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Wednesday, October 02, 2019

birthday cards | pebbles inc.

Can you ever have enough birthday cards? No, I don't think so either! Today I'm sharing a set of cards I created a while back for Pebbles Inc. Getting Started With Cardmaking Blog Post by @wendysue featuring the "Happy Hooray" collection from @PebblesInc.

Getting Started With Cardmaking Blog Post by @wendysue featuring the "Happy Hooray" collection from @PebblesInc.

In order to keep a well-supplied birthday card stash, I'm starting with this awesome sheet full of cute graphics and sentiments from the "Happy Hooray" collection: It will only take a few minutes to go ahead and cut it apart. For today's cards, I want to focus mostly on the little square pieces: In order to be efficient, I'm going to use the same basic design to create a bunch of cards. So, from several coordinating patterned papers, I'll cut the following pieces: (1) 4" x 5 1/4" (1) 4" x 2" and (1) 4" piece of a coordinating tear strip. I will assemble all of the card bases at once. Next, I will choose several different colors from my baker's twine stash and tie a bow around each base. Then I'll add the squares to the top portion of the card.

I want one square flat against the card, and the other one will slightly overlap the first square and be popped-up with foam adhesive.

Now is the time add additional embellishments, if desired, or you could stop here. I wanted to add some cute sprinkles. Other options include die-cuts or stickers.

Finally, place the completed piece onto a pre-cut white 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card base: Using the same process (I am a big fan of "assembly line" scrapbooking and cardmaking), create as many cards as you can with your supplies:

I used the same process to create some cards with the larger pieces from the original page: Getting Started With Cardmaking Blog Post by @wendysue featuring the "Happy Hooray" collection from @PebblesInc.