Happy Bird-Day

I love these little birds from Stampin Up's "Color me Happy" set.  I found these three challenges and combined them to make one Bird-day card.  The bow on the present took way longer then intended, but between that and the hat I think I added some whimsy to the card.


Links:
Freshly Made Sketch
Color Throwdown
Little Red Wagon: Happy Bird-day

Birthday Banner

Lot's of challenge inputs went into this card:

Little red wagon #296 Red & White.

Fab & Funky #266  Birthday.

Crafty Creations #292 Red, White, and Blue.

and Creative Knockouts, Banner/Pennants.  

I had to buy the red, white and blue duct tape that I found at the dollar store, so I'm thankful I'm putting it to use.  It makes the banner/pennant look real because of the sheen and texture.  I used red and white bakers twine for the rope and a marvy punch to make the flags.  The chevron die cut is from Papertrey ink.  

Congrats Grad! LRW#229 Rainbow

When I saw the rainbow challenge at Little Red Wagon this week, I thought of the new graduation folder I bought from Darice.  I decided to use colored eyelets for the tassel circles.  I punched part of a circle out of the top layer so I could stamp the sentiment "Congrats Grad!" from The Angel Company.  I wanted to add some more color and dimension, and actually found a purple tassel in my stash.  I poked a hole through the eyelet and cardstock and tied the tassel to the inside of the card.  The colors just make me smile ~

Happy 50th Birthday! CCC#57, CC #258, LRW #228

This card was created with these three challenges in mind:
Creative Card Crew #57 "Use a charm"
Crafty Creations #258 "Happy Birthday"
Little Red Wagon #228 "Truly Dimensional"
I used SEI poppy paper stack for the background and added Stampin up ink to numbers that might have been Tim Holtz (?).   I added a "Happy Day" charm, and to keep it masculine I used string rather then ribbon to link the charm on the card.  I added a dimensional dot to keep it straight and to bump it up with the numbers.  I added the star to balance the embellishments.