Card - Happy 6th Birthday!

Hi! Welcome to my blog!

Today I share with you a card that I made for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog 6th birthday! I wanted this card to be really joyful and festive, so I picked up some bright colors and imagined of a happy celebration and...this is what I came up with! 

I love celebrations with balloons and fireworks in country areas and I tried to bring that on my card! 

The numbers on the balloons are for the six celebrating years of the blog, they were embossed on the balloons with white embossing powder and they were embellished with glitters! (glitters don't really show up well on the photos).

And as I love banners, I made a triple small one with a heart to emphasize the "happy" part of my sentiment and...

a bigger one for the word "Birthday". This bigger one is attached on the card pannel with foam tape to bring some dimension onto the card. Also, it is glued on the balloon with the number "6" as this is the year of the celebration! 

Sooooo! HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY to the SSS Wednesday Challenge blog and its Design Team, thank you for all the challenges, the inspiration, the spotlights and the giveaways all this time, wish you all the best with many many challenging events to come! Happy Celebrating!

With this card I participate to the "Happy Birthday" challenge of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

That was my card for today, I hope you liked it! I'll be happy to get your comments or any questions. Thank you for visiting!

Card - Spring Happy Birthday!

Hi, welcome to my blog!

Today I have another birthday card to share with you! Although I have used paper cuts from an autumn collection, white, orange, green and brown colors remind me of spring and I love to call this card spring happy birthday card! This card was inspired by the amazing Kristina Werner. Kristina is a professional graphic designer and papercrafter and I really love her work! You can find her original card here.

Making this card was quite a challenge to myself, as I had to try many alternative techniques, some totally new to me. The first alternative technique was making the embossed background not with an embossing folder but with a stencil. For this one, I used my Big Shot machine by placing one cutting pad, a sheet of felt, my cardboard, the stencil and on the top the second cutting pad. I love the embossing result! 

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For the fox and the fawn, I stamped them on watercolor paper and colored them using distress inks and a water brush and watercolor markers. This was my second try for watercoloring stamped images (you can find my first attemp here) and I have to admit that I'm not quite satisfied yet. But we all need to try, right?! After coloring the images, I hand-cutted them and colored the white edges.

I made the sentiment by stamping with brown archival ink on velum and embossing it with clear embossing powder. Archival ink isn't the best choice for stamping on velum but as I didn't have a brown StazOn ink or a brown embossing powder, I had to use it and it hold quite well on the velum. 

For the shaker window, I have used two sizes of scallop circle dies to cut the paper border. In order to achive depth for the window, I have also die cutted with the dies a piece of foam sheet and glued it under the paper border.

For the content of the shaker window, except from the ordinary sequins, I love using other small things that I can fit inside, like wood veneer embellishments, small paper die cuts, and beads.

With this card I participate in the challenge "Anything Goes" of the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog!

That was my card for today, I hope you liked it! I would be happy to get your comments or any questions. Thank you for visiting!

PRODUCTS LIST:

• Sizzix Big Shot machine
• Sizzix Circles, Scallop 8 dies
• Memory Box Scraped Paint Stencil
• Bo Bunny 6x6 paper pad Autumn Song Collection
• Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps Into the Woods
• Ranger Distress Ink spun sugar, tea die, walnut stain
• Tombo ABT markers 899, 977
• Ranger Archival Ink Potting Soil
• Zing! Embossing Powder Clear
• Hero Arts "Find Joy" Clear Stamp Set
• Simon Says Stamp White Cardstock
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock
• Doodlebug Design doodle twine take note
• Studio Calico Wood Veneer Shapes Tiny Stars
• Martha Stewart Flower Shower Punch Around the Page Set
• Moon Shaped and Circular Sequins
• Velum

Happy New Year & Card - Winter Birthday Card!

Welcome to my blog and...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

Wish you a happy and creative new year, full of joy and peace!

Well, this is my first blogpost of the year and I have a Winter Birthday card for you! The background paper is from the Bo Bunny Altitude Collection and I love it, as it has all my favorite winter colours! 

To embellish my card, I used two die cutted snowflakes. For the left one, I used paper which then I embossed with silver embossing powder. I also used grey-white doodle twine to make a bow which coordinates with the card colours. 

The right snowflake was die cutted on velum which then was embellished with glitter. I love its frosty look!

For the sentiment I made a paper banner for the same paper collection, on which I embossed my wish, and then glued it with foam tape on the background. I also used a heart shaped stamp and perfect pearls to make the little shinny hearts all around!

That was my card for today, I hope you like it! I'll be happy to get your comments!

PRODUCTS LIST:

• Bo Bunny 6x6 paper pad altitude collection
• Doodlebug doodle twine "take note assortment"
• Simon Says Stamp Kate Snowflake die
• Simon Says Stamp white cardstock
• Ranger embossing powder silver
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Glitter clear rock candy
• Ranger Perfect Pearls perfect pearl
• Ranger Emboss It Pens
• Lawn Fawn Trim the Tree clear stamps set