Birthday # 12

  

 This  flip card is for my granddaughter's 12th birthday.  She loves bold colors so I tried to make this card bright and cheery.

The card was made using the Circle Card Thinlits die.  The numerals were made with the Typeset Alphabet Bigz.  I wanted some balloons on the card and thought the hearts were a perfect complement to the heart on the owl.

The circle punch was used to make a window in the panel with the owl, which will contain a note and gift card or money.  The last photo shows all of the panels.

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Circle Cards

These cute circle cards were made with the Nestabilities standard and scalloped circle dies.

Stamp sets: Carte Postale, God's Beauty, Inspired by Nature.

The images were stamped in black StazOn ink and the butterfly was colored a sponge brayer. I love the soft look the sponge brayer gives. No streaks when you use that one! The red shades are made with chalk and a Q-tip or your finger. Hope you enjoy these Spring cards! Thanks for visiting!

Sock Monkey card

This Sock Monkey card brings back memories of the sock monkeys my aunt used to make. They always looked so silly that they were funny! This little fellow is stamped in black StazOn ink and colored with markers and the Aqua Painter. The balloon is cut out, and the balloon string is actually a very thin strip of card stock. Our Stampin' Up! table top paper cutter does a great job of cutting the tiniest sliver of paper! I used a kraft knife to make slits on both sides of the left arm, and slipped the paper string through the slits. A piece of scotch tape on the back of the card holds it in place. The Just for You sentiment is punched out with the small oval punch and backed with a red oval from the larger oval punch. The background paper is the cute check pattern from the designer series Bella Rose papers. I usually paper-piece this monkey because I like to see different patterns on him, but this coloring technique was must faster, and I do like the effect! Hope you do too!

Chalk & Pencils Bunny

I was stamping with my sister while on vacation. She had this cute bunny stamp by Penny Black and we decided to use it on this circle card. The stamp was slightly larger than the circle so the pansy at the top of the card was cut off. I re-stamped the pansy on another card, cut it out, and layered it over the edge of the card. I really like this dimmensional effect.

The circle card was cut from celery card stock using the scalloped nestabilities. To do this, I folded my card first, then placed the fold just under the cutting edge of the scallop die. I used scotch tape to hold the die in place. When cut, the fold remains in tact and the top edge of the scallop does not quite show but the card opens from the top.

The bunny is colored with pencils and shaded with Stampin' Up! pastels. I love the soft look the pastels give. The scan does not show the glitter in the 3 pansies that are layered and put on with a dimensional. The circle was cut with a plain nestabilities die and then layered onto a rust scalloped circle.

I'll be trying to post more often now that most of my summer travel is complete! Thanks for visiting my blog!