*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 I almost didn't participate in the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop this month because I couldn't think of anything in my stash that would work for the confetti or sprinkles theme.  But then I was digging through some new patterned paper and found these fabulous designs in it and whipped up a quick birthday card.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Lemon Lime Twist, Blueberry Bushel

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Bright & Beautiful

*Stamps:  MFT Big Birthday Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies: Waffle Flower Nesting Circles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 The theme for June for the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop is rainbow...  I got this new rainbow die set last week and decided to play with some non-traditional looking rainbow colours.  I am so happy with how it turned out!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cajun Craze, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Kiwi Kiss, Secret Sea, Cloud Cover

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Sunshine Vibes; MFT Something for Everything

*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Soft Waves

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 For the month of May, the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop theme is flowers...  not a hard stretch for me LOL!  I played with a Gina K stencil for my card...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  Studio Katia Birthday Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Gina K Wild Dandelion, Passionate Pink, Wild Lilac, Grass Green, Blue Lagoon

*Stencil:  Gina K Bold Flowers

*Dies:  Gina K Bold Flowers

Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 This month, we are playing with Fun Fold cards with the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop.  I don't do a lot of fun fold cards and I thought I found a new one to play with... and then, I was scrolling through the photos on my phone and discovered that I made a card using this layout a while back as a Christmas card.  Whoops!  

I guess that just means I really like the fun fold of this one!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Granny Apple Green

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Hues of Happiness

*Stamps:  Gina K Fancy Greetings Mini

*Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 The theme for this month with the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop is "outdoors"...  I chose to do a cloud background on a mini slimline card and then added some pretty butterflies to highlight the sentiment...

Card Info

*Stamps:  Pinkfresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Catherine Pooler Stone Blue

*Stencil:  Lawn Fawn Slimline Cloudy

*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 The theme for the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop this month is "neutrals"... I chose to go with the classic black and white.

To create my card, I adhered the black and white striped panel directly to the folded card and then added two white panels on top using foam adhesive to create some dimension.  The letters are adhered to only the top white panels.

If you do a card like this, don't forget to stamp anything that needs to be stamped, *before* you put your raised panels on your card!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  MFT Black and White Stripes
*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Concord & 9th Tall Type Alpha

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 The theme for the January Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop is cake.  I have a few cake themed items in my stash, but honestly I don't really like them.  The one thing I thought I had that I maybe wanted to use was no where to be found.  So I put on my thinking cap and went a little outside the box.

I used a scrap of patterned paper with birthday candles on it and cut out some words with an alphabet die set.  And I like it!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green

*Paper:  MFT Birthday Brights

*Dies:  Spellbinders Be Bold Alpha

*Etc:  white gel pen

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Birthday Bounce Slimline*

It's time for a new Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop... for October, our prompt is "slimline".  If you've been around for a while, you know that I love a mini slimline, so of course that's what I went with.  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Blueberry Bushel

*Stamps:  Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Claire Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Floating Balloons

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop - Masculine*

 I'm participating in the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop.  Each month, we create a birthday card with a common theme.  This month, our theme is Masculine.

You've all been here before (well most of you have been) and you must know by now that I don't do a lot of masculine cards.  I almost passed on this hop, but then saw an idea on Pinterest and made it my own.  The card I saw used black and gold, so that's what I went with.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Spellbinders gold foil

*Dies:  Pink & Main Happy Birthday dies

*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Brick & Mortar

*Etc:  foam adhesives

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop -- Cake*

It's time to be hopping over on Instagram with the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop!  Every month, a group of us get together and post a birthday card following a common theme.  This month, our theme is cake.

Now, I will admit I almost skipped this month... I don't have any cake stamps.  The cupcake stamps and dies I had I sold in the last garage sale.  I have a few great cake sentiments but I wasn't sure what to put with them without a cake.

And then I remember the Scrapbooks & Cards Today weekend I signed up for last fall... there was a stencil set from Taylored Expressions in that mix of things.  I will be honest that I did not do the class for this product because I honestly hated it.  I hated the colours, the cake felt off in proportion.  I just couldn't do it.  The kit was in my box to sell at the garage sale, but it didn't sell.  So I pulled it out and had a better look at it.  And I saw that there was, in addition to the cake and the slice of cake, a cupcake stencil, stamps and die!

