Thinking Of You On Your Birthday

 

My card today was created for the latest Just Us Girls card challenge. I tried to use some of the fun colors in the mood board on my card. I started by die cutting a piece of bright pink cardstock from Colorbok's Cardstock Carton paper pad using CTMH Stitched Lattice background plate. The "thinking of you on your" sentiment came from The Greetery's PreText Sentiments stamp set. And the remainer of the images were from the SSS Birthday Mail freebie I received from my last order with them. The images were all stamped onto white Copic-friendly cardstock, colored with my Copic markers, and fussy cut out. I popped them all up using foam tape and arranged them on the card. I finished off the card using 6mm and 3mm clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. Thank you for stopping by my blog today! 

Nope. Not Today-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

This month Debra and I decided to create a card using any Unity Stamp Company stamp. I love all of my Unity stamps but am partial to my Angie girl stamps. I seem to grab for them a lot. This month I opted to use Tricia Girl and do some fun paper piecing. I started by stamping the image onto some white Copic-friendly cardstock, and then die cut that into a panel using a wonky stitch nesting die from Gina Marie Designs to create a panel. Using the Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic 6x6 paper pad, I stamped her scarf, shirt, skirt, jacket, purse, and boots and fussy cut them out. I edged each piece using my dual edge Memento marker and adhered them to the base stamped image. I added shadows to all of the pieces using my Copic markers. I die cut some banners using the same paper pad and some nesting banners from Unity Stamp Company and adhered them to the top of my focal panel, which I matted with some black cardstock. I finished off my card by adhering some black gems around the image. 

For my coffee this month, I opted for a nice deep Italian Espresso in my adorable Miss Etoile espresso cup that Nathan and I brought back from London last year.

Now, Debra did tell me that she was going to be using a new to her stamp from Unity this month, so be sure to stop by her blog to see what fun she created!  

We Go Together Like

 

Today's card was created for the latest Freshly Made Sketches. I started by embossing a piece of white cardstock using Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots embossing folder. I adhered it to the top of my card base. Using various shades of pink cardstock from my stash and a Martha Stewart scalloped lacy punch, I created three layers and adhered them to the card base. I punched the darkest of the cardstocks using a Stampin' UP border punch and popped it up using high dimension foam tape. I stamped the images from Sweet Stamp Shop's Perfect Match stamp set onto white Copic-friendly cardstock, colored them with my alcohol markers, and fussy cut them out. I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set and die cut it into a sentiment strip using Sugar Pea Designs Sentiment Strip dies. I adhered everything down to a heart panel I created using a Waffle Flower nesting heart die. I edged the heart with white gel pen dashes for a little additional interest and popped it up off of the card using more foam tape. I finished the card off by coloring some clear rhinestones from Recollections in a pink that matched the cardstock and adhered them around the focal panel. Thank you for visiting my blog today!

You're Cuter Than Cupid-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

We are celebrating fun folds this month at Send A Smile 4 Kids. I have to admit that I have never created anything other than a traditional top or side fold A2 card, so I had to go to Pinterest to figure this one out. I found this design on a Stampin' UP demonstrators page using some floral image. I thought it would be fun to do a sweet Valentine's Day card instead. I started with a piece of real red cardstock and cut it down to an A2 size (4.25"x 5.5"), removing 1" from the right side. I cut down down a piece of white cardstock for the insert to be 4'x5.25". I then die cut a rectangle piece of real red cardstock using a Pink & Main nesting rectangle die. I score the right edge at 1/4" and adhered that to the center of the insert panel at the back. I then attached the entire piece to the inside of the card. I then cut down another smaller piece of white cardstock and stamped the adorable image and sentiment from Colorado Craft Company's Mini Love Cards stamp set using Memento tuxedo black ink, and colored it using my Copic markers. I adhered that panel to my folded flap and added black dashed lines around the panel for a bit of interest. I added some patterned paper to the smaller front panel using Pebbles Be Mine 6x6 paper pad. I finished my adorable card off with some Nuvo Crystal drops in the White Blizzard to Cupid's wings and the cloud, and some pretty red clay hearts from Trinity Stamps to the outside panel. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to stop by the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog to see how everyone else was inspired!