All Hail the Birthday Girl Card

 

All hail the birthday girl! 

This handmade card features the pre-colored digital stamp/sentiment "Hail Birthday Girl" designed by Maurie J. Manning of Mo's Digital Pencil. This image was a pre-release given to Ms. Manning's supporters on Patreon.

I usually color my digital stamps with markers, but this pre-colored image is so pretty that I had to use it. The background paper is from the "Que Sera Sera" paper pad by K and Company. The banners and confetti die cuts were made with the "Celebration Borders #664516" dies by Sizzix. The card measures 5" by 7".

I will enter this card in the following challenge;

Mo's Digital Challenge #306

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Happy Cake Day Birthday Card

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I made this card with a "cake-day" cutie from Mo's Digital Pencil. 

The base of the card is a Strathmore card that measures 5" by 7".

The embossed background cardstock is "Daiquiri Ice" from Bazzil Basics.

The flowered and dotted papers came from the "On Trend 2" paper pad from My Mind's Eye (Hobby Lobby).

I featured the digital stamp/sentiment "Happy Cake Day" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I hand-colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and Winsor and Newton Promarkers/Brush markers.

I embellished the card by tying a piece of multi-colored yarn around it.

I am entering this card in the following challenges;
Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #34
Crafter's Castle August Challenge #20
Crafty Calendar August Anything Goes Challenge
Dare 2B Artzy August Anything Goes Challenge

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Heaven's Dew and Earth's Richness

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May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness. Genesis 27:28.

I will use this card as a birthday card. 

The base of the card is a blank Strathmore card that measures 5" by 7".

I chose the digital stamp/sentiment "Bounty" from Mo's Digital Pencil to feature on the front of this card. I used Canva to size and merge the image and sentiment. The hill is an element that Maurie Manning offered her Patreon supporters. I printed the image on white cardstock with my HP Photo Printer and Instant Ink. I hand-colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and Winsor & Newton Promarkers/Brush Markers. I love to mix and match my alcohol markers. I cut/embossed the image with a Spellbinders die in my die cutting machine. I mounted the image on a piece of back cardstock.

The background is a Yellow Dandelion paper. This paper was offered to Maurie Manning's Patreon supporters. I love to print digital papers on my home printer and I never run out of ink.

I embellished the card with some brown ribbon with white stitches (Stampin' Up). I then used the Spellbinder's Floral Corner 2 die to make the yellow embellishments around the corners of the image. I added three bright yellow paper flowers from my stash. 

I matted the image on a piece of dark brown cardstock and then attached it to the white Strathmore card.

I will enter this card in the following challenges;
Ellibelle's Corner August Challenge
Moo-Mania Butterflies Challenge #197
Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #282
Watercolor Wednesday - Karen's Feminine "Anything Goes" WWC233

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Handmade Birthday Girl Card

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July is a wonderful time to celebrate a birthday! I made this card and it has already been delivered to a special birthday girl.

I chose the digital stamp/sentiment "Birthday Girl" from Mo's Digital Pencil to feature on this card.

I printed the image and sentiment on white cardstock using my HP Photo Printer and Instant Ink.

I hand-colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and Winsor & Newton Promarkers/Brush markers. I love to mix and match my alcohol markers. I used a gold gel pen to color the crown and fill in the center of the flowers.

I cut out the image using a rectangular die with my die cutting machine. I framed the image with a piece of black cardstock. I used a die-cut corner embellishment in the lower right corner of the image.

I chose Glam Glitter Polka (The Paper Studio) for the background paper. I was very happy to find a pack of this paper on clearance at Hobby Lobby. The paper is very glittery but has a smooth surface, so it is easy to glue other paper to it.

I made a strip of scalloped white cardstock and put a strip of black cardstock down the center. I attached this to the center of the card. I finished the card with a colorful stitched banner from my stash.

I entered this card in the following challenges;
Bitten by the Bug 2: Banners Everywhere Challenge
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #CIC474
Get Creative Challenges #82
Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #281

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Sunflower Baby Birthday Card

The sunflower is a perfect background for this cheerful summer birthday card.

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This handmade card measure 5" by 7". The base is a blank cream-colored Strathmore greeting card. I was lucky enough to find an entire box of these blank cards at a thrift shop for a very reasonable price. 

