Friday, April 20, 2018

Michele's 50th Birthday Hop

Hello craft friends,



Today we celebrate Michele Gross (owner of CAS-ual Fridays) turning 50th over at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.  As someone who's a few years into her 50s, I welcome her to this decade, which is not a bad one at all.  Since my thoughts were on decades, I decided to have some fun and create five decade specific birthday cards.  So, this post contains cards for a 10 year old, a 20 year old, etc. 

My card for a 10 year old, has one of the bunnies from the Somebunny stamp set holding a yellow balloon.  "its your birthday" from the Whole Sheband stamp set is stamped on a tag several times with a fishtail banner full of stars from the Fun-Fetti die set die cut into it and backed with yellow card stock. 

My card for a 20 year old, has a border of die cut purple flowers from the Pretty Posies stamp and die sets.  On a purple fishtail banner, a stamped number 20 from the Flower-Case Alphabet stamp set and the "its your birthday" from the Whole Sheband stamp set.


My card for a 30 year old was fun to make.  I started by stamping lots of 30s using the Flower-Case Alphabet stamp set on my card front.  Since the "its your birthday" from the Whole Sheband stamp set was on my desk has working so well for me, I used it again, stamping it across all the 30s (in black ink, so they would stand out from the red stamped 30s.  Next I added several die cuts of the smallest flower from the Pretty Posies stamp and die set.


My card for a 40 year old, well... I'm honestly not sure about this one.  I was trying to create a window box card w/layers, but I added everything except the kitchen sink to this card and it's just not working for me.  I used the following stamp and die sets for this one...  SomebunnyFlower-Case AlphabetLittle BirdiesPretty Posies, and the new CELEBRATE.


For my happy 50th card,  I stepped outside my normal style and created a more grungy card.  Hand drew boxes around the sentiments from the Whole Sheband stamp set.  Used die cut balloons from the Somebunny stamp set to "pull" those wishes up into the sky.


HAPPY 50th Birthday Michele!  I'm looking forward to celebrating with you, the CAS-ual Fridays crew and all our wonderful crafty friends who will be joining us in the blog hop.

Your next hop is to Penny Ward blog.
A list of all the Designers Blogs can be found back at the start... CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

There are quite a few stops along the way, but make sure to comment on each because Michele is giving away 5 prizes and we don't know which blog she will select from.

Commenting ends at 11:59pm April 23rd

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85 comments:

  1. Love all of your decade birthday cards! They are all so cleverly done!

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  2. Neat cards and all with a special touch. It's hard to pick a fave but I really like how the bunny is stepping out between 2 elements and I really love the balloons attached to the BD sentiments. :)

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  3. You really did an outstanding job creating these cards. Every one is unique on their own yet when you know that they're going to the same person/occasion they really compliment each other as a "set". Thank you for the beautiful inspiration!

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  4. wow! you've crafted up a storm! Love them all!

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  5. How clever of you Mary to do "the decades" cards. They are all great. Very well done.

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  6. Great cards .... l9ve what you did with numbers

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  7. All of your cards are wonderful! And I really love your 40th card (not
    really sure why you don't like it!). I love the idea you did with the
    50th with the balloons bringing up the banners.

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  8. Wow! So many gorgeous creations, hard to decide which I like best - I love them all!

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  9. WOW ! You've been inspired by birthday's. Your cards are fabulous !

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  10. Oh, these are so cute. Nice job.

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  11. Love them all. So creative ways to make birthdays special

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  12. Each one is lovely - and SO different! They are beautiful :)

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  13. So, if someone is 40 you can send 2 x 20 cards :) Super cute.. Love your ideas. Happy birthday Michele!

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  14. Love how you turned my favorite set into the candles!!!

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  15. Super fun and festive birthday cards! So fun to create a collection of decade cards.

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  16. Love the decade concept! What a great way to showcase casual fridays stamps! As for the 50th card- my fave- for being outside of your comfort zone, you sure made a winner.

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  17. Great variety with this card set. Love the one with the "candles".

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  18. The bunny is so cute floating away.

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  19. Wow so many cute cards! I'm loving that bunny every time I see it! Great job on all your crafty cards!

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  20. OMGosh what a great collection of cards, especially love your last one.

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  21. Wow! Great ideas. Love your colors, patterns, and designs. Lovely cards.

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  22. Wow! Lots of really great cards! Love them all!

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  23. What fun cards! Love that adorable bunny!

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  24. thanks for sharing all of these decades of birthday cards.

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  25. So many wonderful cards. Love your idea of the balloons on the candles with sentiments.

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  26. Wow! Awesome set of Birthday cards!!!

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  27. What a great idea to do a range of cards! They are all so fab.

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  28. You did so many pretty cards! I tried to pick a favorite and couldn't! Good job!

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  30. These are ALL fabulous! I love your hand drawn candles!

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  31. SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!! LOADS of AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3

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  32. so much creativity! Love the one with the boxed sentiments!

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  33. Very pretty cards! My favorite is the one with the balloons pulling the sentiments up to the sky. I love the sentiments in that set! Great job!

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