Hey everyone! Happy Sunday! Forgive me the unusual publishing time, but I’ve been busy celebrating! You see, today’s my birthday. Happy Birthday to me!
It seems a lot of people shy away from celebrating their birthday as they get older – but I think you should celebrate it, whatever your age! You’re only as old as you feel – and personally, I don’t feel my age, and I don’t intend to either!
I’ve had a wonderful day, filled with doing plenty of the things that I love – including making myself a birthday card! It’s become a bit of a tradition now – but as a designer of cards, what birthday would be complete without a birthday card of my own?
If you’ve visited me before, you know I take cake very seriously. And so, along with actual birthday cake, I just had to finish some cute cupcakes on my card this year! These are from the awesome WPlus9 Sweets And Treats set, and they are so deliciously designed!
I coloured them with Copics and added Glossy Accents and a little sprinkling of glitter. I went for some of my favourite colours – pink, mint and gold, and lots of white space. *smile*
The card base is stamped with Neat & Tangled’s Time Warp stamp, and heat embossed with sparkly gold embossing powder. I blended some Distress Ink in a halo so that the card base wasn’t so stark and so it complimented the colours on the cupcakes. As for those numbers? I pulled out an old-but-still-fun product – shrink plastic! I die cut the numbers using dies from Papertrey Ink, added the detail with a white Prismacolor pencil and a gold Sharpie, then heated them up to shrink ’em down. I love this little brainwave – and it’s the perfect way to shout about my age!
I’m really looking forward to making this year my best one yet!
Giveaways!
It may be my birthday – but I’m giving you the chance to have a present from me! I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate to an online crafting store of your choice! To enter please leave me a comment wishing me a Happy Birthday and give me a compliment. This is very specific, so please take the time to follow the rules as other comments won’t count! *smile*.
I’ll leave this giveaway open until 23:59EST on Sunday 15th January and will announce the winner on the 16th, all being well.
I’ll also be giving hosting another giveaway just for Instagram followers – so make sure you follow me on there and enter!
Good luck – and thanks for stopping by!
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Happy Birthday!!! Good on you for celebrating – I too think we should appreciate the extra time with are given on this earth with our loved ones.
Giving you a compliment is an easy way to gain entry into your prize draw: your cards are always amazing! I appreciate the time you take to show case the latest products on the market (you enabler you) and for organising the 25 days of Christmas event allowing some of your followers to win fantastic prizes.
Wishing you the very best wishes for 2017
Belated happy birthday wishes! I hope you’re still in full celebration mode 😉
You are such an inspiration, not only an incredibly gifted designer (another AMAZING example with this card! kya!!) but also in conveying your work process and ideas in a way that sends out joy like a ray of sunshine, visiting your blog always inspires me and makes me smile, I wish you all the smiles that you give others and all they joy you send out doubly returned ❤
(And lots and lots of cake ??)
A Very Happy Birthday to you! Giving you a compliment is easy….I highly applaud anyone who has such a fantastic outlook on life. Hope your cake was amazing. Cheers.
Happy Birthday, Taheerah! You are not only very talented and generous, but also a beautiful “young” gal.
Happy Birthday to you, dear Taheerah! I hope you are celebrating how wonderful you are
May the party continues throughout the year for you.
Your B-Day card is just too adorable~cupcakes are the best dessert in my opinion 😉
I enjoy my visits to your fun Blog and appreciate you sharing your creative card making talent .
I should be giving you something, not the other way around!! I hope you had a fantastic birthday and ate lots and lots of cake. Your such a generous person and love how you think. Whether its about politics and how it affects the world, your love of science and your craft ideas are always inspirational. Your the whole package my friend, Happy Birthday!!
I hope you had a super-de-duper birthday! I love your blog and the inspirational projects that you share….thank you! You are Awesome!
Happy birthday, Taheerah. You did a wonderful job on the Advent Calendar and I appreciated it very much. So many ideas, so many talented designers, and they all called you friend. You are so lucky!
I just love the ‘Seize the cupcake’ sentiment and that you used the Time Warp stamp be hind the cupcake on this sweet card! I hope you have a happy day! You’ve overcome so much and have so much yet to look forward to… Keep up that youthful attitude… you rock, girl!!
