Today is a very special day. It’s my birthday! On this day, many year ago, my mother was first introduced to my my smiling face. She says I was always a happy baby, and I believe her when she says it. Here’s a picture of my mom opening the hand-made gift she gave me to celebrate my special day:
OK, so that’s not my mom’s hands. That’s a picture from Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog – the introduction to the Happy Birthday Gorgeous suite of products. You already knew that (I love that about you).
While I am not one to build excitement around my “birthday month” or “birthday week,” I don’t want to prevent you from celebrating my birthday with me. If each one of you could swing by my house today, I’d share a big piece of my coconut cake with each of you. That’s just the kind of person I am.
So…I can’t give you cake, but I can give you great Stampin’ Up! products! To celebrate my birthday, I’m hosting a Blog Candy Giveaway – I’m giving away a bundle of products from Stampin’ Up!’s Happy Birthday Gorgeous suite – I love each one of these items and am excited to share them with you.
Here’s what one lucky respondent will receive:
What is your favorite kind of birthday cake?
You can also leave sweet comments about how much you love Stampin’ Up! or the cards I share or my mom, but that won’t influence the winner. ? If you REALLY want to give me a wonderful gift, pop into my online store and buy yourself something you’ll love. ❤️
I’ll pick one winner on Sunday night.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
Product Shares and Designer Series Paper Swatch Books. With the release of each catalog, I offer product shares and swatch books. It’s fun o share these new products with you. I’m scheduled to release these on Wednesday, December 27, but I might share them earlier. 🙂 If you’d like to receive an email when they are shared, please email me.
Year-End Sales Event. Stampin’ Up! has announced the list of products from the Holiday Catalog that will be retired at the end of this catalog period (or when the items are sold out – whichever comes first). Some of these items are marked down as part of the Year-end Sales Event. Click on the banner above to check out the sale.
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A Great Time to Join Stampin’ Up! This is a great time of year to join Stampin’ Up!, and I’d love for you to be a part of my incredible Stampin’ Up! team. We are an amazing community of stampers who enjoy our Facebook chats and monthly online meetings. The 20% discount on your purchases isn’t so bad, either. 🙂 If you have questions or would like to hear more, let’s set up a quick call (email me here). I’m more than happy to fill you in on this risk-free opportunity. I promise you won’t regret it. 🙂
Happy Birthday, Brian! My favorite kind of birthday cake is lemon meringue pie! There were so many birthdays close together in my family while growing up that by the time mine rolled around, I was ‘caked out’ and requested pie, instead. Nothing better than my late mother’s lemon meringue. I can still taste it!
Happy Birthday, Brian! Hope you got your coconut cake and had a fabulous day!!
Happy Birthday Brian! You put a smile on my face everyday when I read your blog! My favorite cake is white cake with buttercream white icing.
Happy Birthday darling! My favorite cake? Any cake where I was sitting sharing it with you…no, not sharing…we would have one piece each!! Lol
Love you! xo
Happy Birthday, Brian!
Chocolate Cake is my favorite! Thank you for the opportunity to win this wonderful set – I make a LOT of birthday cards! Hope your birthday weekend is awesome. 🙂
Happiest of Birthdays! Enjoy your special day!
For birthday cake I just love good old fashioned vanilla smothered with buttercream icing…the more the better…especially a corner piece with lots of flowers!! Yum!
Happy birthday Brian! My favorite birthday cake is chocolate cake with vanilla icing.
I hope your day has been ever so special and you’ve been able to party all day long. Any kind of cake, any size or shape works for me. But Birthday cake is the best!
Devils Food – my mom says I was a difficult baby!
Happy Birthday, Brian! Hope your day has been lots of fun. My favorite kind of cake has always been yellow cake with chocolate butter cream frosting.
Happy Birthday, Brian! My favorite birthday cake is German Sweet Chocolate…or any kind made by someone other than me!
Happy Birthday!! I really love red velvet cake.
Any cake that I don’t have to make myself!
Angel food!!
Happy Birthday to you! My favorite cake ever is coconut cake which I never have on my birthday! But I enjoy white cake with yummy buttercream icing on my birthday! Just about any kind of cake will do!
Happy birthday! My favorite birthday cake would have to be a traditional German Kasekuchen (cheesecake).
Happy Birthday! I’d love to share a piece of coconut cake (my fave) but it’s a bit too far for me to swing by your place from Seattle. So have a bite for me.
You share a birthday with Beethoven.
My favorite cake is the All American Chocolate Cake from Costco. It’s four layers of chocolate-y goodness – cake, fudge-y frosting x4 with more fudge-y frosting and chocolate bits around the outside. It’s 6+ pounds of yummy and (for us) can only be eaten at rather large family gatherings so none of us get sick. Soooo yummy!
Happy Birthday, Brian. I hope your day was fabulous!! I love your blog and the inspiration you give, thank you. My favorite cake is chocolate cake with butter cream frosting. Yum
Happy Birthday Brian! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful day. Wow, that coconut cake looks good (it could become a new favorite). For now, my favorite birthday cake is chocolate crazy cake.
