Water colour birthday

•  My favourite things- happy birthday script die
• Stampin up- perfect pairings
• Tim holtz distress ink- shaded lilac, worn lipstick, dried marigold 
• Watercolour cardstock, black card blank, holographic card, mini star sequins 

I cut a panel of watercolour cardstock to size. Using ink pads squished onto plastic, water and paint brush i created a watercolour background. I die cut the sentiment from holographic card and added a stamped ‘to you’ underneath. I glued the panel onto the card blank, the final touch was 3 little shiny stars. 

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Big birthday

• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Stampin up- crazy about you
• Tim holtz distress inks- salty ocean, shabby shutters, mowed lawn.
• Black card blank and watercolour cardstock 

I cut down my piece of watercolour cardstock and added water. I simply squished the ink pad onto a sheet of plastic, and used a big damp paint brush to pick up the colours. I added them to the card in lines and blended them together slightly. I let this dry. I diecut the big birthday and glued it on to the panel. I stamped the ‘to you’ underneath. I finally added the panel to a black card blank to finish.

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Mason jar of flowers

 

Stamping Bella-mason jar of flowers 

Stampin up- bloom with hope stamp set & scallop edge punch

Copics- v25,bv11,o1, y35, yr14, yg13,23, b000, bg11, 32, c2,1,00.

Wink of Stella clear glitter brush marker, lilac pattern paper,  6x4” card blank + copic friendly cardstock.

To make this simple card, I covered the front of a card blank with paper. I cut a strip of white cardstock and stamped my image and sentiment. I coloured using copic sketch markers and added sparkle to the bow for detail. I used a border punch to shape the edges before I glued it to the card. 

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For mum...

Supplies:

Stamping Bella- bedelia and Betsy go for a walk stamp

Avery Elle- a tag for all die set

Sentiment stamp- unknown, been in my stash a while and no packaging 

Copic markers- E44,43,42 N0,2,4 R01 E95,93 (bunnies) R85,83,81 BG45 YG03,05,11,13,23,25 (I used far too many greens but not sure which I used mostly)

Wink of Stella- clear glitter brush pen

Bakers twine- pink and blue

White card stock & copic colouring cardstock 

I diecut the large tag from copic friendly cardstock. I stamped and copic coloured the image. I Glued the tag onto plain white card and made a card blank, the same shape. I cut the hole through the front and added the twine for a bit of colour. Finishing touch was glitter pen to the ‘mum’ and bits on flowers.

I love this image so kept the card super simple.

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mice time to celebrate.

• My favourite things- it’s a mice time to celebrate (stamps & dies)
• Lawn fawn- happy birthday border lawn cuts
• Prima- free spirit paper 
• WeR memory keepers- love 2 craft papers
• Copies- C00,1,2,4. R000,00,20,21,81. RV34. BV00,11. B00. BG53. YG11,21,41.
• Memento dye ink pad-tuxedo black 
• Wink of Stella brush pen- clear
• 6” square card blank

I picked a main patterned paper to act as a background. I added a strip of dark polka dots, layered with a yellow pattern. I also used the dark paper to die cut my greeting. I layered all these and glued onto the card blank. I then stamped, coloured and die cut the cute mice images. I used 1mm foam on one mouse and 2mm foam on the other to create more dimension. I added sparkle to the Pom poms, to finish.

I’m entering the Simon says Wednesday ‘use 2 or more pattern paper’ challenge blog, I’m so glad I did too. I don’t use my patterned papers much but the background paper really makes the card.

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Chic 60th

So I wanted to make a special card for a friends 60th birthday. I instantly thought of using the hunkydory window to the heart postcard collection. I used the a special friend toppers, matching paper and insert. 

 

 

I folded an a5 cardblank and covered the front with patterned paper. I scored a piece of a4 acetate in the centre, then on one side scored a second line 2.5cm away. I creased the folds, added a couple bits of tape in the folded strip and glued it to my card blank. I wrapped some white ribbon around the card front and acetate to cover the glue, then tied in a bow. 

 

 

I trimmed the picture side of the insert to fit the inside of the card. I stamped my 60th sentiment and added some glitter pen to add sparkle. I trimmed the greeting side of insert to be the same size as the toppers.

 

 

I glued the first topper in position on the front of the card blank. I positioned another on top of the acetate in line with the one on the card front. I then used the insert greeting paper to cover the glue on the reverse of the acetate. As a final touch, I added a stick on gem to the perfume bottle.

 

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botanic thanks

• Mama elephant- botanic thanks
• Water colour cardstock 
• Archival ‘jet black’ ink pad
• Zig clean color real brush markers- 040,041,047. 036,037. 080,803. 070,052,050.021,026.027,202,200. 022,020. 
• Black cardstock 
• SU!- silver glitter tape

I cut a piece of water colour card roughly to size and stamped my image. I taped the card down and coloured the flowers, leaving the thanks without any colour. Once dried, I trimmed the panel to the size I wanted. I matted onto some black cardstock, so a band showed at the top and bottom. I folded my cardblank and added glitter tape to the top and bottom edges. I glued the coloured panel on top to finish my card. I did this flat for posting but using foam tape would be lovely too. 

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