Mike ran around the office and gathered birthday wishes from people onto the 8 1/2 inch by 5 1/2 inch card that I made yesterday. And at the end of the afternoon, he told me he was out of space and could he please have another! So, when I got home, I made another large card out of a single piece of card stock.

I wanted this one to be completely different and so I checked out my stash of DSP. I love the Festive Birthday DSP, it’s so loud and so fun. I first cut out the happy using the Hello You thinlits dies and figured out how much DSP I needed. Then it was a matter of positioning things and finally stamping the “birthday” from Crazy About You in melon mambo. Then a bit of a trim on the DSP to get the look that I wanted (I didn’t want the “happy” to sit over any emerald envy) and I stuck everything down. The card looked best with a coloured card base (emerald envy) with a whisper white top layer and so to ensure that Mike has (hopefully) room for enough messages, I stuck a piece of whisper white on both sides of the inside the card.

I used another 12 by 12 piece of retired DSP for the envelope – this was It’s My Party from last year – and made it at 11 1/2 square. Not that the card is any bigger than yesterday’s but yesterday’s card was a tight fit. This works a little better. Hopefully it’s large enough for all of the well wishes!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is XD4D794N (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here. The “buy 3 get one free” offer for DSP is good for the rest of the month – and the Festive Birthday DSP that I used today is included in the offer.

See you tomorrow,

Liz