Friday, April 14, 2017

Birthday's Galore!

Good morning ~  I've got a couple of cards to share that I made for specific challenges.  I've been super busy being involved with an Easter Event at our church but had Wednesday off to play and since April is a big birthday month for us (9 birthdays), I needed to catch up on some birthday cards.   
These first two cards are for the PTI Create Along With Us challenge.  I was completely taken by Stephanie Gold's idea to create a sentiment border.  I stamped two different panels, one with the sentiment border and one with balloons and cut them evenly so I could create two cards.  Both of these will be going to two of my great little's who celebrate their birthdays this month.


This card is for one of my nieces.  They have 4 cats and a dog so I thought she'd get a kick out of this fun Newton's Nook Birthday Flutter image.  This card will be entered into the Seize the Birthday challenge using two patterned papers.  


 My next card is a spinner card for another niece.  She has a hedgehog as a pet so this card is perfect for her.  My sweet friend Marcia sent me this adorable hedgehog die and it works perfectly with the ECD spinners dies.  The flowers are from MFT.

I'll also be entering one of these cards into the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Spring Colors
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit


21 comments:

Darlene said...

OH WOW these are all just awesome Birgit! You've been busy! LOL LOVE the cat/birdie card ... OMG that sentiment is too funny ... gave me a chuckle this morning! LOL Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘Stamp It’ challenge and please come back again soon!
Darlene
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Marcia Hill said...

WOW...you really did make the most of your day off Birgit...I'm impressed! Loving your birthday balloon and celebrate cards, and great idea to get two cards by cutting the layers in half! Totally in love with your kitty and hedgehog cards too...so darn cute! FABULOUS cards my friend!! :0)

Esther Asbury said...

Beautiful cards! Love that little spinner hedgehog! Sooooo cute! Thanks for linking up to the CropStop blog!

Susan Watanabe said...

Absolutely love your cards...especially the adorable cat card! I just may have to look for that one. I do enjoy cards that make me laugh.

Imke said...

I also CASE-ed Stephanie´s card and i like your take of it. Wonderful scene with the Balloons - just great.

Imke MY CRAFTY PLACE

Carmela said...

Very pretty cards! Love the balloons.

Teresa Kline said...

super sweet cards, luv the designs and darlin images! I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!

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Lisa Elton said...

These re all adorable! I like the spring colors!

Linda said...

Wow, Birgit, awesome birthday cards.

Janice said...

Fantastic selection of cards Birgit, you have been busy! I just love the middle one - really made me smile!

Unknown said...

a collection of different yet lovely cards, love the cute and funny cat and bird one :)

Unknown said...

FABULOUS cards! All so bright and sunshiny happy! I must say I have never heard of anyone having a hedgehog as a pet, but I think it sounds like a lot of FUN! And I love that spinner card, soooooooooooo CUTE! (your April is my December lol)

Patti said...

Happy Easter Birgit!! : )

I love your sweet cards : ) The patterned papers you selected are so ... springy!! and that hedgehog is totally adorble!

It is so wonderful to see your blog again my friend but I am especially blessed to have been receiving your hand crafted cards in person in my mailbox!! Thank you so so much : ) Your friendship means the world to me.

BIG (((Hugs)))
Patti

Conniecrafter said...

These are all absolutely perfect! Love the balloons with the hearts!! The cat who ate the bird is just too fun, she will think it is funny and who wouldn't love a spinner card with your pet on it, great thought went into all of these!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love the mix of pattern paper on both your cards -- well done. Thanks for joining in at STB

Nancy Penir said...

Birgit, I can't believe I missed this post! Way too busy over the Easter Week. Hope your Easter was blessed! Wow! All amazing! Loving the double duty bg papers, so festive and sweet. Adorable kitty card! And so beautifully done, The artful shading looks as though your critter are glowing! And the animated hedgehog is sure to be enjoyed by it's recipient too! All wonderful. And btw, just saw you won last week's Create Along With Us... so happy when a friend wins! Congrats and enjoy!!!

Joyce said...

Amazing cards!!! And, I was so very excited for you to see that you were the PTI winner this week. Happy Shopping!

Helen F. said...

Totally fabulous B-Day cards, Birgit! Each one is going to make the recipient smile :)
Happy to see you won the Create Along challenge, congratulations!

Kathy Mc said...

Birgit, your little grands are very lucky to get a handmade card from you. These are all awesome and great way to get two-for-one from your backgrounds. Congrats on your PTI win and hope you had a Happy Easter!

Sharron said...

What a wonderful trio! I always love the critters and yours are adorable. Great coloring on your kitty and I love the papers. The hedgehog is so cute and such fun as a slider.

Diane said...

Beautifully created cards all are so pretty an fun! Thank you for joining our challenge at The Sisterhood!
Diane TSH DT
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