Tag: birthday card

What: A birthday card for my brother who is just a bit keen on VW camper vans. Supplies: stamps: Avery Elle - Surf's Up Lawn Fawn - Sunny Skies dies: Avery Elle - dotted ELLE-ments colour: Copic Sketch markers Judikins - iridescent embossing powder Memento - tuxedo black embellishments: washi tape paper and card: Bo… Continue reading Birthday card: Camper van

What: I really like this stencil and I'm pleased with how well it worked with the die-cut swirl edging. I'm not sure about the sentiment being popped up on the label; I suspect it would would look better if it were stamped directly on the card. Supplies: stamps: Sizzix/Hero Arts - floral Clearly Besotted -… Continue reading Birthday card: Stencilling and swirls

What: An experiment in tone-on-tone stenciling and embossing on vellum. Supplies: stamps: Mama Elephant - make a wish stencils: Hero Arts/Basic Grey - leaf and flourish colour: Distress ink pads Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder embellishments: sequins Anita’s – gemstone wheel – multi-coloured pearl – white paper and card: Dovecraft - premium vellum

What: An excuse to play with the Copics and to have a go at assembling a scene from die-cut elements. Supplies: stamps: Lawn Fawn - Smitty's ABCs Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest dies: Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest Mama Elephant - creative cuts - landscape trio colour: Copic Sketch markers Ranger -… Continue reading Birthday card: Fox

What: Another simple card with coloured stamping; Copic for the owl and pencils for the log. Supplies: stamps: Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest Crafty Impressions - happy birthday dies: Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest colour: Copic Sketch markers Caran d'Ache supracolor soft embellishments: Purple Peach hearts/stars stickers

What: The first of two cards designed with a much cleaner, simpler look in mind. My first attempt at Copic colouring. Supplies: stamps: Lawn Fawn - Smitty's ABCs Lawn Fawn - sunny skies Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest dies: Lawn Fawn - sunny skies Lawn Fawn - critters in the forest colour: Copic… Continue reading Birthday card: Kites

What: A card for a gadget-loving friend. Supplies: stamps: Clearly Besotted - text me Avery Elle - cake & candles colour: Versamagic - cloud white Hero Arts - Hero Hues - black Knorr Prandell - embossing powder - transparent paper and card: Paperchase - A6 cropping block - metallic First Edition - paper pad - Noir et… Continue reading Birthday card: iPhone

What: Made for my neighbour, who is a driver on the Piccadilly underground line. Inlaid circle die cuts formed the tube roundel and I coloured some baker's twine with marker to make it closer to the Piccadilly line colour. One slight oops — as he pointed out, I overlooked Heathrow Terminal 5. Supplies: stamps: Bo Bunny - sentiments… Continue reading Birthday card: Piccadilly line

What: A birthday card for my neighbour — I should have written something rude in place of the stamped sentiment, but I really need to work on my lettering before I contemplate committing my handwriting to the front of a card. This was my first attempt at painting with Distress inks and, while it's far from… Continue reading Birthday card: Bunny

What: I love this faux leather paper technique and it was perfect for this particular friend's birthday. It's really simple and very effective: spray both sides of the cardstock with Ranger ink refresher, work in, crumple, dust with Perfect Pearls, and leave to dry. Finding the video of someone demonstrating this technique led me to… Continue reading Birthday card: Faux leather

What: If the person I made this for lived in the UK, it would have arrived in time. Unfortunately, they're on mainland Europe so I knew it wouldn't, hence the "belated". In future I'll try to keep better track of what day of the month it is. Supplies: stamps: Clearly Besotted - mini basic banners dies: Clearly… Continue reading Birthday card: Belated

What: I wish I'd given myself a little more time to work on this; I would have done the sentiment differently, or at the very least made sure it was properly centred on the card. I am, however, happy with the way the colouring turned out. The Dove blender pen smooths the pencil nicely without… Continue reading Birthday card: Bookworm

What: Another card created in the process of learning techniques and trying out different styles. Inspired by: Petal Parade at Made with Sparkle Supplies: stamps: Clearly Besotted - sweet little sentiments Clearly Besotted - leafy accents Hero Arts - floral colour: Distress ink pads Memento - tuxedo black embellishments: The Homemakery - lovely baker's twine -… Continue reading Birthday card: Flowers and twine