Birthday bus

• Avery Elle- birthday bus
• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad & dual marker
• Neenah classic crest
• Copic- C00,C1,C3,C4,C6,C8. W00,W1,W3,W5. E53, E55,E57,E70,E71,E74,E77,E93. RV42,R43,R32. Y32,YR21. BG70.
• Watercolour cardstock
• Tim holtz ‘squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick’ distress ink pads
• Cosmic shimmer ;burnt orange, straw yellow, scarlet mist’ pixie powders
• Wink of stella ’clear’ glitter brush marker
• White embroidery floss

I made my background using inkpads, pixie powders and water. Once dried, I die cut into a panel with the largest rectangle. I then die cut the birthday into the panel, making sure to keep all the cut pieces. I glued the panel and the inside letter pieces onto my white card blank. On another sheet of cardstock, I stamped my images and coloured using copics. I fussy cut all the pieces and glued the little white smoke puffs flat. I added foam tape to the bus for dimension. To attach the balloons, I first tied 2 strands of embroidery floss onto the balloon with a little knot. I then added foam tape to stick it in position and used a few dots of glue to keep the string in place where I wanted. The final touch was a bit of glitter to the hats and balloons.

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I would like to enter: 

Simon Wednesday says ‘sparkle & shine’ challenge

Fairy birthday

• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle stackable
• LOTV- fairy a5 stamp set 
• Memento ‘tuxedo black’ ink pad & dual marker
• Neenah classic crest 
• Copic- C1. E50,51,93. RV42,R43,R32. Y32,YR21. BG70.
• Watercolour cardstock
• Tim holtz ‘squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick’ distress ink pads
• Cosmic shimmer ;burnt orange, straw yellow, scarlet mist’ pixie powders
• Wink of stella’clear’ glitter brush marker
• Cosmic shimmer ‘crystal stars’ glitter jewels

 

I made a water colour background and die cut the happy birthday letters from it. I die cut a panel of white cardstock and positioned the letters, then glued them down flat. I stamped my fairy image to fit in the top corner on to the panel. I coloured the image and added sparkle to the wings. I glued the finished panel to a card blank. The final touch was to glue on some crystal stars for a bit of extra sparkle.

Mx

I would like to enter:

The paper players #389

Simon Wednesday says :’sparkle and shine’

Manly moments

• Hunkydory- little book of manly moments
• Lil’ inker designs- happy birthday border die
• Paper mania ('son' stamp: not sure what the set was called)
• Black & white cardstock

I made a 5x7” card blank and stamped son in the bottom corner. I trimmed the little book image to fit the remaining space and matted onto black cardstock. I then die cut the happy birthday border and placed over the top of the image to match the sketch. 

I think this simple card is great for men and could easily be adapted with a different image to suit the man!

Mx

I would like to enter the challenge:

Case this sketch #267

Sympathy bouquets

• W plus 9- beautiful bouquets ranunculus
• Avery elle- with sympathy die
• Hand written background stamp (not sure which brand)
• Archival'jet black & sepia' ink pad
• Watercolour cardstock
• Zig clean Colorado real brush markers (052,022,260,080,037,033,041,045,046,047)
• Kraft cardstock

I stamped the hand written stamp on to the cardblank. I cut a panel of watercolour cardstock to fit the card, leaving a border along the folded edge to reveal the stamped cardblank. I stamped the floral image at the side, slightly over the edge. I coloured this with watercolour markers and water. I glued this panel onto my card blank. I die cut the sentiment from Kraft cardstock and glued in position to complete the sketch.

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I would like to enter:

Case this sketch #265

Bold butterfly sympathy

• Avery elle-with sympathy die
• SU!- bold butterfly framelit die
• Lilac floral paper and coordinating purple paper (from scrap draw, not sure what brand) 
• Grey (looks darker on photos) and white cardstock

I cut a strip of floral paper and matted it onto a coordinating plain paper. Following the sketch, I glued this panel in position on a 6x6" square card blank.

I die cut the sentiment and a butterfly from grey cardstock and glued in position to complete the card. This is a simple sketch, perfect for a sympathy card. 

Mx

Challenges I would like to enter:

Freshly made sketches #330
simon Wednesday says 'anything goes'