March Stamp of the Month: Birthday Time

It's my birthday month, and Close To My Heart has an adorable celebratory stamp of the month, Birthday Time!  Join me and my group of CTMH consultant bloggers as we celebrate with a Birthday Time blog hop.  Hopping is easy- just follow the links for great ideas. (If you're already hopping, then you've probably arrived from Brandi's blog.  From here you'll continue the hop by going to Michelle's blog next.  When you get back to me, you'll know you've completed the entire hop!)

I created two projects already with this adorable, celebratory stamp set, paired with the Gimme Some Sugar collection.  First is a layout from my birthday last year.  I used the Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 3 Pattern 3 to showcase my four pictures.  I did add in gold shimmer trim.

On the left page, I stamped images with Juniper and Tangerine inks. In addition to the cork shapes from the Gimme Some Sugar collection, I added gold shimmer trim and glitter dots.

On the right page, I stamped images in Juniper, Bashful, and Pixie.  My journaling box is matted on one of the PML cards that comes with this paper pack.

My next project is an M-fold card.  I started with a base of Bashful card stock (5.5"x11") that I scored at 1-1/4", 4", and 6-3/4".  I cut the pretty Gimme Some Sugar papers to fit on each panel.  The sentiment banner measures 1-3/4" for the White Daisy stamped piece and 2" for the Juniper base.  Can you see how I used my Pink Shimmer Brush on the "happy" portion?

Here is the inside of the card, stretched open.

Thank you for helping me celebrate the Birthday Time stamp of the month and my birthday!  I'd love a comment before you leave.  Now go see how MICHELLE is celebrating with Birthday Time!

{Click HERE for all the hop participants and their blogs.}