Birthday wishes this month to my nephew Mark, whose card is shown above. This is of course the Builder wheel, as showcased in the current Mini catalogue (p13). The candles are in So Saffron (subtles collection), the greeting in Real Red (brights collection), and the stars in Night of Navy (regals collection). I've simply used some Designer Series Paper from the Celebrations set (IB&C p89) as a background and then punched a couple of stars out to break up the blue. I like this wheel for male cards as it's still fun, without hopefully being too much - still hoping for the less is more approach! :-)
In complete contrast is this card for my niece Ariana, Happy Birthday for today :-) As you can see, I'm still playing with my Big Shot Butterfly dies, and all 9 year old girls need sparkle in their life, so I've used Rhinestone gems for the bodies and then the number 9 as a curly antennae. Colours here are Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and Perfect Plum, all from the subtles collection. On the envelope I used a vellum large Butterfly and a smaller one on top, all secured by glue dots. The embossed patterns allows just enough room to spell her name on the right wing from my stash of peel offs. Just hoping that she's had a fabulous birthday. Keep on crafting Gen x