Happy birthday, Taheera! Your creativity is amazing!!!
Happy birthday. Even though you make great cards, you writing skills is where you really shine. Here’s to you and a wonderful birthday and a great year.
gefeliciteerd met u verjaardag wat een mooie kaarten maakt u ik vind het heel leuk om op de site te kijken
Happy Birthday! You are a fount of crafty inspiration! You have had busy month or 2. Hope you have time to relax and celebrate!
Happy Birthday, Taheerah! What a great tradition to make yourself a birthday card each year, and a stunning one at that. I am sure this new year will be an awesome one for you with your new, fun and exciting GD posts, which only confirms what a creative and talented young lady you are. I love how you combine being a geek with being super creative. I have yet to read your last Gossip Column at W&W’s, but I truly love these. Makes me wonder why it took me so long to subscribe to your blog, something that has been remedied recently.
Crafty hugs, Marianne
Happy birthday!! This card is amazing! (I love your tradition.) The sweet treats look good enough to eat, the burst in the background so fun, and the shrink numbers are brilliant! When I think of you, I think of special, unique, innovative. Your cards truly captivate me. (And I can’t say that about many people.) You amaze me with how you use products. You captivate me with your writing, too. It is always an absolute pleaaure to visit your blog. Thank you! Hope this year is your best yet!
Wishing you a very happy birthday. It’s easy to complement your creativity and confidence. Enjoy celebrating each and every birthday – switch your numbers -36 to 63 and that is my age and as you said it is all in how you feel!
Hi taheera , I don’t know you personally, but I know your from your amazing creation. You are kindhearted person, I really love to read your post and I enjoy The way you write them. I feel you care too much about your followers. You have an amazing talented creative personality. Love hwo you are unique and classy in all you creation. I feel you are like a pretty princess that care about her friends and treat them nicely. I Even you can see that in your website design pretty, classy, and royal.that is you taheera. Wish you all the best of the best .
I hope you had a WONDERFUL birthday! As I recall age 36 was a very good year. I wish the same for you.
Happy Belated Birthday! I am so sorry I missed the actual day. Hope you enjoyed the day. What a yummy card you made for yourself! Just as sweet as you are! Thank you the time you put into each and every post, cards, tutorials. I truly enjoyed your Advent countdown. Well done… here to many more successful year to come!
Many happy returns, Taheerah! May 2017 be a fantastic year for you, with many goals achieved and a few (pleasant!) surprises along the way.
I love the thought you put into the settings for your card photos. Today’s example, with the cupcake and confetti, is perfect.
I also enjoy reading your blog entries. I can just hear you saying what you write (although we’ve never met); you are never understated!
Happy belated birthday!!! I know I left one on fb and Instagram but not here! You are an inspiration to all of us crafters! I have loved having your blog posts in my email for quite some time and I can always spot your cards in a group as you have a style all your own. Thank you so much for all of the fun inspiration and sharing with us that you do!
Happy Birthday! You have fabulous designs. Thanks for 3.
Happy birthday Taheerah! You have such a lovely spirit and you crack me up with your writing style not to mention your gorgeous cards. Stay as young as you feel & eat more cake, it’s good for the soul ???
Happy Birthday to you!
I will admit I am new to your blog, but since finding it I have gone through several of your posts, and I just love, love, love your designs. I am definitely a fan.
Stay true to you, love your gusto, it’s kinda contagious!
Happy Biirthday, Taheerah! Mine is tomorrow and I will be twice your age! Growng old sucks, but it beats the alternative! Love your creativity and your willingness to share with us! Many thanks for your generosity!!
Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday…….
It’s a good thing I’m doing this online – in print – my singing voice
is not good.
Hope you had a good day. Best wishes for many more
happy years.
Forgot the complement. You did a fantastic job with the Christmas promotion.
I didn’t win but I’ll keep trying. Keep on producing beautiful projects
as you have in the past.
Happy, happy birthday! You have an amazing amount of creativity and you share it so beautifully.
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday Taheerah! Happy Birthday to yooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuu!
You are a beautiful soul! I love seeing what you create and your are SO generous with your giveaways!! Thank you for being a part of my creative journey!!!
