It's birthday time! and Friends with Flair

I have a couple days off of work to recover from the very busy holiday hours I managed to survive.  I was able to get crafty today and it felt wonderful!  Much of what I created won't show up on this blog for awhile yet as it is future design team and guest designer projects.  However, just before supper, I made a couple cards.  I had my brother's upcoming birthday in mind.

When I make a card, I almost always create 2 at the same time.  I'll often send one and keep the other for my stash.  Then, I give them away in homemade card boxes or ship them off to Operation Write Home several times a year.  That's what I did with this card -- it's two cards, but basically one design with just slight variations.

Designer paper is by Piggy Tales.  Stamps are Market Street Stamps (beautiful feather from the "Wild" set) and Unity Stamp Company ("Happy birthday" sentiment from Balloons to You Itty Bitty).  Pearls are Kaisercraft Basics.  I just got the ribbon today from 3 Girl Jam.  I love, love, love the rich color of it!  I stamped the feather with Indian Corn Blue Close To My Heart ink and the sentiment with black CTMH ink.  On the first card, I used a cloud corner rounder.  It seemed appropriate with the cloud background paper!

I'm entering these cards in the following challenges:  Simon Says Stamps Something New challenge, 3 girl JAM anything goes challenge, and Really Reasonable Ribbon's #63 My New Toys -- and ribbon challenge.

I had two other projects planned for Friends With Flair today, but I cannot upload a picture from my computer.  Blogger is not giving me that option.  Did anyone else have trouble?  After getting very frustrated, I decided to edit this post from earlier in the week and use it instead.  Maybe I'll have better luck next week!