Happy Birthday...It's Official...

TGIF!  The end of the week is here...and I just realized as I'm writing this that it's been a week of all square cards on the blog. It doesn't usually happen this way...I try to vary the shapes and sizes of the cards I make in any week, but this week it didn't work out that way for some reason. LOL

Today I have birthday card to share using several Lili of The Valley stamps. I masked off a part of Set 53, Vintage Backs/Flora and Fauna to allow room for the sentiment from Set 61, Quotables/Celebrate, making this combination the "patterned paper" block that's the focal point of the card...

I wanted to add a "happy birthday" tag next to the floral cluster, but didn't want to cover any more of the paper around the larger stamped sentiment, and there wasn't a lot of room to the left of it all, so I went for something a little more whimsical.  I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Set 58, Pretty Grungy/Good Times, using black Staz-On ink, onto a piece of clear plastic, then punched out the sentiment with a 1-1/4" circle punch.  This way you can see the sentiment, but still see the materials behind it. After punching a tiny hole on the right side of the tag, just large enough for a piece of crochet thread, I tied the tag around the base of the rose buds and tucked the ends down underneath the flowers...

Here are a couple close-ups of the rosebuds and tiny pearl flourishes in the floral cluster surrounding the sentiments...

Supplies:

Stamps:  Lili of the Valley (LOTV) Set 61, Quotables/Celebrate;  Set 53, Vintage Backs/Flora and Fauna;

Set 58, Pretty Grungy/Good Times

Patterned paper:   My Minds Eye Miss Caroline/Dolled Up collection (pink gingham)

Pearls:   Zva          Ribbon:   Offray          Lace:   local craft store          Flowers:   Wild Orchid Crafts

Thanks so much for visiting today...have a wonderful weekend!