Swap Madness - Amazing Birthday

Even though I've been a Demo for a couple of years, I hadn't participated in any card swaps. It was the fear that I wasn't able to produce something "swap" worthy. Well, I decided that it was going to be different this year, so, I joined a swap...not one, but, EIGHT of them! How crazy is that??? But, I'm proud to say that I'm halfway done! Yay!

One of my swaps is a monthly swap that lasts for 6 months - absolutely the nicest bunch of women that I have had the pleasure of getting to know! I have gotten some great ideas from the six of them and I'm really glad that I joined this swap.
For this month, I did this:

I did some heat embossing on the sentiment, which is something I hadn't done for awhile and am really happy with the results. If the sentiment looks different, it's because I omitted the bottom of it - the washi tape looking part - that way I could use The Banner Framelit Dies. The list of items used is at the bottom of this post.

 I'll be posting pictures of my other swaps as I complete them and once I know that the swap hostess has received them.

Make sure you check out my Stampin' Up! page at http://kahuila1.stampinup.net, where you can shop 24/7 for all of you crafting needs!

Until next time...go put some ink on your stamps and have some fun!

Materials used:

Amazing Birthday Stamp Set  134225 Wood Mount   134228 Clear Mount
Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set  130514 Wood Mount  130517 Clear Mount
Whisper White card stock  100730
Pistachio Pudding card stock 131294
Calypso Coral card stock 122925
Gold Soiree DSP  133697
Gold Metallic Baker's Twine  132975
VersaMark Ink  102283
Garden Green Ink 126973
Calypso Coral Ink  126983
Stampin Emboss Powder Gold  109129
Heat Tool 129053
Banners Framelit Dies  132173
Banner Punch  133519