Happy Friday!
I am trying hard to build up my birthday card stash! Today’s card could easily be transformed into a masculine birthday card just by changing the background paper!
I also adore creating coordinating birthday bags and boxes!

Isn’t the Candle Pocket Die perfect for the front of my birthday gift bag! This new die starts shipping on Monday so you are getting a sneak peek today! The Candle Pocket Die is just the right size for a gift card!

The birthday stamps are part of the recently released Simply Birthday Stamp Set. It has so many amazing fonts! I’ll be reaching for this stamp set every time I make a birthday card!
I began by stamping the block happy birthday with Margarita Lime and Paradise Inks. The Misti made this repeated stamping so easy! After stamping that font, I lined up another stamp from the set over my original stamping and repeatedly stamped that with Dare 2B Artzy’s Totally Black Ink.
I die cut the stamped panel using the Rectangle Framelits Die. The lime card stock and the Banner Day Paper were die cut with dies from this same set.

Here is a close-up of my gift bag! It was created using the Gift Bag & Box Die and the Candle Pocket Die. The bag was die cut from the Banner Day Paper. I stamped the sentiment using one of the sentiments that is also stamped on my coordinating card!

I couldn’t resist decorating the back of my gift bag! These dies are also part of the Gift Bag & Box Die Set!
In case you missed the Instagram Hop last weekend, here are two Christmas projects I created with the Gift Bag & Box Die Set!

I hope you will join in the December Challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy Store! It’s all about Clean and Simple Cards! I think my card fits the criteria, don’t you?

Happy stamping!
Melody