White Birthday Card

I decided to have a look through my die collection,  it's not a big one as I've only recently started collecting them, and picked out five that I thought might work together. In the end I only used four of them and a punch. Originally I was going to make a self coloured card but something seemed missing so I used some of the beautiful non-shedding glitter card I have in my stash (a bargain £1.49 for 10 sheets from B&M!). My first thought had been to use the pale blue but in the end thought silver was best .  



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I chose to go with the Marianne Design Creatables Anja edge die, I had been going to use the Anja Corner die with it but in the end decided to use the edge die by itself and create a gate-fold card. I added Marianne  Designs "Ivy Corner" and the largest butterfly from a Joy! Craft set. The flowers are from a Woodcraft daisy punch and the sentiment is the Spellbinders Sentiments 1 "Happy Birthday".

 

 

Card Stock:

White Pearlised Card from PayPer Box

Silver Non-shedding Glitter Card from B&M

 

Dies:

Marianne Designs Anja Edge

Marianne Designs Ivy Corners

Joy! Craft Butterfly Set

Spellbinders Sentiments 1 "Happy Birthday"

Woodcraft Daisy Punch

 

Embellishments:

Pearl & Bling from stash

 

Baby, Baby, Baby - Freshly Made Sketches 183

It's been a while since I've made as many cards as I have in this last week - maybe I'm getting my mojo back!

On looking at the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge for this week I thought I would adapt the baby onesie shaped card I made last week and make a smaller version which could be used as a topper.

In order to get an idea of the size I would need for the onesie I used linen effect card to mat and layer the three outer dies of the Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles" and used the width of inner rectangle as a starting point.

Using a rectangle of paper folded in half I cut out a template for the topper and used it to transfer the design onto linen effect card. (I don't have exact measurements for it as I did it all by eye.)



Once the design was cut out, everything I wanted pink (card, DS satin ribbon and bling) was coloured with a Dusky Pink Pro marker to ensure a good match. I took some small scraps of left over patterned paper (from FMS 182) and used them to embellish the onesie, It was then trimmed with the fine DS satin ribbon at the neck and legs. 


The completed onesie was then mounted onto a piece of foam and shaped to give a more dimensional look.
 
I've had the pale pink gingham cardstock for a while and although I kept looking at it I never seemed to find the right project to use it - until now! I thought the gingham would look nice with the lace effect frame created from the Radiant Rectangle dies.

Cardstock:

Gingham and linen effect card from PayPer Box

Patterned card from Trimcraft Kiss and Tell 6x6" Pad

 

Dies:

Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles

Spellbinders Congratulations

Hobby Craft Small Daisy Punch

 

Ink:

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry

Letraset Pro Markers - Dusty Pink

Stamp:

"New Baby" from Paula Pascall Sentiments Set

 

Embellishments:

Ribbon, button and bling scavenged from my

craft stash!

 

 

 

 

 

My next project is going to be a Birthday Card for my Sister's Birthday next weekend I shall have a rummage through my craft stash over the weekend to see what comes out.  Who knows, I may even make her a piece of jewellery as well - if I can come up with any ideas that is!