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My older daughter’s birthday is today. She has a cat and I often add one to her card.

The image is from Newton Loves Cake, Newton’s Nook. It has a date of 2017 on the package. The embossing folders are many years old. I liked these as they have folders with three sizes of dots. I think the brand is Lifestyle Crafts. I used a new die from scrapbook.com to cut the X panels before I embossed them.

This will be added to Retro Rubber Challenge Anything Goes.https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/2026/08/challenge-279-anything-goes.html

I will also be adding this to Can You Handle the Pressure. https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2026/08/82026-anything-goes-with-twist-of-bees.html

So her gifts should arrive any minute. Her dessert is here; donuts! We will have takeout for dinner. I think she is enjoying her day.

Recently I shared several birthday cards created to find the perfect one for the younger daughter’s birthday. Now, I will share two cards in the quest for the older daughter’s birthday.

I created the one above in blues as that has been a favorite color of hers for several years. However, it didn’t really make me happy as the best choice.

I tried a card in several colors that I posted https://stampbuddies.blog/2020/08/19/cupcake-celebration/ and it is a nice birthday card, but once again, was not a good fit for this daughter.

This card was the winner! She is currently loving purple. This card is a bit more sophisticated, I think, with the purple flowers cascading over the cake. I borrowed the embossing folder from DD2 for this card, as it was perfect. Funny, how my husband thinks I own everything and sometimes I do not own the item I really need to kick a card up a notch. The flowers have a lot of sparkle from the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle pen and the glitter pen. She liked her card. She just turned 26 and I think it is a perfect card for a young lady.