Gel print birthday cards

I've been trying to replenish my stash of birthday cards for awhile now, but it always seems like as soon as I make a few cards, I have to send a few out. I'm not really making a lot of progress. So last month I decided I was going to make a bunch of "quick" birthday cards using gel prints for backgrounds. I say "quick" because I have a hard time doing any crafty thing quickly; I always overthink the colors, die cuts, sentiments, etc., so it takes me a lot longer than I think it will to get anything done. But I finally did manage to finish a good batch of birthday cards.

I don't know why these photos are so washed out; they looked fine on my phone, and the colors in person are so vibrant. How frustrating.

I wasn't even going to post these photos because they look so bad, but since I had the post mostly done, I figured I'd just go ahead. At least you can see the layouts, so maybe that will be a little inspiration. (And next time I'll get out my camera to take photos and not try to save time with my phone.)

Anywho, I tried to get some variety in the cards, including a few masculine cards as well as a few kid-friendly ones. I think I used all different birthday dies and sentiments -- no matter how many birthday stamps and dies I have, I'm always looking for new and different styles. They're definitely what I use the most after some basic shapes dies.

I'm finally getting a good-sized birthday stash, but I need to keep going. I get hammered with birthdays in the fall (around a dozen in just October), and with holiday prep in full swing by that time, it's hard to focus on birthday cards. So I'll just keep plugging away!

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