You Are Wonderful

Neat & Tangled Stamps is celebrating their birthday all month long, so I thought I'd take time to join the Birthday Bash fun again.

They posted my question on this post about ideas for making birthday cards with non-birthday stamps ... then they posted a challenge with just that theme.  Since I had already done feminine card using that prompt with this Hey Girlfriend card, I decided to try again with a more masculine approach.

One of the other Birthday Bash Challenge is to create something featuring products from Project Life and Neat & Tangled Stamps.  I started with a Project Life Journaling card (by Recollections) and stamped the Neat & Tangled Starburst, which was perfectly sized.

I originally stamped it in Yellow Citrus Chalk ink, but didn't quite get the contrast I wanted.  I was actually going to throw this away and try again on another card using Memento Dandelion Ink, but decided to do a *test stamp* on this card first ... and ended up loving the effect of the double stamping.

Next I added text from Kindness Matters in the center of the Starburst.  It still needed something more, so since the ledger card and *take note* reminded me of something from the office ... I thought it would be fun to add a few check marks (because I'm always checking & double-checking my work) and fun sentiment from Santa's Notes.

I finished with some hexagon washi tape and coordinating embossed panel.

I think it will be easy to find a recipient who will appreciate a birthday card reminder of how wonderful I think they are (and who will also find humor in the fact that I checked twice and confirmed they are wonderful).

Comments

[Ren-Yi]

Stef this is fab! i love the details of this from washi tape down to distressed embossing! Thanks for linking up in our Challenges and making the Birthday Bash so fun. Hope you're having loads of fun too!

[Gabby]

Great combination design elements on this card. It's so hard to make a card w/red and green that doesn't invoke the thought of Christmas or winter holidays. BUT you knocked it out of the park w/this COOL card! :)

[~amy~]

Oh I LOVE this!!!
Thanks for joining us at Little Tangles!