Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Birthday Birdie!

Its always nice to have birthday cards around - just in case someone surprises you and you feel like doing more than just posting a message on their facebook wall.  I recently had a co-worker ask me to make up cards, so that his wife could have a stash just like this to dip into.  Well here's one of the cards that I made for them:


I used a quick paper piecing technique for this card-  for those of you who may not know what that is:

1) Stamp the image that you want to piece on multiple colors - for this one I chose a periwinkle, brown and aqua with a base of white. 

2) Decide what parts of the image you would like to have in what color.  And cut them out carefully - so as not to lose the edge of that part of the image.

3) Use some glue, to affix the peices on the white background image - this creates an awesome look, in very little time. 

I then used a Spica pen to give all of the black a bit of sparkle and shine. And the stamps are Verve Stamps - Birthday Suprise!

Pretty neat huh? Always a good thing to keep several cards on-hand!

For Tomorrow: My Very First Video Review (If I have time this week, I'm hoping I will) - I'll be reviewing a new toy that I got last month that makes quick embellishments out of any kind of paper.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Bleached Happy Birthday Cards

I can't believe how time flies, this time last year I was part of the awesome Bombshell Stamps Design Team and now I"m just workin' hard for the man. But there are those weekends where inspiration hits, and I get more done than I expected. This past weekend was one of those, and awesome! I organized all my scraps, drawers and supplies, got caught up on my StampTV and got to go to Estes with some really dear friends. All in all a successful weekend, and I thought I'd share the fruits of my labor with you! I'm always running short of birthday cards, and I can't tell you how many birthdays I seem to be un-prepared for, but now I've come up with a solution... make gender neutral birthday cards in groups. I practiced the bleaching technique found here: http://stamptv.ning.com/video/bleached-leaves

Here's what I came up with:


I used Papertrey Ink paper and In Bloom stamp set and sat down with some bleach and tested it on several different colors of paper from PTI (In the image above: Ocean Tides).


I thought they came out very well. If you like them, you can check them out on my etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/listing/55886711/birthday-trio.
Have a crafty day!!
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