I chose the digital stamp Sunflower Baby from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock using my HP Photo Printer and Instant Ink.

I hand-colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers and Windsor & Newton Promarkers/Brush Markers. I used a round die with pierced edges to cut out the image with my die cutting machine.

I chose the digital background paper from the beautiful Sunflower Digital Junk Journal Kit by CalicoCollage on Etsy. I love to use digital collage papers for the background on my cards. The altered library card was included in this journal kit. I used a rub-on for the "Happy Birthday!" sentiment.

I completed the card with a pretty bow made of blue/white bakers twine.

I will enter this card in the following challenges;
AAA Birthday Card Challenges - For the Girls
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #238 - Here Comes Summer
Crafty Sentiments Designs Anything Goes Challenge
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge Week 30
Mo's Digital Challenge #281

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Handmade Fairy Lydia Birthday Card

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I made this birthday card for my daughter. I think this image is perfect for a spring birthday celebration.

This is how I made the card:

I started with a blank kraft card that measures 5" by 6.5".

The background patterned paper is from the "Que Sera Sera" paper pack by K & Company.

I used the following cutting dies for this card:

Spellbinders Oval

Spellbinders Scalloped Oval

Spellbinders "Happy Birthday" Sentiment

Sizzix Rectangle Frame

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

I used the digital stamp "Lydia" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. I colored the background with Rembrandt soft pastels. I used Tim Holtz Distress Glaze to seal the image/background.

I cut the image with the Spellbinders Oval die and glued it to the Scalloped Oval die cut with matte medium. I used the Spellbinders die to cut the "Happy Birthday" sentiment. I used the reverse side of the background paper to make a rectangular frame behind the ovals.

I embellished the card with two butterflies that I cut with a Martha Stewart butterfly punch. I put some tiny bright pink enamel jewels on the butterflies. I put three green enamel jewels on the right side of the frame.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #291
Craftaholics R Us Challenge #19
Crafty Creations Challenge #366
Creative Moments Challenge #142
Ellibelle's Creative Moments May Challenge
Inspiration Destination Challenge #150
Moo-Mania & More Flowers Challenge
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #19
The Sisterhood of Crafters Magical Fairy Garden Challenge
Crafty Addicts Challenge #48
Word Art Wednesdays Challenge Weeks #334 - #335

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Perfection Handmade Birthday Card

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! Dr. Seuss

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? Satchel Paige

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. Ausonius

The way I see it, you should live every day like its your birthday. Paris Hilton

It takes a long time to become young. Pable Picasso

I make more birthday cards than any other kind. I made this card for my daughter's birthday. She is an awesome young woman and I am very proud of her.

This is how I made the card:
I started with a blank 5" by 7" kraft greeting card.

The background patterned paper is "On the Shore Stripe/Dark Blue Paper" by Kaleidoscope (My Mind's Eye, 2006). I found a packet of this lovely coordinating double-sided paper at my favorite thrift shop.

I stitched the different layers of paper together and used a piece of vintage lace for embellishment.

I used the digital stamp "Perfection" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers.

I used three sentiments from the Tim Holtz "Small Talk" pack.

I used my Dymo label maker to make the word "BIRTHDAY" at the bottom of the card.

I finished the card with a Tim Holtz ticket and a green paper clip.

I will enter this card in Mo's Challenge 252 - Anything Goes.

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Dancing With Mummu Birthday Card

Mummu made her first appearance in print in "Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick" written by Roz Rozenbluthand and illustrated by Maurie J. Manning. She is based on Ms. Manning's Finnish grandmother.

I think this is a great image for a birthday card. What is better than celebrating your day by kicking up your heels? You never get too old to have some fun.

This is how I made this card:

I started with a blank kraft greeting card that measures 4" by 5.5". I rounded the corners with a corner punch.

I chose the digital stamp "Mummu" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I paper-pieced the skirt by printing out the image on a piece of flowered paper from my stash. I cut out the skirt and glued it to an identical image that I printed on white card stock. I colored the remainder of the image with Copic Sketch markers.

I cut and embossed the image with an oval Spellbinders die.

