Bold Birthday Cards

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I enjoy using journal cards and cut-parts in my paper crafting. These are generally 3 x 4" cards meant for pocket scrapbooking and often come included in a 12 x 12" paper stack. But you can also purchase them, which is what I did here. I pulled 16 out of the Project Life pack, grabbed an older patterned paper stack and made SIXTEEN birthday cards to donate to my Mom's nursing home.

I was able to use up lots of scraps and bits & pieces on the background panels of these cards, and Karen Burniston's bold Happy Birthday die was perfect.

Some of the journal cards are a little more feminine, so those ones got some glitter added, and there is also some sparkly embossed bits in the patterned paper.

Initially I was going to use black fun foam to die cut the greeting from, but it turned out to be a little fiddly to adhere because of stretching. So I only did one out of the fun foam and the rest from black card stock.

The cards are all the same inside. I used the MISTI for perfect alignment and stamping, and just changed out the ink colours to match the cards.

I added these Rounded Corner Rectangle nesting dies from Hero Arts to my die collection in January and I really like them. I'm very happy with my investment!

This journal card had lines on it for the pocket scrapbooking details but it still worked well for a card embellishment. I added a punched balloon as well on a few of the cards that needed a little somethin' somethin'.

There are still LOTS of journal cards left in the package, but after making these ones I was a little tired of them so put them away for a bit. But you will be seeing more of them on future cards!

Supplies:

Journal cards - Becky Higgins, Project Life

1030 Happy Birthday - Karen Burniston

Black, red, aqua, and white card stocks

Corner rounder - Creative Memories

Patterned paper - DCWV, Studio Calico and American Craftas

Rounded rectangle infinity dies - Hero Arts

Fun foam

Stitched fishtail banners - MFT Stamps

Balloon Punch - Stampin' Up

Stickles

MISTI - My Sweet Petunia

Stamps - Ranger

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HELLO and YOU ARE LOVED cards.

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When we were visiting Arizona this Spring, I sent my Mom a card every week to let her know I was thinking about her. Today I'm sharing two of those cards, both made with Project Life Journal Cards.

I liked the sentiment on this one with the repeated 'hello' and that one of them was gold foiled. I stamped 'A Note To Say' in the gold foiled sentiment area and added a die cut 'Hello'. Then I added two gold foiled butterflies to make it a little more feminine.

Inside I added a larger die cut Hello and a fan chair sticker. I wrote my note in the space beside the chair.

This second card uses three different journal cards. The card base is 4 x 6" then two coordinating 3 x 4" journal cards for decorating.

I added some glitter to the flowers on the top card and they are layered with foam tape.

Sadly, my Mom passed away and today is her funeral service. It will be at her church where she devoted many hours, and I am comforted by that. I wasn't going to have a blog post scheduled for today but these cards seemed appropriate. My Mom was the sweetest lady, she was loved by many and all of us will continue to miss her. I still can't believe she is gone. 😭

Supplies:

Project Life Journal Cards

Stickles

Fun foam

Corner Chomper

Pink, black and white card stocks

Card size  for You Are Loved card - 4 x 6" 

1052 Word Set 6 Summer (hello) - Karen Burniston

Words and large hello die - Pink & Main

Gold foiled butterfly stickers, and fan chair sticker - American Crafts

Wink of Stella

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Black and Red Birthday Cards

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I love using journal cards in my card making, and lots of paper stacks come with these 3 x 4" cut aparts now. The ones I used today are actually journal cards used for pocket scrapbooking but they were so perfect for birthday cards I had to grab them. These are the first six cards I made with the package.

Who doesn't love ice cream for a birthday! I added a couple of fish tail flags and Karen Burniston's Celebrate die cut from red and black card stocks.

The balloon area on this card was open so you could write your journalling for your scrapbook page. Instead I stamped a greeting and added a bakers twine bow.

There are two of each design in the package, so this next card uses the ice cream image again but this time I added a long fish tail banner and some bakers twine.

I wrote Happy Birthday on the balloon trio journal cards, matted them and added them to the card front with a strip of that fun striped paper. I am in LOVE with this striped paper by Echo Park so you will be seeing a lot of it in my upcoming cards. I save every little scrap as even just a small fishtail flag or banner adds such a fun pop of colour!

These birthday cards will be donated to my Mom's Nursing home.

Supplies:

White, red, aqua, black card stocks

Journal cards - Betty Higgins, Project Life

Rounded rectangle infinity dies - Hero Arts

Striped patterned paper - Echo Park

1057 Celebrate - Karen Burniston

Stitched fishtail banner - MFT Stamps

Copic marker

Stamps - MFT Stamps

Bakers twine

Fun foam

MISTI - My Sweet Petunia

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Journal Card Christmas Card Group

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One of the hottest sellers in the Stampin' Up Holiday catalogue was a set of journal cards designed for pocket scrapbooking. They were absolutely ADORABLE and so easy to use for holiday cards with a coordinating red card base set. The journal cards sold out quickly, but since I had some really cute ones from Project Life I wasn't going to order them anyhow. I did however, order the card bases and envelopes from the Santa's Workshop Memories and More suite and got them before they also sold out!

I had found this Project Life journal card set on clearance and just knew it would make some cute cards. I made two of each design for a total of twelve Christmas cards but only photographed one of each design. I LOVE the red Stampin' Up card bases and would buy them again for sure.  They are nice and sturdy with a white interior, they come with coordinating red envelopes and it's no surprise they also sold out. Hopefully Stampin' Up offers them again and often.

The card bases are made to use with journal cards, which are typically 4 x 6" and 3 x 4". You could simply adhere a journal card to the red card front, stamp a greeting on the white interior and call it done!

These ones feel nice and substantial, as I popped up the journal cards with large pieces of fun foam and all the red foiling on the journal cards makes them look special.  Here is the front of my first card today and you get a look at the pretty red foiling on the borders tree and 'Oh Christmas'.

Some of the journal cards have lines on them, so I added one inside each of the cards. They also have the lovely red foiling. I plan on using these cards for the people we give tips to over the holidays. With the lines on the inside they are perfect to write a short note on, and I can tuck the tip inside the card then the whole thing will fit in the matching red envelopes. I have some great stickers to use on the envelopes and plan on using a metallic gel pen to write their names.

The Project Life journal card set included a couple of embellishments as well, so I took the boy and girl Gingerbread and popped them up on the left sides of the Merry & Bright journal cards. The red bow and buttons in the Gingerbread people are also red foiled. They are so cute!

My third card had words printed between two red stars. I used ECD's Dashing Rectangle dies to cut away the snow kids from a different journal card and popped it up over the words. It fit perfectly between the red foil stars. Then I added the banners, which was included with the Project Life set.

Again, all the red on these journal cards are foiled and sparkly.

Here are the smaller cards, and they were done the same as the 4 x 6" ones ... mounted onto the card bases with fun foam and lined journal cards adhered inside. Even the 3 x 4" cards have red envelopes to match.

All in all I was very happy with how sweet this set of cards turned out. There are also enough for my Mom to give to her care givers at the nursing home too.

Supplies:

Red cards and envelopes - Stampin' Up

Project Life cards and embellishments - Becky Higgins

Fun foam

Stickles

Dashing Rectangles - Elizabeth Craft Designs

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