It's hard to believe that our youngest just turned 14! Seems just yesterday I was holding her in the hospital after she was born...
Being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, of course I made her card! It's so cold here in north Jersey I decided to stamp something springlike to remind me that warmer days are not too far ahead! Here it is:
I love to use Unfrogettable and Looks Like Spring sets together..I used the Cutter Kit to distress the edges of Celery cardstock. After cutting out the flower, I rubbed the edges across the Versamark Pad, dipped into Heat and Stick powder (which becomes a wet glue when heated), heat with the Heat Tool, then dipped the edges into Dazzling Diamonds Glitter-once more with the heat tool to set the glitter, then stamped the HB in center and attached a Clear Button in the center with Crystal Effects. The flower is attached to the card with a Dimensional (a sticky two-sided foam dot) to raise it and give it depth.
The colored cardstock pieces under the trio flowers was done with the Paper Piecing Punch.
It's hard to tell in the photo (click on the picture to view larger) but the Hoppy Birthday was actually scored with two mountain folds and one valley fold to give the faux effect of being popped open when the frog leaps up. The bow is actually a cheater's bow with the ends tucked back in. Crystal effects was applied to the frog's eyes and centers of the flowers. It was a fun card to make and of course it was a hit with our daughter Kelley!