Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Happy New Year - Birthday Card

Happy New Year to you! I have not been great about blogging lately, but hopefully, a fresh year brings a fresh start. I will try to post more often.

Here are some things that are going on in my life: I am just about 6 months pregnant with a healthy baby girl (or boy, we don't know yet). I will be 33 on Monday. I had a great Christmas and New Year's at home with my family. My hubby got me a One Year Bible for Christmas, and we read the NT section as a family tonight. Hoping to continue that this year!

I finished a scrapbook album of my girl's trip to their Aunt's this summer, and just got the rest of the year's pictures developed so I can finish my year's scrapbook.

This year, I'd like to participate in as many of the card challenges that I can, but not stress out if I don't get to all of them. So here is my first one. I am participating in

Freshly Made Sketches
Color Throwdown
Simon Says Wednesday



The Simon Says challenge calls for something new. I gave birthday cards to all my family as Christmas presents, so I need NEW birthday cards. So this is a new one! I might send it to my sister-in-law, whose birthday is a week after mine.

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Lagoon, Whisper, Slate
B&Ts: Sparkle & Shine
Stamps: Just a Number
Ink: Lagoon
Other: Teal Ribbon, Spellbinders embossing folder (not CTMH)

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful card, Sarah! May 2014 bring you all the things you and your family desire. Thanks for the inspiration!
    :) Marie

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  2. Very pretty! I love where you placed the bow with this sketch. Thanks for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  3. A lovely card, Sarah, and you're smart to start stocking up on your birthday cards now! Thanks so much for playing with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

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  4. What a pretty card Sarah. Love the banner and the textured background. Great design. Thank you for playing along with us at The Color Throwdown.

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  5. Love this sketch and use of the colors! That embossed background is gorgeous!! Congrats "early" on the new little one! Thanks for joining us at CTD!!

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  6. Sounds like a great start to the year! Lovely card with pretty colors! Glad to see you this time at FMS and hope to see you again soon!

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  7. Beautiful card! Great use of the colors! Thanks so much for joining us at the Color Throwdown!

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  8. What a pretty birthday card! Love the embossing and the mix of papers in your little banners. Thanks for joining us at the Color Throwdown!

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