I distressed three pieces of background paper (including a piece of the flowered paper that I used for the skirt) and tied them with blue ribbon. I then attached the colored Mummu image to the background. I attached the image/background to the craft cardstock with a Tombow tape runner.

I am entering this card in Mo's Anything Goes in 2015 paper crafting challenge.

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Dr. Seuss is one of my very favorite children's book authors. It is really hard to choose my favorite Dr. Seuss book but I dearly love Horton Hatches the Egg, The Lorax and How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Today the movie version of "The Lorax" opens in theatres around the country and I look forward to seeing it soon.

Dr. Seuss was born on March 2, 1904. I would like to share some of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotations to honor his 108th birthday.


“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”   

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”  

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”   

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”  

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”   
(Oh The Places You'll Go)

 “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
(I Can Read With My Eyes Shut)

“A person's a person, no matter how small.”
(Horton Hears A Who)

“Being crazy isn't enough.”

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”  
 (The Lorax)

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”  
 
“I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”  
 (Horton Hatches The Egg)

“How did it get so late so soon?”    

“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”    

“Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.”  

Thank you for the many hours of happy reading, Dr. Seuss! You will always be remembered.

What is your favorite Dr. Seuss quotation or book? Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below.

Handmade Computer Guy Birthday Card

I had a very pleasant surprise this morning. I went to the Mo's Digital Challenge site and found out that my name had been drawn in a random drawing to win a $5.00 gift certificate to Mo's Digital Pencil Store. W00T!!!
I used my gift certificate to purchase the image that I used for this card. The theme of this week's Challenge #120 is "Anything Goes".
This is how I made the card:
(1.) The base card is a pre-made blank card made from kraft cardstock. The card measures 5" by 6 1/2".
(2.) I used a patterned paper from my stash for the background.
(3.) I used the "Happy Birthday" embossing folder in my Cuddlebug to dry emboss a piece of brown patterned paper.
(4.) I chose the digital image "Computer Guy" from Mo's Digital Pencil Store. I colored the image with Copy sketch markers. I used a "Scalloped Oval" Nestabilities die to cut and emboss the shape after I colored the image.
(5.) I punched a tag from kraft cardstock and used some round epoxy stickers to make the name "Scott". I distressed the edges of the tag and tied a piece of string in the top.
(6.) I made some corner punches from the same cardstock that I made the tag and highlighted them with glitter. I attached them to the "Happy Birthday" embossed paper.
(7.) I found an orange "Smile" embellishment to attach to the image.

I plan to send this to a special young man who will be celebrating his birthday on February 10.

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Book Review: Facebook Ate My Life, And Other Poems

Is Facebook eating your life? Are you networked out?

John McDonnell offers a humorous look at the social networking craze in "Facebook Ate My Life, And Other Poems".  This 4-page ebook contains four original poems that reflect the author's outlook on life.


About the Author
John McDonnell has eight books on the Amazon Kindle. He has five collections of horror short stories, one collection of humorous stories about a space alien named Larry, a book of poetry, and a holiday book called "The Christmas Gift". He lives outside of Philadelphia, PA, with his wife and four children.

Four Poems
Mr. McDonnell has written four thought-provoking and entertaining poems for this ebook. The following poems are included in this collection;

• Facebook Ate My Life. The author expresses his reluctance to "connect" with some of the unpleasant people from his past.
• No Points For Neatness. Mr. McDonnell realizes that neatness is second to love when you have a houseful of children.
• Birthday Boy. The author decides to celebrate his life on the anniversary of his birth.
• The Phillies Have Won. Mr. McDonnell expresses joy after a long-awaited victory for his favorite baseball team.

Take Time For Poetry
Poetry like this is fun and entertaining. I don't claim to be an expert on poetry, but I enjoyed this ebook and it definitely brought a smile to my face. The author/poet has a talent for taking ordinary circumstances and expressing them in a poetic manner.

My only complaint is that the book ended too soon...I would like to read more. These four poems will wet your appetite and have you hoping that the author will soon publish more.

My Rating:  4 Stars out of 5

FYI ~ I ordered this ebook from Amazon.Com when it was offered as a free digital download. Please check the price before ordering.

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