Blue on Blue Birthday

Recently I have really had an itch to actually use my favorite color to create something and this is what I came up with.



I started with a blue card base then I embossed a piece of vellum with a Cuttlebug folder which I received as a gift from Dawn at Designs by Dragonfly. After embossing I used a StazOn ink pad, I ran it over the embossing to give the vellum a little color.

I have been unable to find a vellum adhesive that is actually hidden so I used a few glue dots and covered them with the pearls.

The sentiment panel was cut with a die that has been in my stash forever, sentiment is wet embossed and backed with a lighter blue, adhered to the vellum with foam pads then I added a bow and chomped my corners.

I am entering this card into these challenges:
Dies R Us - #49 - Birthday
Just Us Girls - #343 - Trend Week - Vellum
Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge - #10

I went with the bottom row: Bow, Texture, Vellum.

 

Blog Quick Quotes Friday Challenge 50

This month's theme over at Quick Quotes is celebration so I made a birthday card. I used what I call the, "flip card" design which I learned from my pen pal Lana in Montana.

 

Card front when folded for mailing.

 

 

Open card.

 

 

Back of card when open.

 

Quick Quotes Products used:

 

Paper - Patsy's Paradise (both sides)

Vellum quotes - All Boy - "Happy Birthday" sentiment

 

Other products used:

 

Core'dinations paper : I sanded the front but not the back

Cream paper scraps from my stash

Edge punch : Fiskars

Vellum: inside sentiment is printed on vellum backed with cream paper

Hero Arts: birthday card stamp

 

I'm entering this card into this challenge: Blog Quick Quotes Friday Challenge 50

 



 

 

HIMCR #183 - Color It!!

 HIMCR #183 - Color it!

Just use whatever you use to color an image!

The sponsor is 2 Cute Ink

The giveaway is 2 images from 2 Cute Ink

 

 

Recipe:

 

Image from 2 Cute Ink

Cardstock, green, cream, patterned - mine came from the kids in Tokyo

Vellum

Colored pencils

eBrush - Tombow markers - green #173, orange #933, yellow #055, peach #873

Mister Huey's Circle Graph Mask

eBosser and Delicate Dots embossing folder

Twine

Jewels

Sentiment stamp

Foam pads

 

I printed the image twice, cutting one out and covering the remaining image, covered with Mister Huey's Circle Graph Mask and went to work with my eBosser and markers. I cut the circle down after coloring it.

Color the image, I used colored pencils.

Add some color to the vellum using the green marker and eBrush then run through eBosser with Delicate Dots folder.

The card base measures 5 1/2" w (when folded) x 5 1/2" tall, cover card base with patterned paper then layer with vellum panel and image panel, I used foam dots to adhere my image to the vellum layer.

I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of vellum then layered onto a layer of cream and adhered to card with foam dots.

Add a piece of twine to the fold and some jewels to the corners.

 

 

 

 

Guest Designer at My Craft Spot

This is my second post today, for my HIMCR #174 project please click here: HiMCR # 174

Hi, Sue from Sue's Paper Crafts here. I am so honored to be a Guest Designer for a day today here at My Craft Spot .

With Thanksgiving just around the corner I chose the, "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp set to play with. When the set arrived I couldn't stop at the 2 projects that Kimberly requested, I wanted to showcase as many of these wonderful stamps as I could.

I know it's a little late to be sending out invitations for Thanksgiving Dinner but these stamps are perfect for them.

 

 

 I used 3 of the stamps for the invitation, "Sharing the Harvest", "What's Cooking" and "May the Bounty of the Season Fill Your Heart and Home". I cut the turkey with my Cricut and My Community cartridge, the turkey's background is cut from a piece of paper I embossed using my eBosser and the Swirltangle embossing folder, I used foam pads to adhere the turkey to the background.

I stamped the sentiments on vellum and embossed them with gold embossing powder, then I backed them with a piece of cream paper that had been sprayed with some Tattered Angels - Coffee Shop and adhered them to the card with foam pads.

I used the 3rd stamp on the inside and printed the event using my printer and Photoshop.

Added a few Imaginisce jewels and a piece of twine to finish it off. 

For my second card I wanted to use the, "Falling For You" stamp, it goes perfectly with my falling leaves paper.

 

I started with a Kraft base for my card, added the falling leaf paper, stamped the sentiment on Kraft paper then layered it with a piece of red/rust and put a piece of burlap behind it. I punched a few leaves with some very thin craft metal and a couple of sequins on the upper corner. I also added some twine and a button.

 

My third card is a, "Happy Thanksgiving" card.

 

 

The card base is a mustard color, I layered it with a piece with Thanksgiving and fall type decorations, added a piece of ribbon and my bling swirl is from Zva Creative, "Happy Thanksgiving" stamp and some Imaginisce bling.

 



 My 4th card was a bit of a challenge, I had received card from a pen pal and wanted to copy it because I like the design. After she sent me the basic measurements I went to work making an SVG. I need to tweak my SVG a bit but I'm fairly happy with the results.

 

 

 

Folded Card

I did my SVG cut, added some fall color printed paper to the, "flip" part and a piece of Zva Bling.

 

Open Card

 

I stamped the back ground for my top layer with the, "So Blessed to Have You in my Life" stamp and added some gold Stickles. Stamped the, "When I Count my Blessings I Count You Twice" stamp and layered it onto a piece of burlap.

 

The sentiments in this set are so perfect that the cards pretty much make themselves.

 

I want to thank Kimberly for having me today. I would really love to do this again. Please stop by Kimberly's store and see what she has to offer.

 

Sue Kracker

www.suek86401.blogspot.com

 

 

Entering the Falling For You card into this challenge:

Add A Little Dazzle Challenge #51

Miki's Birthday Card

My beautiful Daughter-In-Law is having a birthday and she loves butterflies.

I used my Craftwell Whimsical Wishes embossing folder and did some paper piecing for her dress. I also added a, "belt" to the dress and some jewels/pearls to the sky.

I cut the butterflies with my Cuttlebug butterfly die and embossed them using the matching embossing folders. I made some extra butterflies so that when Miki opens the card the loose butterflies will fall out. I added jewels/pearls to the middle and folded the wings up.
The dress and butterflies are all cut from some of the beautiful Japanese papers the kids have sent/brought me over the years.