Happy Birthday

Hi everyone,

I want to share with you a card I made for my high school classmate who shares the same birthday as me in the spring. We've been exchaging birthday wishes for many years now, and it's always a joy to celebrate the special day together even though we live across the ocean.

This is a card I made for her this year, featuring cherry blossoms. We both love them.

I stamped a cherry blossom branch and colored the blossoms using a stencil. For added dimension, I partically die-cut the branch from the top panel, glued a thin pink strip at the bottom of the panel, and raised it with foam tape. I dry embossed the card base, and foiled the sentiment on vellum to give it a touch of elegance. I hope my friend likes the card as much as I enjoyed making it.

I'm linking my card to The Flower Challenge #78.

Thanks for visiting me today!😊

Stamp: Dotted Blooms (Altenew)

Paper: Basic White, Melon Mambo (Stampin' Up!), Vellum (My Favorite Things)

Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Spum Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron - Ranger), Encore Ultimate Metallic Ink (Champagne - Tsukineko)

Others: Dies (Dotted Blooms - Altenew), Stencil (Dotted Blooms - Altenew), 3D Embossing Folder (Angled Mosaic - Altenew), Hot Foil Plate (Mini Everyday Sentiments - Spellbinders), Hot Foil Sheet (Copper - Spellbinders), Modern Label Punch (Stampin' Up!), Foam Tape (3M), Connect Glue (Gina K)

Happiness Blooms From Within

Hi everyone,

I got a beautiful new floral stamp set. The set has 6 different flowers, and coloring each of them was a little daunting to me, so I cheated...

I think this paper pack will save me coloring time for a while. 😁

I heat-embossed 5 flowers in white using the masking technique, and gold heat-embossed the sentiment in the center. I raised the front panel with a piece of chip board. It was quick and easy!

I'm entering the card in these challenges:

The Flower Challenge #77 Use Your Latest Stamps or Dies

NBUS Challenge #47

Thanks for visiting me today! 😊

Stamp: Six Flowers (Alexandra Renke), Colorful Life (Poppy Stamps)

Paper: Basic White (Stampin'Up!), Ink Drops (Candy - Craft Consortium)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Others: Embossing Powder (Fine Detail White - Gina K, Gold - Hero Arts), Dies (Infinity Dies Rectangle - Hero Arts), Connect Glue (Gina K)

Love

Hi everyone,

Have you checked the first technique post for Group of Seven Cardmakers?

After being inspired by all those gorgeous cards in the post, I tried a creative heat-embossed background technique this weekend.

Can you guess what tool I used to add VersaMark to the red cardstock?

The answer is ... a toothbrush. It made an interesting pattern.

I lightly dipped a toothbrush in a spoonful of VersaMark and swiped it on the cardstock. Then I sprinkled Chunky White, and heat-embossed it. The sentiment was die-cut three times and stacked together for dimension.

It was easy up to this point, but then I was stuck in deciding the color(s) of the frame and the card base. I was so into making a background that I didn't think of the whole card. I tried different colors and color combinations to match the red panel - white on white, white on red, brown on brown, white on brown, brown on light blue, white on light pink, silver on white... I didn't like any of the color combos.😞

I literally slept on it, and I finally thought of a clear (non-color) card base. I really liked it because it made the background the star of the show. 

I really enjoyed making the random pattern background, and I think this technique would definitely expand the background choices for your cards. Kudos to the Group of Seven Cardmakers! 

Thanks for visiting me today! 😊

 

Paper: Basic White, Real Red (Stampin' Up!)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Others: Embossing Powder (Chunky White - Stampendous), Dies (Love Brush - Alexandra Renke, Mod Rectangles STAX - My Favorite Things), Acetate Sheet (Grafix), Connect Glue (Gina K)