Bebunni Birthday

Hi All! One last birthday for this month of August! Here's another birthday card I made for a dear friend of the family.

I used Crafter's Companion Bebunni Hip Hip Hooray. I colored the bunny with W0, W1 and W3, with the pinkish ears using RV000 and RV00. I used scrap Confetti Wishes paper to put over the word Birthday, and cut up the borders from Confetti Wishes paper to and scattered the sentiments all over the image. I used Prismacolor pencils to form the warm gray shadows around the bunny.

Happy Happy Birthday to our dear friend! Hope you like it!

Happy Birthday Bubblegum Paper!

It's my crafting friend Bubblegum Paper's birthday today and since we haven't had the chance to get together yet, here's a card I made to celebrate her birthday! 

I used Close to My Heart's Confetti Wishes paper again, paired with La-La Land's Heart Balloon Marci. If you've been following my blog you know I'm on a Confetti Wishes 'rampage' the past week.  I just love how cheerful this paper pack is!

Balloon and Yellow Accent on Dress - Y21, Y23, Y26

Dress, Headband and Shoes - V04, V05, V06, V09

Skin - E0000, E00, E01

Hair - E33, E37, E39

The circle in the background was cut using MFT Pierced Circle Die-namics and I sponged it with some Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet distress ink. Both the gift and balloon were topped with liquid gloss. And just to add some zing to it, I brushed the headband with clear Zig Wink of Stella. I just love how it sparkles!

I hope you like it! Happy Happy Birthday! I'm so glad you had a blast!!! 

Birthday Greetings

Hello Everyone! August birthdays are still happening and here's another card I made for a dear co-worker of mine. I'm sticking with the Confetti Wishes paper theme from Close to My Heart. The paper retires next month unfortunately. I love how alive and colorful this paper is, so here I'm am trying to make as many birthday themed cards I can with it. The stamp I used for the cake is Build A Cake, also from Close to My Heart. The sentiment was stamped from a retired stamp, and I embellished with Flaxen Extra Thick Twine. I love this twine. I've used a handful of other kinds but find the extra thickness of CTMH's particularly better, and it holds better after tying, rather than the thin flimsy ones that just looks flat after.

It's a very simple card, but I wanted to highlight the glitter effect on the cake. I used some glitter powder from The Rubber Cafe which I got at the last Scrapbook Expo. I used The Rubber Cafe's Scrap Happy Glue just like they demo'd at the show floor. It comes out pretty nice, I love how sparkly the cake looks. The glue was great, I just did not like the extra step of having to wash out my stamps in soap and water afterwards. And warning, it does get sticky on the hands. This glue gets really sticky.

So here's the stamp set I used.

D1618 Build A Cake

And here's what the Confetti paper pack looks like. Hurry if you still want to get your hands on this paper!

X7189B Confetti Wishes Paper Pack

Happy Birthday to you my good friend!

August Birthdays

This month of August is full of birthdays for me. I have 4 dear friends who are celebrating their birthdays almost back to back. Given my rate lately of creating cards, I'm a bit overwhelmed now. But here's one I made using La-La Land's Sugar n Spice Marci. I embellished with Flag Banner Die.

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Hair - E51, E53, E55

Cupcake - E70, E71, E74

Topping - Y00, Y02, Y04

Spoon - C1, C3

Headband, Heart, Shoes - RV11, RV13, RV17, RV19

I used papers by Close to My Heart. They're from the Confetti Wishes paper pack, which will go away pretty soon (end of August), as soon as the new Annual Inspirations book go live. Here's what the paper pack includes. I love these papers, each one of the birthday themed. The colors are stunning as they pop, they look and spell so much fun! 

Happy Birthday to my friends celebrating their birthday this month!

Happy Birthday To The Best Husband In The World!

Hi everyone! Today's my hubby's birthday, and with my hand being out of commission and in a brace, I couldn't really color or stamp much. So for his card, I thought a pop-up card that my daughter will be interested in helping me make, or at least watch me make.

I used a Silhouette cut file for the mosaic looking background, and stamped the sentiment using C1568 Party is On stamp set in Pacifica ink. The cardstock I used for the die cut background is also Pacifica.

Here's what the inside looks like. The background paper is from Confetti Wishes, the cardstock Pacifica. The popup is a bit tricky to fold, but we finally got it right. My daughter loved this project and was so excited to give it to her daddy!

Hope he loved it! I had fun doing it. It gives me a chance to rest my hand, with having just 1 image to stamp, and no coloring. Who says you can't come up with a crafty project with an injured hand?