Let's Celebrate

Today's card is for our a nephew. I had this sunburst laying on my desk and have struggled to use it. After buying a new birthday die at the craft show last week I was hoping I could use it and make my card work with the sunburst. I must admit, I'm quite happy with the end result.

I'm adding my creation to the following challenges...

a2z Scrapbooking: August - Birthdays

The Artistic Stamper: August - Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe: #225 Dots or Stripes

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Framed Flowers

I really like poppy flowers so I can see this new stamp set becoming a favourite. I mixed it up and coloured them different colours and then framed them for some added interest. I seem to have a thing for frames lately....? Added my sentiment and some sequins to finish it off.

I am adding my creation to the following challenges...

The Flower Challenge: #35 Use your favourite Flower

Scribbles Designs Challenge: #80 Add a Sentiment

Creations in Pink: #13 Anything Goes

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Someone Special

It's been a while since I have stamped images with my coloured inks but Jackie Aitken's card caught my eye on Pinterest so I have cased it. I've stamped and fussy cut my images, drawn on dotted lines for interest and then dry embossed the base card. I've then layered my cards and finished it off with a sentiment.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Arty Divas: #2 Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams: 'No Patterned Paper'

Crafting Happiness: #9 Flowers

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Wonderful Birthday

My first time playing with Copics...swiped the background with Shimmer Stix Dauber 'Rose Gold' to create my stripes then stamped my sentiment and flowers that I embossed with white embossing powder. Coloured with my copics and added some small dots with a Tomboy pen in the gaps then pop dotted the rest of my sentiment.

I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Crafter' Castle: August Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Spots & Stripes

International Art & Soul: #64 Embossing

The Flower Challenge: August - Favourite Flower

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Just Because...

I created my background with DO's Picked Raspberry which I spritzed and smooched my card onto, stamped my images and mounted it onto some contrasting card and finished it off with some crystal drops and a sentiment. I am adding my card to the following challenges...

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: #30 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday: #592 No Patterned Paper

Lavinia World Challenge: #5 Anything Goes (must have stamping)

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Press Play for a Birthday

I created today's card for DD's boyfriend. I always struggle with male cards and especially young males so I like to keep it simple. I am adding my creation to the following challenges...

Inspire.Create.Challenges: #048 Birthdays

Southern Girls Challenge: A Little Bit Dark

Cute Card Thursday: #592 No Patterned Paper

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Musical Birthday

I made today's card for our son who has a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks. He likes the black & red colour combo so I went with that. I stamped some music for a background, stamped and fussy cut the guitar, die cut my 'happy' then stamped and coloured my 'birthday' in red and added a couple of red gems for a touch more of colour.

I am adding my creation to the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner: #193 You're the Man

Through the Purple Haze: #157 The Guys Have It

STAMPlorations: JUNE - Stamps & Birthdays

Crafty Catz: #466 Anything Goes - twist Male/Fathers

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Wonderful Birthday

My last card for the day, I created my background with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst sprays & Brusho Crystal Colours, dried it off and stamped my sentiment. Added a frame that I had in my stash and some little flowers I had laying on my desk from another project, they had been previously watercoloured with DO's and finished it all off with some clear sequins.

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Scribbles Designs Challenge: Flowers

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge: Feminine 

Challenge Up Your Life: Tic Tac Toe

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Deck the Halls

Today's card is a non traditional Christmas card. I layered my base card on silver/grey paper then I stamped 3 baubles in black and fussy cut them. Pop dotted them, drew on some strings and added a few little stars for added interest and finished off with my sentiment.

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers: Christmas - Non Traditional

Daisy Chain Challenges: Monochrome

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Challenge #31 - Monochrome

LOVE

I have created today's card for my cousin who is marrying his love next month. I started off with a background that I made with watered down DI's. Before it dried I laid one of my stencils onto it to give it a soft background pattern. I have then die cut a couple of fancy ovals out of gold card, stamped my swans and embossed with gold glitter EP and then stamped again with clear EP and fussy cut them. I did the same for my 'love' sentiment and added a couple of the little stars that were cut out of one of the die cuts.

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Happy Little Stampers: Watercolour Anything Goes with optional twist: Love

Challenge Up Your Life: Tic Tac Toe

Digi Design Challenge Blog: Add Glitter

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge: Weddings

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Quilted Floral Birthday

Today's card was inspired by Yana Smakula. I just love Yana's cards, pop on over to her site for a peek, link is here. I used a blue base card like the card I was casing, this is right out of my comfort zone but I thought, you like Yana's card so just roll with it. I don't have the same stamps so have adapted the design with what I have in my stash. I embossed the blue base card then stamped my 'happy' sentiment in blue and clear embossed it. Coloured some pre stamped flowers that I have been saving for a rainy day and fussy cut them as well as some leaves. Stamped my 'birthday' sentiment on to white card for contrast and added white square pearls on the bottom half of the card for some added interest.

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Cut it Up: #175 Birthdays

Brown Sugar Challenge: May - Flowers

Alphabet Challenge: E is for Embossing 

Pattie's Creations: #158 Birthdays

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Yana Smakula

Framed Birthday Wishes

I created today's card by stamping my image with DO Wilted Violet, then watercoloured the flowers with the same ink. I then went over the stems with a brown Tombow and coloured the centres with a pastel gel pen. Added my sentiment, framed it for a bit of extra interest and finished off with some sequins.

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

CAS(E) this Sketch: #323

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 20 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: May - Flowers

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