Time to Celebrate with Birthday Memories

This week’s Paper Players sketch is super-simple, which gave me permission to make a five minute card.  It didn’t have to be hard, but I allowed myself to play with paper to create a super-fun card.  It might have complicated things a bit, but I still love the simple outcome of this card.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Creating Fun Stripes.  At first glance, you might not see why this card took me so long.  Here’s why – I cut up a gorgeous piece of Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper (I love these colorful stripes!) to create a different pattern.  I simply cut the paper vertically (against the stripes) and then lined them up on another piece of cardstock, staggering them just a little to create a very different pattern.  Here’s a look:
• Birthday Memories.  Do you love this piece of paper?  The Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper is filled with great patterns and wonderful colors – and several of the Birthday Friends Framelits Dies coordinate with images in the paper.  Love that!  Here’s a look at the Birthday Memories Paper:
• Time to Celebrate.  The bold sentiment from Celebration Time on this thick, white panel is a perfect offset to the intricate background.  I love this fun sentiment – while the Celebration Time bundle is both wedding- and birthday-themed, it can be used for almost any occasion.  Here’s a look at the Celebration Time bundle:
  

  Celebration Time, Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Sets:  Celebration Time  Papers:  Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper, Real Red, Thick Whisper White  Inks:  Archival Basic Black  Accessories:  Stampin’ Dimensionals

I hope you’ll pop over to The Paper Players site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian