I just had to share this sweet photo of my cats with Lacey (the Tabby) sleeping INSIDE the ball chase toy!  Guess she got tired of fighting for space in the bed with Luna!  Or perhaps she's been listening to her humans and is social distancing.  LOL!  ;)

Simple Happy Birthday to You Card

This is one of the cards we made at the Birthday Card Class on February 27th using the Happy Birthday to You Sale-A-Bration stamp set.  It is a simple version of the stepped up cards I usually make.  I used Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen to color the images.  The sweet little bow is the White Crinkled Seam Binding that I colored with a Bermuda Bay Stampin' Blends Marker.  It dried almost instantly and was easy to coordinate with my project.

 Adding another bow on the inside helped tie it together with the front images.  Ha! Ha!  Yes, I heard the pun as I typed it, but decided to leave it that way so you could giggle with me!  I usually like to decorate the inside with a small portion of the card front, but didn't want to use a flower, as I was doing this card without the dies.  I know I could have fussy cut it but I used the flower inside several other card designs.  This one is unique!  The inside sentiment is from Stitched So Sweetly.

Birthday or Anniversary

I am still in love with the FREE Sale-A- Bration stamp set Happy Birthday to You!  I have created multiple gorgeous cards using this darling set; each with a totally different look.  This past Thursday evening, I held a class where everyone created 3 different cards from this set and they had so much fun playing with different colors and tools!

This card is one of my favorites that I created from a challenge I gave my team to create different looks with this same set.  I think it just glows with beauty and would be perfect for an elegant birthday, golden anniversary or wedding.  I used our wonderful new Champagne Rhinestones to add a little bling and lots of shimmer with Wink of Stella.  Gold Foil accents the image that was embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.  The Parisian Flourish Embossing Folder background in Very Vanilla gives it even more elegance.

Here are a couple different angles so you can see the shimmer better.  If you enlarge the photo it gives you a better view of the shimmer.  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of this elegant version.