A Few Challenges for the Long Weekend

 

I really tried to think outside the box with this card. 

First I used the layout from Seize the Birthday.

 

 

And the theme from the Paper Players

 

 

I used a framelit to punch a window through the card and used a slightly smaller framelit to punch out the image.  That adorable birthday cake image, by the way, is from MellyMoo designs.

 

 

I need to apologize for the poor quality of my photos, but I really could not get a good shot with the card closed.  Above is the best one I took and you can see that the ribbon is not lined up from this angle.  Anyway, it was nice to get back into my scrap room today.  I hope that I get the chance again really soon.

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.

Stampin Royalty Challenge #153

This week we have a fabulous, Photo Inspiration Challenge for you.

Check out the festive photo below.

 

 

I found so much to use as inspiration in this photo.

At first I was drawn to the fireplace with it's soft glowing candles, and the brownish colours of the brick behind it.  But then I decided to focus higher up the photo.

 

I covered some DSP with illuminate ink from the stamp pad. 

It gave the paper a white sheen that you can see in the photo above.

 

 

I used the Illuminate ink on the background of this card on the Gumball Green card stock.

I also used some silver glimmer paper to complete this card.

Proud Mamma

It was my nephew's birthday party last weekend, and so the kids and I decided to make him some birthday cards.  We knew he really liked Angry Birds, so I googled images of Angry Birds cards, and then took my hand at helping the kids.

 

This is Teagan's card.  We put some Gumball Green through the Big Shot with the grass sizzlit.  We stamped the Woodgrain background stamp on Crumb Cake and then punched out three pieces with the word window punch. 

 

We used the 1 1/4" circle punch for the red circle with Cherry Cobbler Card stock.  The eyes were punched out with the Owl punch and Teagan drew the pupils in with a marker.  She cut the feathers all by herself and Connor cut out the eyebrows for her. 

 

 

She stamped the birthday cake by herself and then cut it out by hand.  I helped her attach the bird and rubber bands to the card with mini glue dots.  Cute - right???

 

 

Connor's Card was made with help from me.  He punched out the circle and added the white triangle all by himself.  He made the eyebrows himself and used the owl punch for the eyes.  The beak is a circle that I cut and then scored in 1/4's.  I folded it up and cut a slit to make the bottom smaller than the other sides.  I attached it with glue dots.

 

 

We ran the background of Daffodil delight through the Big Shot with the Woodgrain tetured embossing folder.

 

 

We used Scallop Polka Dot ribbon on the bottom.

 

 

The sentiment was stamped and then Connor coloured in the letters.  I cut out the white paper and then mounted it on Basic Black.  Connor cut it out by hand.

Freshly Made Play Date Cafe

 

 My daughter got a last minute invite to a birthday party tomorrow.    I knew I needed to make a card for the little girl, so I decided to enter a few challenges.

 

 

I decided to try out the colour challenge over at the Play Date Cafe

and the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches.

  

 

I stamped the image from the Blue Ribbon stamp set.

I really love this set for simple celebrations like birthday cards. 

It's really versatile.

 

 

I stamped out the medallion in all three challenge colours.

Then I carefully cut them all out.

I sponged the middle of the ribbon stamp to fill in the colour.

I popped up the layers on dimensionals.

 

 

I put together this little bow.

Below is the finished card!

 

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #87

 

Connor is going to a birthday party on the weekend, so I used the excuse to whip up a little boy's birthday card.  I used the Boardwalk Simply Scrappin' Kit and the "I Dig You" stamp set.

 

 

I stamped several images of the dump truck and gifts in all the colours on the DSP.

Then I die cut out the Old Olive copy and fussy cut the other pieces and then glued them all together.

 

I really like the layout of this sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday

and found it really easy to follow.

 

 

I ran the strip of So Saffron Card Stock through the chevron embossing folder for more detail, and I paper pierced the window's framelit die cuts for more interest.

I just love how this card turned out.

And here's a peek at the inside - love, love, love the stickers in the Simply Scrappin kits this year.

 

 

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #145

 

This week we have a photo inspiration challenge for you

at Stampin' Royalty.

 

 

I found this crazy photo on Pintrest and couldn't resist to see what people would come up with.

 

I made this cute giraffe with punches and fabric.

I made it for the Displays at Convention.  I know this one made it up on the Display boards.

 

 

Fab Friday Birthday

Well there is a new challenge blog out there called Fab Friday.  

I thought I'd try my hand at their sketch this week.

It looks so fresh and simple and open to interpretation.

You can click the link above, or on the photo, to check out this new blog.

 

 

I needed to make a birthday card for my nephew who is turning 6.

So I pulled out some retired paper that I've been hoarding and got to work.

The only problem was that I couldn't decide on how to combine the paper.

So, I made a ton of cards.  This creates a problem.

Which card should I enter in the challenge?

So I've decided to enter a few.

 

 

To make these cards I used the pennant punch to punch out triangles.  Then I attached them to the back of another strip of paper.  I only revealed half of each triangle, so that they look like mini pennants.  The sentiment is from the banner set, and the button above is one of the new buttons from the current mini catty.  I added an extra one to the card above to balance things out.   Below I added a strip of white card stock to emphasize the pennants.  Otherwise they got a bit lost against the DSP background.  And this button is one of the Regals buttons.

Happy Birthday Hat

I decided to make this cute party hat. 

I used some of the new In Colors.  I really struggle with the new Summer Starfruit.  Yellow is not my favourite colour by any means.  But I really like Navy so I thought I'd try out this combo.

I'm entering this puppy in the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge this week.

This week they want party favours that can be "Anything BUT a Card."

 I used Summer Starfruit ink on paper of the same colour for a tone-on-tone look.

I punched out a lacy trim and then pleated it so that it would lie flat along the bottom of the hat.

I curved a few strips of paper for a burst out the top of the party hat.

Here's another look at that lacy border.

Freshly Made Sketches #40 Yet Again

  Welcome back.  Here's my second birthday card for

the Princess Party Twins today.

Again, I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. 

Like I said yesterday, I really like this sketch.

It's so simple yet so versatile.

Like yesterday, I used the colours from the

new Floral District paper.  It's really bright and girly.

I love it!

This cute little crown is from the Topsy-Turvy Celebration set that I used

yesterday.  I also used the 'Celebrate' sentiment from that set.

After I punched it out with the new

Apothecary Labels Framelit, I decided it needed something

else, so I mounted it on a die cut from the Labels Framelits.

But it was still missing something, so I pulled out the

Blue Ribbon set and mounted the crown on the little ribbon

medallion.  It adds a nice detail. 

I stamped it on the DSP as well, for more texture.

I used the Bitty Labels Framelits to punch

out the sentiment and mounted it on some Rich Razzleberry cardstock.

I decided that adding Dazzling Diamonds, and some rhinestones

was enough bling for a little princess.

This time I used the Tangerine Tango Scallop Polka Dotted ribbon

to pull the orange out of the paper.

Everything was popped up on dimensionals for that final bit of depth.