Color Dare 284 - Happy Birthday

We have three separate birthdays to celebrate this week for my aunt, sister-in-law and husband.  I've got two cards in the mail already so was happy to see the blues posted for this week's Color Dare challenge so I could use that as inspiration for my husband's birthday card.

For this card, I used the pattern on page 53 of the Wishes book and changed up the circles to use balloons cut at 1.75", 2.25" and 2.75" from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  I stamped Happy Birthday from the Birthday Times stamp set with White Daisy and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder then sponged with Pacifica ink.  Then I did a quick swipe with a baby wipe across the title to remove left over ink. Since silver was optional for this challenge, I added some with a piece cut from "All About the Gold" Fundamentals  (did  you know the back of the gold is silver? makes it more versatile!)

March SOTM - Birthday Time

Thanks for stopping by, you can check out more entries in this week's Color Dare challenge from this picture.

 

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Purposeful Patterns

For this month's CTMH Technique Blog Hop, we have 14 consultants sharing artwork using patterns from our latest Make It From You Heart Volumes.  I'm following Michelle Johns in the hop and am sharing a birthday card I made using pattern 3 from volume 4.  These patterns are great for inspiration and you can add your own touches to add a little extra punch.  In this case, I added the bits of shimmer trim for some sparkle.

I used Chelsea Gardens paper pack for this card and the stamp came with the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge collection.

Next up in the blog hop is Catherine Nowak, head on over to see what she has lined up to share with us.

SOTM Blog Hop - Birthday Time

We have 26 CTMH consultants participating in the March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop; I'm following Jean McNulty for this hop.  It works out really nice for me that this month's stamp has such fun birthday options since we have all kinds of family birthdays in March.

I used pattern #11 from the latest Make It From Your Heart book, volume 4 to make a couple of different cards.  I always think it's so fun to see how different the cards look just by switching up the paper and a couple of accents.

I used Adventure Fundamentals paper,  Basic Circles Thin Cuts and some fun embellishments for these cards.  On the inside of the card, I used the big "Celebrate" stamp for the message.

The full stamp set has all kinds of stamps for your birthday celebrations and can be purchased for just $5 with a qualifying purchase in the month of March.

Next up in the hop is Krista Hershberger so head on over and see what she'd got lined up for us this month!