It's birthday season around here.  My mom's group is comprised of mostly summer to fall 2013 babies.  That means that they are all turning 1!  Just this month and early next, we have four birthday parties to attend.  Parties mean presents and cards.  I've bought the presents, but I can't just buy the cards.  Nope, I need to make them!  Today, I'm highlighting two of the cards I made.  These two were for the two boys we know, but they would totally work for boys or girls.

Card #1

I decided to look through my SU PL Everyday Adventure card collection for inspiration.  I had seen a few greeting cards using the PL cards and I wanted to try it out.  I found this great "Best Day Ever" cut out card and layered it on top of a orange patterned card.  From there, I found cardstock to match the colors.  It was still a but plain, so I dug through my stash and found these great silver stars.  Placing those as a background really improves the card.  On the inside, I stamped a birthday cake and wrote a little inspiration.  In fact, all four of the cards have the birthday cake stamped inside in a coordinating ink color.

• Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
• Inks: Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Pear Pizzaz, PL Everyday Adventure Card Collection
• Accessories: Random silver stars from the stash
• Tools:

Card #2

Another little boy card.  This one's recipient is having a lion themed party and loves to growl/roar at everyone.  I came across two great PL cards from the Animal theme pack and had to use them.  In their original form, the cards were too big and bulky.  I cut down the lion card and completely cut out the quote bubble from another card.  Much better.  I added the animal print alpha stickers as a makeshift background to complete the look.

• Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
• Inks: Pumpkin Pie
• Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie; Garden Green; PL Animals theme pack
• Accessories: Random alphabet stickers.
• Tools: