Yesterday was a big day – what a thrill to be the Guest Designer at the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge! If you missed my Lift Me Up balloon card, you can see it here.
Today is a very special day, too. Not only is today the first day of a long vacation from work, but it’s also my birthday. Woo hoo! I admit – I’m terrible with birthdays. I am wildly organized in so many areas of my life, but I have never been able to develop a successful birthday-card-sending habit. I would put money on the fact that I didn’t send you a card on your birthday – sorry. As such, I don’t expect a big hoopla for my big day – but I’m a generous soul and can’t deny you the joy of celebrating my birthday. 🙂
To celebrate my day, I’m sharing a parade of birthday cards I have shared over the past several months. I’m also offering a Blog Candy Giveaway so that I can give to you on my fun day!
First things first – a parade of birthday cards. You can click on any of these cards to see the products used and the write-up for each:
Blog Candy Giveaway. During the month of December, I’ve been giving away a grab bag of paper, ribbon and accessories to anyone who places a $50 order with me. That’s the easiest way to earn a prize from me – there’s a guarantee that you’ll get something you love.
There’s another opportunity to earn a prize from me, though. I’m hosting a Blog Candy Giveaway today, and all you have to do is leave a comment below with the answer to this question:
What is your favorite type of cake?
What’s better than that?! I’m giving away TWO prizes. So what can you win? I’m giving away two Merry Medley stamp sets. This is a wonderful background stamp set that’s filled with great sentiments for Christmas. While it’s a great background stamp, the clear-mount stamp can be cut into a bunch of different sentiments. If you don’t have this set, you’ll love it. If you do have it, then congratulations on getting another that you can snip to pieces. 🙂
Merry Medley, Stampin’ Up!
I will draw a winner on Sunday evening and will announce the winner here. This giveaway is only available to folks in the United States. All you have to do is tell me your favorite cake. Mine is coconut – just so you know.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
Mystery Grab Bag. During December, I’m giving away bundles of Designer Series Papers, ribbon and embellishments for every $50 you spend with me. What you receive is a mystery, but I know you’ll love it! Click below to read more:
Mee, Mee, Meeeeeeeee. Happy Birthday to you . . . Happy Birthday to you . . . Happy Birth . . . day, dear Brian . . . Happy Birthday to you!
Love your parade of cards. Have a fabulous day. My favorite cake is German Chocolate. However, you can exclude me from the blog candy since I’m one of your lucky uplines!
Mary, you are so funny! I can’t wait to meet you and Brian one day soon in person and see you two in action together! I bet it will be a blast! Ha, ha!
Happy birthday from Down Under, Brian, and many more. I do enjoy seeing your posts.
Happy birthday. My favorite cake is Carrot Cake.
Happy birthday! Enjoy a much deserved.rved vacation from work. My favorite cake is orange with vanilla icing. It is refreshing.
Happy Birthday Brian! My favorite cake is a marbled cake with chocolate icing
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! I love ice cream cake! (From Dairy Queen!) But I would not turn down a piece of coconut cake, german chocolate cake, carrot cake, etc. I love cake! I think I should have a piece and celebrate your birthday today! LOL Love your parade of cards!
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday, dear Brian! A LONGx vacation sounds like a wonderful birthday gift!
Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
Happy Birthday Brian. I love white cake…yum. Enjoy your special day.
Happy Birthday!
My favourite cake is…..Cake by the Ocean!!! (The song – ya know?!) – so you need to come to my place to have ‘cake by the ocean’ – or it’s just ‘cake by the stream’ and that’s just a bit lame. So you book your flight and I’ll see you soon? I’ll have the cake ready.
Happy Birthday my lovely friend. I sure hope you enjoyed our serenade this morning at 4am! What a way to start the day! Love you so much. Have a great day.
Happy happy birthday to you !! Have a wonderful time off and eat lots of cake ! Hope it`s coconut ….that`s my fave also !
Love your card parade !
Big birthday hug !
Happy b-day! I actually just like yellow cake batter, not the finished cake!!!
Chocolate
Happy BIrthday to you!! Enjoy your special day! I love your posts! My favourite cake is well….ALL CAKE!! My #1 is probably Ice Cream Cake but I also love chocolate and vanilla and carrot and lemon etc etc etc…..mmmmm….cake!
Ooooh cake…….rum pound cake – a basic which you can accessorize with all kinds of goodies like ice cream or fresh strawberries and whip cream or eat just plain – yummy!
Hi Brian and Happy Birthday to you again. I remember some of these cards and thought, “Oh yes I wanted to CASE this one, oh and that one too.” I hope you have a great day and vacation. Are you going away? My favorite cake is carrot cake, with cream cheese icing.
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Happy birthday, KIng Brian. May your crown stay firmly on your head while you indulge in coconut cake! Here’s to another 365 very happy revolutions around the sun with love from us all. (Please pass me a slice of that coconut cake!)
