Happy Birthday Do-over Card for Amy and Debra

 

 

Hello everyone.  Today's card was really fun to make and it's for a fun cause and for two great people.  A "do-over birthday".  Back story - my friends Debra and Amy both have August birthdays and both of their birthday months...well, they sucked.  So they talked and decided to have a "do-over day" - yesterday - and each of them have giveaways over on their respective IG pages to celebrate. 

Make sure that you head over to Debra at @djdavison814 and Amy at @craftee1 and follow the directions for your chance to win something awesome.

I'm not taking part but I wanted to make a fun card to re-celebrate their birthdays.  Since both are ADDICTED to coffee, as am I, I went with a birthday coffee card.  

I started with a blank coffee-to-go template.  I printed 4 of them on a piece of white cardstock and then I fussy cut 2 of them completely and the other two I cut the images out.  You'll understand in a second. 

I placed each of the messy fussy cut images into my Misti, secured the top with a piece of washi tape, and stamped Candles Bold Prints (Hero Arts) with Onyx Black Versafine ink, and then quickly embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

Looks kinda messy but you'll understand in a second.  

I fussy cut the bottom sections of the cups, ran a black marker around the edges to hide any white core, and colored them using my BIC Intensity Markers.  Then I added some Stickles by Ranger and set it aside to dry.   

 

While those are drying I made the rest of the card.

I decided to go square with my card.  Made a 6" square card base of white cardstock to which I adhered a piece of fun, colorful, decorative paper from the Hello Pastel paper pad (Prima Marketing).

Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock, 5.5" square. Then I blended the coffee rings from the Splatters stencil (Holtz/Stamper's Anonymous) on to it using a blending brush and Coffee Archival ink.   

Then I adhered it to a piece of dark brown cardstock, leaving just a hint of a border, then to a piece of fun foam, and then to the card front. 

 

I adhered the cup together adhering the piece I cut out and stamped on to the other full coffee cup.  Then I adhered them to the card front.  The bottom cup I glued to the card front and the other is raised up using foam tape. 

To finish the card off...I used the Birthday Stamp & Cut XL (Hero Arts).  I die cut the word "Celebrate" several times using hot pink cardstock, glued them together and then adhered the word again using a piece of hot pink glittered cardstock.  I am not a fan of sentiments in the upper right corner but I felt it went best there so I glued it down.  

Then I die cut the Happy Birthday sentiment using hot pink cardstock and adhered it to the inside with one of the matching sentiments under it in black ink.  

Done!  Seems like a lot of work but it went fast.  Waiting for the Stickles to dry took the longest.   Hope you enjoyed today's fun, colorful card.  Remember to check out both of their IG pages for a chance to win some cool prizes.  

Until next time - hugs from Brasil.

~Michael