Happy Birthday! My favorite birthday cake is New York style cheesecake!
I’ve never met a cake I didn’t like… but chocolate… Yum! It’s my favorite! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Brian,
My favorite cake is Chantilly. Hope you have a great day.
Happiest birthday wishes! So sweet of you to give away such a fabulous present on your special day! I loved the cake mom used to make with 7 minute frosting. It was like marshmallow cream. Yum!
My fave birthday cake is red velvet. What a fun day for a birthday! Love each day your color combos. I started a tag ring and I have a tag for each of the color combos you do. The theory is that it’ll help me pick great color combos for my cards. 🙂 Happy Birthday plus a day!
Happy Birthday Brian! The coconut cake sounds yummy! I have two favorites, Texas sheet cake and German chocolate cake.
German chocolate or carrot cake are my favorites.
My favorite kind of birthday cake is any kind of birthday cake because I LOVE cake and to celebrate wonderful people and their special day! Hope you continue to celebrate your special day all week long friend!! We were all blessed with you.
My absolute favorite kind of birthday cake ia a Carvel Ice Cream cake. Its a tradition in our family. And I realize we haven’t seen your sweet mom in a video latley. Miss her!
Happy Birthday! ??? I guess I’m old fashioned because my favorite kind of cake is vanilla cake with vanilla frosting ??
Happy birthday, Brian! My favorite cake is carrot cake… over the years, this has been a constant… unless I choose coconut cream pie! Many happy returns of the day.
Happy Birthday! We have coconut cake for out Holiday gatherings and I must say looking at your cake got me a bit excited about Christmas. My favorite cake is German chocolate. It is all about the icing. Love it! Again Happy Birthday to you! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!
Happy birthday Brian! Hope it is just as special as can be! That coconut cake looked pretty dang delicious – if I lived a touch closer I would drop by just to give you a birthday hug!
Brian, you crack me up!?? chocolate cake with whip cream frosting, is good for starters. Or, banana cream cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. Or, coconut cake. Or, tiramisu. Or, lemon. I’m an equal opportunity cake lover. You can’t have just one favorite. I hope your birthday is as special as you are. Have fun…and eat lots of cake!
Happy Birthday!!!!! Cheesecake or Carrot Cake are my favorites.
My favorite cake is chocolate caramel with coconut sprinkled over the top. Yum! Thank you, Brian, for teaching me soooo much about card-making! You are the master!!!
I am late to the party. Happy Belated Birthday, Brian. Hope your day was wonderful and you continue the celebration today. My favorite birthday cake is yellow cake with chocolate icing. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win blog candy in honor of your special day.
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Coconut or carrot are my husband’s favorite cakes.
Mine would be German chocolate (with coconut/pecan frosting) or Honey Bun cake.
I must go now. I suddenly find myself VERY hungry!
Happy Birthday! I love my mom’s buttermilk chocolate cake, though, I admit, I think it’s more for the homemade frosting. I enjoy seeing your cards every day and getting some inspiration. Thanks for being diligent in posting!
Most definitely, made from scratch Angel Food with 7 minute boiled frosting. My oldest sister made these for me as far back as I can remember until she passed away. I’ve made them for our daughter and she is 56 years old. A few days later we always make a Sunshine Cake with the leftover 12 egg yolks. Such good memories. Have a wonderful birthday Brian.
My favorite birthday cake was one I shared with my baby brother, he was my birthday present on my third birthday and we always celebrated the day together with a pineapple upside down cake.
Happy Birthday, Brian!!!
My fav cake is chocolate with chocolate frosting! If you’re gonna have sugar, have the full experience!
My birthday is this month, too. (30th)
Belated birthday greetings, Brian — I hope your day was filled with fun & laughter! My favorite cake is red velvet topped with a whipped icing — the coconut cake you like sounds delicious & I hope you enjoyed every bite!
Happy birthday!! I love carrot cake, anytime of the year!! Thank you for sharing.. Have a blessed day.
Happy Birthday yesterday! While a lot of cakes are good, my favorite is always angel food cake with cool whip and strawberries! Yum!
A very HaPpY Birthday! My favorite cake is devils food cake with chocolate fudge icing. Yummy!
Love cake, a 2 layer white cake with real home made chocolate frosting! If not that, than a thick slice of N Y style cheesecake! I love Stampin Up card stock, the quality, the colors and that they coordinate with DSP.
Happy birthday! My favorite birthday cake is a yellow cake with lemon filling. Yum!
Happy {belated} Birthday!!! My fave b-day cake is actually classic wedding cake – nice, dense white cake with a scrumptous vanilla buttercream frosting. ?
Happy Birthday, Brian!! I love birthdays!! Your own special day…how wonderful! As far as birthday cake…I haven’t ever met one I didn’t like but if I had to pick only one favorite it would have to be marble…see what I did there…I actually chose two (choc & van) in one…pretty tricky!! Hope your birthday was wonderful…just like you! 🙂