Happy Birthday Brian!! A vacation is a wonderful present to give to yourself!! My favorite birthday cake is a chocolate hazelnut with chocolate icing that we had as kids!
My favorite cake is anything chocolate!! Thanks and happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday Mr. Brian! Today is my hubby’s bday too. My favorite cake is coconut cake with toasted coconut sprinkled on top (lets add the sides too). Have a fun day and enjoy your cake!
Happy Birthday, Brian! My favorite cake is oatmeal cake with coconut icing.
Happy Birthday!!!! My favorite cake is white with buttercream frosting. Hope you enjoy your special day!
Happy Birthday! May all your wishes come true! My favorite cake is carrot with cream cheese frosting
Hope your birthday is joy filled. Love the variety of cards.
My favorite cake is orange with orange icing, that only my mom bakes.
Merry Christmas! My all time fave is carrot cake, but it has to be my grandmothers recipe.
I love German chocolate!
And I hope you have a very happy birthday!
Happiest of Birthday’s to you. Favorite cake? Chocolate
Have a wonderful birthday. Enjoy your vacation. My favorite cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
Happy Birthday Brian. Have a fun vacation. My favorite cake is Lemon.
Happy Birthday!! My favorite cake is chocolate cake with vanilla icing 🙂
My favorite cake is marble with buttercream frosting!
Happy Birthday Brian!
Happy Birthday Brian! It is fun to celebrate with your friends. My favorite cake is angel food with a very, very thin layer of frosting. Enjoy your day and time off!!
Happy Birthday Brian! My favorite cake is chocolate with buttercream frosting
Happy Birthday, Brian. I, too, am a December child. My favorite cake is called Jewish Apple Cake and is so delicious. Enjoy you vacation time!
Happy birthday Brian!!!! Thanks for being such a great inspiration to all of us!!! I just love your personality!!!
My favorite cake is homemade German Chocolate cake with homemade frosting! Yum!
Enjoy, enjoy! Have a great birthday and vacay so nice this time of year!
My mother always made me a yellow layer cake with coconut frosting for my birthday and I loved it. Nothing like it. Such a wonderful memory.
Happy Birthday Brian!
I love coconut too!
Let’s say German Chocolate Cake is my favorite today!
Don’t have that background stamp. But I’m interested in the concept of cutting large stamps up to make many small ones.
Have a good day!
Birthday wishes by he basket full in thanks for your dedicated, inspiring and clever posts.
Happy Birthday!! I love to give and get birthday cards – especially homemade ones!! My favorite cake is a dark chocolate cake with a mint cream cheese frosting – yum. Thanks for all the great card ideas!!
Happy Birthday Brian! I hope your day is as special as you are (and all the cards you create that give us inspiration!)!
My favorite cake is Italian Cream Cake!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN! My favorite is Twinkie Cake–yum. Hope I win, I don’t have this stamp, thanks for the chance to win.
Happy birthday. I love an ice cream cake. Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy birthday, Brian! A vacation is a wonderful gift to give yourself?My favorite cake is orange with orange frosting that my little sister bakes. Staying inside all day today here in MN due to a winter storm bringing up to 10 inches of new snow and wind chills up to 40 below. (You probably did not need this news on your birthday.) Love your awesome customer service!!!♡
Happy Birthday Brian! I love a really dark chocolate cake with thick buttercream icing, and a huge dollop of Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream!
Ah crap, I sent you a little funny item yesterday and forgot to say Happy Birthday. So, here is the Happy Birthday and many more! My favorite cake would be carrot cake with cream cheese frosting but like Jeannie – I wouldn’t turn down about any other flavor except orange dream-sickle which makes me barf. Oh sorry, for the graphic thought! On I see Tonya loves Italian Cream Cake and that is a dreamy flavor too! Like Kate, I don’t have that stamp and would love to win it, thanks for sharing your birthday with us!
Happy Birthday Brian. Have a fun filled year.
Recent favorite is Coconut lime cake but year long anytime favorite – Chocolate.
Happy Birthday Brian! I love sharing my birthday with you (it was mine first, lol)! Enjoy your time off work. Sounds like there is a lot of crafting in your near future, enjoy!
I’m not a big cake fan but I do like an occasional piece of carrot cake.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Brian! Today is my birthday also, so I am confident we will both have a great day! 🙂 My favorite cake is carrot cake. This year, though, I told my husband I’d love to have banana cream pie instead of cake! Have a wonderful day!
I am in the I love cake group, any kind of cake. I can’t keep away from a carrot cake even though I am a huge chocolate fan. Brian, have the HAPPIEST of birthdays and may ALL your birthday wishes come true.
My favorite cake? That’s like asking which is my favorite child! I love a chocolate swirl cake. Yellow cake with chocolate cake swirled in it. It’s pretty and you get the taste of two flavors.