Happy
Friday! Today is a very exciting day in
the Eichfeld house, its Aidan’s birthday.
Aidan’s so excited for his birthday (just like mommy) and he’s been
getting ready for it all week, in fact yesterday was not only Valentine’s Day
but “Aidan’s Birthday Eve,” too funny!
So I’ve had an idea in mind for what I wanted to do for Aidan’s birthday
card ever since I saw the Blue Ribbon
and Your Amazing stamp set that were
released last summer. I used MDS2 and the World Explorer Digital kit to make Aidan’s birthday party
invitation so it only made sense that his birthday card would coordinate. For
this card I made all the little elements first before determining the card
size, which was a good thing since I ended up needing a 6x6 card to fit
everything. The cardbase is Daffodil
Delight and then I added a piece World
Spectacular Designer Series paper that was matted with Early Espresso. I added a coordinating strip of DSP, also
matted with Early Espresso that I punched with the Scalloped Trim border punch.
The greeting is from the Your
Amazing stamp set and I inked the words in with Stampin’ Write Markers, and the border
is one of the new single stamp sets, Basic
Label (definitely one of my favorites and I love that it coordinates with
the Apothecary Framelits). I added a couple of Turquoise brads from the Brights Brads as accents. 
The
medallion piece has lots of layers, including the Blue Ribbon “ribbon” stamp, Calypso
Coral Ruffled Ribbon, Daffodil Delight tails and a lolly made with the same
package of DSP and the Simply Scored
board (love this!!!). I changed the
original card since I realized it said Happy Birthday twice so changed out the
center of the ribbon and added a stamped circle and then a glitter “8” cut with
the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die since Aidan
is turning 8 today. The final touch was
the small elephant from the Your Amazing
stamp set, I stamped him in Island Indigo ink, cut him out with Paper Snips and colored him in with
markers. An Island Indigo Dalia made a perfect accent for the top of the party
hat. I even stamped a couple balloons
from the same stamp set on the inside of the card.
Due
to the size of this card I had to make a matching envelope with the World Spectacular DSP, Simply Scored board, and Diagonal Scoring Plate (you can get this
FREE during Sale-a-bration so don’t miss out adding it to your tool box).
I
have to admit this card was a labor of love, I don’t know if I’ve ever spent
this much time on one card, it must have been about 1 ½ hours to make all the
little elements. I really love how this
card turned out and can’t wait to see how Aidan likes it. We’re off to a busy weekend celebrating, we
have our family celebration tonight and then Aidan is having some friends over
for laser tag and a sleepover this week, lots of fun!
Have
a great weekend!Diana
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