January Birthday Card

Good morning friends!  I have to admit that yesterday I totally procrastinated and avoided house cleaning to make this little beauty.  I had a moment of inspiration and had to go with it.  I've been wanting to use this design from Pagemaps by Becky Fleck for a while.  This design comes from the September 2011 edition of Pagemaps (visit pagemaps.com to access archived page layout and card designs or check out the current ones for January 2012).  I used a kit that I purchased at Up The Street Scrapbooking from My Mind's Eye called Good Day Sunshine.  I love the colours used in this kit... corals, browns, greens and aqua blues, YUMMY!  You can see that I didn't follow the inspiration layout to a "T" but these layouts are always a good starting point.  Once again I have used the cracked glass technique, this kit calls for the distressed look!  On my focal piece I stamped the "hello" greeting and "happy birthday", sponged the edges and then covered in Versamark ink, a layer of glassy glaze enamel, heated it up and repeated.  After two layers of Versamark and GGE I put it in the freezer and then gently bent it to crack the surface.  I found the frame piece in my stash and it perfectly fit so I took that as a sign that I had to use it.  To make a frame like this you will need a corner and a border punch (I used the scallop trim set from SU!) and follow the manufacturer's instructions on how to go around a square to create a frame.  I do have a tutorial for this particular set if anyone is interested.

Colours: Chocolate Chip (all others are not SU! and I didn't match them up)
Stamps: Hello Again, Create a Cupcake
Accessories: My Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine kit, Soft Suede ink, Stampin' Sponge, Glassy Glaze Enamel, Versamark, heat tool, Scallop trim border and corner punches, button Petal Pushers by Bo Bunny, Early Espresso twine, lace medallion, large brads Jovial by Basic Grey

I still have some more birthday cards to make, my son's teacher has a birthday this month and so does my friend Cheryl.  So that makes 3 more cards to make.  Busy, busy :} or maybe not.  See you again soon!  E