Penny here, back again for Day 4 of our January Release countdown! I’m thrilled to guide you as we continue exploring the magic of this month’s release. Today, we’re diving into festive birthday celebrations and playful designs that will make every card you create a party in itself. 🎉
This release is designed to spark your creativity and make every occasion extra special!
The wait is almost over—mark your calendars because the cart opens at 12 PM EST on Tuesday, January 28th!
To get you excited, our talented designers have worked their magic to showcase these fabulous products:
Cover Plate: Geo Flowers
Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate and die
In Stitches: Cake Builder
Below, you’ll find stunning designs from our team that highlight these incredible products. Each creation is unique, and we can’t wait to hear which one is your favorite!
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Featured Products:
Cover Plate: Geo Flowers
Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate and die
Melody’s Featured Card

Tips
- Use felt for the fringe to add interest.
- Add a colored cardstock behind the die-cut flowers on the card front.
- Try blending the background with a mix of different colored inks.
Supplies Used
Dies: Build-A-Party Hat, Cover Plate: Geo Flowers, Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate
Ink: Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart, Green Parakeet, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores
Paper: Stamper’s Select White, Aqua Mist
Other: Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate, Gold Foil, Gold Paint, Gold Gems, Felt
Melody’s Featured Card #2

Tips
- Try using a Rainbow Foil with your foil plate.
- Add sparkle with a gold embossing powder and gold glittered cardstock.
- Use a white gel pen to add the polka dots to the hat.
Supplies Used
Stamps: This is Big Sentiments: Birthday
Dies: Build-A-Party Hat, Cover Plate: Geo Flowers, Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate
Ink: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Enchanted Evening, Dark Indigo, Versamark
Paper: Stamper’s Select White, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf
Other: Rainbow Foil, Gold Glittered Cardstock, White Gel Pen, Gold Embossing Powder
Brenda’s Featured Card

Tips
- Use Glossy Accents to add shine to the ganache, frosting, and filling.
- Splatter the cake with diluted ink to add texture.
- Add Icicle Stickles to the candles to make them look “flickering”.
Supplies Used
Stamps: This Is Big Sentiments: Birthday
Dies: In Stitches: Cake Builder, This Is Big Sentiments: Birthday, Love to Layer: Scalloped Ovals
Cardstock: Pale Peony, Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, white, Bitty Big: Spring Rain
Ink: Spring Rain, Pale Peony, Honey Nut, Simply Chartreuse
Other: pale yellow ink, vellum, Icicle Stickes, Glossy Accents
Release Giveaway
Take a look at how our talented designers used these products to create the most wonderful cards.
Leave a comment today and you will be automatically entered to win a $50 Papertrey Ink gift certificate! You have until 10am ET, January 28th to leave your comment and be eligible to win. Only one comment per person, please. One randomly selected winner will be posted by 12 PM ET on January 30th.
Cover Plate: Geo Flowers
Here are the designers who created these amazing cards. Going from left to right:
Brenda Noelke, Bobbi Lemanski, Melissa Phillips, Seeka




Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate and die
Here are the designers who created these amazing cards. Going from left to right:
Melissa Phillips, Bobbi Lemanski,
Melody Rupple, Miriam Leech, Seeka





