M189 Happy Birthday

My sister had wrapped my birthday gift in this pretty wrapping paper back in January!  I had to cut it apart and make cards with it!

Birdhouse 03.076.H page 14


Background 0296.I page 233


SU! Rose Red ink, SU! Old Olive ink.

C018 Serendipity

Prepare card by folding 61/2" x 81/2" black cardstock in half using a bone folder to make a nice crease. Stamp the front with #0296.I page 233 using VersaMark ink. Decorate a coloured envelope with the same stamp and ink. Set aside.

Turn your decorated Serendipity (from September 29th post) over so you are working on the wrong side. Cut into 11/4” squares using a craft knife. As Ruth says, a steel core-backed ruler works great as it happens to be the right width. A square punch would be perfect but I think you would be asking a lot of it to punch through all the thicknesses.

Arrange nine squares on a 41/8” square of black cardstock, rearranging them until you are satisfied with the combination. Start by gluing a square into each corner, then the center, then put the remaining pieces in place. Cut into a 4” circle. Gold emboss the edges. Set aside.

Gold emboss the Happy Birthday #07305.G page 228 on to black cardstock. Trim close with decorative scissors. Mount on to a piece of purple cardstock and trim close.

Mount the circle and phrase to the prepared card in a pleasing manner.

First taught this class on July 4th, 2001.