birthday card catalogue case

it's not often i acquire a stamp set from the stampin up catalogue based purely on the card displayed next to it...

but this one i did :)

 nuts about you is a hostess set and is just the cutest thing

here i have added a smiling cloud from the think happy set

 i like the way the card isn't normal lol

i love the cut out bit

i will admit that the fussy cutting wasn't too much fun but it was worth the end result-see how it sticks out-love it.

cheers ears

simple and stripey

i don't do simple cards

i find i want to add stuff

and more stuff

and more stuff

i need to say no

no more

so i tried it with this card

i possibly didn't need the baker's twine at the top

and i possibly could have left the inside candles

but i couldn't help myself

honest

what do you think?

 i also wanted a window effect

it was part of a challenge for a 

card swap i belong to over at essential baby parents forum

 not sure i like the inside

another glimpse of the card from another angle.

i got the idea for stripes from a just add ink challenge and figured it would go quite nicely with the candles

i still find simple hard

what about you?

cheers ears