Over the Moon Birthday - Hand Stamped Sentiments #320

I had a bit of fun creating this card for the sketch challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments #320 here  using the cows from "Over the Moon" to deliver  a birthday message to their fellow cow who seems better the worst for wear.

On a thick Very Vanilla card base was layered a piece of Early Espresso card stock, and on top of that some Woodgrain DSP embossed with the Woodgrain embossing folder.  Using a finger dauber, some Soft Suede ink was gently rubbed over the embossed DSP to bring out the highlights.

A 2 1/4" circle was punched in the embossed Woodgrain DSP after which this layer was adhered to the Early Espresso layer using dimensionals.

At the far left end a smaller strip of a darker shade of the Woodgrain DSP was added which was converted into a bard door using the hard ware die cut from the Barn door dies. The door does not move.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, two of the cows were stamped.  The third cow was stamped using reverse stamping.  This was done by stamping first on the silicone sheet and then placing the card stock directly onto the silicone mat.  All 3 cows were coloured with blendabilites and fussy cut.  Two of the cows were inserted into the punched circle underneath the door.  The head of one of the cows was cut along the neck line so that the head could extend over the circle.  Some branches were die cut in Crushed Curry, & adhered under the die cut circle to mimic hay(?).  The third cow, tired from partying, is lying on the ground below the window.

The birthday sentiment, from Cake Soiree, was stamped onto a Crumb Cake die cut tag (from Delicate Birthday \Edgelet dies). This was added at an angle over the door, using dimensionals,  with a bow made with two stands of Linen Thread added to the top.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Over the Moon, Cake Soiree

Inks:  Black Memento, Soft Suede, Stampin' Blends (Basic Black, Real Red, Ivory, Bronze, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive)

Papers:  Very Vanilla (Thick), Whisper White, Early Espresso, Woodgrain DSP, Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Woodgrain Embossing Folder, 2 1/4" circle punch, Detailed Birthday Edgelets, Linen Thread, Barn Door Dies, Dimensionals

Birthday in silver & ribbon - The Joy of SetsTic Tac Toe Challenge

Every month the team at The Joy of Sets Facebook Group has a challenge. For January, the challenge with the Joy of Sets is a Tic Tac Toe one #JOSTTT001




I chose to do the silver, birthday, ribbon

To make this card, I used the silver blank cards with coordinating envelopes which were offered in the Christmas catalogue, along with the current SAB stamp "Lovely Lace".

After embossing the image with silver embossing powder on a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock, it was coloured  with Stampin' Blends.   3 different colours (Lovely Lipstick, Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight)were used  for the flowers - Old Olive for the leaves. The lace was coloured in a light smokey slate.

The new stitched rectangular framelits were used to die cut the image, die cutting it twice to make the image square.  After matting this piece  with silver foil card stock, I added some 3/8" white silver edged ribbon along the left edge and a double bow at the top.

Dimensionals were used to add the art piece to the card front.

The "Happy Birthday" sentiment, from "Cake Soiree" was also silver embossed before being die cut and mounted on silver foil.  Dimensionals were also used to add it to the card front at the bottom.

On the left lower corner, I added 3 silver foil flowers punched with the retired Petite Flower punch.  After shaping them a tiny pearl was added to each center and they were adhered to the card using glue dots.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Cake Soiree, Lovely Lattice
Inks:  Versa Mark, Stampin' Blends (Light and dark Lovely Lipstick, Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Smokey Slate)
Papers:  Whisper White, Silver Foil, A2 silver edged foil card and coordinating envelope
Accessories:  3/8" white silver edged ribbon, pearls, Silver embossing powder, dimensionals.

Happy Anniversary Cake Soiree using Eclipse Technique

I'm really happy with the way this anniversary card turned out.

I opted to use a silver and white color scheme for this elegant card with just a hint of color on the flowers on the cake. Using the eclipse technique contributed to the elegance of this card.

The basic card is a top fold Thick Whisper White, layered with Silver Foil and then Whisper White embossed with the Sequins embossing folder.

Before adhering the embossed Whisper White layer to the Silver Foil layer, it was die cut with 2 sizes of oval framelits.  I did the same thing using Silver Foil.  The cake was built on the die cut oval, which was adhered to the silver foil layer.  The silver foil frame was added to the card front using foam adhesive strips (eclipse technique).  The embellishment at the upper right was made by silver embossing and die cutting one of the flowers and two leaves and adhering them with dimensionals.

Here's a side view of the eclipsed oval frame.

Sentiment is from "Best Birds"

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Cake Soiree, Best Birds
Inks:  Versa Mark, Markers (Sea side foam, powder pink)
Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Silver Foil, Whisper White
Accessories:  Silver embossing powder, Sweet Cake Framelits, Layering Oval Framelits, Scattered Sequins embossing folder, Dimensionals