Happy Birthday Matt
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Gold Star Super Sized Brads
- Cardmaker's Ultimate Creative Set
- Black Fun Flock
- Bold Pattern Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- black ink pad
- The Essential Glue Pad 
- small Zots(tm)
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold on the left and cover the card front with black paper. Glue a 4 3/4"x6 1/2" piece of blue paper, including the star border, centered on the card front. Ink the edges of a 3/8"-wide strip of striped paper and glue it across the bottom of the card front.
2) Using the glue pad, stamp the barcode pattern across the bottom of the card front, then flock. Add an orange brad to each end of the barcode pattern.
3) Glue alphabet tiles to spell "happy" in the top right corner of the card front. Mat the "birthday" fragment cut-out on orange paper, ink the edges and attach below "happy" with orange mini brads. Glue alphabet tiles to spell the recipient's name below "birthday".
4) Using the glue pad, stamp the dot pattern on yellow textured and orange textured paper, then flock. Attach an outline star brad to each of the papers, trimming the paper even with the edges of the brad. Attach the brads to the card front. Zot(tm) a bow of aqua ribbon between the brads.
5) Inside: Using the glue pad, stamp the barcode pattern across a 1 3/4"x3 1/2" piece of blue paper, then flock. Mat on orange paper and glue a tab of aqua ribbon behind the top edge. Glue centered on the card front. Mat the "celebrate" cut-out on black paper and glue overlapping the center of the barcode.


Valentine
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Red Heart Super Sized Brads
- Cardmaker's Classic Creative Pack
- Cardmaker's Classic Instant Card Art
- Cardmaker's Classic Ribbons
- Red Heart Felt Ribbon
- red mini brads
- foam tape
- small Zots(tm)
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold on the left and cover the card front with red glimmer paper. Glue a 4 3/4"x6 1/4" piece of tan floral paper centered on the card front. Glue felt ribbon down the left side of the card front.
2) Attach a solid heart brad to a blank punch-out and foam tape it in the top right corner of the card front. Zot(tm) a bow of red grosgrain ribbon to the right side of the punch-out.
3) Computer journal "Valentine" on a blank label punch-out and add a mini brad to each end. Foam tape the label across the bottom of the card front.
4) Inside: Glue a 1 5/8"-wide strip of tan floral paper across the top of the card inside. Glue a 5/8"-wide strip of red glimmer across the floral paper.
5) Add a tab of red ribbon behind the top of the "Your kindness..." punch-out, then glue it centered on the paper strips.


Friend
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Pink Heart Super Sized Brads
- Cardmaker's Classic Creative Pack
- Cardmaker's Classic Instant Card Art
- Classic Creative Kit
- Pink Heart Felt Ribbon
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold on the left. Glue a 4 3/4"x6 1/4" piece of black diamonds paper centered on the card front. Glue felt ribbon across the bottom of the card front.
2) Use a square brad to attach layered black and white flowers to the right end of the "friend" definition punch-out. Glue the definition across the felt ribbon.
3) Attach a hollow and a solid heart brad to the top of the card front. Add an arrow brad to the center of the hollow heart.
4) Inside: Glue a strip of diamonds paper down the left side of the card inside. Attach a black flower to the top of the strip with a square brad.


Birthdays Are Good For You
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Purple Flower Super Sized Brads
- Cardmaker's Citrus Creative Pack
- Cardmaker's Citrus Instant Card Art
- white embroidery floss
- Bold Pattern Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- black StazOn ink pad
- 1/16" hole punch
- fine-grade sandpaper or emery board
- foam tape
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold at the top and cover the card front with black glimmer paper. Cut a 6 1/4"x4 3/4" piece of purple words paper and stamp dots down the left side. Glue the paper centered on the card front. 
2) Ink the edges of a 1"-wide strip of pink dotted paper. Sand a flower outline brad and attach it to the top of the strip. Glue the strip over the right side of the stamped dots.
3) Ink the edges of a 2"-wide strip of pink diamonds paper. Stamp dots on a solid flower brad and attach the brad to the left end of the strip. Glue the strip across the bottom of the card front. Foam tape the "birthdays are good for you" punch-out to the right end of the strip.
4) Punch a hole in the left end of the "celebrate!" punch-out. Run embroidery floss through the hole, loop it through the frame flower brad and knot the ends. Foam tape the punch-out in place on the card front.
5) Inside: Ink the edges of a 6"x3 1/2" piece of purple words paper and glue it to the top of the card inside. Ink the edges of a 1 1/2"-wide strip of pink diamonds paper and glue it across the purple paper. Glue the "may your day be filled with..." punch-out centered on the pink strip.


A Shining Star
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies:
- Silver Star Super Sized Brads
- Use 'Em for Anything Chocolate papers
- silver brads
- white cardstock
- black cardstock
- brown ink pad
- foam tape
Instructions:
1) Place a sheet of brown paper with the ivory floral border on the left. Cut a 4"-wide strip of black striped paper and glue it even with the left edge of the page, covering the floral border. Ink the edges of a 9" square of dotted paper and glue it to the background, just right of center.
2) Mat three photos on black cardstock and glue them to the dotted paper. Computer journal in strips on white cardstock, inking the edges of each. Attach the strips throughout the page with silver mini brads.
3) Computer journal the page title on white cardstock. Attach an outline star brad surrounding the title, then trim the cardstock even with the edges of the brad. Use another outline brad to frame a photo, trimming it even with the brad edges. Attach the outline brads and the solid star brad throughout the page.

XOXO
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies:
- Yellow Flower Super Sized Brads
- White Flower Super Sized Brads
- Use 'Em for Anything Pastel papers
- Pastel Monograms
- Pastel Brad Pack
- white cardstock
- purple cardstock
- aqua cardstock
- 1/4" hole punch
Instructions:
1) Place a sheet of pinwheel border paper with the border on the right. Glue a 1"-wide strip of striped paper just left of the page border. Attach solid yellow and white flower brads down the top of the strip. Punch two circles of striped paper and glue one in the center of each flower.
2) Mat a horizontal photo on purple cardstock and a square photo on aqua cardstock. Glue the horizontal photo across the top of the page. Add a blue bracket punch-out to the right of the photo, accented with mini brads. Glue the square photo in the bottom right corner of the page.
3) Attach a yellow and a white outline flower brad to striped paper, then trim the paper even with the edges of the brads. Attach two "X" monograms and the outline flower brads to spell "xoxo" in the bottom left corner of the page. Accent the "X"s with mini brads.
4) Computer journal on white cardstock and crop to a horizontal tag shape. Glue striped paper down the right end of the tag and accent with mini brads. Mat the tag on purple cardstock and attach below "xoxo" with a yellow brad in the tab.