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Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Sunday, 5 June 2016
Party Pop-Up Birthday
This card is another CASE. See the original card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts here. The birthday cake sentiment is cut with a thinlit from the Party Pop-Up set. The letters and candle flames have a little sparkle added with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - unfortunately it's very difficult to photograph and makes the letters look a bit blurry in this picture. The streamers are part of the second thinlit in the set. The background DSP is from the Cherry on Top stack that is now retired.
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60th Birthday Card
Since we abandoned our long weekend plans to go camping due to rain, I have some time on my hands to post some of the cards I've made since my last update. This is a card that I made for my sister's birthday in April. I can't claim any creative rights as it is basically a direct CASE of this card I found on Jan's Creative Corner, and it uses one of my favourite framelits sets (ever!) Botanical Builders. I am happy to confirm that this set and coordinating stamps have carried over to the new 2016-2017 Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue. Other supplies are listed below (the patterned vellum and black & white DSP are both retired).
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Friday, 4 March 2016
Botanical Birthday for FMS 226
Today I am super excited! My entry in Freshly Made Sketches challenge 225 was chosen as a Princess of Clean!!! (not the winner but a special mention) So nice to receive encouragement from an independent source (because you know your friends & family are kind of biased right?!). You can see my card along with the Queen and other Princess's creations by clicking here! The sketch is a great clean and simple layout that has so many possibilities.
I am really enjoying playing along with on-line challenges. I used to spend a lot of time looking at pieces of paper and stamped images trying to work out how to put something together then giving up and CASEing something from my Pinterest collection almost exactly. Starting with a sketch has given me a different approach and way of looking at my supplies. I also usually set myself some sort of secondary challenges as well (use DSP or colours that are not in my usual palette - for me both very challenging, or use a stamp set that hasn't seen ink yet (we all have those don't we??) or an old favourite that's been neglected for a while). I do still occasionally CASE some designs that I love but I like to think I am wasting less time 'pinning' :)
So today's card is for Freshly Made Sketches challenge #226. It's a simple but super versatile layout. I also decided that it would be a good sketch to try using a piece of DSP. Here is the sketch and my take on it:
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Monday, 29 February 2016
Butterfly Birthday for Try Stampin' On Tuesday challenge # 259
Today was forecast to be hot. It was already 30 degrees by 7am, so it's been a good day to stay inside & keep cool. Since I wasn't working today I found a sketch challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday that I thought I'd have a go at. It did turn out to be a challenge! I didn't love my first attempt at the sketch using DSP's. I struggle with using DSP's on cards, partly because I don't want to cut up the pretty papers, and because my cards tend to be fairly simple designs and the papers are too busy or have colours I don't love (I struggle with using colours too...). For take two I reverted to a farily monochromatic colour scheme with neutrals and good old butterflies. Here is the sketch:
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And my take on it:
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This was attempt number one - I need a card for a little friend's birthday. I don't love it but still have another week or so before I need to post it so will try again. I used papers from the Cherry On Top DSP stack which is 6x6" (somehow it seems easier to cut up ;) ) and I managed to get both pieces from one sheet as the designs I chose were back to back. The sentiment is a little wonky because it is meant to be curved and I straightened it onto the acrylic block - a definite advantage of photopolymer stamps. I don't think a 2 year old will mind, do you?
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