Here’s a clean and simple birthday card using the new Candle Border punch. The border punches are a lot of fun to play with and perfect for a quick card.

Here I simply put a piece of very vanilla into the punch – doesn’t have to be at the edge – and punched. Then you slide your card along so that the picture shows through where you’ve already punched which tells you that you’re lined up. Then you punch again and repeat until you’ve completed the card. Easy! Next was the stamping from Window Shopping in tangerine tango and then a simple matter of constructing the card. I did cut out a stitched shape (the dies are back in stock if you missed them last time around) for later use from the middle of the gold foil before gluing it all together. The multi purpose glue slides a little on the foil so I like to use snail or fast fuse. Attaching this to a tangerine tango card base and I was done!

I’m going to need a lot of birthday cards this year; I’ve mentioned that I give them out at work and I’m part of a large IT department, but I also send them to people who come to my classes. Inspired by Shannon West’s #ImBringingBirthdaysBack movement last year, I’ve also decided to offer them to my blog readers and those who know me on facebook. So, if you’d like a birthday card around your birthday, email me your birthday and address and I’ll send you one.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free handmade cards; the current one is PNF6CKRH (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free cards from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

And don’t forget that during Sale-a-bration, for every $50 you spend (before taxes and shipping) you get to select a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Don’t have paper copies of the catalogs? Drop me an email and I’ll put one in the mail.

See you tomorrow,

Liz