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 girls we know, but the first one could easily work for a boy also.

Card #1

Another card featuring PL cards from the Everyday Adventures pack.  I loved this "Happy" card, but didn't see myself using in a PL spread.  But I though it would work perfectly on a greeting card.  I layered it on top of the rainbow stripe card and adhered both to a pumpkin pie layering piece.  It still looked a little plain.  A quick dig through my stash and I found these glittery silver stars.  Because they are 3D, the stickers add that bit of visual interest the card needed.

• Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
• Inks: Primrose Petals (retired)
• Cardstock: Melon Mambo; Pumpkin Pie; PL Everyday Adventures
• Accessories: Random silver stars
• Tools:

Card #2

For the second card, I pulled this gorgeous "wonderful" 4x4 card from the stack.  It screamed little girl.  Because of the unusual size, I cut my card base to be 4.25 x 4.25.  I layered on pieces of another PL card featuring polka dots.  Those pieces were cut using one of my patterned scissors to add more visual interest.  Finally I found this great little Happy Birthday sticker in my stash to complete the card.

• Stamps: Birthday Cake (retired)
• Inks: Island Indigo
• Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; PL Everyday Adventure
• Accessories: Random birthday sticker
• Tools: Patterned scissors