Today is the day!

Today is my birthday!  Happy Birthday to me!  ;) 

I'm also officially announcing that I am now part of The Stamps of Life DT!  I am *so* excited and honored to be part of it.  I love the TSOL stamps and dies!  And how perfect is it that the Stamp of the Month for August is candles4birthdays!?  Below are some cards I created using the stamp set and matching dies to go with it. Die club members get their dies with the stamps mailed out on the first- oh, that's today!  If you're not, dies are available the 20th of the month.  Check it out HERE.

I've always loved to make shaker cards.  Although, I probably hadn't made one in years? However,  I've noticed people are making them again, so inspired by it, I created one here (I also made one for the cardmaker blog hop last week, which you can see here, if you missed it). 

I only die cut the candle in the middle for the shaker. The stamp set came with fun polka dot patterns and solid...  

I had this idea to die cut several pieces and glue them together to create a more dimensional embellishment.  The funny thing is that I just saw a card, after I made this one, using a die in a similar way, but even better!  They die cut in different colors so they had a stamp of rainbow layers.  I need to try that.  In the meantime, here's my next card...........

The Stamps of Life also carries lots of great buttons for your project.  I used a black one on my candle...

and the inside.......

For this card, I used embossing candle die.... Just like a real ridge birthday candle.  I added some dimensional glaze for dripping wax.

I used three different pink Tim Holtz distress markers with water to create the splash of color.   The brads can be found in The Stamps of Life store!  Lots of colors!   :)

Check out TSOL gallery for more ideas!