Zoo Babies Towering Birthday

This card is based on one I saw on Pinterest, but is not an exact case.  Again, it's a birthday card for a young child.

Using a stamp-a-ma-jig, the animals were place one on top of the other on one side of the card.  In some instances e.g. with the bird, I coloured the images with markers prior to stamping.  A stick was drawn from the Zebra's mouth to the Happy Birthday sign placed at an angle near the top of the other side of the card.

Stamp: Zoo Babies, Itty Bitty Banners
Inks: Soft Sky, Garden Green, Hello Honey, Chocolate chip, Markers (Primrose Petals, Hello Honey, Soft Sky, Old Olive), Basic Black
Papers: Hello Honey, Soft Sky, Whisper White
Accessories: Itty Bitty Banner framelit, stamp-a-ma-jig

Butterfly Thank you - Double Embossing 2

This is the second card I made yesterday using the double embossing technique - this time using 2 different embossing folders.  Since I could not find  a tutorial for this method I will provide a step by step explanation.

The two embossing folders I used were the Fancy Fan Folder and the Oval from the Designer Frames set of 2.
1.  Cut 3 pieces of the cardboard ( from the DSP pack) - approximately  4.25 by 5.5 inches.
2.  After deciding where I wanted the oval on my card, I used the Ovals framelits to cut an oval out of each piece of card board.  To make sure the ovals are in the same spot on each piece of cardboard, I marked the oval on the 2nd and 3rd piece with a pencil before cutting out the ovals.
3.  Adhere the 3 pieces together.
4.  Attach this with a temporary adhesive to the top of the Fancy Fan embossing folder.
5.  Place cardstock inside the embossing folder, and run through the Big Shot on the multipurpose platform- with all tabs closed and only one cutting plate.  This results in an embossed piece of cardstock with an unembossed oval.
6. Attach the 3 die cut ovals together and attach to the back of the Oval designer embossing folder.
7.  Place the oval embossing folder over the area that is blank
8.  Place on top of the multipurpose platform and with all tabs closed run it through the Big Shot.
This gives you the second embossed area in the middle of the fancy fan embossed area.

Stamps: Backyard Basics, Itty Bitty Banners
Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers (Calypso Coral, Midnight Muse)
Papers: Vellum, Whisper White, Midnight Muse, cardboard from DSP
Accessories: Backyard Basics framelits, Itty Bitty Banner framelits, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Oval designer folder, gold Baker's twine.

The butterfly is made by stamping a butterfly from the Backyard Basics stamp set onto Vellum using Black Stazon ink, then colouring on the wrong side using markers.  The image was then die cut using the coordinating framelit.

Leaves Falling for You - Unscripted Sketches #180

Again, since I had a lot of leaves left over from a previous project, this card uses some of these leaves in its design.  It is made for the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

Technique:

The card base is Early Espresso layered with Crumb Cake card stock which is embossed with the Brocade folder.  Using a dauber, the embossed cardstock was painted with Champagne shimmer paint.  This makes it look like gold paper.

Image: Three pieces of Very Vanilla card stock were cut and sponged with Early Espresso ink.  They were mounted on a piece of Champagne glitter paper.

The leaves were mounted on the various size pieces with dimensionals.  Crystal effects was applied to the acorn.

Embellishment: A piece of Early Espresso Baker's twine was wrapped around the crumb cake layer 3 times and a button was attached to the string.

Stamp: Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: Early Espresso, Riding Hood Red, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight (for the leaves)

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Champagne glitter paper, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Itty Bitty framelits, Autumn Accents die, Woodgrain folder, Brocade folder, Square lattice folder, Gold Smooch, Champagne shimmer paint, Early Espresso baker's twine, Neutrals button, dimensionals, Crystal Effects.

Fall Leaves - Thank You & Embossed glitter ribbon

I was making an Autumn wreath and had some leaves left over - and I never like to throw things out.
So, I made a card, which was inspired by a card made by Selena Kempton over at Stamping 411.

