February Birthdays

Since I used the ice cream cones on all of the cards I made for January (and one for February), I thought I'd try something else for most of my other February birthdays. The party elephant and sentiment are from the "Life is a Circus" stamp set made by Taylored Expressions. The circle die cuts are Star Circles by Spellbinders, and the sentiment labels below are Sweet Stack Labels 3 along with Layered Labels 3 from My Favorite Things. The patterned paper is Happy Trails from Cosmo Cricket. (In keeping with my New Year's Resolution, the die cuts and stamps are all items I haven't used before.)

On the inside, I used the same basic design but changed the sentiment labels to "Circus Panels" made by The Cat's Pajamas.

I liked the end result so much that I decided to make a few more. Naturally, I didn't have enough patterned paper to make an exact duplicate, so I had to change the orientation of the stripes from vertical to horizontal. At first I wasn't sure I liked the horizontal as much as the vertical, but now I do...maybe more :)

After making two cards exactly alike in terms of colors, I thought I'd try stripes of a different color. Below is a card made with paper from American Crafts - it's called City Park: Balboa Park. (Funny, when I was a kid growing up in San Diego, Balboa Park was one of my favorite places.)

I have one more card to make before the end of February - ice cream cones or elephant? Right now, it's a toss up.