My husband turns 70 the end of this month and I wanted to create a card that used his favorite color blue, but also acknowledged his milestone birthday. I saw on Pinterest a card created for Simon Says Stamp by iminhaven. Her card was a rainbow birthday, but I kept mine blue. I really liked the repeating white “happy.”
I began by cutting one of the “happy” dies from the WPlus 9 Happy Trio 15 times from white cardstock. They were glued together using Elmer’s Spray Adhesive. They were adhered to a rectangle 1/8″ smaller than an A2 cardbase with liquid glue. The “happy” panel was adhered to a rectangle of blue glitter cardstocks with double-sided adhesive tape. The secondary sentiment was stamped on a scrap of white cardstock with blue ink and die cut using a Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label Die and adhered to a slightly larger piece of blue glitter cardstock with double-sided tape. It was adhered over the middle “happy” word with Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape.
This would be the end of casing the card by iminhaven, but I felt that it needed more blue and something to add visual interest. I decided to cut Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet from the blue glitter cardstock and adhered it in the upper right of the card. I really liked it, but I wanted to personalize the card, so I cut #70 from the same glitter cardstock using the My Favorite Things Little Numbers dies and adhered them in the center of three of the balloons.
Now the card was ready to give to my amazing husband. So blessed to have him in my life.
PRODUCTS USED:
- WPlus 9 Happy Trio
- Altenew Birthday Greetings
- My Favorite Things Little Numbers
- Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet
- Doodlebug Design Navy Glitter Cardstock
- Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
- Gina K. Designs In the Navy Ink
- Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips
- Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
- Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive
- Be Creative Double-Sided Tape
- Simon Says Stamp Big Mama Foam Tape