Birthday Weekend...a quick card

August is a busy birthday month for our family.  My husband and both of our sons have August birthdays and so do my mother-in-law and brother-in-law - five birthdays in eight days!

One of the images on the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons cartridge that particularly appealed to me was the soft serve ice cream cone.  I wanted to try a quick test cut.  Here you can see the pieces - a shadow and three layers.

I cut the cone at four inches and used Core'dinations cardstock for the red shadow, the cone and the swirls.  The ice cream is cut from some embossed paper that I had on hand.  You can change the color to change the flavor and experiment with various embossing folders to get the look you like.

I decided to use the cone on a card.  I did not find a "birthday" sentiment in the titles and word art on the Cheerful Seasons cartridge.   I thought that this "celebrate good times" phrase would work nicely for a birthday card.  I cut it and the layers at 2 3/4 inch.

I used a large base card which I made by folding a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock in half.  The mat layer is Martha Stewart paper cut at 5 1/4 x 8 1/4.  I inked the edges of the mat layer with some coordinating blue ink.  When I put the card together, it looked a little dull, so...

...I pulled out my white pen and added some random groups of dots on the letters which gave the cut just a bit more spark.

We had some friends who have been vacationing in the area come visit us today.  It was great to catch up with them and we had this delicious (vegan recipe) birthday cake for dessert after lunch and some sightseeing around town.

Here are two of my three birthday boys - we will get to see our older son next week and have a mini family reunion.

I have a fun project made with the Creative Charms "Deal of the Month" that I will share tomorrow.  I just need to add the finishing touches.  Don't forget there is a great deal this month - a $23 value for $6.99 and in your choice of pink or blue.  Here is a LINK to the Creative Charms site.  I hope you are having a nice weekend - our weather has been great - it finally cooled down a bit!

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