This is Brock's birthday card for 2016. Here are the dimensions.
Card base Soft Suede 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded
Mat Sahara Sand 5 1/4 x 4 embossed with striped EF
DSP Well Worn 3 3/4" square embossed with Square Lattice EF
Cajun Craze cut with apothecary accents framlits
Happy Birthday panel Sahara Sand 2 11/16 x 1 1/4  Stamped in Pacific Point on Sahara Sand CS
Crown stamped in Cajun Craze on Sahara Sand CS punched out with 1" sq
and matted with 1 1/8" Soft Suede cs.
Cajun craze banner piece is 1/2 x 5 1/2
All card stock and DSP was sponged with Soft Suede ink
Inside of card is 5 x 3 3/4 sahara sand cs   stamped in Pacific Point.
"hip-hip-hooray!
It's your
special day!
Both stamps are from Happiest Birthday Wishes
The crown is from Elementary Elegance

This idea was found on Pinterest. Here is the link to the original card. Thank you Karen.

http://stampinbythebay.blogspot.com/2012/02/masculine-cards.html

Rick's Birthday Card

Isn't this spring like. We need that around here. We got 7.4" of snow on Tuesday of this week. It's so piled up around here they don't know where to put any more of it. It needs to start melting, it's March already. Okay I got that out of my system so let's look at the card. I saw something similar on splitcoaststampers so I ran with it. I love embossing folders, they give a card instant texture and depth and this cute dsp filled in where it needed a pop of color. The linen string acts as a balloon string and the button ( non SU) is just the right touch. I hope my brother liked it.
Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place.

Declare your Independence Birthday

Posting another patriotic inspired card today. This one is for my nephew. This card looks very simple and in design it is, but in execution it is not. The flag is masked off, that means all four sides, then the blue star field is masked off, then the stripes are each masked and then opened up and re-masked after the red is applied. I like how it turned out but a little more complicated than I first thought it would be.
Thanks for stopping by and looking.

Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Real Red
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Real Red
Tools: lots of post it notes, sponges and small star punch

Stamping 411 Challenge 222

I just realized that this fits the stamping 411 challenge 222 just perfectly. The oval is changed to the ornate note and the little object is flipped to the other side and I made mine a bird. This is a little out of my comfort zone because of the intricate cutting but I have to tell you it went really fast. I would say no more than 2 minutes to hand cut around the scroll work and the bird. I used the rock n roll technique on the bird to pull the two colors together which are Pacific Point and the new In Color for 2011 and 2012 Pool Party.  Thanks for stopping by At Paula's Place

Supplies:

Stamps: Notably Ornate, Baroque Motifs, Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess)

Ink: Pacific Point, Pool Party

Paper: Pacific Point, Pool Party, Whisper White
Tools: Corner Rounder, Paper Snips ( a necessity here)