Happy Birthday!

Hey everybody, a very happy Wednesday to you! I hope your week is plugging along nicely. I have a fun Keep It Simple DT inspiration project to share today that I created for our How To’s page on the website that went live day before yesterday. There are an infinite number of ways to create birthday cards, and I was trying to think of something a little different and came up with this gatefold with inlaid die cuts. I used assorted prints from our Back To Basics Ruby, Mango, Lemon, Jade, Royal, Lilac, Lime, Rose, Black & White Collection Packs. I also used our Back To Basics Belle Outline Alphabet Dies, KIS Cuts Melody Stories Font Dies, and Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set. Lots of colorful stuff here!

The landscape gatefold card base was cut from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I die cut the apertures in the card base along with the loose large letters from assorted prints in our Ruby, Mango, Lemon, Jade, Royal, Lilac, Lime and Rose Collection Packs using our Back To Basics Belle Outline Alphabet Dies. The asterisk flowers and smaller letters were die cut from our Black & White Collection Pack using our KIS Cuts Melody Stories Font Dies.

I backed the gatefold flaps with Solar White cardstock and adhered the loose large letters inside the negative spaces. I adhered the smaller letters to the bottom edge of the top flap and the little flowers with tiny dark blue gemstones randomly on the flaps.

The inside sentiment is from our Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set. For more details, be sure to see my tutorial on the How-To’s page linked in the first paragraph!

Keep It Simple products used:
Back To Basics Ruby 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Mango 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lemon 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Jade 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Royal 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lilac 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Lime 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Rose 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Black & White 6×9 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Belle Outline Alphabet Dies
KIS Cuts Melody Stories Font Dies
Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock
INK: Versafine Onyx Black ink
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Bearly Art precision craft glue, My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Scrapbook Adhesives Adhesive Sheets, Darice tiny dark blue gemstones

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,