It's Your Birthday!

Hello and Welcome

I have to say, I love how this card came out using the new for June stencil called:

Open Coils

from A Colorful Life Designs.

I decided to make it a masculine looking card so here's what I did.

• I placed the Open Coils stencil on an angle over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil clean and then repositioned it slightly down and to the right.  I inked again all over using some Salty Ocean DOX ink. It created a new colour that I loved by blending those inks together.
• I lifted the stencil off the panel and set it aside while I stamped the Happy Birthday greeting and die cut it out. I also die cut a white circle to help make the sentiment more visible over the background.
• I glued my card front base onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the white circle over the middle of the front and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up. 
• Finally, I added some blue bling around the sentiment.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Open Coils

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

Simon Says Monday- MASCULINE

Craft Rocket- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Krafty Chicks- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX 

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil and bling (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

Infinity Circle die (HA)

Something Different

Good Morning

Meet my card. 

 Trying something different to get a unique look using this fun stencil called Tribal Blanket and my Distress Oxide inks.  It's good to change it up now and again and I like to challenge myself to use what I have in a new way.

I decided to give this card a 'beachy' look by creating some waves. 

I began by cutting some printer paper into wavey lines to use as masks for my card front.

I placed one the wave masks onto my card, laid down the stencil and rubbed on some Salty Ocean DOX ink.

I lifted the mask and leaving some white space, masked the next area and stenciled in using the same stencil and some Peacock Feather DOX ink this time.  I repeated that process using some Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio at the bottom, each time leaving a bit of white space.

When that was all dry, I took my ScorBug which is a little tool that adds perforated dots, and scored along the wavy lines to add interest.

I die-cut the Happy Birthday sentiment 3 times from white cs, then glued them together to help give them stability and to raise them up on my card front.

I then glued it over my stenciling.

I added some Navy Sparkle Nuvo drops, then simply mounted it onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Tribal Blanket

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- COVER THE CARD

Crafting by Design- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

ScorPal- MORE THEN ONE SCORE

(I added 3 scored lines with my ScorBug)

Supplies

Stamps- None

Inks- Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Tribal Blanket (A Colorful Life Designs); makeup blender brush (Amazon);

Happy Birthday die- (MFT); Nuvo Drops; Tombow Clear glue

Happy Birthday- Repeated Pattern

Playing with inks always makes for a fun time.

I wanted to try and create my own background paper and this is what I came up with.

I began by choosing a flower stamp that I thought would look alright as a repeated pattern.

The stamp I chose is called Happy Harmony from Stampin Up that I have had for years.

This technique is called 'Smack Down' and is really fun to do.

You can see this technique done on this card I made a few wks ago. 

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and inked my stamp with Fired Brick Distress ink and stamped.  I stamped again right beside my first impression then again without re-inking, each time the stamped impression getting lighter and looking like you were stamping off.

I repeated that whole process all over my card front changing colours to Carved Pumpkin then Fossilized Amber Distress inks, filling in my card front but leaving some white space showing through.

Next, I ran the piece through my Cuttlebug using the Penny Black Birthday die.

I cut it again 2 more times just using heavy white cardstock and glued all three layers together.  When that was dry, I glued them into the cut away area on my card front to create an embedded sentiment.

The last step was to add some red gems around the die cut to help bring attention to it.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- FLOWERS

A Gem of a Challenge- SUMMER COLOURS

Fussy and Fancy- PUNCHES AND DIES

Supplies

Stamp- Happy Harmony (SU)

Inks- Fired Brick, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Cuttlebug; Birthday die (Penny Black); red gems