Retro Birthday

  The month of February will be here before I know it and we have a lot of family birthdays so I'm trying to stock up on some birthday cards so I have enough for the whole month.  I think I counted 6 or 7 so I need to be on my game!

  I used the Freshly Made Sketches challenge to get me started with this card.  I liked the big banner behind the top layer; so many different things you can do with a banner.  For this one I just played it straight and did some embossing.  I think the new Arrows embossing folder is my new favorite!

  I pulled my colors right from the Retro Fresh DSP in the Occasions catalog.  I think this will be one of the guy cards I need so I kept the frills to a minimum and just did some paper piercing around the oval and added a smaller banner punched with the Sale-a-Bration punch.  A retired Tangerine Tango button threaded with linen thread is the final touch.   The oval panel is popped up on dimensionals because I just can't say no to those little foam dots!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

Stamps: Bring on the Cake

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Retro Fresh DSP

Accessories: Oval Framelits, Arrows e.f., banner punch, button, linen thread, oval piercing guide