Happy Birthday Card

Happy National Scrapbook Day! With it being National Scrapbook Day, some of us from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine's Bloggers and Design Team are participating by sharing projects with you on Creative Scrapbooker's Social Media Pages. You'll want to check out their Facebook Page, Instagram and Blog as they will be giving prizes away all day. For my project, I created a Happy Birthday card featuring products from Bo Bunny, Emerald Creek Craft Supplies, Elizabeth Craft Designs, Ranger Ink and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Grab a cup of your favourite beverage and read below as I share with you how to recreate my Happy Birthday Card at home.

To start, die cut the 3" Stitched Rectangle die out of a piece of Super Stock Cardstock. Once the rectangle has been cut out, place the 2 1/4" Stitched Square die 1/2" from the top and 3/8" from the left of the stitched rectangle. Cut the stitched square out. 

Once the square has been cut out of the top portion of the rectangle. Apply Emboss It Ink to the entire surface of the rectangle. After the ink has been applied, sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the entire rectangle. Emboss the rectangle with the heat tool. You'll need to reapply Emboss It Ink in the areas where the powder didn't stick. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the spots that have ink on them. Emboss the spots with the heat tool. 

Cut a piece of Super Stock Cardstock that measures 7/8" x 1 1/2". Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Happy Birthday sentiment stamp. Stamp the Happy Birthday Sentiment onto the cut piece of Super Stock Cardstock. Using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool, ink the edges of the sentiment.

From the Typewriter patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 5" x 7". Distress the edges of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

From the Hidden Treasures patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 6 3/4" x 4 3/4". Cut a second piece that measures 2 1/4" x 5 7/8".  Distress the edges of both pieces of patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned papers using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

With the Hidden Treasures patterned paper still out, fussy cut a key a letter. Ink the edges of the fussy cut images with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

From the Bricks patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Distress the edges of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

From the Adventures patterned paper, cut a piece that measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Distress the edges of the patterned paper. Ink the edges of the patterned paper using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool. From the other side of the piece of paper, fussy cut the hot air ballon. Ink the edges of the hot air ballon using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

From the Graphic patterned paper, fussy cut three frames. Ink the edges of the frames using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

From the Utopia patterned paper, fussy cut two frames and the ampersand out of the frame. Ink the edges of the frames and ampersand with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool. 

From the Old School patterned paper, fussy cut a telephone and two cassette tapes. Ink the edges of the telephone and tapes using Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a Blending Tool.

Now it's time to assemble your card.

Adhere the letter patterned paper to the dot patterned paper. Adhere the brick paper to the letter patterned paper. 

On the top right side of the grey/blue patterned paper, slightly tear the paper down. On the bottom left side of the grey/blue patterned paper, slightly tear the paper up. Adhere the grey/blue patterned paper to the brick patterned paper.

Adhere one frame 1/2" from the top and 1/8" from the right of the grey/blue patterned paper.

Foam square the smaller letter paper 1/4" from the top and left of the grey/blue patterned paper. Adhere the long blue frame with image, 1/4" from the top and 3/8" from the left of the letter patterned paper. 

Adhere the second frame with image in behind the embossed frame.

Add adhesive on the left hand side of the embossed frame. Add foam squares on the right hand side of the embossed frame. Adhere the embossed frame 3/4" from the top and  1/4" from the left  of the blue frame. 

On the right hand side of the embossed frame, adhere a frame, a telephone and a cassette tape.

Adhere the other cassette tape underneath the telephone cord. Adhere the Happy Birthday sentiment 1/8" from the left and 3/8" from the bottom of the embossed frame.

Adhere the small frame slightly overtop of the bottom of the frame. The small frame will slightly sit over the Happy Birthday sentiment.

Adhere the fussy cut letter overtop of the frame, showing a bit on the right hand side. Foam square the ampersand slightly over the letter.

Foam Square the hot air balloon slightly overtop of the letter and the ampersand. 

Cut a cardbase out of Super Stock Cardstock that measures 

7" x 10". Score the cardstock at 5".

Adhere your card front to the cardbase. 

Here's a closeup shot of the card front.

Here's the finished Happy Birthday Card.

Thanks for joining me today! Make sure to head over to Creative Scrapbooker's Magazine blog, Facebook Page and Instagram to check out the rest of the Bloggers and Design Team members wonderful creations. I hope that I've inspired you to re-create my Happy Birthday card at home.

Supplies Used:

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Happy Birthday Stamp

- Bo Bunny: Life in Color -  Utopia, Hidden Treasures, Typewriter, Adventures, Graphic and Old School

- Ranger Ink:  Jet Black Archival Ink and Emboss It Ink

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink

- Elizabeth Craft Designs: Stitched Rectangles and Stitched Squares 

- Scrapbook Adhesives By 3L: Thin Foam Squares, 3D Foam Squares, EZ Runner and Dodz

- Creative Scrapbooker/Cathie Allan: Super Stock Cardstock 

- Katelyn