Birthday Shaker Card

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 389

My Favorite Things Color Challenge 94

Simon Say Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Welcome! Hope you are having a terrific day.

I started my card today by using the My Favorite Things A2 Rectangle STAX set 1, and using the smallest rectangle from the set, cutting 3 rectangles in a panel of Neenah Solar White Cardsock. 

I then used the same rectangle die and the second to smallest of the My Favorite Things A2 Rectangle STAX set 2, and made three frames from some gold foil cardstock.

I used Simon Says Stamp Apricot and Lake Shores ink along with Broken China Distress ink and My Favorite Things Lemon Chiffon to color in the three rectangles and a star I created from the My Favorite Things Stitched Star Peek-a-Boo Window die.

I stamped the chick, cow, and sheep from the My Favorite Things Animal Farm on a piece of window acetate where they would by over the rectangle cut-outs. I stamped the cow on both the acetate and the cut-out panel. 

Then I glued the frames around the rectangles and the panel to the acetate. Then I drew on the parts of the cow that was covered by the frame, and colored in the cows spots. I also added more curly wool to the sheep.

I then adhered the colored rectangles to a black piece of cardstock and applied some 3M   foam tape around them. I laid the cut-out panel on top and decided that I wanted some ribbon above and below the cut out shapes.

I added some small gold and clear sequins to two of theft-out areas, and silver glass glitter to the center cut-out area. then I adhered the panel tot he top.

I wanted to dress up the star so I stamped the Howdy from the Animal Farm set on it and used a Faber Castel liner pen to add dots and dashes to the outer edges.

I used a scrap strip of black cardstock to stamp the Happy Birthday from All of Us, and then white heat embossed it. I adhered these to the panel and then adhered the panel to a Neenah Solar White card base.

Thank you so much for visiting me.

Geometric Happy Birthday

For The Boys

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

I have created these two cards by simply cutting the square shapes from some strips of cardstock and punching the circle with various sizes of punches. Then I added some color to one side of the shape with Copic markers in a color that was close to the cardstock color.

I stamped the Happy Birthday with My Favorite Things "Big Birthday Wishes" in some dark navy ink. I would tell you what Company, but I do not remember, and I did not take a picture of that step.

I adhered the shapes to a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with some Tombo tape runner adhesive and some 3M foam tape randomly lifting some of them.

I hope you enjoy! Have a fantastic day!

Graduation

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Welcome crafty friends! I hope all is well with you.

I have created this card for my son who has graduated this past week. I can't believe how time flies. It seems like it wasn't very long ago that he was just a little tyke, and he was my little bud.

I have said this before, but I want to put flowers on all the cards that I make. So I have really been trying to come up with more cards that are masculine.

I started off this card by using Alcohol Inks on vellum. I used Sailboat Blue, Stream, Patina, and Citrus, and then used alcohol in drops and a heat gun to dry and move the colors along the vellum. Then I stamped the School's Out Forever from Simon Says Stamp "Rad Grad" stamp set in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and black heat embossed it. I let my heat gun get really hot before I heat embossed on the vellum so that I would have minimal warpage.

I cut the piece of vellum larger that what I wanted and wrapped the left edge around a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock that I stamped the "2018" from the same set on it and adhered it to the back side. Then I tacked it down underneath where I had stamped with some Distress Collage Medium Matte. I adhered a strip of teal cardstock from Stamp'in Up! to the edge and then adhered some strips of gold foil cardstock to the edge of the vellum. Then adhered the panel to a card base made from Neenah Solar White Cardstock.

Thanks for visiting me, and have a fantastic day!