This was a last minute card I made today and I love how it turned out! It’s March, which means I need a LOT of birthday cards ready to go. My husband and most of his family share March birthdays. Seriously–my husband, his brother, his brother-in law, his step brother, his stepmother, AND his mother!! I don’t know how that happened, but it’s a crazy time for me.

And, since it is snowing in March (which doesn’t make me happy), I am homebound with nothing to do except make cards. My daughter has taken a liking to going through my little pieces of scrap paper or a container of buttons while I make something. It keeps her quiet for longer than I care to admit. I was able to get 4 cards done today in one sitting!

As for this card, the base is Basic Gray, layered with Kiwi Kiss and a piece of Urban Oasis DSP. I love polka dots entirely too much-I know, but I can’t help it! Next, I wrapped a piece of Baja Breeze Stitched 1″ ribbon around the Kiwi Kiss/DSP layer. The flower image is just a square of DSP from Urban Oasis! It looks like the  Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set, which I don’t have, but the DSP works perfectly here. I matted that on a piece of Kiwi Kiss and Basic Gray again. Finally, I actually stamped something for this card–the little “be happy” image is from the Hostess Set Darling Dots. I stamped it in Kiwi Kiss on Whisper White card stock, paper pierced around the edge, then punched it out with a 1″ circle punch. That was matted with a dimensional onto a Baja Breeze 1 1/4″ circle and a Basic Gray 1 3/8″ circle. Then I adhered the whole thing to the card base with dimensionals.

It’s so cheery, I know it’s gonna be a hoarder. Someone REALLY special is going to have to come along for me to part with this one!

This was literally a 10 minute card. It would be great to do at a workshop because it’s not too much stamping, it uses rub-ons, and punches–all great for upselling.

For the base, I started out with Riding Hood Red card stock. Next, I took a piece of Chocolate Chip and using the Corner Rounder, clipped the top corners. On the chocolate chip layer, I also adhered 3 Riding Hood Red circles below the image using the 1 1/4″ Circle Punch. The image was stamped on Whisper White card stock using Good Friend. The bird is stamped in Kiwi Kiss, with Tangerine Tango beak, and Chocolate Chip legs. The way I stamped the legs was to make a mask of the bird, then stamped the legs slightly overlapping the mask so that the feet wouldn’t get cut off. That bird sure has some LONG legs! The “love” is a rub-on from Bright Delights. Finally, I used the Corner Rounder again to clip the top 2 corners of the Whisper White so that it would layer nicely with the Chocolate Chip. Really simple, modern, and the colors POP!

This card started out with such promise, but then I hit a couple snags and it didn’t turn out the way I envisioned it. But I took the time to make it, and I will post it anyway. It might give someone else an idea or serve as a jumping off point for a great card later on.

For the card base I used Tempting Turquoise layered with Kiwi Kiss. The Whisper White layer was clipped with the Ticket Corner Punch and then 4 red brads went in each corner. Chocolate Chip Craft ink colored the chipboard branch, which is from On Board So Tweet. The branch was then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I adhered the branch to the white cardstock and used more rub-ons from Bright Delight to complete the card–the two owls out on a limb and the dots along the bottom of the card are rub-ons. The sentiment is from the Level 3 hostess set Goody Goody Gumdrops stamped in Riding Hood Red ink. Since the little owl went “out on a limb” for the big owl, I thought this sentiment would be cute.