Birthday Boy

Every year, I try to improve on getting cards to family and friends on time.  Or, at least in the right month.  This one would have made it, except that it has to go to the land Far, Far Away.  That's my excuse, anyway, and I'm sticking to it.  

 I started off with an A2 size card (8 1/2 by 5 1/2, scored and folded in half to make a 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 card.  The blue cardstock is Recollections, and the rest came out of my scrap stash.  The stamp is from Stampin' Up Birthday Banter in SU Basic Black ink.  I stamped it again on blue to make the cake, and then cut it out.  The candle has Stickles on the flame (crystal), with a white 1/4 ribbon by Offray.  The border punch is Fiskars, and the white pen is a .7 Marvy Gel Excel.

I bought this set specifically because I love the bad puns (and I am often late...oops, did I say that out loud?). I really can't wait to use the one that says, "I know how much women your age enjoy a new floral moo-moo!" and has a picture of a flowered cow with a balloon tied to its tail.  


The circles on the front (2 1/2 and 3 inches), and the scalloped square (3 inches) were cut with Mini Monograms.  It's an oldie but a goody for those type of shapes.


We are going through The Purpose Driven Life again with our family.  So many good lessons for me, and lots of encouragement as well.  If you haven't read it, or it has been a few years, I definitely recommend a "rewind." These are my rewinds so far for 2011...books I read and enjoyed, but needed to pull out and dust off again-  Blue Like Jazz, The Hiding Place, The Naked Gospel, The Secrets of a Buccaneer Scholar, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Jackdaws, and The Purpose Driven Life.  Let me know what's on your bookshelf!