This Nothing’s Better Than Happy Birthday Card is for my grandson’s eighth birthday. His favorite color is light blue at the moment. Between Christmas and January 4th I have 3 Birthdays and an Anniversary.
SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Choose Happy Stamps
Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Stampin’ Write Marker: Balmy Blue Marker (I couldn’t find my Azure Afternoon Marker)
Cardstock: Balmy Blue cardstock
Azure Afternoon cardstock
Basic White cardstock
Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine: Wanted to Say Dies
More Than Autumn Dies (also part of a Bundle)
Alphabet a la Mode Dies
Dotted Circles 3D Embossing Folder
Adhesives: Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Adhesive Sheets
INSTRUCTIONS:
1-Cut Your Papers:
~Balmy Blue Card Base: 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″. Score and fold at 4-1/4″.
~Balmy Blue Card Front: 4″ x 5-1/4″
~1-Azure Afternoon Happy Birthday: Three 2-1/4″ x 3-1/2″ with an Adhesive Sheet on the back.
~2-Azure Afternoon Nothing’s Better Than: 3/4″ x 2-3/4″ with an Adhesive Sheet on the back.
~3-Azure Afternoon 8: 3/4″ x 1-3/4″ with an Adhesive Sheet on the back
~Basic White Nothing’s Better Than: 3/4″ x 2-5/8″
2-Die Cutting:
NOTE: Make sure the Die is on top of the cardstock with the Adhesive Sheet underneath.
Azure Afternoon cardstock:
~3 Happy Birthdays
~1 Nothing’s Better Than
~1 #8
Basic White:
~Happy Birthday background
Balmy Blue Card Front:
~Line up in the Embossing Folder so the Circle designs are where you want them. Emboss.
3-Layering:
~Attach your 3 Happy and 3 Birthdays together by peeling off the Adhesive Sheet backing. Line up the straight part of each letter.
~Line up your Happy and Birthday on the Basic White Background die cut and attach.
~Put your Nothing’s Better Than on your 3/4″ x 2=5/8″ Basic White. Trim notches in the corners if desired.
~Stick your 8 to a piece of Basic White cardstock. Write “th” with your Marker. Fussy Cur around it.
~Put Stampin’ Dimensionals on the back of all three pieces.
4-Finish Your Card:
~Stamp Three Penguins with Memento Black ink on Basic White cardstock. Fussy cut out.
~Glue your Embossed Card Front to your Card Base.
~Lay all your pieces where you want them.
~Attach your Words and Number with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
~Glue on your Penguins.
Your Nothing’s Better Than Happy Birthday Card is finished.
