Two versions of a birthday card

Happy new year! I hope your new year celebrations, whether lively or quiet, were happy ones. My family had dinner and game night, which was just right.

Today I'm going to share a couple of kids' birthday cards. They use the same focal image and almost the same layout, but one is a girly version, and one is more boyish.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up!^® unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Happy Chick Birthday (Unity Stamp Co.), Create a Cupcake
Card stock: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Jet Black StazOn; markers: Barely Banana, Pool Party, Pink Pirouette, Pixie Pink
Accessories: 2-1/2" circle punch, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack, Scallop Edge border punch, Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Lily White rhinestones (Doodlebug Design Inc.), Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue, Dimensionals

Supplies (all Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Happy Chick Birthday (Unity Stamp Co.)
Card stock: Whisper White, Green Galore, Yoyo Yellow, Taken with Teal
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Versamark; markers: Green Galore, Yoyo Yellow, Taken with Teal, Pixie Pink, Only Orange
Accessories: Top Note die, Merry Minis punch pack, Scallop Edge border punch, primary rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas), Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue


Can you see the similarities in the layout? The cards are mirror images of each other, and I changed the shape of the focal image. On the boy card I stamped a sentiment multiple times across the strip of card stock. For the girly card I embossed the strip and then added a greeting stamped on a little flag.

I think both of these cards turned out cute, but I'm a little partial to the girl version. Which do you like better?

Thanks for stopping by!