It's Easy as A-B-C!

This week I decided to concentrate on ways to use alphabet products in my cards.

I got the idea for today's card from my niece. Hopefully she hasn't made them for all the little relatives in the family. I did change my card a little bit, just in case.
Cheerful Critters are the starting point for the card. Then I looked through my stamp sets for the "Happy" (Celebrate Today stamp set) and "Birthday"  (Remembering Your Birthday stamp set) words in the size I wanted. Makayla is stamped using the Alphabet Rotary Stamp Set. It's easy as A-B-C to make personalized birthday cards with this rotary stamp!

Belated Birthday

I missed a birthday last week, so I made this card using the cake from Life's Adventure hostess set in the Stampin' Up!'s annual catalog. White emobssing powder here on white card stock and then used some sponge daubers to apply the ink. The expression is from the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set. This set has paired expressions, inside it reads, "But then I forgot, Happy Belated Birthday."
The strip of DSP is from the retired Flirtatious pack and was a piece that was hidden under something else on my desk and destined for the trash. I discovered it while I was thinking about what sort of card to make for the recipient and Wisteria Wonder and the design seemed perfect!

Life's Adventure

This cake stamp is from the Life's Adventure hostess set in this year's Idea Book and Catalog. I did some fussy cutting and coloring with markers. I also used up two scraps of the Confetti Celebration DSP that were laying on my desk. Always love it when I can use up those scraps! The expression comes from the Remembering Your Birthday stamp set.

Birthday presents!

Here's a fun card to make with your Designer Series Paper scraps.

My squares for the packages measure 1-1/4" and 1-3/8". The bow on the presents is made using a retired punch but the 7/8" scallop circle punch (129404) could be used to top off the presents. (CASE: inkinginidaho.blogspot.com)

I think the sentiment from Remembering Your Birthday (131350 c, 131347 w) works perfectly with this card. The party hat inside is from a retired set but Birthday Surprise (134120 c, 134117 w) has a party hat and lots of other fun birthday images that could be used. Before I mail this card I'll probably add some little bows using 1/8" Taffeta ribbon (page 206) to one or two of the packages. The new Thick Baker's Twine (page 207)would also make fun bows.