Category Archives: Birthday
- Patterned papers – My Mind’s Eye – Indie Chic Collection – “Saffron ‘Birds’ Batik Paper” (both sides)
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Year Round Sentiments”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Chuck”
- Border punch – EK Success “Open Scallop”
- Ribbon – May Arts
- Cardstock – Bazzill “Sugar Daddy”
I do like to work with challenges that provide a recipe to work from! This week’s Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown challenge was to use the following recipe:
- Two patterned papers
- One embossing folder
- One border punch
- Ribbon or twine
As is typical for me, it is well past mid-week–but I’m still up for the challenge! The design is simple and linear, showing off the different textures and patterns across the card. This will be a nice birthday card for a hero to send home. Thanks for visiting!
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- Washi tape – Queen & Co. and We R Memory Keepers
- Die cut – made with Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities “Butterflies” (embossed areas colored with ColorBox Fluid Chalk inks)
- Stamp – Rubber Soul
- Ink – Tsukineko Delicata “Golden Glitz” ink pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made the background for this card with rows of Washi tape, which was a part of one of my lessons in the Clean & Simple 2 class I’m finishing up at Online Card Classes. The effect it creates looks like patterned paper. I popped up the die cut butterfly with dimensional adhesive, after coloring the embossed areas with chalk ink and a sponge dauber. A very simple, yet cheery, card! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Die cut – made with Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Fifteen”
- Borders stamps – Lawn Fawn “Chevron Backdrops” and “Belinda’s Borders”
- Sentiment stamp – Inkadinkado “Happy Birthday”
I was inspired during my Clean and Simple 2 class, provided by Online Card Classes. I used the lesson as a point of departure and created a one layer card masking an area and using various border stamps to fill it in with different patterns. Then I stamped the sentiment and added doodles around the edges of the shape and in various spots in the pattern for a casual feeling. Thanks for visiting today!
Stamps –
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- Flower stamp – Hero Arts “Outline Flowers”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Whimsical Happy Birthday”
- Ranger Distress Markers
- Crystal Stickers – Mark Richards Enterprises – Clear Round 2mm
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Kraft card base – Paper Accents
- Stampendous Detail White embossing powder
I made this card based on a lesson in the Clean and Simple 2 class I’m taking. I stamped the background in VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I chose a few flowers to color with Distress Markers. I also heat embossed the sentiment and popped it up on a banner at the top of the card. I added a little bling for the flower centers of the smaller flowers and that’s it! This will be nice to add to my Operation Write Home box. This week’s OWH Midweek Throwdown is for birthday cards, since there is a little shortage of birthday cards to send over to the troops. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Image – SweetNSassy stamps “Cupcake Cocoa” digital stamp
- Die cuts – made with Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Fifteen”
- Patterned paper – origin unknown
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Reversible ribbon – May Arts
This is a simple card that could probably be used for a birthday. It will be part of my next Operation Write Home shipment. I made it when this week when I followed along with the Tuesday Tutorial about a no fail ribbon. technque. I colored the digital image with Copic Markers and popped up the image with dimensional adhesive. Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamp – Inkadinkado “Happy Birthday”
- Patterned papers – “Dottie” and “Ethel” both from the Botanique collection
- Flowers – Pearl White roses colored with ColorBox Peach Pastel and Rosebud inks
- Cardstock – BoBunny
I made this card using Sketch #191 at Unscripted Sketches for inspiration, which was a really nice design to work with. This is really pretty paper that I’ve had in my stash for a long time and it seemed perfect for a birthday card for a friend. It was fun to ink my flowers to match the paper–I lucked out having the right colors! Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamp – Inkdadinkado “Happy Birthday”
- Die cuts made with Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
- Patterned paper – Sandylion “Bordeau Small Leaf”
- Flowers – KaiserCraft and Prima
- Pearl – KaiserCraft
- Border punch – Stampin’ Up “Scallop Edge”
- Ribbon – American Crafts
I made this card using Sketch #62 from Cardabilities. I’ve had this paper in my stash for a long time! It is pretty with a metalic gold edge running through the paper pattern. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamp – Hero Arts
- Die cut – made from Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Floral Doily Motifs”
- Border punch – Stampin’ Up “Scallop Edge”
- Sentiment – computer generated
- Patterned paper – SEI “Happy Day: Make a Wish
- Pearls – made with Viva Decor Pearl Pen “cream”
- Cardstock – BoBunny and Bazzill
Here is a bright card for a Monday! The Day 241 Challenge at 365 Cards is Belated Birthday–it’s not too late! I found the sentiment among many belated birthday sentiments online. I jazzed the scalloped edge up a little bit with my pearl pen, which is a quick way to add “pearls” to a card! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Flourishes “Calendar Set 1”
- Border punch – EK Success “Dotted Scallop”
- Die cuts made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Seventeen”
- Ribbon – Creative Expressions
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils
This is just a simple floral card. I colored the stamped image with Copic markers and then went back in with Prismacolors to add some additional shading and highlights. Then I just layered it up and that was about it! Thanks for the visit!
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- Stamps – pumpkins and foliage from Hampton Art Stamps/Graphic 45, “Happy Haunting 2” set
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Year Round Sentiments”
- Patterned paper – We R Memory Keepers “Black Widow” 6 X 6″ pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill and Jennie Bowlen
- Distress Markers – Ranger
I used Sketch #212 from Clean & Simple Stamping for this birthday card. It has a real Autumnal feeling to it. I combined three stamps from the Hampton Art set, masking one pumpkin behind the other. I colored them with Distress Markers and spritzed them, then went in with a water brush to do more watercoloring. Thanks for stopping by.
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