My daughter is home this week for Thanksgiving. Her birthday is in November and we celebrated over the weekend. I like to give “experiences” for  birthday gifts. This year I gifted her tickets to see Dancing with the Stars Live. We both really enjoy the show and we were excited to watch the season finale together last night! (I am so thrilled we’ll get to meet Joey and Stephen in New York in January!!!!!!)

I love to create cards to coordinate with the gifts I give. Here’s the star shaped box and Triangle Corner Pop Up Card I made.

I pulled out the retired Birthday Blast Dies along with the Wanted To Say Dies for her birthday card. The star patterned paper is from the current Bright & Beautiful 6×6 Designer Series Paper pack. This card measures 4×4 when it’s closed and opens for a beautiful display. Two mini magnets hide the inside sentiment/message. Here’s a closer look at the card. I used the Silver & White Sheer Ribbon to hold it closed when folded.




I love a versatile stamp set and the Simply Said Stamp Set is just that! It has sentiments for so many different occasions! I stamped “Let’s Celebrate” and cut it out with the Stitched Shapes Dies to provide the “stopper” for the star banner. You can view these items in the product list below. I followed Lisa Curcio’s video on YouTube for how to create this fun fold. You can check out her cards and video HERE.

I created the box using the Gift Bag Builder Punch Board. Stampin’ Up! retired this several years ago but they are still available from We R Memory Keepers. (I love this punch board as well as the Envelope Punch Board!) This box was fun to create and I love the star shape at the top!

I filled it with the tickets as well as some Bath & Body Works “star” hand sanitizer and star chocolates.

You can really see the star shape when you open the box.

Here are some of the past birthday projects I’ve made for my daughter.
(I can’t believe I never posted last year’s fun fold card and Scalloped Gift Card Box! I guess I was busy helping her move to New York and get settled in her new apartment.)

The “Flying Seagull” fun fold card was inspired by Sue Campfield. The Dainty Flowers Designer Series Paper was one of my favorite Sale-A-Bration freebies! I created a tv “gift card” (using the Nested Essentials Dies) to decorate the insert inside the scalloped gift card box. (She needed a tv for her new apartment and I wanted her to pick out what she wanted.)  It’s hard to see the retro “tv knobs” in the photo (created using two circles adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals) but you get the idea.

This would be so much easier to create now using the Tune In Bundle which Stampin’ Up! came out with this year!

I really love creating special birthday cards to coordinate with gifts.
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The 25th Birthday Countdown was one of my favorite birthday projects!!! I had so much fun coming up with gift ideas for each of the “calendar” boxes!!

I hope you enjoyed this birthday parade! Is there any doubt what my daughter’s favorite color is?!! You can certainly see the different shades of purple Stampin’ Up! has had in their color collection. What is your favorite shade of purple? I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment below.

Here’s a picture of the birthday girl with her cake. (The cake is an eastern shore classic, Smith Island Cake….my favorite!!!!!)

Have a great day!!! Thanks for stopping by!
Just Stampin’
Jeanie

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