Birthday wishes

 This card is for my sister-in-law, whose birthday was yesterday. She likes gold, but I couldn’t make gold flowers, so I settled for yellow, with a gold heat embossed sentiment and gold embellishments. The stencil and stamp combination are called Buds and Blossoms by Taylored Expressions, and the Sentiment Staples stamp set is also by Taylored Expressions. The inks are Simon Hurley’s Later Gator and Slippery When Wet, Ranger Archival Ink in Sunflower, and Gina K. Sweet Mango. I used Ranger’s Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Gold, and Gorgeous Gold Baubles from Trinity Stamps.

In other news, this is my 100th post, and I want to thank all my readers and commenters, but especially my friend who gave me the impetus to start this blog back up and be consistent in posting. S.T., I can’t thank you enough. I’ll also be moving from Blogger to my own website soon, so stick around for that announcement.

Happy Birthday!

 

Happy birthday to Lawn Fawn and me! Lawn Fawn is turning sixteen, and well, let’s just say I’m considerably older. This card uses the Giant Birthday Messages stamp & die set, as well as the birthday incentives from 2022-2025, Party Pig, Party Deer, Party Beaver, and Party Cat(Party Fox arrived too late to join in this year.) The images were colored with a mix of Copic markers and Pigma Micron pens, as well as a Pentel Sunburst Metallic Gel for the gold. The center message was mounted on gold cardstock on thin foam squares, and the animals on standard foam squares. Happy birthday to everyone who celebrates this month!

Make a wish!

 Birthday card using the eclipse technique and Pretty Pink Posh's Wish stamp and die set, Ranger Fine Detail white embossing powder, and Gina K. inks in Red Velvet, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Turquoise Sea, Wild Lilac, and Passionate Pink. I've had this idea since I got this set, so it was good to finally put it to use. My ink blending could still use some improvement, especially using the small brushes I used for this.

Birthday Background

 This card uses Taylored Expressions Party Vibes Background, stamped and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail White embossing powder. I then blended Bubblegum, Lemonade, Mermaid, and Grape Soda Lawn Fawn inks across it. I cut it down using a Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangles die. I used a CZ Design by Simon Says Stamp happy birthday die. I colored the letters with the same Bubblegum ink I used for the blending. I mounted it on a 4.25x5.5 top folding notecard. I then finished it off with a few iridescent sequins.

Happy Tiny Birthday!

This card with adorable birthday icons is made with Taylored Expressions stamps and dies. The icons are on the All Together Birthday stamp, which stamps them all at once. Then there is a coordinating die to cut them all out at once. I colored the images with colored pencils. I then cut the Big Circles coverplate die out of brushed silver cardstock and two pieces of white cardstock and layered them together for depth. I mounted the coverplate on a black card front and mounted the icons with foam tape to pop them up above the coverplate.

Birthday Balloon!

 This happy birthday balloon is an entry in the current Inky Paws Challenge: Birthdays. I used paper from the Newton's Nook Birthday Party pad for the balloon and the background. I used the Frames and Flags die set from Newton's Nook to cut the background, and the balloon shaker is one of their dies as well. The shaker is filled with silver sequins and clear seed beads. I like to use seed beads in my shaker fill-I think it helps the pieces move around. the string of the balloon is cut from matte silver cardstock and the sentiment was silver heat embossed, then stacked up on several layers of cardstock. I backed the panel with Altenew foam tape and mounted it on some yellow paper from my stash, cut to A2 size.

Hooray! This card won an Inky Paws Birthday Challenge Designer's Favorite award!

HBD!

 This is another card from the Crop & Create Delivered weekend. This one was taught by Angie from LDRS Creative. I shared it with my sister-in-law for her birthday. It did involve fussy cutting, not my favorite as everyone knows, but the cutting wasn't that bad and the card came out pretty nice. I know I'll be using these sets for other cards in the future.

Another Purrfect Entry!

 This is my entry into the current sketch challenge in the Inky Paws Challenge group. The patterned papers are from the Newton's Nook Birthday Party paper pad, and the image of Newton and his gifts, as well as the sentiment, come from Newton's Birthday Bash. The image was stamped and then colored with Copic markers. Happy birthday!

What a Wonderful Weekend!

 I've been out sick for a couple of weeks, but the most important thing I've done recently is attended the Crop and Create Delivered Spring 2023 workshop put on by Scrapbook & Cards Today. I made twenty-five cards and have several more yet to make from the wonderful workshops and fabulous instructors. Thank you Catherine and all the folks at Scrapbook & Cards Today, as well as Sara, Angie, Meghann, Libby, Kim, Laura, Taylor, Simon, Gina, Stephanie, Jenn, Yasmin, Christopher, Cathy, Kelly, Michelle, Angie, and Jennifer. We laughed, we cried, we had the best time. This was my first time attending but definitely won't be my last. The card to the left is a top folding shaped card from the Stamps of Life class. All the needed supplies, from the paper to the felt to the shaker bits to the dies and the paper pad that the kitty with the present is from was provided by Stamps of Life. They aren't the only generous manufacturer, all the class providers sent wonderful assortments of product-twelve and a half pounds total to 2900 attendees! I can't say enough good things about this event!

3-dimensional card!

 Here's a card I made for the Inky Paws Color Challenge. The colors were cherry red, daffodil yellow, pewter gray, and white. The card is kind of a shadow box with Newton floating on a piece of acetate. I made the plaid and the paw print papers using Newton's Nook stencils. Little red and yellow twine bows finish off the card. I wanted to repurpose a Valentine's stamp set, so this one uses the sentiment from another Newton set to wish you a happy PURR-thday!

This card was selected by Amy as an Inky Paws Favorite! Thank you Amy!

New Inky Paws Challenge!

 This challenge uses the colors coral, wine red, denim blue, and caramel brown. Using the Newton's Nook Oval Frames set, I cut the concentric ovals and then added the kitty from Newton's Birthday Bash. It's hard to see in the picture but the ribbon on the present is shimmery from the Wink of Stella I used. I fussy cut the sentiment (I know-more fussy cutting) and popped it and the picture up on thin foam squares.

Newton's Color Challenge #170

 

This card is for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #170. It's a color challenge, using the colors pistachio green, golden yellow, navy blue, and white. I used the stamp Newton's Birthday Balloons and some patterned papers I had in my stash. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut it out with the coordinating dies. I mounted Newton and the cloud on some thin foam squares and accented with navy Pops of Color.

Puns are fun!

 My family is full of very punny people, so this card will be perfect for someone's birthday. Made for Lawn Fawn's Birthday challenge, it features their Perfectly Plaid paper, Mermaid cardstock, Merman ink, and the Year Five stamp set.