Let’s have some fun and keep this birthday bonanza rolling. TGIF and the Friday festivities start now! We have 3 more projects to keep your birthday inspiration popping and another sweet giveaway to say thanks for a fun week! So… let’s get started.

Check out this adorable birthday card Kandis Smith baked up for us! I love how it sparkles and shines thanks to her embellishing her notecard with gemstones and adding Stickles ‘glitz’ to the lit birthday candles. I especially love the unique combination of colors she used. They make for a very festive look that is bound to bring a smile to any age. Kandis says: “I’m always looking for a way to make a bunch of birthday cards easily. When you repeat the same stamp over and over, it makes it easy to create multiple cards at a time! Just add a little ribbon and glitter and you’re done!”

Card by Kandis Smith
Supplies:

• ClearDesign: Celebrate All Day
• Spring Mixed Gemstones
• Pale Pink Accent Pearls
• Card Buttons Spring
• Summer Mixed Notecards
• Lemon Notecards
• Blush Notecards
• Tim Holtz: Peeled Paint Distress Dye Ink Pad
• Memories Ink Pad - Black

If you scrapbook then you are probably a lot like me and every other scrapbooker - you have a pile of birthday photos waiting to make it onto a page, but no motivation to do those birthday event pages. It takes me a long time to get my act together and document my children’s birthday parties. Usually it is because I have so many photos I want to include and am not sure where to start. For this layout I solved that problem by creating a collage of photos before I had them printed. They are all on one sheet of photo paper and document perfectly an overview of my daughter’s 4th birthday party. I wanted to emphasize that she was turning 4 so I drew a large 4 (or you can print one from the computer) and cut it out. I stamped it with flowers before adding it to the page. The bright variety of colors I used keeps the page young and fun!

Layout by Leslie Lightfoot
Supplies:

• Misty Swirl Pattern
• DesignBlock: Scattered Flowers
• Clear Design: Thoughtful Messages
• Summer Felt Flowers
• Card Buttons Summer
• Pool Notecards
• Other: Patterned paper, Needle & thread for buttons, Scallop border punch

Shari Carroll created this card for her one year old niece. By mixing images and an adorable letter set, she was able to personalize her card for the special occasion. I love the white background - it really lets the stamped candle and details shine!

Card by Shari Carroll
Supplies:

• Birthday Candles
• Curly Alphabet
• Cute Letters
• Blush Notecards
• White Notecards
• Black Dye ink
• Smooth Clear Gemstones
• Diamond Stickles by Ranger
• Other: Scraps of cardstock, circle punches (1/2” and 3/4”), color pencils

Finally, let’s celebrate Friday with another Hero Arts giveaway. To keep you inspired to create more birthday cards we are giving away this terrific BIG stamp set to one lucky person. Just leave a comment here on this blog post before Saturday, February 7th at 11:59pm PST and we’ll enter you into the random draw. Good luck to everyone!

If you haven’t already, you still have time to enter this week’s birthday challenge. Go here to see all the details - you have until Sunday, February 8th at 11:59 pm PST.  Can not wait to see all your wonderful cards and projects! We will post the winners on the Thursday of next week.

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