Happy Birthday Beautiful

This card started from this simple, heart shape.

 

 

I cut it out using the

heart framelit from

Stampin' UP!  I really liked it's position on the paper, so I

turned it into a card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I punched this little

guy out of patterned paper.

Then I added some pearls

to add definition. 

 

 

 

 

 

I stamped the

  happy birthday sentiment

with the Bitty Banner's set.

 

I added Dazzling Diamons around the border, which made the
Pool Party ink turn green for some reason.

 

 

The rest of the embellishments were stickers from

My Mind's Eye.

 

 



Colourful Christmas Part 2

 

I loved these little snowflake coasters from the moment I saw them.

And the pink one makes such a cute, quirky little

Christmas card. 

 

The little brad in the middle is a retired one from Stampin' Up!

I cut the sentiment from a strip of patterned paper.

I added some Dazzling Diamonds for some sparkle!

A Little Christmas Sparkle

How about a little Christmas Sparkle??

Oh I know, I'm a month behind, but I still have tons of Christmas cards to share.

 

 

I used the 12 Days of Christmas paper kit from My Mind's Eye.

The punch-out embellishments were easy to pop up on dimensionals.

I used the newest Snowflake BigShot die for the little sparkly snowflake

in the centre of the ornament.

 

The sentiment is actually a strip cut from patterned paper.  I popped it up on dimensionals and added Dazzling Diamonds over the Merry Christmas on the left.

Darling Sisters

 

This  card took me a surprisingly long time to come up with.

I wanted to try something a little bit vintage, but also wanted to add a lot of colour.

 

I added this little punch out with my butterfly punch,  I LOVE this little punch.
I sponged it from the back side to give the edges a bit more defininition.

A few more die cuts, and stickers and that cool rose ribbon from SU.

 

Anyway, I love the final result.
I hope you do too.



 

Happy Birthday to the Most Beautiful Girl in the World

I'm loving cutting out shapes for negative definition.

What do I mean???

Well, I cut out the heart below and added a little

window to what was below.

 

And I just love that butterfly punch.

I added some pearls for definition.

 

 

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Bitty Banners and cut it out by hand.

I coloured the edges in Pool Party and added some dazzling diamonds. 

It turned green when it dried interestingly enough.

 

I used the dotted scallop punch from Stampin' Up! to create the ruffled edge.

 

 

That amazing sparkly paper and all the rest of it is from My Mind's Eye,

except for the Early Espresso background.

 

Happy Birthday Little Boy

This card started with this train sticker. 

It really looked like it belonged on a little boy's birthday card. 

I stamped the sentiment from the You're Amazing stamp set.

 

 

I used the new template to pierce the card in a heart shape, and

then added a kraft coloured heart cut out with a framelit.

 

I hand cut the large cloud, and the little clouds come from the

bitty punch pack.  The strips of paper are from My Mind's Eye.

Thank You Vintage

 

So I'm on a bit of a vintage kick these days.

 

I had to dust off this background stamp.

It's such and awesome stamp, and yet it really stumped me.

I stamped it with Soft Suede on Crumb Cake card stock.

 

 

I pulled a thread in the ribbon to gather it a bit.  The glitter stickers are from My Minds' Eye, and the chipboard matte is from the dollar bin at Michael's.

12 more Days of Christmas

Have I told you enough about how much I love

this paper and embellishments?

 

I punched out these embellishments and I popped them up on dimensionals.

I added some Dazzling Details for more sparkle!

 

 

Wow, I just love this funky retro vibe.

Multicoloured Christmas

Tired of Christmas cards yet??

I've tons more to share  

:)

 

 

This one is my absolute favourite from that 12 Days of Christmas Kit by My Mind's Eye

It's got a real retro, funky, kinda feel.

and I LIKE IT!!!

 

I trimmed the sentiment from the embellishments, The matte stack was a die cut embellishment that I attached to Real Red Card Stock and then hand cut around it.

And I popped everything up on dimensionals.

Ta-DA!!!!

25 December Still?

So Im still posting Christmas cards and I will be until mid- January at least.  All that time to craft really brought out my mojo.  Here is a quirky little card.  That red snowflake is from a wine charm set I found at the big box craft store.   And it went so nicely that I pulled another one out to put on a different card.  This one, though, is one of my favourites.  It is pretty Clean and Simple in layout, but there is a touch of bling and texture to give it some extra edge.

Christmasy Stuff

I have been crafting up a storm these past few weeks.  But with the problems that Blogger has been having the past few days, I have been unable to post up all these cards.  So if you can bear with me, I'd like to post up a few holiday cards I've been making.

This card was made with the 12 Days of Christmas collection from My Minds' Eye.  I played with the punch out embellishments a bit and added some waffle paper to the bon bons to add more texture.  The background has been embossed with the snowflake folder from Stampin' Up!