Birthday Cards

I do love the 1st of months.  There are so many fun challenges to be played in!  I need to get in the habit of writing the monthly challenges down, as into the month, if I haven't joined in, I forget about them!  I don't want to overdo a post with them all at once! 😉

I'm starting with Simon Says Monday Challenge; Emboss.  I totally am in love with the sanding off technique once the panel is embossed.

I have had this numbered embossing folder for like forever!  It worked so perfectly with sanding off! (I started off by inking a card panel with a few darker colors, embossed, and sanded off.)  I love the color mix on this card.

 

My hb is layered 3 times for dimension. [And, yep, I don't know who made these dies.]

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I went on to play in the {Pin}spirational Challenge #307 - Monsters.  Once I got my card done, it dawned on me, whoops maybe dinosaurs aren't monsters.  Well, I'm going with it -- they are big, they are scary, yep, they fit monster definition in my book. LOL

Problem is, these dinosaurs [Spellbinders D-Lites Dies; Dinosaurs] are kinda too cute to be big & scary. I'm still going with it as I think this card is to fun.  Hopefully it doesn't get eliminated.

 

The sentiment [with the perfect font] is from a set I [again] have had for years.

 

 I had a lot of fun creating both these cards!  Thanks challenges ~

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SIDE NOTE - my post titles might become very generic - Blogger is being [REALLY] stupid, and keeps pulling my posts for community standards guidelines. Oyie Vey - I am doing nothing different with titles since I started blogging back in January 2010!  I think someone is just giving themselves something to do to warrant their job!

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