Today over on the Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration blog, the girls are sharing some of their favorites items. I thought I would do a spin on that and share one of my favorite Convention Display Board cards and the stamp set that I loved working with – Amazing Birthday. Like I’ve said before, I really like that this set is not just about Birthday but can be used for thanks, guys, or anything in between. But in this case, I stuck to birthday and my favorite shape of the season – STARS!! 
No joke, I am so digging the stars thing right now and when I finished this card, it was the first one from the set of display board projects that I really got excited about. So much so that I used it for our group swap where we picked on of our cards from the board to create and trade.
(SPOILER ALERT! If you love stars, get excited because in the upcoming Holiday Catalog, there is a stars embossing folder & a stars confetti border punch!!! Um, yes please!!)
Tips for creating this card:
- Pick a neutral color and then two contrasting colors (I picked Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, and Hello Honey) and then repeat them all over your card. Don’t be afraid to use a non-traditional color for your shape like blue for stars.
- Offset your die cut images for a more interesting look. You’ll notice that I had the Hello Honey banner aligned with the edge of the Crumb Cake whereas the Pacific Point is aligned to the edge of the card base.
- Sponge the edge of bigger cardstock elements (like the the bigger star) to help them have more dimension even if you don’t pop them up on a dimensional. Often just using the same color as the cardstock is enough.
- When die cutting a shape with the matching framelit, like I did here with the banners, USE the Magnetic Platform! Yes, you can use a post-it note… or the hope really hard methods
but you will have a better time getting an even edge around your images when you use the magnetic platform because it is strong enough to keep the framelit where you set it!
Card Supplies Used
Oh, I forgot to mention, the sentiment is actually hand cut out… and yes, that Happy doesn’t have the dark line to the left of the “H”… that is intentional. 
When I was doing this for a swap, I cut long strips for Whisper White cardstock (around 1.25” wide) and stamped my sentiment on the strip and then trimmed down with my snips to the narrower width. But this is a fun color combination, so grab some cardstock and give it a try with your projects. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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One response to “Friday Favorite–Amazing Birthday the Display Board Swap Card”
Love this card! I just noticed this set last night in the catalog, and oh my!!!