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Thank you for your kind words and Congratulations Michelle!

I hope you enjoy your card.

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Card #12 –  Colorful Festive Birthday card

I started by assembling all my supplies.

Of all the cards I make, birthday cards are the ones I make the most.  Most of the time I try to fit the card design to the person, but every now and then I just need a card full of color and celebration.  This one is definitely full of color and is great for using scraps.

I used white cardstock (5 1/2″ X 8 1W/2″) for my base, red cardstock (5 1/4″ X 4″) for the frame, white cardstock for the front panel and patterned cardstock for the banner backing.

I started by spraying my white cardstock front panel with Dylusions Spray Ink.  From primary color for this card is red, so I chose Post Box Red for the ink.  I used my cardboard spray box.  The spray ink doesn’t dry immediately so I used my heat gun to speed things up.  I then used my adhesive to attach it to the red cardstock frame.

I cut a piece of scrap white cardstock, stamped the “Happy Birthday” sentiment in red ink and backed it with red cardstock.  I used my scissors to notch out the right end of the banner.  I set it aside to work on the background banners.

I found coordinating patterned cardstock and cut out several pieces of varying widths and lengths.  I notched out each end of each piece and placed them at different heights and stacked on top of each other.  I glued them all down once I was happy with the layout and attached the birthday banner on top.  I finished the card by gluing the card front to the white cardstock base and placing a black enamel dot next to the sentiment.

Here is the finished card.

This is a great design that can easily be used to make several cards by changing the color palette.

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Until tomorrow,

Birthdays are my favorite.