Happy Birthday in Peekaboo Peach

Happy birthday wishes for one of my stamping friends, Mary.  I used a little bit of everything for this card - some old stuff, some current stuff.  I ran into this embossing folder in my stash this week, so I knew I wanted to use that.  I had some extra balloons from another card, so I wanted to use those.  Then I was "organizing" one of my stamp shelves, and ran into this old greeting set...and that made me want to use it.

This is sometimes how my brain figures out what I want to make.  All over the map, until I land on something I like.  :)

For this card, I embossed a layer of Peekaboo Peach, and mounted to the Peekaboo Peach card base.  I really LOVE a tone-on-tone card like this.  I don't even know the name of the embossing folder.  It's probably 15 years old, but I know it's not from Stampin' Up.  Let's just call it "Birthday".  :)

For the greeting circle, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" on a piece of Whisper White card stock, then figured out which size punch it would fit in (2 1/4" circle).  Then I built out from there.  2 1/2" circle punch for the peach layer, then the largest size circle from the Stitched Shapes thinlits for the Lemon Lime Twist layer.  Popped that whole bit up with dimensionals.

The balloons (dots and stripes) were made with the Playful Backgrounds stamp set.  Those are all popped up with a double layer of dimensionals, so they are taller than the circles.

I hope you like it, and again - Happy Birthday to Mary!

Stampin' Up supplies you'll need to create this:

Stamps:  Warm Regards (retired), Playful Backgrounds
Ink:  Berry Burst, Lemon Lime Twist
Paper:  Peekaboo Peach, Lemon Lime Twist, Berry Burst, Whisper White, Picture Perfect Birthday designer series papers (retired)
Other:  Big Shot, Stitched Shapes thinlits, Birthday embossing folder (non-SU), 2 1/2" and 2 1/4" circle punches, Balloon punch, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Whisper White Baker's Twine, glue dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow liquid glue.

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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