WMSC#79–Let’s Celebrate–Another Birthday!

Hi all – January is birthday month around here.  Not only is January MY birthday month, but I usually gear up restocking my supply of birthday cards and THIS January is no different.  I’m focusing my crafting in January towards those special days that are especially special to the birthday girl or boy (or woman/man).

I wanted to play along with the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge this week because the challenge blog has been quiet for the past two weeks, and I’m ready to get going again.

Here is the sketch that Anya Schrier supplied the Mischief Makers for their wonderful samples.  Be sure to check out the WMS Sketch Challenge blog to see all of their amazing creations using this sketch.

Here is my take on Anya’s great sketch.

I’m all about trying to use things that are already lying around my workspace.  I had the pink die cut that is the bottom most layer of my birthday card, and the fun die cut (made using my Silhouette) that is the base for this fun birthday cake (from the Eat Cake stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps).  I’m so happy that I could use them on this card and not have them lying around taking up valuable real estate on my counter. With a white card base, I added a bit of patterned paper from the Uncommon paper pack by Authentique.

I added a circle of Zva Creative pearls and also added a few to my birthday cake along with the addition of some liquid pearls added to the smaller flowers.

The lovely die cut flower is actually a part of an old laser cut scrapbook paper that I trimmed around and applied to the card – topping it off with another pearl. I love this pretty lacy trim and I know that I originally purchased it from I{heart}Papers but I couldn’t find a link ANYWHERE!  I tend to hang onto pretty stuff rather than use it, but for a specially occasion like a birthday it’s a great time to break out the really GOOD stuff.

My sentiment is from the Say it Loud stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps.  I hope you will break out any WMS images you have and play along with the challenge this week.  Prizes are given each and every week.

Thanks for looking in today.  It’s great to be back and to welcome you to my blog in 2012!

Waltzingmouse Stamps Say it Loud	Waltzingmouse Stamps Eat Cake	Authentique Uncommon 6X6 Paper Pack	Copic Blending Cardstock by X-Press (pack of 12)	Ranger Spun Sugar Distress Ink	Ranger Distress Ink - Victorian Velvet
Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black Ink	Zva Creative Crystal Circles	Ranger Liquid Pearls-Pastel Raspberry	Spellbinders Big Scalloped Circles Small

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