Set of Birthday Cards

Hey stampers, Anni here! 

Birthday cards are the cards I send out the most. So I am always short on them. I decided to make a set of simple birthday cards with My Favorite Things’ Diagonal Design. That is an amazing background stamp that unfortunately will be retired. It is on sale right now so run and grab one as long they are available.

I started by stamping the background on four pieces of watercolour cardstock. On two I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed the background in white and on the other two I stamped with a black pigment ink and heat embossed the pattern with a clear embossing powder.

To colour up the backgrounds I used (very old) ink sprays I found in my stash. But you could also use ink pads or watercolours. I sprayed the backgrounds heavily with the ink and water. I inked up the white one in a warm and the black ones with a cool colour scheme. 

While the background panels dried I worked on the sentiments. I went through my stash and looked for big sentiment dies. The ones I chose were Altenew’s Script Words 3, My Favorite Things’ Celebrate and Neat & Tangled’s Hooray Word Die.

For one of the cards I just chose a Happy Birthday from Lawn Fawn’s Happy Happy Happy and heat embossed it in white on black cardstock. 

To make the word die cut stand out more I added also a layer of vellum to most of the cards. The Hooray word die comes with a shadow, so no need to add a extra rectangle.

I also added a sentiment to go with the die cut. Mama Elephant’s Birthday Messages is just the perfect sampler for this need.

For the finishing touch I added some sequins to the cards in various colours.

So you see: fast and easy and I can add four birthday cards to much stash.
Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty weekend.

Anni

               

Another Pool Party!

I'm back to Pool party's this week... it must be a subliminal anticipation of summer re-starting! 

This time it's the younger generation having fun on their floaties...

I've used a couple of the new items from Avery Elle including the Sea Scene Die which I've cut in both navy and white card so I could layer the white waves behind the navy pieces for a contrast and dimension. The two girls are from the fun Pool Party stamp set and I've coloured them with Copics then cut them out although coordinating dies are available..... 

they look like they're having great fun!

I've used a large word die cut and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Word Up set 

then added some water splashes around the image to break up the white space. 

   

 

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Hooray for Balloons

I love big sentiments on cards and the Neat & Tangled Hooray is so fun! That font is gorgeous and works so well as a focal point.

For my card this week, I teamed it with the balloon duo stencils, also from Neat & Tangled. These stencils are really clever.

I began by using the stencils to add balloons across a piece of white card. By using both of the stencils, you get the lovely effect of balloons layering over each other.

I cut down the white panel with the Lil’Inker Deco Edge Border dies. Another new favourite of mine, these allow you to get a ripped edge effect with more control than just tearing the paper.

I used these dies again on a piece of patterned paper, and layered it behind the white panel, before adding them to a white card base.

Next, I die cut the Hooray word die from glitter paper. 8 did cut the shadows from white card, which allows the word to stand out from the background.

To finish, I added a stamped sentiment underneath and a sprinkling of sequins.

I loved the finished card so much, I just had to make some more in different colours. Do you have a favourite?

Thanks for joining me today,

Gemma

Lil'Inker Deco Edges

N&T Balloon Duo Stencil

N&T Hooray

W&W Sentimental Birthday

Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Rainbow