Watercolour Wings Birthday Card

The Today's card is rather special. Not only because I have used the wonderful new stamp set from Stampin' Up! but also how I have made the "you".  I have also used my favourite die sets from Die-namics Blueprints 15 and Stitched Rectangles. Here it is. 

There is a lot going on in this card and it took me quite a while to make.  The "happy" and "to" were stamped and die cut using the Stitched Rectangle die set from Die-namics.  I needed to run these through my Big Shot several times to makes these individual sizes.  The "birthday" was stamped using my new Rotary Alphabet stamp then die cut also. All the words were stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink onto Whisper White card.  

Here is a view from the side.  Crystal Effects was also used on the butterfly to create a glossy finish.  A glassine die cut butterfly was added onto the larger butterfly and rhinestones added for embezzlement. 

Here is a closer view of the "you".  To achieve this look I die cut it out 4 times, 3 in white and once in the melon mamba card. I then adhered each layer individually using Crystal Effects as this has a small tip and also dries clear. This creates depth and height without using foam dots as the word is so delicate it would be impossible to achieve this using them.  It is time consuming and took quite a while and a steady hand.   Crystal Effects was also put on top as when dried this brings a glossy finish. 

Here is the inside die cut and rhinestones added for embellishment.

The dots at the side were stamped in Melon Mamba ink and then cut to size and raised on Dimensionals.  Rhinestones were added to the front of the card for embezzlement. 

Colour Q Weekly Challenge

This week's Colour Q  challenge had me reaching for my new goodies and whilst I was assembling my card even more were delivered so of course I had to use them lol.  It is also Secondary Colours day over at Summer School at the MFT blog, this will be entered there too.

The base card is Blushing Bride and stamped with Brushstrokes.  I actually started with the Summer Starfruit but chose differently once it was stamped.  The card behind the butterfly is Summer Starfruit stamped using Writing Notes and I found some thin white wire in my stash. 

My new goodies - Die-namics Pierced Tags, so I had to use one, or two in this card.  The first is on the front.  The "happy" is a die from Hello You with the "birthday" is another die stamped in Rich Razzleberry on another tag.  The Itty Bitty flower punches used throughout.

Lots of layering.  Pretty.  Why not head over to Colour Q and check out what other great projects there are, click here

You can also click here to go over to the MFT blog and check out their Summer School tips.

I hope your day is pretty great too.  Take care of you.  

Pauline x

Happy Birthday You

Folk following my blogs and Facebook pages will now just how much I am loving my fairly new discovery of My Favorite Things.  I have had two Stitched Rectangle die sets for just over a month know and I have already added to these with more die sets and stamps.  Today MFT Stamps has started a new "summer school" and I really want to join in, so I made this card but I may submit my previous one lol.

The rule is Gallon, Quart and Pint.  Now not being an American I do use these measurements but I get the drift.  So my Gallon is the new Tip Top Taupe in colour from Stampin' Up!, my Quart is Mint Macaron and my Pint is Pink Pirouette, both from SU also.   Honestly it feels quite strange having a completely clean white base as lately I have been using a lot of background stamps and stencilling so My brain hasn't quite adjusted yet lol.  

Sequin added to embellish.

Side view to see all the layering.

I have added some silver Scibbles behind the butterfly from Die-namics and in the flag and to coordinate I have added rhinestones.  The pattern on my die cut stitched rectangle is Mint Macaron using my Sweater Knit stamp.  The butterfly is stamped in Turquoise, Mint Macaron and Smoky Slate and die cut using a coordinating die.  These are Watercolor Wings from SU.   My "you" was die cut 3 times from the SU Hello You set and adhered all on top of each other to create a more defined word.  I have used the same technique several times and whilst it is more time consuming it is definitely worth it to achieve this result.

I hope you have enjoyed this card, I certainly have had fun making it.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

You're The Best

I am so addicted to making cards right now and using both My Favorite Things and my Stampin' Up! products is it any wonder.  Here is one I made yesterday and will be placing this into the MFT sketch challenge, my second entry and I am also submitting it to the new MFT Summer School challenge!

The base is Smoky Slate from Stampjn' Up! die cut from yep you guessed Blueprints 15 large stitched die.  Sweater Knit was then stamped with VersaMark, clear heat embossed then die cut and layered onto the base card.  I used a die from Blueprints 15.

A Stitched Round Rectangle die was used with retired DSP from SU.  A Watercolor Wings butterfly was stamped using 4 layers in Sahara Sand, Mint Macaron, Daffodil Delight then Midnight Muse in the centre.  This  was then die cut using the coordinating die.  A glassine butterfly was then die cut using the 2nd butterfly die from the set, adhered then pearl accents added.  Silver foil paper from SU was then used to die cut a Scribbles, which was adhered only in the centre with Glossy Accents before the butterfly was layered on top of a strip of Dimentionals.

Here is a side view where you can see all the layers.  A white peg from my stash was adhered using a Glue a Dot with a strip of silver foil hearts held underneath.  I used the Hearts Border punch from SU to achieve this.  The punched hearts were then adhered to the card using Glossy Accents.

Inside I again die cut layers in Smoky Slate and Whisper White with stitched dies then stamped a sentiment in Black Archival ink from the Watercolor Words stamp set.  Hearts were then added to embellish, two smaller in silver foil and a larger one using the Itty Bitty punch.  This was embossed silver on Whisper White using a Woodgrain stamp I had left from a previous project.  You can check that out here

As always my envelopes or not left and this one has hearts punched out in coordinating card and paper.  Great fun, I love keeping busy and seemed to have gotten over my blind spot from yesterday without the need for doing gardening, although the garden really needs done lol.

Happy days.  Take care of you.

Pauline x