Makeover Monday: Birthday Star

Happy Monday!  Today is our first official day of “summer vacation” as the kid’s finished school on Friday.  It was so nice not having to rush out the door first thing this morning.  I actually got to linger in bed a little later than usual – which felt great!

Today’s card was “made over” from a card I saw in the June 2010 Cards magazine on pg. 99.  Unfortunately I can’t link directly to the picture of the card for you.  It was a 4th of July card which was very easily made over to a birthday card.

You’ve probably noticed that I tend to do a lot of birthday cards and thank you cards.  That’s because I’ve started thinking in terms of what types of cards I use the most.  I used to love to use all sorts of funky phrases and greetings for my cards, but over the years, those are the ones that seem to stay sitting in my card storage boxes because I can’t find an appropriate occasion for which to give them away.

Okay, on to today’s card:

1. Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of So Saffron CS and fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
2. Ink up the swirl stamp from the Season of Joy stamp set in So Saffron Classic ink, and stamp it twice around the top right corner of the card.  Make sure you re-ink in between.
3. Cut a 3″ x 4 1/4″ piece of striped DP from the Happy B-Day Simply Scrappin’ Kit and stick it to the bottom of the card front with Snail adhesive.
4. Stamp the greeting from the On Your Birthday stamp set just above the DP and towards the left edge of the card, in Basic Black Classic ink. 
5. Take a 10″ piece of the Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain ribbon and wrap it around the card front with the stitched side facing upwards. The ribbon ends should be overhanging the right edge of the card. Stick the ribbon to the card front with Snail adhesive.
6. Trim the ribbon ends on an angle.
7. Take a large chipboard star and color it using Brocade Blue Craft ink.  Dry the ink with a heat tool.
8. Brush some Crystal Effects onto the star and sprinkle on the Iridescent Chunky Glitter. Tap off the excess.
9. Stick the star to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  You’re done!