Thursday, August 20, 2009

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my 28th birthday. Somehow 28 seems so much older than 27, but then I say that about every year! I'm glad to be an even-numbered age though. For some reason, I just like even numbers better - just a weird quirk I guess!

Sorry about the very strange angle on this photo. I'm not quite sure what was going on when I took this photo. Maybe I thought I was being artistic or something.

Anyway, this is one of my favorite cards that I made in Texas. I've always loved brown and pink together, and I just loved both of these sets from PTI - Fancy Flourishes and the anniversary set Everyday Classics. It's a little hard to see in this photo, but I used two different sizes of flourishes here - a larger one on the Hibiscus Burst top portion and a smaller one on the Dark Chocolate lower part.

The flower, which you can see a close up of to the left, was stamped three times - twice in brown and once in pink - and different parts of the flowers were cut out and layered with foam adhesive dots. To finish the flower embellishment off, I lined all of the edges with Stardust Stickles.

Have a wonderful day!



Supplies

Stamps: PTI Fancy Flourishes, Everyday Classics
Ink: Hibiscus Burst, Dark Chocolate
Paper: PTI white, Hibiscus Burst, Dark Chocolate
Other: PTI Hibiscus Burst Bitty Dot ribbon, foam adhesive dots, Stardust Stickles

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful card Jess!!! I was off to SCS to wish you a HB - but hey 2 birthday wishes are twice the fun!! Hope it's a wonderful day!

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  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
    I love this card too, and i can see why it's your fav!
    Nice job on the cutting!!

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  3. Beautiful card! Pink and brown is one of my fave color combos!!! Love the sparkly flower! Happy birthday to you!

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  4. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! (ummmm, can you guess what I am going to say next???? Your card is going to be late...it is sitting on my desk!)

    LOVE that card...the colors are great and the layered flower is Awesome!!!

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  5. First a warm and friendly HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish. Ah to only be (or feel 28) again...

    Lovely card. Nice layout and such pretty colors.

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