Well, of course I will wish you a happy birthday, and many happy cakes for the future as well! I remember 36 (sigh)–it was a good year, but I don’t really want to go back, either. It’s your turn to be a young adult, enjoy it!
Here’s to cake! I love the effect you created with the Time warp background stamp. So glad I found your blog!
Happy Birthday Taheerah! I celebrated mine on the 2nd. You’re younger than me…count your blessings. My sincere compliment is: you’re the only stamp artist I know who adds such a unique pizzazz to each project. For instance in this card the gold time warp background with a touch of pink. It really is unique to you. I like your style!
Happy Birthday Taheerah!!! I hope your day is as special for you as your website, inspiration and ideas are for us all year long! Blessings for a happy year!
A very happy Birthday Taheerah from one Capricorn to another. You’re an amazingly talented women who shares so much with us. Thank you for taking the time to share your talents with us all. Hope you had a great day.
Happy birthday! I truly hope you treated yourself to a fabulous day! I am so awed by your amazing creative talents. Not only are your cards ALWAYS spectacular, but your photography skills showcase them wonderfully. I am also amazed at your talent to organize giveaways and hops! The Advent Calendar festivities were so much fun! Looking forward to more of your amazing creativity in your “advanced” age! LOL
Happy Birthday to you birthday buddy. Your my favorite Capricorn.
Very cute card, I love the cupcakes.
Happy Birthday, Taheerah! First of all, I would like to say that you don’t even look old enough to drive. Either that or you have the most awesome photoshop skills ever. I love the way you think. I like your geekiness. You have an excellent sense of humor and I love the way you write. You did a great job on the Advent Extravaganza. Kudos to you!
Happy Birthday Taheerah! Hope the coming year is full of many wonderful things for you! I have just recently gotten to know about you through the 2016 Advent calendar blog hop . Just from that i think you’re a person with a big heart for people and for what you do! What you said about the sponsors each day was always so lovely and heart-felt. Also, you make such beautiful cards. You have a unique and different style and I love it! I look forward to seeing more of what you do throughout the year!
How fun is this card? Happy Birthday to a talented cardmaker who has also made the holidays feel fun with her uber popular Advent Calendar hop!
Happy, Happy Birthday, Taheerah! You are an incredible, creative card-maker, and WOW your organizational skills are top-notch! (I’m amazed by how organized your Advent Calendar Extravaganza was – so much to keep track of, and you STILL managed to cram in making so many gorgeous cards!). Here’s to a wonderful birthday for you – and many more!
Wow, Taheerah! This is just amazing (like you) and inspiring (just like you)! First of all, shrinky-dink to create those little numbers!? I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I read that. I love the effect it adds and how you added detail to them. I’m always learning something from your posts so thank you for teaching me and inspiring me with each and every post! Love the fact that you make yourself a birthday card on your birthday – that’s a really cool thing to do! I’ve grown into the habit of wishing away my birthday and downplaying it – I should be celebrating it and making myself a card to celebrate as well! Thank you for sharing your tradition with us.
Happy Birthday, Taheerah!! Wishing you many happy returns and a wonderful 36th year!!!
Wishing you a very happy 36th birthday Taheerah, hoping that this year brings you the best of everything and that you succeed in everything you do. Thank you so much for your email, I was speechless when I read it. It means a lot to me that you took the time to read my post and reply back. The card is lovely, nice soft colours ,beautifully done as always. Your generosity is amazing. X
You are such a generous person. Thanks for another way to use the Time Warp stamp set. I love your card! Happy Birthday!
Keep doing what you love. You are an inspiration. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Taheerah! Loved the Advent Blog Hop and even one a gift on one of the guests site thanks to you! Your joy and enthusiasm is contagious! My youngest son is 36 and it is a time for great opportunities.
Happy birthday Taheerah!! Wish you a great year! You are a sweet and talented person! You make wonderful cards.
Happy birthday!! I think you are very talented! The cards you create are so beautiful 🙂
Happy Happy Happy Birthday!
Wonderful idea to make your
own card, came out beautiful,
just like you and all the great
creations you post on your
blog. Also big thank you for
all the giveaways you do!
Take a lot of work on your
part. Again, Happy Birthday!
Carla from Utah