Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday & Anniversary

Time for some more 'family' birthday celebrations.

 

We meet up in October to celebrate September & October birthdays.

 

October is niece Lauren's birthday & wedding anniversary - I usually do a combined card. 

 

Background was stamped with Couture Creations 'sunburst' and Clear Heat Embossed, then a selection of ink blended rainbow colours were added. Sentiment  'happy' was die cut 3 times - 1 from rainbow foil cardstock & 2 from white, then layered together for dimension and added to front of card with Foam strip.  Sentiment 'birthday' and 'anniversary' stamped directly onto cardfront.   Fishishing with a few stripes of Stickles.

 

Next up is a card for Great-Nephew, Lucas (11)

 

 

Background was stenciled  with Blue Distress Ink, '11' was stamped & clear heat embossed, 'birthday' was stamped - all directly onto cardfront.  'happy' was die cut from 'gold' mirror cardstock.

 

 

Next up is a card for Archie (9)  - I had some fun with this card!

 

 

 

I have had this set of Uniquely Creative Stamps & Dies (Summer) for a little while now (since August 2024), but have never used them before.  So I set about stamping out some elements and colouring in with Copics, then die cutting several times and mounting in layers to create dimension.  'happy' was die cut from Gold mirror card, layered and added to cardfront with foam.   

 

I played around with the different placements for a little while.  I decided to add a layer of DP from my stash, and a 'white' frame layer to help make the elements stand out a bit better, and once I was happy, stuck everything down. 

 

I really enjoyed the way this card came together and can see some more coming using this stamp set in the future.

 

Linking above card with the following challenges:

NBUS #79 

Cut it Up Challenge #341 - add embellishments 

Addicted to Stamps & More #504 - Any Occasion 

Seize the Birthday #316 - Anything Goes 

Neglected Stuff Challenge 10/25 

 

  

Items Used:

Stamps & dies:	Uniquely Creative – Summer, Hero Arts Stamp & Cut - Happy
Dies:	Waffle Flower A6 Layers
Ink:	Versamark Embossing Ink, Ranger Distress inks, Copic Markers
Card stock:	Blue Edge Crafts 300 gsm cardbase, Blue Edge Crafts 210 gsm cardfront, Mirror cardstock, rainbow foil cardstock
DP:
Tools:	Cuttlebug, Print Blocks Emboss It Heat Tool, Couture Creations Precision Stamp Press, Couture Creations Mini Guillotine Trimmer, Couture Creations Mini Score Board,
Embellishments:	Stickles/Kindy Glitz

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

You're not old, you're a classic

Another Cardmaking session for me!

 

CARD #1

 

Masculine Card -  

The Altenew Vintage Vibes stamps & dies were still on my desk from my last card.  So I went with a similar layout, but decided to do a 'shaker' element for the screen. 

 

I stamped all the layers of the TV, then die cut it out twice and joined the layers together for added dimension.

The assembled diecut TV was then mounted to the front with foam tape for added dimension.

Sentiment was stamped with black ink direct to the cardfront.

 

The ONLY BLING on this card was the shaker elements! 

 

Linking with the following challenges: 

 

 

Items Used:

STAMPS:  Altenew Vintage Vibes

DIES:  Altenew Vintage Vibes, Waffle Flower A6 Layers

INK:  Distress Inks

CARD STOCK:  Blue Edge Crafts Cardstock – Cream 300 gsm, White 210 gsm, Acetate

DP:  unknown (from stash)

TOOLS:   Cuttlebug

EMBELLISHMENTS: Sequins, hearts

 

CARD #2 

 I used some stencils I have had for a while and ink blended them using slightly different that traditional Christmas colours. 

 

Just the plain ink colour was a bit bland, so I re-positioned the stencil and went over it with Kindy Glitz/Stickles ...... I think it added just the right amount of sparkle.  Sentiment 'christmas' was stamped underneath baubles.

 

 

The card front was mounted onto some copper mirror cardstock, then added to the 300 gsm card base.

 

"Merry" was diecut several times with white cardstock and once with the mirror cardstock, layered then attached to the cardfront.

The Tag followed the same process for the card - ink blending and adding sparkles, mounted onto mirror cardstock and copper organza ribbon added.

 

Linking with:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #177 - non-traditional Christmas Colours 

 

Items Used:

DIES:  Waffle Flower A6 Layers, Hero Arts Merry & Bright

STENCILS:  Christmas Baubles (BlueEdge Crafts)

INK:  Distress Inks

CARD STOCK:  Blue Edge Crafts Cardstock – White Linen 210 gsm, Mirror Copper

TOOLS:   Cuttlebug, sticky matt

EMBELLISHMENTS: Kindy Glitz/Stickles, organza ribbon

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Happy Birthday Mr Fixit!

Birthday for Mr Fixit ....... 66 ...... one year closer to being an  'official' Aged Pensioner!

 

I had a bit of fun with his card - his favourite show (and mine) is Star Trek (the whole franchise actually).

 

The Altenew Vintage Vibes stamps & dies were the perfect choice!  I managed to find a Star Trek image on the internet (PNGwing)  - the hardest part was sizing it small enough to fit in the 'TV Screen'.

 

I stamped all the layers of the TV, then die cut it out twice and joined the layers together for added dimension.

  

 

 

The background is a snippett of scrapbook/DP that has been in my stash for so long.  It was die cut with the Waffle Flower A6 Layers die and I used the outer edge of a Spellbinders circle die to draw part of a circle and hand cut the top right hand corner, which was then added to the cardfront using double-sided tape.

 

 

The assembled diecut TV was then mounted to the front with foam tape for added dimension.

Sentiment was stamped with black ink.

 

NO bling was added to this card! 

 

Linking with the following challenges: 

 

As You Like It challenge asks for our Favourite card - square or not.  I do like a square card, but the traditional rectangle is my 'go to' - A5 size (half of an A4, folded in half)  I do mostly in portrait mode, but occasionally landscape mode.

 

Cut-it-Up Challenge #340 - Use more than one die - I have used the Vintage Vibes TV die, and a Waffle Flower A6 layers die AND using the outer edge of a Spellbinders circle die to get the round corner.

 

Cardz 4 Guyz #378 - Autumn/Fall - I have used Autumn/Fall colours.

 

 

Items Used:

STAMPS:  Altenew Vintage Vibes

DIES:  Altenew Vintage Vibes, Waffle Flower A6 Layers, Spellbinders Nested Circles

INK:  Distress Inks

CARD STOCK:  Blue Edge Crafts Cardstock – Cream 300 gsm, White 210 gsm, matte gold

DP:  unknown (from stash)

TOOLS:   Cuttlebug, Print Blocks Emboss It Heat Tool

EMBELLISHMENTS:  No Bling!

 

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.