Busy Sunday

I spent the afternoon with several fellow stampers creating birthday cards. We get together once a month and this month's coordinator decided we all needed a collection of birthday cards, and now we have them! The interesting thing about these get-togethers is experiencing other people's stashes. She had brought along paper, ribbon and stamps, and since I brought her latest Stampin' Up! order to her, we also used her Photo Corner punch. And that punch turned out to be the theme of the day!

Here is a sampling of some of the cards I made:

I have always had to take a second look at cards that use the Photo Corners in all four corners. At first glance it looks like they cut the paper really neat, but that's when I see the photo corners. So today it was my turn, and I went to town! I really like how this one came out!

Somewhere along the way I took a break and dipped into the stuff I'd brought with me - all Wild Wasabi. I have the Hostess Set Prints Pack and have never used it, so I brought it plus some Wild Wasabi card stock and ribbon. I could get into one-color cards! This one was too easy! (No corners on this one - it was spared.)

Oh, I did sneak in my It's Your Birthday set because I just knew I'd need that horizontal sentiment. ;-) I shared.

The idea for this one was stolen completely from one of the other ladies. I just stamped the sentiment on this pretty paper, and when I got home I mounted and embellished it. Notice I continued the Photo Corner theme. It just worked, ya know?

This card was a total accident. I had a piece of pink-and-blue striped paper in my hand, then I picked up the piece of pink argyle and tried to put them together. Then the green striped piece distracted me (I love green) and this is what I ended up with. The sentiment is from a set of vertical sentiments our gracious hostess had on hand (sorry, I forget the company...) I added the ribbon when I got home.

I have a bunch more, but these were my favorites (and they were finished.) All in all, a very productive day.

Oh, on the scary side, I may be going to the Offray ribbon outlet very soon. It's only an hour away, I drive past it every time I leave Maryland for points West (which is a lot), and in the five years I have known about it I have resisted going ... like I need more ribbon! But alas, April may be the month I cave. More on that as we get closer to The Day.