Gifted Background Birthday Card

Hello Everybody!

It is a new year and with that a little self reflection.  I am starting to know what my limits are-like I cannot make an elaborate costume or craft things out of wood.  I can't really work a saw and there wouldn't be room for one if I could.  But what I can do is make cards and various papercrafts.  I want to deliver a little magic to my family and friends in their mailboxes.  If I were to pick a word for this new year-it is magic. And I want to be able to make that happen.  

With that-I am trying to let go of perfection. A thing I put on myself all by myself.  That's what stops things from being created. My own "that won't be good enough."  The receiver doesn't know what it should look like per se. They are happy to be thought about. And life's not perfect. So here we go!

I bought this Taylored Expressions gifted background. They have this really cool process-it's more than a stamp. There is a matching stencil and matching die cut. I have become obsessed.

 

This card uses the stamp and stencil. The stencil is awesome in creating this change color effect on the presents. I have used this color scheme on a few more cards which I will share as the week progresses. A whole week of cards or projects! Yes please! 

So for this card I used Lovely Lilac cardstock from Stampin Up. The heart sequins are from Queen and Company. The sentiment is from rubber necker stamps stamped in lovely lilac with shaded lilac distress ink on the sides of the cut out sentiment. First I stamped the background and then used the stencil with distress oxides/inks in the picture below. I used my normal ranger round foam applicators.

Pinterest is a beautiful thing. That is where this color combo was that inspired me. 

I am entering this card into the Get Creative Challenges: Anything Goes no twist #97. (1/31)

So Cheers to a new year. Cheers to crafty fun and bringing a little more happiness into the world. Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Mermaid Birthday Card

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Sometimes I look back through my blog for a technique or a card I made.  And every now and then I come across something funny.

I made this card for a friend of mine.  It's late (ugh!).  Her birthday was August and she won't get it until October because all of a sudden September is almost over.  LOL. 

So I was going through my blog and found a blog entry around this time last year--for the same thing.  A birthday card for the same friend---and the same tardiness.  Wow.  How does that happen?  LOL.  Here's the link in case you wanted to see.  It's Throwback Thursday so I'm on time for something, right?  LOL.

Moving along---Here is my card using a mermaid stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker stamps.  I used Copics to color her and the "water" is distress oxides. 

I masked the mermaid which is white there is this glow around her.  It was hard to get a lot of ink into the spaces of her hair.  The shell is a button that I cut the back part off.  And then a little bling. 

I am entering these into the following challenges:

{Pin}spirational Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...keep swimming! :)

A Birthday Card

Hello Everybody!

I went to the Scrapbook Expo and had the best time!  I went with my mom-in-law, and it was so much fun.  A lot more fun than going by myself! :)  There were so many booths that I could've used another 2 hours but I know the vendors were happy when 5 o'clock came.

So I made this card for the challenge going on over at Inkspirational: Challenge#18 Colors peach, olive green, and grape.

Here is my card.  I used a new stamp set that I got at the Scrapbook Expo.  It's from a Company called Rubbernecker and check out their site.  They have lots of products and lots of great stamps!  There is a stamp for the purple color and then an outline stamp.  I used Tim Holtz dusty concorde and a blue distress marker and water for the purple color.

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterflies and then embossed them with Swiss Dots.  The sentiment is a rub-on.  I love how this came out.  It's so pretty and wasn't time intensive (woo hoo!).  Better go for now but thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a good night.