Hi Everybody,
I made a cute birthday card for a very good friend. She is so talented at making cards that I'm always just a little bit nervous when making her a card. I know that's silly but it's true.
I colored this cute stamp with Copic Markers from La La Land Stamps called Heart Cupcake Marci. I fussy cut her out because I wanted as much of the background to show as possible. For the background I used the Concord & 9th Plaid Background Stamp. Oh how I love this stamp! It can look like gingham or plaid. There are lines included to make it look plaid. I used the Misti Stamping Tool to make sure I stamped it with good coverage. I used one of the Altenew mini cube inks, Cherry Blossom. I used the lightest color to stamp this background, Pink Diamond.
For the sentiment, I used a wood block stamp that doesn't have a company name on it that says, Happy Cupcake Day. I thought that was perfect for this card. I stamped with the third darkest color in the Altenew Cherry Blossom set called, Rubellite and cut out with a fish tail banner die. I inked around the edges with the same color.
To finish it off, I used a Sakura Glitter Pen, Clear Star, and used this on random parts of the stamp.
For the inside, I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder for the pink cardstock at the top. I put white cardstock under it and used a border die to cut off the lower part of the pink so I would have room to sign the card. To make the inside look a little more festive I used the My Favorite Things Die-Namics Fringed Scallop Borders.
I love the stamp I used inside from Altenew called Wish Big. I used one of the new WOW Glitter Embossing Powders called Spring Breeze resulting in some sparkle (who doesn't love sparkle??) and some green to tie in with the front.
Clear sequins were the finishing touch. I hope she likes it!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
Hi Everybody,
I don't know about you, but I have a 'list' of techniques in addition to papers, paints, inks, etc., that I want to use and I'm just now getting to using Oxide Inks on black cardstock. The look is so interesting, like velvet. When I was growing up, I loved the paint by numbers paint sets and some were velvet. Am I dating myself? lol
I used a smooth black cardstock from Paper Temptress called Neenah Super Smooth Black. The ink blended on this cardstock perfectly. I used Wilted Violet, Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans. I used the jumbo sponge daubers with a Tim Holtz stencil called, Splashes and sponged it on, doing two layers. Next I spritzed with water but I accidentally used the bottle of water I have with the Pearl Perfect Pearls mixed in. I do love the result, so shimmery! Sometimes my accidents turn into beauties, other times, not so much. :)
I used Gina K Designs Wilted Violet cardstock on bottom layer of card. I cut out a Hello word die from Honeybee Stamps, Gather Together set and inked it up with Wilted Violet to match background. I cut out 3 or 4 to give it some dimension using Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight White cardstock. This is the shadow part of the die.
Next I cut out the letters in Hello and decided to use the new WOW Embossing Glitter Powder called Persian Indigo since I had purple blue colors in the card. I used tweezers and carefully pressed into an embossing ink pad and then dipped into the glitter embossing powder and heat set, repeating 3-4 times to get really good coverage.
I thought vellum would be the best way to adhere the Hello word die so I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out and I wrapped it around card layer and adhered it tightly. I used a Zig Glue Pen to glue the word die shadow and letters.
I think this card turned out so pretty! I hope you'll try oxide inks on black cardstock if you haven't already.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
