Congratulations toast...

• SU!- making spirits bright
• Mama elephant- 'union square' framed tag creative cuts
• Paper smooches-congratulations die
• Memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• Copics- E40,81. BG70. C00.
• Wink of stella 'clear' glitter brush pen
• Ranger glossy accents
• White card
• Cream glitter card
• Bronze sequins

I cut a matt of glitter card to fit my card blank. I then cut a matt of white card to sit on top and stamped my image in the centre. I coloured this with copics, then added a clear glitter to make the bubbles glisten, followed by a layer of glossy accents to add shine to the glasses. Whilst this dried, I created the shaker element. I die cut the aperture from the centre of a matt of white cardstock. I then added a piece of acetate to the back of this panel and edged this with foam tape (making sure there will be a full seal with no gaps for sequins to escape!) I made sure the glossy accents were dry, before adding a neat pile of sequins on top. I then positioned the shaker frame onto the card, trapping the sequins in place. To complete the card, I die cut a sentiment from the glitter card and added this across the front of the shaker.

Mx

celebrate with cake

• SU!- endless birthday wishes 
• Lawn fawn- large dotted rectangle & circle stackables 
• Lawn fawn- stitched scalloped borders 
• SU!- metallics glitter tape 'silver'
• Memento 'tuxedo black'ink pad 
• SU!- 'bermuda bay' ink pad
• Copics- BG49,23,32. R85,83,81. E43,42,41.
• Sakura 'clear star'glitter pen 
• White ribbon 
• White cardstock 

I die cut a panel of cardstock to fit a card blank and stamped my sentiment in black. I then created a background by stamping a dot image all over in blue. I added an edge of blue to the panel using my copic. I then cut some glitter tape to the length of my card, shaped it with a small scalloped edge diecut and glued on to my card. I coloured my ribbon with pink copic pen for a perfect match, then tied it around my panel and secured it with a bow. For the topper, I stamped my cake image and coloured with copics. I diecut this into a circle and edged it with the pink copic. I added my background panel to a card blank, then placed the topper on using foam pads and finished with glitter pen to add sparkle to the candles.

 

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challenge I would like to enter:

simon Wednesday says 'anything goes'

bear hugs...

• mama elephant- bear hugs stamp & dies
• SU! guy greetings
• lawn fawn- large stitched rectangle stackables
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copics
• tim holtz distress inkpads (various bright colours and black soot)
• black card blank
• black & white cardstock
• black funky foam
• uni-ball white gel pen

 I cut a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than my card blank and used distress inks to create a night sky background. For the background, I first covered the card with spots of bright colours and then covered the entire sheet with black ink. I sprayed some water on, added bigger drops in places and lifted off some colour with a paper towel. I added water to some white paint and flicked it over my panel to create the look of stars. finally I stamped a moon image in the top corner and coloured it using a white pen. I glued this flat on to the centre of my card blank. I die cut a frame from black cardstock and funky foam and glued these layers together. I then glued this to the card blank. I stamped my sentiment onto some green cardstock and cut this into a banner shape. I used some more funky foam to glue this onto my card. I stamped, coloured and die cut the bear image. I used foam tape to attach this to my card and give it even more dimension. the final touch was a couple of silver confetti stars to complete the sketch.

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challenges I would like to enter:
cas(e) this sketch- #176
simon says 'fathers day/for a guy'

bold birthday!!

• tim holtz distress ink pad (tumbled glass, salty ocean & ripe persimmon)
• SU!/sizzix little letters thinlit dies
• orange sequins
• white card & 4x6" card blank

first i inked the card blank with blue tones, I cut a mat of white card and inked the edges orange. I die cut my sentiment then glued it down, as I wanted the depth for a shadow I used 3mm foam squares(but you could glue it flat for posting). I added a few sequins for a bit of interest.

 

challenges:

simon says "happy birthday"

the paper players #239 'use dies'

 

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flower power !!

stamps: say it all, petal parade from stampin' up!
inks: archival ink pad (jet black,magenta hue, aqua marine, venetian orange)
cardstock: craftwork cards digi cardstock, black 4x6" card blank

I cut a matt for the card blank and used the three colours to stamp the flowers in a scattered pattern. I then stamped the black scallop edge and added the strips of paper cut into banners, (which I had inked using the same ink pads as the background.) for an extra bit of detail, I stamped the banners with a pattern and a sentiment. the pieces were glued down to follow the sketch for a simple but fun design. 

'paper players#184'

 

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happy new year!!

 

stamps: teeny tiny sentiments from stampin up!, happy birthday from technique Tuesday

inks: memento (tuxedo black) ink pad, promarkers

cardstock: craftwork cards digi cardstock, black 4x6" card black, miri card (I used holographic)

dies: typeset alphabet bigz (stampin up! & sizzix) & the big shot from sizzix

 

this card takes a bit longer to make than it might seem as the background is created using a mini confetti stamp. I stamped it all over the background, leaving a slight halo around the sentiment, then coloured each piece of confetti using several promarkers. I die-cut the numbers in miri card, then in black so I could layer them up to give a shadow effect. I think this, plus their large size, gives them maxium impact on the card. 

'something new'

 

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