Birthday Cards

I don't often shop in Hobbycraft, but the opportunity arose to visit one earlier this week and I seized it with both hands, anticipating a happy hour while my son sat an exam nearby. However, I was rather disappointed in the range of stock they had and the price of their individual papers and cardstock, and came away in much less than my allotted hour having spent just £4.25.

I did buy a new birthday stamp though, and I put it to use straight away, making two cards from card sketch #48 at Sketch-n-Scrap.

I tried a few ink pads with the stamp, and got the clearest image with Distress inks. I'd hoped to cut them out using my Shape Cutter, but they fell between template sizes so I had to use scissors, and disguised the wonky edges with ink.

I stuck fairly closely to the sketch for my first card, but changed a few things on the second.