Birthday with a Hand-Made Brad

This is a good, easy birthday card for either girls or boys.  It's fairly easy and shows how you can "make your own brad" to accentuate just about any project.

This card is made from Confetti White, Basic Black, and Riding Hood Red cardstock.  The center image is stamped on Confetti White with Basic Black ink.  I stamped the image onto Confetti White again with Riding Hood Red.  Using a 1/2" circle punch, I cut out the very center of the Riding Hood Red image.  Using a glue dot, I adhered this small circle to the middle of a "make your own brad."  I had to use a paper piercer to punch through the center image and push the brad through.

This is a simple card with just a little "pop" in the middle!

Party Hearty with a Folded Frame

 

I wanted to try the Folded Frame tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.com, so here is my attempt! If you would like to see the tutorial to make your own, click here.

I began with a Handsome Hunter CS base for a square card.  I used Prestwick DSP to make the Folded Frame for the front of the card.  I used silver brads to secure the frame instead of the glue dots/dimensionals that the tutorials suggests using.

I stamped the Celebrate You on Whisper White CS using Brilliant Blue Classic Ink and punched out using the Scallop Circle Punch.  To give the image a little "pop," I also stamped the image again using Handsome Hunter and punched out the very middle with a small circle punch.  I adhered this green embellishment onto the blue scalloped image.  Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I adhered this scalloped image to the front of the card, thus making it stand up off the front.