Today I have the great pleasure of wishing one of my blogging buddies, Maria, a very happy birthday. The lovely Shirley-Bee is hosting a little birthday linky-party in Maria’s honor. Maria is a sweetheart and has been so kind to send me some German treats on occasion. I’m so thankful that I’ve had the chance to get to know her a little bit. I think she has a fabulous, unique style and great sense of humor, too!
I thought it was the perfect time to share my Paper Smooches projects since they all happen to be birthday related. This first card uses the new Quotables dies as well as the Balloon dies and the Party Posse stamp set. Now if I lived closer to Maria, I’d bring her some of these little treats below, since party unicorns are Maria’s favorite. You love My Little Pony stuff, don’t ya Maria? That’s what I thought:) These are the new Spectrum stamps and coordinating dies.
This final card uses the new Friend word die. I free-handed a little swoosh and heart under the word die and poked some holes to stitch the thread. The sentiment is from the Group Hug stamp set.
Wish big, Maria!!! Make sure and head on over the Shirley-Bee’s blog to see all the birthday fun and feel free to jump on in and create a card for Maria’s birthday if you’d like! Thanks so much for stopping by! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Maria! We kinda like you a lot♥
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Doublestick Heaven 
I just had a look at Maria’s blog and found the most amazing cards!! No wonder you two get on like a house on fire, you have so much in common with your incredible card designs and ideas. Thanks so much for sharing this, always wonderful to find new people to be inspired by. And I do love your cards, especially the ‘friend’ card with the stitching. So simple yet so effective and I bet Maria loved them all!!
Laura, these projects are just amazing. The cupcakes got me drooling! They look delicious!
okay, adorable! Love all your fabulous projects!
Sweet cards for Maria! Love the balloons, the cupcake flags and the stitching!!
They are all so cute! Love your projects, Laura!
What a lot of cute love youre sending Maria’s way.
Fabulous work, Laura! Love your shading, and your “hand drawn” swoosh is wonderful 🙂
Karina squeeled at the horse and hamster card! me too 🙂
I just LURVE ALL of your AWESOME projects, Laura!! 🙂
Love all of them…:)
So sweet. Maria’s a lucky girl to have friends who are so talented. That stitched swoosh on your last card is the bomb.
Laura your card is cute as can be and those unicorn cupcake toppers? LOVE Visiting your blog always is very expensive because I want to get everything you created with 😉 Maria will love this.
Maria is going to love your party! Your cards and toppers are just wonderful, pure delight, and sure to bring big smiles! Parties are so much fun! Love these. : )
Fantastic projects, Laurafadora! I was squealing with Karina at the hamster and unicorns and the third card is “so” Maria! Love the stitching!!
Love all of your birthday projects, Laura! They are so sweet! Perfect for Maria!
You sure know how to put together a beautiful birthday celebration, Laura…complete with Unicorns and yummy cupcakes! What a lovely way to wish Maria a Happy Birthday!!!
Awesome projects, as always, Laura!!! Perfect for Maria!
Those treats look yummy.
Love those unicorns atop the cupcakes!! Couldn’t be more festive!
What fun projects! That last card is my favorite. I love the stitching!
Fabulous creations! (But yours always are!) Thanks so much for linking up 🙂
Very cute cards! And I’ll have one of those cupcakes, please!
Oh my golly look at those cupcake toppers. Sure to make anyone smile Laura.
Yummy, Laura … that’s both awesome cards, the cute toppers and the chocolate birthday cupcakes! Anita 🙂
I wish I may I wish I might… have THREE red, blue and orange unicorns with striped party hats on their horns sitting on homemade (*gotcha*) chocolate cupcakes with fluffy chocolate frosting and sprinkles… oh, I got what I wanted!!!!!! Girlfriend, you’re too much. Thanks for the squeal. And the abundance of rainbow colors. And an absolutely beautiful and touching hand-stitched birthday wish! I consider myself extremely lucky to call you, wild and crazy woman, my friend. Even if you’re not “real” (as my kids like to say about my “blog friends”). Big hug. And one day we have to share chocolate cupcakes (with unicorn toppers of course) and a bottle of Riesling. For real.