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Which design caught your eye? Let us know by voting for your favorite in the comments below, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win.
So many pretty cards it’s difficult to choose. Melissa’s birthday card is my favorite with Bobbi’s card a very close second.
Beautiful cards! My favorite (hard to choose!) Is the cake with the aqua candles and red flowers!
Brenda’s Happy Birthday would be a terrific masculine card.
Love Melissa’s card! So pretty. However each one is lovely.
I adore the yellow and pinks on Miriam’s card, my fave today.
Please don’t make me pick my favorite card from the team, they are all fabulous
I love this release, especially the cake builder!
Love the colors in Melody’s Feature Card #2.
On my, they are all so cute! I will vote for Melody’s featured card #2 as it is colorful and perky!
Wow, such beautiful cards, really make the Cake Builder shine!
The cake builder set looks amazing! All of the cards are also amazing! I really love Bobbi’s cake card – so pretty & lots of detail.
All of the birthday stuff is so fun! Love the hats and the cake!
So much fun!!! Awesome designers! I always love seeing what they come up with!
It’s impossible to pick just one, all of the design team’s cards are great! Loving all of the new birthday supplies in this release!
I love this birthday-themed release! From the party hats to the hot foil Happy Birthday, some lovely cards can be created!
Bobbi’s delicious looking birthday card is my favorite today.
I love Melody’s Happy Birthday card ’cause rainbow!
Brenda’s card is the one that catches my eye! . Great new birthday themed products in this release.
My favorite is Bobbi’s delicious cake card.
It’s Your Day caught my eye. The decorated cake is really pretty
Love the cakes!
Melissa’s card is adorable
Such great cards! I love melodys with all of the sparkle
Love all the birthday cards, so elegant. However Melody’s birthday card #2, caught my eye for its simplicity and balance. It would make a great masculine b-day card as well as for anyone else.
My favorite is Bobbi’s cake card–love it!
Celebrating birthdays is always fun; love all the cards; Brenda’s card is a fav!
The cover plate is beautiful, and the party hats are so fun! Love the cake too!
Bobbi’s cake card is my favorite! Love the colors and textures!
I love Hobbies card. That cake looks good enough to eat!
I love Bobbi’s card. That cake looks good enough to eat!
So many beautiful fun cards for inspiration. My favorite today is Melody’s featured card #2.
Brenda’s black background really makes everything pop!
I love all these celebratory cards!
Very pretty background! Love the birthday cards!
Wow, such beautiful birthday cards. I really love Bobbi’s birthday cake, the background, the frosting, the flowers, it is really lovely!
It’s a toss up between Bobby’s cake and Melissa’s cake–can’t pick a fave! They’re all wonderful and I’ll be grabbing those dies for sure!
Melody’s friend birthday card stands out to me because the design and color scheme eludes happiness. The DT did a great job showcasing this new release.
Such beautiful cards! I love Melody’s cake card! That dripping ganache – swoon!
Fab cards today! It took a minute to narrow it down (so many yummy cake cards!) but I’ll go with Melissa’s lovely cake card.
Wonderful projects! I love the chocolate frosted cake.
They’re all wonderful, but Bobbi’s cake is the one I’d like a slice of to eat!
I absolutely adore everything from today and am especially excited about the In Stitches: Cake Builder. Every card is gorgeous! ♥♥♥
Love Brenda’s Featured birthday card! The cake with chocolate frosting, pink flowers and candles on the aqua polka-dot background is fabulous!
Everyone’s sample cards with this fun birthday themed release is amazing!
The artists all have done an outstanding job in creating something very special with this release! And of course make it so difficult to chose just one.
I am going with Bobbi Lemanski – It’s Your Day. If I was having a Birthday I would love to have this cake for my special day. the flowers, the beautiful colors used! It looks so delicious!
OMG!!!! they are all so cute! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Melody’s featured card #2 as it is colorful and bright!!!!
Melissa’s birthday cake card is my favorite, if I have to choose, but they are ALL so delightful and so lovely! Such awesome new products!
So many wonderful cards, but I’ll shout out Brenda’s fabulous birthday cake card!
Love Brenda’s birthday cake card. The colors are beautiful. and it looks good enough to eat!
Bobbi’s birthday with the dropping chocolate is yummy perfect!!!
Projects today are amazing! I love Bobbi’s card with the cake and dripping chocolate! Wow!!!
Melody’s rainbow happy birthday sentiment is so pretty on her card.
Love the in stitches cake! So pretty
Miriam’s is my favorite
Bobbi’s cards are my favorite because she has such a unique style.
Wonderful new products and card designs!
Loving Brenda’s featured card!
The chocolate covered cake is gorgeous!