Hello friends! Today I’m excited to join Spellbinders in celebrating their 23rd birthday! To help mark the occasion, I created three fun birthday cards featuring products from the Age to Perfection collection along with a few other Spellbinders favorites.
I don’t know about you, but I never seem to have enough birthday cards in my stash. Whenever I have a chance to create one, I jump at the opportunity. For these projects, I wanted to step away from traditional floral birthday cards and instead create something playful, unexpected, and a little bit snarky.
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CARD DETAILS
My first card features balloon letters spelling “HBD” along with a humorous sentiment that reads, “How old are we telling people you are now?” I combined products from several Spellbinders collections, including the Age to Perfection collection and the Happier Hour collection.
To add movement and interest, I incorporated colorful party streamers and a bird holding a balloon.
For my second card, I created a playful pizza-themed design featuring the sentiment, “Happy Birthday! Leave Nothing But Crumbs.” I love creating patterned card designs, and this project was the perfect opportunity to repeat a simple die-cut image to create an eye-catching background.
The pizza slices come from the Chompster die set, and I paired them with small die-cut olives, mushrooms, and greenery from the Bon Appétit collection. A few black gems help complete the design and fill the background.
My final card might be the funniest of the bunch. It features the Dancing Chatterbox die set, complete with oversized googly eyes and a swinging kinetic mechanism. The Dancing Die collection is designed to move from side to side, creating an interactive element that always brings a smile.
I paired the die-cut character with one of the humorous sentiments from the Age to Perfection stamp set. This collection is packed with witty birthday greetings that are perfect for recipients who appreciate a good laugh.
One thing I love about this release is that it offers a refreshing alternative to traditional birthday cards. The products are playful, versatile, and designed to create cards that are guaranteed to spark a smile.
Overall, these cards were so much fun to create and reminded me that birthday cards don’t always have to be serious or elegant. Sometimes a little humor is exactly what makes a handmade card memorable.
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What fun Birthday Cards! Thank you so much for your continued inspiration!
Love your designs! Happy 23rd birthday Spellbinders
Wow! I just love these cards. I will need to CASE these cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love these cards & products!
Wow great cards! Happy Birthday Spellbinders!!!
Great Birthday cards. So much inspiration! I love the teeth!
What fun & cute birthday cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
I totally love all your cards but the pizza one is perfect for my pizza loving husband. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us.
Yana, love the punny sentiments. Great cards!
Great ideas and inspiration! Thank you and Happy Birthday Spellbinders!
Adorable. That little bird is so cute
Love these cards and the video.
These are soooo fun! LOVE the chatterbox and pizza!!!
I love all of these, especially the pizza. Super cute with that fun sentiment!
I am always drawn to your designs. Love your sense of style and humor
Yana, your cards are always AMAZING! I love your usage of color. I wish I could do what you do!
These are super cute and so much fun!
Fun enjoyable! Love the colors!
Excellent use of those oversized googly eyes!!!
These are just lovely. I can’t wait to try them!
Love those cards.
So amazing!! Love all of the card design
The teeth are TOO FUNNY. I love the sentiment, too. I was just thinking this very thing.
Your cards are so funny and yummy. Makes me smile!
Amazing cards! Love the Pizza card. It made me smile.
What fun cards! I love the pizza card so much!
Super fun cards!!
These are so much fun!
Yana, these cards are so much fun!!!!
Awesome cards! Love the pizza slices
So cute. I enjoy seeing your creations!
Your creations are so vibrant. I especially love the pizza card. I know someone who would really enjoy this card. Thanks for your inspiration
Such great cards!
Love the bright colors you used, these are so fun!!
These cards are charming and bring a smile to day.
Goodness! All three of your cards are adorable!
These are fantastic! What a fun set of cards! I’m loving these dies so much!
Fun cards! Like what you’ve done there, Yana, as always!
yana, you were looking especially summery today and I love the pizza card. What a great job mixing up the sets that spellbinders has using old and new. I am definitely gonna try the toucan with the balloons.
They are versatile and I do love the Chompster.
Great & fun cards!
Click Clack…..love the teeth!
These cards are great! I see a lot of depth on the pizza card@
Happy birthday, congrats
Absolutely wonderful cards, Yana! The sentiments are so FUN!
It’s always great to see FUN cards demonstrated. I was not interested in this set, but now I am.
Thank you for sharing.
Cute, Fun Cards!
So Cute! Love your creativity. What a great set to have fun with.
OMGosh what cute & Fun cards… I have the Chomster for my Over the Hill Family & friends…Tee Hee! So Fun!
Super cute cards – especially love the pizza card!