February Birthday Cards

I know I checked my birthday list before February 1st and I knew I wanted to get them out early because the mail has been so terribly slow here at times, and then I went and forgot to mail the first one for a birthday on the 4th.  So needless to say, it was late, but still appreciated.

I wanted something cheerful - we've had so many gray days lately.  So I picked some bright, cheery colors to work with.

I changed up the placement of the dots and the card back colors.

And I did some "tie-dye-like" coloring on the die cut sentiments before I cut them out.

And I did four for the four birthdays, but then realized that one of them was for my son's birthday and this didn't strike me as a card to use for a masculine birthday.  So one of them will be set aside for another birthday down the road.

I pulled this one together for him.  I found the piece of scrapbook paper that was a free gift package add-in from a stamp company a while back (I have an envelope full of tags and paper from them over the years).  It says "ON THIS DAY" and lists the days.  I circled the date of his birthday in gold which you can barely see in the photos but is more prominent IRL.  I added the Bermuda Bay panel (which appears turquoise in the pictures) to the center of the background and added a happy birthday die cut in More Mustard accented with gold barely visible in the last photo.

HWNSNBP dropped in a birthday check and it was off to hopefully arrive before or on his birthday.

Of course after I made and mailed this card I received some dies that I ordered that I think will be great for masculine cards in the future.  HWNSNBP's birthday is coming up, so I'd better get busy experimenting.  Luckily I won't have to mail that one.  And there won't be any check in it either ;)