Birthday Cards

 Hi Crafty Friends, thanks for coming on over and looking at my blog. Today I want to show you a few different styles of Birthday Cards, and some tools you will need. Lets face it, we always need Birthday Cards, and a handmade card is a very special thing to give to your friends, neighbours, work colleagues, even your boss. My Boss thinks I'm so clever and creative because every year I give her a birthday card I create especially for her, made from her favorite colours. Its an easy thing for me to do and brings others so much joy. It shows people you are thinking of them. 

I use products from Close To My Heart range. You can check out my online store for yourself here:

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Close To My Heart stocks so many beautiful products to make stunning Birthday Cards, from the card bases, patterned and coloured card stock, and of course many beautiful stamps, inks, think cuts just to mention a few.

Today I wanted to show you how to make Birthday cards, using a few different products. I have used Stamp Sets, Picture My Life cards, Sticker Sheets, and Thin Cuts. 

This is a selection of stamp sets used in the cards, these are both retired sets an current sets. 

 The sticker sheet included in the new paper pack, 'Party Time' A great paper suite to make fab, colourful birthday themed cards and scrapbook pages. 

A retired Thin Cut Happy Birthday. This has had a lot of use over the years, Close To My Heart has released a new Happy Birthday thin cut and its on my list of things to buy as you can't go wrong with a thin cut.

I had fun with this project, showing you some of the different ways to use your craft stash to make a variety of Birthday Cards. I have a very large selection of Stamp Sets, they are a bit of a passion for me. But I can honestly say I use every single one, many times over. When I purchase a Stamp Set I think about the value I will get out of it. Can I use every stamp on the set, does it have multiple uses other than the obvious ones, does it fit my crafting style. If I answer yes to all these questions, then it has a place in my collection. 

Here I used retired and current stamp sets to make some quick, but I think, pretty little Birthday Cards. 

 

This cute little card is made with a current stamp, and thin cut sets, 'Wishing You Everything' Z3779. I know it will be one of my favorite go to sets. The Happy is coloured in with clear shimmer brush which gives it a subtle hint of sparkle, and its raised off the card with 3 D foam tape. I have also used a new paper pack, 'Party Time' which is just perfect for Birthday themes. 

I just love this card, made with a few retired stamps for the Happy Birthday, and light blue background stamp. I repeated the Happy to give a different effect and to fill the stitched square. The square and frames are from the current Stitched Square Frames thin cuts, Z4259. I matted the frame of the thin cut with 3D foam tape to give a bit of dimension. 

These two cards are made from Picture My Life cards I've had in my stash for a long time. I've jazzed them up with some simple embellishments, cardstock, stickles and stamps. If you're like me you have a stash of things you haven't used, like these cards, and they can be used to make pretty little cards. 

This card was made using a sticker from the sticker sheet included in the new 'Party Time' paper pack. I've also used the paper from that collection, and painted the Happy Birthday with clear shimmer brush to give it some sparkle. It took me next to no time and I just love the colours and effect. I can see this paper pack is going to be a favorite of mine this year. 

This card is made using the retired Happy Birthday thin cut. Its quite different from my usual style, but boy did I have fun making it. I used a very old stamp set as the background image, topped with the thin cut and added for a bit of dimension and texture the cup cake and stand, again from two different retired stamp sets, heat embossed and raised using 3D foam tape. 

I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog on Birthday Cards. I wanted to show you how to use your stash to make some quick and effective cards to send out to people. If you don't have a large stash because you are just starting out, I hope I've been able to show you how to build a craft stash that's good value for money and that you will use again and again. 

Come on over to my online store and check out a whole new range of craft products in the tow new recently released Ideas books, or check out my Etsy shop to purchase pre made cards and paper craft products. 

As always, happy Crafting Crafty Friends. 

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