Well, we are always telling him he is from Zog...

I used this Stampendous stamp set for my youngest's birthday card this year.  We are always telling him he is some sort of alien that landed here and we actually celebrate his landing date LOL!  I think everything on the card is pretty straightforward and this is a good card for a teen with the grungy look.  Good thing was that I got to use my Cuttlebug numbers folder and distressed stripes which I picked up to use someday and had never used!  YIKES!

Recipe
Card size - 5.5 x 8.5 in
Cardstock - Neenah, Recollections, The Paper Source
Stamps - Stampendous
Ink - Memento
Color - Copics
Accessories - Cuttlebug embossing folders, google eyes.

End of the Road for this Birthday Caper!

Admit it, you expected a Christmas theme.  I just couldn't take it that far!

Inside -

When all is said and done the Usual Suspects

sing like a canary to wish you a happy birthday!

Hope you liked the travel through the ups and downs of my penance for not making my dear husband number one on my card making schedule!

Recipe -

Card size - 5.5 x 4.25 in

Cardstock - DCWV, Neenah, The Paper Source

Ink - Memento

Stamps - Inkadinkado

Color - Copics

How many leaves does it take?

This card looks simple right?  Well I nearly lost it all over this card.  I knew how I wanted it to look and it took me forever (repeat forever) to get the coloring on the leaf right.  I like how it turned out in the end but a lot of leaves were raked directly into the trash in the making of this card!

Recipe
Card size 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah, DCWV
Ink - Memento
Stamps - Inkadinkado

Bewitching Birthday card!

 Yeah, if I had done this right this would have appeared at least a couple of weeks ago and been timely with the holiday, but I'm ok with that and I'm ok with using a witch stamp for a card that isn't a Halloween card too!

This was the tenth card in the set and I hope rather obviously represents October greetings.

On the inside I printed this greeting  -

A happy birthday witch for you!

I think it works, do you?

Recipe

Card size - 5.5 x 4.25 in

Cardstock - Neenah, Recollections, The Paper Source

Ink - Memento

Stamp - Studio G

Color - Copics

Accessories - Cuttlebug Swiss dots (or multi-wart in this case!), Spellbinders circle Nestabilities

A bookish greeting

I always associated Books with the beginning of the school year and August/September depending on where we lived.  So although this was the 9th card in the series for my dear husband it is also a good all around design for a thank you for anyone that loves books or teaches.

Recipe
Card size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - DCWV, Neenah, The Paper Source
Stamps - Stampendous
Ink - Memento
Color - Copics

Hap BEE birthday! Bet you won't BEE-lieve this card!

 This is the 8th card in my dear husband's birthday series AND the "big card" as his birthday is August.  Don't they look so Hap-BEE to bee there?

AND to top off everything this is a set I picked up for half price!  Un-BEE-lievable I know!  I just thought they were a cheerful bunch.  I went monochromatic with the rest of the card to keep the cartoon feel and give the color just that extra zing! (I've read on Splitcoast that "pop" is overused LOL)  BTW I refrained from stickling the wings because I wanted to keep it manly and I ran out of time.

Recipe

Card size - 8.5 x 5.5 in

Cardstock - Neenah, The Paper Source

Stamps - Stampendous

Ink - Memento

Color - Copics

Accessories - Cuttlebug swiss dots folder

A Star Spangled Birthday!

There is a pretty funny 4th of July story involving my dear BRITISH husband, well actually there are several so I knew it was ok to poke at little fun at his fun with the holiday.

As with the previous cards in this set I kept it all one set of stamps - this time Stampendous.  I think the rest is rather self explanatory so I won't re-invent the wheel.

Recipe
Size - 5.5 x 4.25 in
Cardstock - Neenah, The Paper Source
Ink - Memento
Stamps - Stampendous
Color - Copics, Sakura