contains the large cake, various icings and macroons as well as a few other things to help decorate the cake. I die cut the cake from ombre glitter cardstock in a tan color and then decorated it using chocolate ganache, macaroons etc.

I die cut the macaroons in rainbow colours to add to the top of the cake and the lower right hand side.

I added the Birthday Wishes sentiment in silver cardstock, which is from Papertrey Ink.

When you pull the tab at the top of the card, it reveals a second layer, which extends the bunting seen on the lower tier.

Pulling the tab one more time,  reveals the third layer which has the number "70th" on it.

I created a stand to add to the back of the card, this helps the card stand upright so it can be displayed and also gives a place to add a sentiment. 

To create the stand I cut a piece of white cardstock that measured 4 inches by 11 3/4 inches. I then scored along the long side at 4 1/2; 9; 10 & 11. To fold start with the 4 1/2 inch score and mountain fold, mountain fold, valley fold; mountain fold. Adhere the two ends together and attach to the back of the card.

Surprise Pop Up Cake Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I have another 70th birthday card to share today. I recently received the February release from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott, which was the Surprise Inside Collection featuring two fun pop up die sets ... a house and a birthday cake. Of course I had to play with the pop-up cake die set straight away to create this fun birthday card.

I love pop-up cards as most of you know! And a birthday cake pop-up should get plenty of use. I die cut the base from blue cardstock and then used the papers which were also available in the collection to add to the top and bottom portions of my card. 

I added the "Birthday" sentiment from the new Big Words die set which features large word dies and some sentiment stamps including the happy used on here. The long stamped sentiment under the birthday is from the All The Verses stamp set, there is a Happy Birthday To You also on this sentiment, but of course I didn't want two Happy Birthdays, so I die a little stamp surgery :). 

I added the "70" to the bottom of the cake die cut from red glitter cardstock which is from the Chunky Alphabet die set.

For the front of the card, I added another piece of that beautiful birthday themed patterned paper. I then added the sentiment from the Showstopper Puns stamp set.  I had wanted to use the 70 from the Small Numbers Galore die set, but it was too big. But I did find that small "70!" image in the stamp set included in that die set which was the perfect size to add to a balloon. 

Birthday Wish

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing a 70th birthday card I created recently. As I mentioned in a previous post, I know a few people who are celebrating their big "0" birthday this year including me so I will making a few cards to celebrate.

For my card today I pulled out my Double Interlocking Concertina Card die set which is a part of the Showstoppers 2 Collection from Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott. 

I recently purchased a few birthday themed die sets from Papertrey Ink, so I pulled out the In Stitched - Cake Builder and Build a Party Hat die sets and added them to the left and right panels to my card. I also added the "Happy Birthday" to the party hat which is from Papertrey Ink's This is Big Sentiments - Birthday stamp/die set.

For the concertina portion of the card I used the Chunky Alphabet die set from Made to Surprise and came up with the wording "A 70th Bday Wish".

Here is a look at my card when it is folded flat ready to be placed in an envelope. It will fit into a 6 x 6 envelope.

And finally a look at the back of the card. I added white panels to each of the large panels and added two of the birthday sentiments included in the Made to Surprise Showstopper Puns Sentiment set. I then added a few party hats and streamers which are all from the Party Hat Builder die set from Papertrey Ink. 

 

Tee-riffic 60th Birthday

Hi Crafty Friends,

It seems that this year my friends (and myself) are celebrating big ‘0’ birthdays, be it 60; 70 or 80! So there will be lots of opportunities to pull out my various number dies to make aged birthday cards.

For as long as I can remember (over 20 years) I have made my friend who loves to play golf a golf themed birthday card. Last year when I was ill and not stamping I was unable to make a special card, but fortunately I did have a golf themed card that I had in my stash.

When I was thinking about what type of card to make this year, I remembered the Made To Surprise Circle Cracker Tower Card. The circles down each side of the centre panel are perfect for golf balls. I used a very old Cuttlebug embossing folder to give the circles a golf ball look,

This year my friend is celebrating her 60th birthday, so I decided to pull out the new Spellbinders Bougie Birthday die set to create the cake which I decorated in a golf theme.

I used light brown cardstock for the cake and green for all the icing elements. The ‘60’ is from Spellbinders Classy Numbers die set, which are diecutting from silver mirror cardstock.

I added the cute golfing gophers (or is that golphers haha) which are from La-La Land Crafts Tee-riffic stamp set. 

I added the birthday sentiment which is an older die set from Spellbinders. The sentiment is die cut from silver mirror cardstock & layered onto a layer the same colour as the cake, so that it gave some height but didn’t overwhelm the scene.

For the back of the card, I added a panel to the centre. The golf green uses an older stamp from Magnilia Stamps. I added another of the gophers to the l green”. For the sentiment I doctored & combined two sentiment from the Made To Surprise Go Sporty stamp set.

Other Supplies:

Spellbinders Yana's Layered Script Sentiments Stamp/Die Set

Made to Surprise Go Sporty Stamp/Die Set

Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles Embossing Folder