Happy 14th Birthday!

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Paige turned 14 this month, so here's what I came up with for her card. She's growing up so fast and I thought something a little more sophisticated this year would be better but still fun and glitzy! This is a graduated tri-fold card with more than a little sparkle and shine for a very special teenager. Lots of orange stickling and some fun felt embellies and buttons.

Fit for a Princess

Meleea is six years old next week and the sweetest little princess you'd ever want to meet. She deserved a very special card, so here's her Birthday castle. It's a zig zag fold card (tricky to photograph) but it's covered with bling and texture. It was one of the most fun cards I've created in a long while. The template for this card was very generously shared by Deneen at her blog A Path of Paper. Check out her beautiful work.

Queen of our Hearts

My mom-in-law is a treasure but birthday gifting for her is a challenge. She has 7 living children who over the years have bestowed upon her every conceivably imaginable gift. Hers is a game-loving family and the poker games at her dining room table are beyond memorable which is a long prelude to the idea for my gift this year. I'm sending her off a framed layout which I hope will tickle her fancy. So, Happy Birthday Mama Jean. We love you so!

Make a Wish

So a very special lady in the family is having a birthday this week. I wanted to use some of my precious Graphic 45 paper for my greeting and this is the card I came up with. Here's to birthday wishes all coming true!

Pink 'n Bling with Caardvarks

Sometimes when I finish a card, I'll do a duplicate for future cardgiving which I did with this card except added a black prima. Couldn't decide which one to post, so here they both are. Very simple design but pleasing to my eye.

Anyway....Caardvarks current challenge is to create a card using black, white and pink, so I'm tossing my hat (well, card) into the mix. Birthday card for my dear friend, the very lovely Mrs. B, designer extraordinaire, teacher, and all around beautiful person who got me hooked...errr...introduced me to scrapbooking back in 2002.

Sentiment-- embossed, panels--popped, bazzill--cuttlebugged in swiss dots.

Happy 1st Birthday Rowan!