Birthday bird ...

 A quick card to share with you this afternoon ...

I used:

STAMPlorations - For the Birds Coordinating Dies

                           - Mixed Media Elements

Gemini Thorn Swirls die

I'm entering into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and more #398

Seize the Birthday #207 without the topping.

Stay Safe and Keep Crafting!

Springtime ...

I hope the sun has been shining for you ... it remains dull, wet and overcast in Oxfordshire ... making for a dull and overcast mood!!

I've been creating my own kind of sunshine water colouring and creating ...

... my aim was to reflect Springtime on a card ... no grey insight!

I used:
STAMPlorations - Dee's Artsy Blossom Sprays #1
Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Lucky Clover, Abandoned Coral, Twisted Citron

I'm entering the following challenges:

TIME OUT #107


Stamping Sensations April Challenge "One for the Girls"

Seize the Birthday Anything Goes with optional Vibrant Colours

Craft Stamper Magazine April Challenge "Anything Goes"

Enjoy! 

Birthday Boy ...

It's my son's birthday today!  This is the card I made for him:

I stamped and heat embossed the background stamp and then randomly coloured the triangles. Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and adhered it with foam squares to add some dimension.  The hardest thing about the card was the random colouring! Random is definitely not as easy as I think it should be!

I'm going to enter the following challenges:

Sieze the Birthday - Anything Goes

TIME OUT Challenges #59 - Masculine with the optional twist of mixed media.

Enjoy!

Special Birthday wishes ...

Tonight's card was created with love for my daughter.  

It seemed fitting to create a card using one of my gelli prints as it was my daughter that bought me the gelli plate for my birthday!  Add to it one of my favourite stamps - the gerbera - and some texture using a musical embossing folder.  My daughter was pleased with the card so to me that is all that matters! 

I'm going to enter the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge 161 - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More Challenge - Anything Goes

I used:
Uniko - Pure Florals:  Gerbera stamps and dies
           - Pure Florals: Cosmos, sentiment stamp
Sizzix Sheet Music Embossing Folder

Before I go I need to say a big thank you to the Seize the Birthday team for awarding me with a birthday honour for this card - thank you I am truly honoured.



Enjoy!

Happy 40th ...

A quick post this evening to share this card:

It's my nephew's 40th birthday next month so I needed to create a suitable card.  To say I was struggling to come up with an idea is an understatement - I went on the hunt for inspiration!  I watched a video with Jennifer McGuire creating faux metal card with perfect pearls - I liked the effect so thought I would have a go.  

I took a small panel of card and blended three distress inks across the whole of the panel and then brushed over it with perfect pearls.  Finally I "polished" the panel then die cut the number 40 before embossing the panel using a number embossing folder.  I cut 4 or 5 additional number 40s before stacking and gluing them together.  Added a sentiment and that was that!!

I used:
Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire
Perfect Pearls - Perfect Pearls
Numbers Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug
Clearly Besotted Geometric Style Stamp set for the sentiment.

I am entering the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Blog Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes"

Enjoy!

Geometric birthday ...

A quick post this evening to showcase a card I made for my son's birthday.

The background for the letters was created by inking a stencil with distress inks, spritzing with water and then laying onto watercolour card - I love this technique as it extends the use of stencils.

I'm entering these challenges:

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Enjoy!