Birthday…Happy Birthday Card

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share my Birthday…Happy Birthday Card using Secret Agent by Kindred Stamps! My Hubby is a big fan of the James Bond movies and when I saw this stamp set, I knew it would be hit for his birthday card!

The Kindred Stamps Design Team had several inspirational cards that inspired me to create my own version of a file folder with the Magic Iris. I knew that I wanted to use both elements on my card.

The Details of My Card

I had a lot of fun creating my file folder and it had to be a certain size to fit the Magic Iris. So, it is a little wider than a regular A2 card base since the folder tab sticks out. The File Folder Edgelit Dies by Stampin’ Up! are retired, but I have made a file folder with my Envelope Punch Board in the past as well. There is also a file folder in the Specimens Edgelit Dies, but I needed a larger one to fit the iris.

For the front of the folder, I decided to make it look like it’s been through the wars with blood running down the front (just like the opening of the movies! Lol!), blood splatter, mysterious footprints, and a few spy paraphernalia items! I even had the blood run onto the sentiment piece. The “Confidential” and “Top Secret” stamps come with the set and were perfect for my theme! To make it even more rough, I blended some Vintage Photo Ink on the edges of the folder and the sentiment. 

Inside My Card

Amanda Stevens, a Design Team Member for Kindred Stamps, created a file folder PDF that you can download for both birthday and Father’s Day. Here is the link to her YouTube channel that lists the files. I used the birthday mission part for the inside of my card. Love that you can customize it to suit your needs! I added My Hubby’s birthday date and his “also known as” (aka) handle “Sweetie” to the file. Lol! The piece of washi tape was his secret agent’s name that had been “redacted”! The stamp set even comes with a martini glass and I couldn’t resist using it! Again, I distressed the brief with ink and add some blood splatters before gluing it at the top and adding some metallic dots like the brief was clipped to the folder.

For the other side, I decided to use the Magic Iris to mimic the opening of the movies when Bond enters. I embossed in black the Spiral Dye Stamp Set onto the black cardstock from which I die cut the front of the Iris. The part that wasn’t used for the iris, I glued down to continue the spiral on the page. I had die cut the “Filed” tab and had planned to add it to the front of the folder, but in the end, I placed it under the Iris to give the black a bit of colour.

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Copic Markers:

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000
Hair: YR31/E37/E35/E33
Suit: C9/C7/C4
Shoes: C7/C6/C4
Tie/Gun: C3/C1
Shirt: C1/0

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Card Recipe for My Birthday…Happy Birthday Card:

Secret Agent, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
Galvanized Metallic Sheet, Stampin’ Up!
Magic Iris Dies, Lawn Fawn
File Folder Edgelit Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Specimen Thinlits Dies, Sizzix
Spiral Dye Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Ghoulish Grunge Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
Daring Adventure Stamp Set, Stampin’ Up!
It’s a Mystery!, Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps
Rustic Metallic Adhesive Dots, Stampin’ Up!
Magnifying glass charms antique silver tone, Nicole de Bruin Charms
Washi Tape, Stampin’ Up!
Real Red Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Early Espresso Classic Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
VersaFine, Onyx Black, Tsukineko
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad, Ranger
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Gray
and Real Red, Card Stock Stampin’ Up!

Finished card size: 4.5” x 5.5”

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Hope you like my Birthday…Happy Birthday Card using the
Secret Agent by Kindred Stamps!