A Flock of Birthday Cards & HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZANNE !!!

We interrupt our normally scheduled program to give a big, pink, blinged out, feathery, HAPPY BIRTHDAY wish, to none other than our fearless Leader of The Flock, Suzanne !!!  .

Most people don't realize how busy the "behind the scenes" details  of running a successful, and busy store, a blog, and life in general can be. Not to mentionthe fact that she's active in her community, church, and is always there  for a friend or family member in need. Suzanne does all  these things, and more. I don't know how she finds the time, or energy, but I'm glad she does.

Since everyone loves surprises, our feathery little Flockinistas and I thought we'd throw a "blog party" of sorts by making cards for Suzanne with FABULOUS items from Flamingo Scraps and have a birthday card blog bash. Each person's card is featured below with a brief description and the products we used from Flamingo Scraps. So be sure to head on over to get your scrap happy card making goodies.(In celebration of her birthday, Suzanne is giving 43% OFF your order from 12:01 a.m. until midnight, Tuesday, May 21st. Discount excludes Prima Ink Sets and Julie Nutting preorder stamps. Use coupon code "suzanne" Bet she didn't think she'd be seeing this posted on a birthday blog ! )


Our first card is from Alicia.

Happy Birthday Suzanne!

For this card, I used a yellow card base, and sprayed one of the FabScraps chipboard shapes with some white Mr. Huey's to give it a base coat and let it dry, and then sprayed with the Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Bronzer. I cut some grass some random scrap paper trim that I had and sprayed it with Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Mustard and Tropicana Teal to give it a little shine. I created the banner at the top out of scraps from the Heidi Swapp Serendipity line, and inked the edges around the sentiment and the entire card front with Prima Ink in "Old Road." After piecing together the card, I decided to add the Prima Light Pink flower accents to give it  more of a garden feel 

Next is Cindy de Rosier, our Flamingo Four ( F4) coordinator.

Do you recognize the supplies I used? They're leftovers from the six
months I've been the Flamingo Four Coordinator! Here's a rundown:
November F-4: I used the Clam Bake Glimmer Mist to give some color and shine to the paper that holds the sentiment.
December F4: A little grey paint transformed the Maya Road chipboard frame into a resting place for the initial.
January F4: The only item still left from January was the sparkly Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue button. It adds fun shine to the
card.
February F4: The base of the card is Heidi Swapp "Vintage Chic" patterned paper. There's a subtle ledger print on the B-side,
which provided nice, straight guidelines for writing my message on the
inside.
March F4: The yellow and striped papers are Pink Paislee's "Indigo Bleu." I love the colors and subtle patterns.
April F4: The S is from Pink Paislee's 'Parisian Anthology' Corrugated Alphabet. This was only the second letter I've used from the package, so expect to see these pop up plenty of times in the future!

I had so much fun challenging myself to use up the leftovers! It was
tempting to skip a month (I'm looking at you, January button...) but
in the end I think the card shows a perfect marriage of Flamingo
Scraps products and my style.

 

This beautiful card is from Erin.

Patterned paper - Pink paislee and Heidi Swapp

Paper cut outs – Pink paislee

Mist – Heidi Swapp

Card stock

Alpha – Prima

All the way from Kalamazoo, this card is from Melissa.

 I appreciate Suzanne so much for all the generosity and love she not only gives to her local community, but also the scrap booking community, and I wanted to reflect some of the love that I have for her and Flamingo Scraps in my card... wanting it to be more than just a birthday card, but a celebration of her and Flamingo Scraps, as well.
I used the Teresa Collins Now and Then Collection for the majority of this card, supplementing the design with the Maya Road Instant Photo Frame Singleton Stamp. I folded an
inch-and-a-half strip of the Teresa Collins' paper and cut
triangles from it to make the banner.
   Suzanne, I really hope your birthday is full of wonderful things! You're loved and appreciated by all of us on the Flockinistas.

Never forget that!


Our next feathery Flockinista is Ramona.

Maya Roa

Maya Road Trinket Pins Crystals

Plus Corp Decoration Roller — Filmstrip

Prima Merci Pastel Mix
Prima Wood Icons in a Box – Typewriters & Clocks

                                                                                        

Peeking out once again, it's me, Kathleen

I love TH products, so for the card I used two sheets of TH Grunge with swirls that I misted with the Maya Road "Maya Mist Metallic Gold", then used Tim Holtz paint "Peeled Paint" over that, and blotted gently. The Fab Scraps Die Cut Cherub is painted with  TH "Antique Linen" and "Mustard Seed".  Letters from the Maya Road Lisa Lowercase are painted with TH Paints. The yellow trim is Maya Road Burlap Trim "Lemon"

Maya Road - Burlap Trim (lemon) ,  CB Lisa Lowercase letters,
CB "Love Mini", Maya Mist Metallic Gold
TH Paints-Anitque Linen, Peeled Pain, Mustard Seed
Fab Scraps Die Cut Cherub



Last , but certainly not least, the infamous Tonya Gibbs.




From Flamingo: Hope Chest - Pink Paislee - Seam Binding, Prima Roses, Prima Lace

We all had a BLAST making these cards for Suzanne. Keeping it a secret was the most fun part I think. From all of us, to you Suzanne. For all you've done, all you're doing, and that you'll do, HAPPY BIRTHDAY & WE LOVE YA LOTS !! Be sure to visit the store by clicking on the link, and feel free to post and wish Suzanne a happy birthday ! Don't forget to visit the store by clicking on the link listed above, and take advantage of coupon code, suzanne , to recieve your discount !