I celebrated my birthday this week - yay me!  My family and I had a very nice day together enjoying the last days of summer.

For my card, I layered yellow cardstock onto the card base.  I then cut black cardstock using the Basket die and layered it on top.  These little guys from the Bee Day set just make me happy!  Using one of the Postage Dies, I cut black cardstock as a backdrop.  The new Special Day Sentiment set has so many awesome sayings it was hard choosing, but I went with these and stamped on red cardstock then cut with the appropriate size die from the new Strip Sentiment Dies!

Happy Birthday, Paper Sweeties!

It's a birthday celebration!!  I'm excited to be today's Paper Sweeties Guest Designer for the 7th Birthday Celebration!!  And as luck would have it, today is my birthday, too, although I'm a tad bit older than 7 :)!  What's a party without gifts?  Here's one for YOU...

Today, you'll receive 25% off your purchase by using code:  kathy25.  Now, that's something to celebrate!
 

 For my card, I first created a blended background.  I love this darling truck from Paper Sweeties Merry Christmas, Y'all set which I paper pieced.  The fun balloons, cupcake, present and sentiment are all from the Hugs & Kisses set.
 

Big Happy Birthday wishes to Debbie and her wonderful Paper Sweeties company!!

It's A Celebration!

Pink & Main is thrilled to help Paper Sweeties celebrate it's 7th Birthday with a super fun blog hop!  Join the fun and leave a comment along the way for a chance to win a $25 Pink & Main surprise package!!  One lucky winner will be announced on the Pink & Main blog on 8/28.

 
Donna Lewis
Annette Allen
Dana Kirby
Laurie
Dana Joy
Kathy S.
Zsofia Molnar
Ilina Crouse
Lynnea Hollendonner
Yolie

For my project today, I first created a cute, little gift bag using Pink & Main Gift Bag dies cutting red cardstock and a pattern from the Rainbow Paper Pad.  The darling little girl in her party outfit were created from Paper Sweeties Abigail stamp/coordinating die and Jelly Bean Time outfit stamps (paper pieced with another pattern from the Pink & Main Rainbow Paper Pad.)

Enjoy the birthday party hop!  Remember to leave a comment along the way (HERE) for a chance to win!

Make Life Sparkle

Do you know someone who just makes life 'sparkle'?  That person who is always positive, makes people laugh and brightens up a room when they walk in.  I know a few folks like that -- they are an inspiration to me and I feel so blessed to have them in my life!

 For my card, I began by cutting Lead cardstock with the Triangles Cover Plate, taking out a few of the triangles and adhering to the card base.  I then used the die to cut Stormy, Cloud White, Midnight and shiny gold cardstock and filled in the punched out triangles with those colors.

I gold embossed and copic colored the cake from the Cake & Champagne stamp set/coordinating dies.  The flowers and bows were stamped in Midnight, copic colored then popped up onto the cake.  To finish, I gold emboss the sentiment from the same set onto Midnight cardstock.

Thanks to these challenges for the inspiration and letting me share:
 

 Fusion - Sketch & Inspiration Photo

 Simon Says - Anything Goes

 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

It's Your Birthday

 May is a birthday month for several of my family members and friends.  Reverse Confetti has a couple delightful birthday sets from their new release which helped make this card super easy to make several of!

 I first layered Midnight cardstock onto the card base.  On watercolor paper, I watercolored the bright rainbow on the side. Then I then made a stencil from the Large Diamond Cover Panel and layered on translucent embossing paste to the rainbow panel and sprinkled with glitter.  This adorable elephant is from the new Party Animals stamp set and coordinating dies; the sentiment is from the new Cake & Champagne set.

 Thanks to these challenges for the inspiration!

 AAA Cards - CAS Birthday

 CAS(E) This Sketch - sketch

 Just Us Girls - Photo (Rainbow)

 Simon Says Stamp - Bright Colors

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Sweet Birthday

 Birthdays are special!  We have several birthdays in May including my mom (who celebrates in heaven).  Everyone has one day a year that is all about them...and that is so worth celebrating!

 For my card today, I'm featuring several pretty things from Reverse Confetti!  I first layered a pattern paper strip from the From Cupid paper pad onto the card base.  Using the All Framed Up dies cut from Premier White cardstock, I framed the outer part of the card and the cake image placing Flamingo cardstock behind the inside frame.  The beautiful cake, flowers and sentiment are from the Cake & Champagne set and coordinating dies -- one of my favs from the May release!  The sentiment is stamped on vellum.

Thanks to these fun challenges for the inspiration!

Allsorts - 10th Birthday Celebration!

 

 Challenge Up Your Life - Vellum

 Cupcake Inspiration - Color Challenge

Double D - Frames

 Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Reverse Confetti May Release Day and Blog Hop!

Today's the day -- the Reverse Confetti May Release is here and we have a super fun blog hop with the Design Team, Fetti Friends and special guests to celebrate the release and Reverse Confetti's 6th Birthday!!!

Reverse Confetti Blog

Amy Kolling

Wanda Guess

Tricia Barber

Kelly Lunceford

Lisa Henke

Heather Hoffman

Michelle Short

Julee Tilman

Amy Tsuruta

Kathy Schweinfurth

Audrey Tokach

Jeanne Jachna

Leanne West

Becky Roberts

Deanne Kuntz

Ali Farmer

Annette Allen

Keeway Tsao

Raluca Vezeteu

For my card today, I layered several strips of papers from the new Sweet Stripes paper pad onto the card base.  Using the new Split Circles Cover Panel, I cut Midnight cardstock and layered it on top of the paper strips.  Then, I cut gold cardstock using one of the Lacy Scallop Circle dies and placed Iced Aqua cardstock behind the opening.  The sweet little tiger is from the new Party Animals stamp set and coordinating dies.  The 'celebrate' circling the image is from the new Party & Celebrate dies!

Hope you're as excited as I am about this month's release!!  Here are the other cards I created with these awesome new goodies...