Cool fun

Welcome again to my guests - I apologise for another long gap in my blogging - the joys of family specifically, and life in general, getting in the way!!

This card was a really 'fun' one to make as it all went very smoothly - the layout was probably the most problematic part of it all.

I started the card by designing and printing out some 'Happy Birthday' dp on the computer.  I did learn from this, and will off-set the words should I do this again.

Next I coloured the main part of the image (Crabby Cat by Bugaboo Stamps) with chalks,  trying to give the cat the look of a ginger tabby. The dark glasses were coloured with a calligraphy pen, leaving the glint white, and the frames with a glitter pen.

I then mounted the two main layers onto a layer of bright orange card.  Then came the fiddly bit while I sorted the layout.  After mounting it all on the dark brown base, I added some bling and then carefully dotted some dimensional glue onto the lenses of the glasses. 

I am linking this to:

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - May - Anything Goes

CES Challenge #35 - Favourite Colour Combo (Orange and Brown)

Ellephantastic challenge #26 - Birthday/party

Marks finest Papers Challenge #54 - No Embellishments

One Stop Craft Challenge #130 - Birthdays

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - Childhood Memories - a ginger cat

Crafty Annes Challenge #40 - Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Quote or Sentiment

Digi's with attitude - Make us laugh

Thanks for visiting - I treasure your visits and comments.

May your day be blessed.

Fun Card

Greetings to all my cyber visitors again.

I made this card as an order - but as I know the recipient, it was specifically designed  - and I enjoyed the making of it.

I started knowing that the person it was intended for is an embroiderer, and she has a delightful sense of humour, so I went to this Bug-a-boo stamp Stella Sew, coloured her with chalks and added glitter, and dimensional glue for her glasses lenses.

The sentiment (unknown) was stamped on a scrap of apricot card and embossed in gold, and stitched under the edge of the image.

As you can see I sponged the edges of this panel and stitched it to the background paper, which was part of a pack from the Warehouse.  To give the dp some life I spayed it with silver Radiant Rain (part of the twinkling H2O range), and also sponged the edges with Tim Holtz tea stain ink. 

This was mounted by sewing it onto the base of dark cream card stock. and pearls were added for a little panache.

 This was a fun card to make, once I got the colours to 'work'.

I am linking this to:

Ginger Loft challenge #9 - Celebration

Pile it on - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug - Birthday Celebration

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything goes

Fairy Fun Friday #44 - Happy birthday

Sew Many Challenges - Birthday

Totally Papercraft Challenge #49 -  Birthday

Thank you for calling by and I pray your day will be/has been blessed

You're A Star

Greetings - it's good to 'see' you back here, and thank you for visiting.


Today I had a birthday card for a young boy to make, and I resorted to a digi stamp again - this time one from Bug A Boo stamps entitled star.

Initially the image was printed onto copy paper, then glued onto card - unfortunately the glue stick 'smudged' and I was left with a lump in the surface, so out came the trusty cuttlebug, and I made a 'sandwich' using the A and B plates, then the image, the tan mat and a layer of chipboard and then the  C plate - ran it through and presto, the image was smooth.

I decided to keep things fairly simple and coloured the stamp with pencils and then sponged the edges, keeping the colours clear and bright.

I then cut a star out of gold card, using pencil and ruler to design it, and edged it with gold Kindyglitz.  The greeting from Kiwi Stamping and the hand written word 'star' were heat embossed on the base card. The card was assembled with the star onto the red base, then the image, and gold 'party confetti' stars glued around the edges.

This was a straightforward card to make and has a lot of sparkle to it.




I am linking this to :
Aly's Sunday Challenge #25 - Sparkle and Glitter


The Corrosive Challenge Blog #82 - Clean up the Dust - old stash, the stars

Sundays With Chrissy - Sparkle and Shine

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May your day be blessed.