Penny here, back again for Day 2 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:
🎈 The Bigs Birthday Style – Bold and celebratory sentiments perfect for making birthdays extra special.
🎂 Line it Up: Birthday + Balloon Party Stencils – Add vibrant patterns and joyful layers to any card, bringing your designs to life with ease.
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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Simply scroll through the designs, then leave a comment telling us which one inspires you the most.
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Get ready to fall in love with your favorites! 🌟
Featured Products:
The Bigs Birthday Style
Line it Up: Birthday + Balloon Party Stencils
Bobbi’s Featured Card

Supplies Used
Dies:
Cardstock:
Other:
Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paint
Distress Oxide Ink: Walnut Stain
Distress Oxide Ink: Worn Lipstick
Light Aqua Cardstock
Nina’s Featured Card

Tips
- Highlight a white die-cut sentiment with a die cut from a darker cardstock by gluing them together a little askew
- Stamp line images using distress inks as a guide for no-line water coloring.
- To create highlights on watercolored images, lift the paint using a damp brush.
Supplies Used
Stamps: The Bigs Birthday Style Stamp Set
Dies: The Bigs Birthday Style Die, Line It Up: Birthday Die, Border Bling: Skinny Ric Rac Die
Ink: True Black Ink, Distress Oxide Ink in Faded Jeans, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick, Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn
Paper: Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Dark Indigo Cardstock
Other: Watercolors
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.
The Bigs Birthday Style
Here are the designers who created these amazing cards. Going from left to right:
Nina Brackett, Brenda Noelke, Betty Wright
Melody Rupple, Melissa Phillips





Line it Up: Birthday + Balloon Party Stencils
Here are the designers who created these amazing cards. Going from left to right:
Melissa Phillips, Betty Wright,
Brenda Noelke, Bobbi Lemanski,
Melody Rupple, Miriam Leech






🎉 Let’s Make It Fun: Vote & Win!
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.
Once again you wow us Gals! I love the details and variety in the cards.
Make a Wish by Bobbi Lemanski ranks first in my book among all these fabulous creations.
A lot to love today, the big balloons, beautiful cake and I really love the line it up birthday sentiment!
Wow….. beautiful birthday inspiration!!
These are all so amazing, and such wonderful new products! I absolutely love them all! My favorite is Miriam‘s Party hat card!
So many beautiful and delightful birthday cards! The make a wish card by Melody Rupple really struck me!
Wow! I can’t choose- they’re all so beautiful! I love the birds and the cards with sentiments stamped in the layers of the cake.
I LOVE the texture of the cake slice and the big bold balloons! Too hard to pick a favorite card as they are all spectacular.
The samples are so cute! The large cake with sentiments or florals atop and then the large balloons with its many options are wonderful for a birthday card!
I love the cake slice and the balloons! So many wonderful creations with these festive designs!
Cake and balloons always mean fun; love all the card creations!
My favorite is the yellow balloon card with multicolored flowers in the background. It’s very pretty.
Bobbi’s cake looks good enough to eat – bring me a fork!
Love all the birthday cards. My favorite to make.
Another day of beautiful cards! I love them all!
As always all the cards are absolutely stunning but the birthday cake cards are over the top fantastic! I can’t pick a favorite.
Oh my goodness! I actually gasped when I opened up today’s email. Bobbi’s amazing card set the stage for all of the truly wonderful makes that I scrolled through from this awesome release day. I love and want all of the products used for these cards. ♥
Birthday BEAUTIES! I LOVE them all! Bobbi’s cake looks delicious!
Fun!! All so pretty but I particularly love Melissa’s cards!!
So many great birthday designs! It’s great seeing so many different color combinations used.
These are all so wonderful! The neat thing with these sets today is that they are perfect for male or female recipients and of any age which is always huge! Really love Bobbi’s balloon card….the colors are just fun and cheerful!
Bobbi’s card looks so beautiful and yummy!
Wow! I love all the beautiful cakes!
I love Bobbi Lemanski,’s Happy Birthday card. The colors are so fun.
These are amazing as are the cards created by the DT.
I like Nina’s birthday cake card.
Hard to pick a favorite, but I do love Betty’s card with the birds!
Who doesn’t love birthday cards?! They are all festive! I love Melissa’s delicious looking card.
Melissa made a fun card with a large balloon with a birthday sentiment cut out!
Melody I love your birthday card! It says fun to me.
These are so fun!!! I love the huge cake!
So many delicious looking cakes! What fun bday products. Always can use more.
Great cards! I really love Nina’s. The colors are so festive and I just love how she colored her balloons!
All of the cards are wonderful, but my favorite is Betty Wrights. Her birthday cake looks yummy. The blending in the bright colors is perfect.
Really like Nina’s birthday cake card!
Bobbi’s card is amazing! The cake piece is so realistic!
I love that cake that Bobbie did! Itbis all beautiful!
What a beautiful slice of cake!
SWOON!! I oVE them ALL!! The Cake Slice Cards are especially AMAZING and so realistic!! Can’t wait to see MORE!!
Bobbi’s cake with toadstools!! Wild! And darling!
Oh myyyy! Bobbi’s featured card with the Slice of cake, “frosting” flowers and mushroom candles is amaZing! I love all the birthday theme products and can’t wait to see more revealed 🙂
Birthday balloons are fun!
Miriam’s card caught my eye the most. It’s just a happy bright card and I love the tassels and trim on the edges of the hat.
All the cakes look Delicious and love Miriam’s Party Hat card! So festive!!!!
I love the layer cakes! Every card is amazing!
I love everything! The cake card from Bobbi takes the cake!!😁
The cakes look amazing! I like Betty’s variation.
I love the Line It Up birthday sentiments!
I love Bobbi’s card with the mushroom candles! Fantastic!
Love the cake slice so much!
I love Bobbi’s confetti balloons – so festive! And I love the way Melissa did the ‘happy birthday’ coloring. The team is so fabulous!!
I love the large balloon card and the one with the birds. The details on the cards are beautiful and add so much dimension.
Super fun and bright projects. Love the ones using the balloons and bright colors!
What a great release! Love the birthday cake!
I’m loving Melissa’s card with the soft pink gingham background!
I just love Nina’s card using the BIG balloons. Her coloring of the balloons is SO realistic. It looks like those balloons could float off at any minute. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀
Love Bobbi’s card! So pretty.
My favorite is Nina’s cake card.
Bobbi’s first card is a showstopper, fab work from the team with these sets!
Bobbi’s card originally caught my attention but when I saw the rest, they were all so wonderful that it is hard to choose!!
All these designs are equally unique and beautiful!
Bobbi Lemanski’s work is always so inspiring.
I love Nina’s birthday cake card. The depth, texture and style is outstanding. The detail and coloring on the cake and depth with popping the flowers and leaves give it such a professional touch. All the cards were gorgeous. I had a hard time deciding!
Bobbi’s birthday card is my favorite.
Love that fun cake! My fave is Bobbi’s featured card! Her colors and cake decorations are perfection!
Such cheerful and festive cards!
Every design is absolutely gorgeous. I lean to the Bobbi’s Featured Card Big Birthday Style Make A Wish Design. Looks so fresh and fun. Love the colors and the arrangement. Such a fabulous line up of talented designers. Thank you all for shary
Amazing release…I love the cake!
Such BEAUTIFUL cards! Birthday cards are what I mainly need to make, and these great stamps/dies will provide such a chic look. I can picture the big balloons being on every card I make!
Wonderful release and new products!
That cake looks good enough to eat!!
LOVING Bobbi’s featured card with the cake slice!