Another Great Year - Technostamper 297

I think we`re experiencing our January thaw.  Since Saturday the temperature has been 6 degrees - in some places higher.  All the snow and ice we have has been melting, but because the storm drains are covered up with snow banks there are giant puddles all over the place.  In other words, its a mess out there!  Tomorrow its supposed to get colder again - and those puddles will freeze.
Today`s card is another birthday card, using the sketch with the Technostamper here

The base card is Coastal Cabana card stock layered with Very Vanilla.  The large banner is Retro Fresh Designer paper.

At the top of the card is a piece of Tangerine Tango upon which the sentiment is stamped.  Two cupcakes stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock and coloured with SU markers were cut out and adhered on either side of the sentiment.  I punched two hearts out of red glimmer paper using the Owl builder punch and glued them on top of the hearts already on the cupcake.  Some dazzling diamonds was placed on the icing.

Vanilla seam binding was attached to the lower ending and a bow placed in the middle.

At the bottom end of this tangerine piece I attached a  fringed piece of designer paper which I fringed using the Paper Fringe scissors.

Stamp: Another Great Year

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

Papers: Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Vanilla Seam Binding, Fringe Paper Scissors, Dazzling diamonds, Owl Building punch

Hardwood Background Birthday - Friday Mashup #141

Happy New Year everyone.  We've had quite the New Year weather wise.  It really started before Christmas when we were hit by a huge ice storm which crippled the City of Toronto with most of the city being without power for over a week. This combined by frigid temperatures in the minus 40 degrees C (with the wind chill) made for a cool holiday season.  Since then we have had a few relatively mild days but mainly cold, cold temperatures - and snow almost everyday.  My poor son is having a hard time keeping the driveway clear.  We have to be happy just keeping the mouth of the driveway clear of snowplough mounds. Today the thermometer is minus 21 without the wind chill - not a day to be going outside.  Apparently exposed skin will freeze in under 5 minutes.

For this week's challenge with the Friday Mashup here I chose not to do a theme related to time as I did not have any stamps for that theme.  Instead I chose to make a masculine birthday card.

 

I used a combination of new Occasions catalogue items and items available in the Annual catalogue. 

The base card is Soft Suede layered with a piece of Whisper White which has been stamped with the Hardwood background stamp.  On this I applied a piece of Retro Fresh designer paper.

The image is stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Soft suede ink, with the sentiment stamped directly underneath it.  This panel is sponged with Soft Suede ink and then matted with a piece of Soft Suede card stock.  A banner of Tangerine Tango cardstock is attached at the bottom of the panel and this panel attached to the card using dimensionals.

Some Gold Baker's twine was wound around the card at its left side.

Stamps: Hardwood, Walk in the Wild, Petite Pairs, Another Great Year

Inks: Soft Suede

Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Retro Fresh Designer Paper, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Gold Baker's twine