Happy Birthday Card

One of my friends at work has a birthday coming up soon so I thought I should get her card done. This is what I came up with.

I started with a teal card base cut and scored to make a 5" X 5" card base. I then cut a piece of white card stock to 4 3/4" X 4 3/4". I embossed the white card stock using my eBosser and the Foundry Anna Griffin 5" X 7" embossing folder. I used my corner chomper to round all the corners of my card and the layer using the 1/2" side.

For my Happy Birthday image, I cut that using my Silhouette Cameo at 4" again using Teal and White card stock. I adhered the layers together and then added it to my card base with some foam tape.

I then used my Envelope Punch Board to make an envelope for my card. The envelope paper is a dark teal with light teal polka dots and I thought it went great with the card. I used some Scor-Tape to seal the edges of my envelope.

Poinsettia Die Card

I recently picked up the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die and the embossing folder that matches the die. Here is what I did with it.

I started with a cream colored card base cut and scored to 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". I added a red mat cut to 4" X 5 1/4" and a patterned paper mat cut at 3 3/4" X 5". The patterned paper is from an Echo Park paper pad.

I ran my poinsettia die through my eBosser and cut the flower layers out of white card stock. I then inked them using the Festive Berries Distress Ink and Peeled Paint for the leaves. I used some Tarnished Brass distress stain for the flower center. Once I had them all inked and allowed them to dry for a few minutes I embossed them with the embossing folder and my eBosser. I just love how the flower looks after it is embossed. I will say that the flower is fairly fragile once it is embossed and I did tear off a leaf but just glued it to the back of the flower where it was supposed to go. Once I had my flower all put together I sprayed it lightly with some Gold Glitter Dust. It is really pretty in person.

I stamped my sentiment with some Memento Lady Bug red ink.