Technique:
The Autumn Accents die was used to cut out some leaves in Summer Starfruit, Old Olive, and Soft Suede.
The leaves were folded in half and laid at right angles in the Woodgrain folder and embossed.  They were then sponged with Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Lucky Limeade and spritzed with water to blend the colors.  After they were dry, they were spritzed with gold smooch.  Two acorns were cut -one in Old Olive and one if Soft Suede.  The top of the soft suede one was cut off and glued to the Old Olive one.  After sponging with soft suede ink, Crystal effects was applied to the bottom half of the acorn.  When dry it too was spritzed with gold smooch.
While the leaves were drying I prepared the rest of the card.

The card base is Island Indigo, layered with Very Vanilla and then a layer of Early Espresso core'dination card stock embossed with the Woodgrain folder and sanded.
The designer paper is from Orchard Harvest.

Ribbon: The white Organza ribbon was first colored with a Crumb Cake marker, then covered with Versa Mark ink and sprinkled with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  The ribbon was heat embossed very carefully as the ribbon will melt.  The ribbon did wrinkle a bit, but I just pulled it to straighten it out.
Sentiment: From Itty Bitty Banners and die cut with the coordinating framelits.

The leaves were layered and attached to each other and the card using dimensionals.

Thank you Selena for your inspiration.

Thanksgiving Thank you - Paper Pal Arts #141

Although it is still August, the feel of fall is in the air.  Thanksgiving will be upon us before we know it.  So, I'm getting a head start...
To make this card, I used the sketch challenge with Paper Pal Arts here

 

Technique:

Image:  The Rock and Roll technique was used using the colors More Mustard and Cajun Craze. It was then cut out and the edges sponged with Cajun Craze. A second image was stamped with Cajun Craze and the middle flower was cut out, the edges of which were sponged and then it was attached to the center of the image with a dimensional.  A rhinestone in the center completed the image.

Background for Image:  The edges of the Very Vanilla panel were stamped a smaller image from the stamp set using Old Olive ink.  The entire panel was then embossed with the Square lattice folder.

The completed image was attached to the prepared panel with dimensionals.

Sentiment: After stamping with Cajun Craze ink the image was die cut with Bitty Banners framelit, the edges sponged,and attached to the image under the cut out flower.

Stamps: Day of Gratitude, Itty Bitty Banners

Inks: More Mustard, Cajun Craze

Papers: Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Retired SU designer paper

Accessories: Bitty Banners framelit, Square lattice folder, dimensionals, rhinestone

Butterfly Birthday Wishes - Stamping 411 #259

I got a delivery yesterday in the middle of a thunderstorm, so just had to try out some of the new products today using the sketch challenge with Stamping 411here

Here is my card:

 

When I saw the sketch at Stamping 411 I knew immediately I wanted to use the new butterfly punch.  First I punched out a butterfly using the twitterpated designer paper and then using vellum.  The vellum I embossed with the polka dot embossing folder afterwhich I sponged the edges with Baja Breeze ink.
The vellum butterfly was attached to the top of the designer paper one and pearls attached to the center and the top of each wing. Dimensionals were used to attach the butterflies to a 1 1/4" Pretty in Pink circle. The wings were then separated to give the appearance that the butterfies were about to take off.
These circle units were attached to a panel of Whisper White card stock that had been embossed using the Chevron embossing folder.  The panel was backed with Island Indigo card stock.  This unit was attached to a Baja breeze layer embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.
The 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain ribbon was colored with an Island Indigo marker.

Here's the complete recipe:

Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners
Inks: Baja Breeze, Basic Black, Island Indigo marker
Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Vellum, Twitterpated designer series paper
Accessories: Polka Dot embossing folder, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Chevron embossing folder, Butterfly punch, 1/4" Whisper White stitched grosgrain ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, 1 1/4" circle punch