We are thankful you stopped by to take a look at our new 2016 Blog Hop monthly themes.  This month we are featuring projects that are based on “B“ themes such as Birthday, Bride or Baby. We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below.  The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.

One thing that we have each and every year and something that we can not hid behind is a BIRTHDAY! To me, it is always a great thing to have a stash of Birthday Cards ready to rumble when you need one and I think that this sweet and fun card would certainly do the trick!

It looks as if it would be a complicated one to do but if that was the case….you know me – I would not be doing it as I am just “Simple Susan” and when things get to stressful…it is not fun for me! I like to have this whole process that we do to be happy and fun!

This is a super fun Blog Hop and I think that the idea of using “B” is a BRILLIANT one – we sure do have fun with the PALS. I could not resist using the BIRTHDAY theme as I was just itchin’ to use this new bundle, Biggest Birthdays. It is so well thought out and the easiest way I sum it up is – it is a fun bundle that will bring you joy for years making all sorts of festive Birthday Cards that can go for both the young and the old!

I am “showering” you with a bunch of pictures (I know you all love pictures) and I hope that you can see at first glance that this looks like a 4 1/2″ square Card….but then look – PRESTO, it is an easel card! Now this would surely make someone smile having this cute piece of cake staring at them!

As you will see in the below picture, score a line 1 1/2″ and then just put adhesive to that area so when you bend it…there will be a clean back (the melon mambo) and it will stand up behind the sentiment as the sentiment has been lifted with Stampin’ Dimensionals! 🙂

What kind of cake do you like? Today I was in the mood for Chocolate Cake but my favorite is Carrot Cake – (wonder how I could make that one for a card) The beauty of this fun bundle is that the sky is the limit in how you can create. It was super fun to do and if I were making this card I would make MANY at the same time as the process would basically be an assembly one and the best thing is, you will smile as you will have a stack of cards ready to go when you need one!

Below is a picture if this FUN bundle and ADORABLE and FESTIVE paper. I would definitely buy this as a bundle as not only would you be saving an instant 10% but you will really, really want the framelits as they are so details and fun! Please make sure that you look in the catalog for great examples using this bundle….

I wanted to give you the scoop on how I made this. I cut out 2 cakes, one in Early Espresso and the other in white. I bet you could have stamped through the pieces of cake on the Early Espresso one but I did not want to take the chance, that is why I did one in white! I simply stamped the layers and then added them to the “Chocolate Cake” 🙂  (you see….I mess up too – great thing that there 2 sides!) 😉

If I had to bet…I would bet that this is going to be a very popular bundle. It is fun, festive and timeless. There are so many pieces in this bundle and with all of the great papers we have – you are certainly going to have fun making festive works of art.

Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop! 

There is sooooo much talent out there with the PALS and you have a bunch of HOPPING to do. Please feel free to leave a comment to let me know how you like this card. Remember, it does not need to be an easel card, I just wanted to take a step out of my zone and share how easy it is!

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Nicole Everitt at Stamp Scrap Love
3. Natalie Bradley at NatalieBradley.com
4. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
5. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
6. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
7. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
8. Kim Jolley at Stampin’ Artfully
9. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
10. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin’
11. Jackie Diediker at Stampin’ Jackie
12. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
13. Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
14. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
15. Peggy Noe at prettypapercards
16. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
17. Pam Dotts at Clearly Southern Stampin’
18. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
19. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti
20. Jane Knudsen at see jane stamp
21. Kalyn Shubnell at The Stamping Chronicles
22. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
23. Sherrie Gross at Stampin’ Sunshine
24. Becky Volpp at Inkblossomwithbecky
25. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
26. Amy Hoptay at CraftCarnivore