Surprise!!! Happy Birthday Maria

Happy Birthday Maria!

Happy Sunday...it is also Maria's birthday (rieslingmama) and she turns 50 today so we are having a surprise party for her.  To see all the amazing and creative cards you will need to head over to Shirley-Bee's blog at shirley-bee'sstampingstuff...Maria is an amazing card makers, so many fabulous cards, so grab a cup of your favorite beverage and scroll through her blog, you will see so much wonderful inspiration.  You have plenty of time if you would like to play along too, Shirley will keep Mr. Linkie open for 2 weeks.

I am using Maria's card for 3 other challenges, ColourQ #233, The Card Concept #6 and One-Layer Simplicity #3 - Just Add Water. Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...enjoy the rest of your weekend!

It is hard to see but my little bits of confetti are heat embossed in silver, I tried to get a photo of them but just did not seem to get one.

Inspiration Card

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Stamps: PTI - Simply Chartreuse, SU - Smoky Slate and Calypso Coral, VersaMark and Memento - Teal Zeal

Stamps: PTI - Stylish Birthday Sentiments and  Birthday Style

Happy Birthday Anita....Surprise!

Happy Birthday Anita...are you surprised??? 

This is so much fun to have a surprise birthday party for you, you are one incredible and talented lady.  If you don't know Anita, you have been living under a rock...she is an incredibly talented card maker from France and you can see all of her amazing creations on her blog My Papercraft World. Bev from GottaDoTheHappyDance our fabulous party planner and Darnell from djkardkreations is the Linkie Laday where you can see all the wonderful cards made for Anita.  They are so sweet to have taken the time to organize this surprise birthday bash and so glad I got an invitation to play along.

My card doubles as homework from Day 6 of Clean and Simple - One Layer Cards class. I have to say this was a fun card to make and I used colors that I see Anita use a lot. This was my first attempt as making a graffiti card and I have to say I am pretty happy with it.  

Ingredients

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Ink: PTI - Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Winter Wisteria, New Leaf and Aqua Mist and VersaFine - Black

Stamps: PTI - Background Basics - Sheet Music, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Stylish Sentiments - Birthday and Birthday Style