And while I still don't love this kit, I was able to create something to share with you today using some bright fun colours!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Lemon Lime Twist

*Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Cake Walk, Simple Strips Birthday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet, Candied Apple

*Stencils:  Taylored Expressions Cake Walk

*Dies:  Taylored Expressions Cake Walk, Simple Strips

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop -- Kids*

 I'm participating in the monthly Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop... each month we each create one birthday card following the monthly theme.  This month, our theme is kids.

I will admit that I took an idea I saw on Pinterest and created my card using that idea... I like how it turned out!  It's simple and eye catching, which I think would be great for a kid!

I wish I'd had some googlie eyes for on these cuties, but instead I used two different sizes of office supply circle punches to create the eyes.  I had some fun with their placement.  And yes, I used a Christmas set to create my hats!  I cut the trunks of the trees off and then added the star as the pompom!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point

*Paper:  MFT (I don't remember the pack name); unknown gold sparkle

*Images:  MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; Catherine Pooler Jolly Trees

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

It's time for the June Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop...  our theme for this months birthday card is "rainbow".  Head on over to my Instagram profile to find this card and to hop along to visit everyone else along the way!

We all know that I love a good rainbow!  But I will admit, I failed a little here.  Others will notice, most will not... but I put one of my butterflies in the wrong spot and didn't realize it until it was too late to make the change.  And since I used glue, GooGone or Un-Du wouldn't help out.

So here is my slightly broken rainbow...

Card Info

*Images:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Challenges:  Pinkfresh Studio June Challenge

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop - Flowers*

Here is my card for the current Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop... our theme for May was "flowers"...  and of course I had no problem with that!

To add a little interest, I did some scored lines on the top part of my panel and used the gold strip to cover up where those lines stopped.  I just got some new Pinkfresh stamps, dies, washi and stencils so there will be some new fun stuff in the coming weeks!

Do you want to see the rest of the hop?  Head on over to my Instagram Page HERE and find this card to find the links to the rest of the hop!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Concord Crush; Spellbinders gold foil
*Images:  MFT Something for Everything
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Floral
*Dies:  MFT Something for Everyone; Pinkfresh Studio Rainbow Floral, Slim Strips
*Tools:  ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers
 

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 I'm participating in the Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop today... each month, a group of card makers gets together to hop with birthday cards based on a theme...  this month our theme is "funny"

We've talked about this before... my idea of humour usually involves swearing... so I used a fun stamp set from Sassy Pants to create my card.

I had a vision in my head for this card...  but I guess my vision wasn't quite as good once it hit reality.  

I promise... we'll get to some cards I like soon!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  Paper Rose Studio Rainbow Twirls 2

*Images:  Sassy Pants Stamps Best Friends

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

I'm participating in a Birthday Themed Instagram Hop... this is a monthly hop and this month, our theme is "candles"...  I hope you'll head over to my Instagram to check out the rest of the participants in the hop!

I had some fun with some patterned paper and a great sentiment!  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  MFT Party Time

*Images:  Picket Fence Studio Good Vibes

*Ink:  Versfine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

 It's time for the second hop with the Birthday Bounce team... we are doing an Instagram Hop, so head on over to my Instagram page if you'd like to hop along and see what the other creators have done with our theme this month.

I struggled a bit with our theme this month... because I had it in my head that while I needed to do a SHAKER card (our theme) that I wanted to try to make a clean and simple shaker card.

I think I did ok....

I cut the butterfly out of my front panel.  My front panel is where the shaker is, so I used foam adhesive to get it all on the front of my card and added my shaker elements behind an acetate panel. I then took the butterly that I had cut out and glued it in to the negative space, but only glued down the centre part.  I then curved up the wings a big to add dimension and allow you to see the shaker stuff.

One tip with a shaker card panel like this?  Make sure you do your stamping before you add the foam adhesive!

Card Info

*Images:  Pink Fresh Studio Happy Birthday Sentiment

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles; unknown butterfly

*Birthday Bounce Instagram Hop*

Welcome to the first instance of the Birthday Bounce Instagram Card Hop!  I am participating with a few other paper crafters, sharing a birthday card each month using a set theme.  If you'd like to see all of the fabulous creations, find my post on my Instagram account... 

For our first month, our theme is Balloons... I have this fabulous stencil set from Neat & Tangled that I haven't pulled out for a while... I used a light hand with some Distress Inks to make the balloons look a bit transluscent.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Granny Apple Green

*Images:  Studio Katia It's Your Birthday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Distress Inks Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Saltry Ocean, Shaded Lilac

*Stencils:  Neat & Tangled Balloon Duo 

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embellishments:  unknown clear flat back gems