Birthday Card | MFT's - Uncorked/Wine Service

Hey there!

This birthday card features a couple of great products from My Favorite Things’ | Uncorked Stamp Set & Wine Service Die-namics. 

I chose coordinating pattern papers for this card because I wanted to keep the glasses & wine bottles simple. I used a brick embossing folder to give texture to the background paper and speckled it with a bit of gold paint. I die cut all of the images in several coordinating colors – maroon, dark green, bronze and gold; this gave me extra pieces I could use to decorate the inside of the card and envelope. I assembled the wine bottle pieces together and created the scene on a 3.75” x 5” panel of Neenah Solar White #110 card stock; a piece of white craft foam was adhered to the back of the panel. I stamped the sentiment onto the inside of an A-2 top-folding white card base using the MISTI and glued my die-cut images into place. 

The front panel was adhered on the center of the card front with strong adhesive and I finished off the outside of the envelope as well.

Thanks for joining me today - Cheers!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Hero Arts - MMH July 2018 Kit

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I grew up in Midwestern farm country and believe me, the county fair was (and still is) a very BIG deal! I just ♥LOVE♥ the MMH’s July 2018 Kit, which captures the sweet charm of all the festivities!

To create the graduated sunset, I used an ink brayer and acrylic paint. Several short lines of acrylic paint were overlapped a bit along the edge of a piece of Neenah Solar White #110 card stock. The paint was then rolled onto the paper several times with the brayer, which blends the areas together to create the gradation. I made several backgrounds using this same color combo before cleaning the brayer and switching up the colors to a blue/purple palette.

When the panel was dry, the fair scene was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, embossed with clear powder and then die cut. I prepped a piece of black card stock with my anti-static powder tool, embossed the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder; the strip was then trimmed down to size. I glued a piece of white craft foam to the back of the scene panel to protect it while going through the mail.  A ¾” strip of striped paper was glued to the bottom of an A-2 white card base and the panel was adhered to the center of the card front with strong tape. I added a few gemstones and the sentiment strip to finish the card.

I used the “Happy Birthday” marquee sign from the set for the inside of the card and embossed a sentiment from MFT’s “More Essential Sentiments” to complete the greeting.

This card was entered in the Seize the Birthday Card Challenge - Toppings: Stripes!

Thanks for joining me today!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Ellen Hutson - Mermaid's Tail for the Color Throwdown CTD502

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Swimming by to say "Hi" with this colorful birthday card featuring Julie Ebersole's "Mermaid Tail" stamp/die set from Essentials by Ellen. As soon as I saw the Color Throwdown Challenge ctd#502 this week, I had mermaids floating in my mind and who wouldn't with this beautiful combination of cobalt, aqua and gray!

The background was created by watercoloring & blending Distress Inks (Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch) on a 3.75 x 5.5" piece of Neenah Solar White card stock.  The background was spritzed with shimmer spray and flicked with pearlized watercolor. Salty Ocean Ink was randomly blended on to a piece of aqua card stock and then the mermaid tail was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. After the tail was die cut, I highlighted the scales/flipper with the pearlized water color for just a bit of sparkle.

I attached a piece of gray card stock onto the front of an A-2 top-folding card base. The painted background was glued onto a piece of white craft foam and then adhered to the gray card base. A piece of piece of black card stock was prepped with an anti-static powder tool. The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Lawn Fawn's White Embossing Powder. This is my favorite white embossing powder!

I adhered the mermaid tail to the front with large glue dots just along the left edge and flipper so that the tail looks like it's floating above the water. There is enough "give" in the flexibility of the paper that it can pop up or down without getting bent going through the mail. I trimmed/glued the sentiment and a small piece of patterned pater to the card front. I finished the card with a bit of blue bling from Lucy's Little Things - Ocean Breeze Crystal Collection. The inside reads, "Mermaid Kisses and Starfish Wishes on Your Birthday!" 

Head over to the CTD Blog to check out the other beautiful cards featuring this gorgeous color combo!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | MTF's - More Monsters

 

HAPPY FRIYAY!

Sending out some monster-sized greetings today courtesy of MFT's wonderful stamp/die set - More Monsters! This Birthday Card will be entered into both the FMS346 Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge featuring die cuts or punches.

  

I die cut the circular shapes out of a piece of Neenah Solar White card stock, which measured 4.25 x 7". The monsters were stamped/die cut and given a coat of Wink of Stella. The blue and red monsters were taped into place on the backside of the die cut panel and then glued onto a piece of 5 x 7" black card stock. A strip of 1/4" silver glitter paper was adhered to the edge of the white card stock and a scalloped circle outline was glued down in the negative space of the die cut. All of the monsters were popped off with foam tape for added dimension.

I stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink using my MISTI and added a sprinkle of clear sequins to finish the card. This entire panel was adhered onto a white card base.

I just ♥ love ♥ the goofy expressions of this motley crew!

Thanks for joining me and have a great day! ♥

Rachelle

Birthday Card | Lawn Fawn - Coaster Critters

Hey there!

Who doesn't love a good roller coaster ride? I worked at Cedar Point (in Sandusky, Ohio) for a couple of summers during college and as an employee, we were able to walk the park at night after closing time. I bet I rode each roller coaster at least a hundred times and this fantastic stamp/die set from Lawn Fawn - "Coaster Critters" captures the fun of heading down that first big hill!

I watercolored the sky/grass on cold press watercolor paper and blended a bit of Distress Oxide Inks onto the surface. Using the MISTI, I stamped all of the images on Neenah Solar White Card Stock with VersaFine Onyx Black and heat set the ink. I watercolored and die cut the images and then determined how to build the scene. I decided to ground the roller coaster with a strip of bright green card stock cut with Lawn Fawn's Grassy Border Die and an embossed sentiment strip.

Some of the images were glued directly to the watercolor paper and others were popped up using foam tape. I added shimmer with a Wink of Stella and detail highlights with a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Ellen Hutson - Stay Salty

AHOY!

Today I am sharing a clean and simple birthday card based on this layout from CAS(E) this Sketch #280. I chose this theme for a good friend who sails the East Coast and Florida panhandle now that he and his wife are retired! 

   CAS(E) this Sketch! #280

I die cut a white card stock panel just a bit smaller than the A-2 top folding card base. Using the Essentials by Ellen stamp/die set, “Stay Salty”, I randomly stamped the waves in Distress Oxide Ink (Salty Ocean), spritzed it with shimmer spray and then flicked diluted ink and pearlized watercolor onto the area. The sailboat image was stamped, colored, die cut and finished off with a bit of Wink of Stella. I stamped the sentiment onto the wave panel with VersaFine Ink and heat embossed it with clear powder. The wave/sentiment panel was adhered to the card base with double-sided tape and the sail boat was popped off the card with foam tape.

I really like this CTS#280 layout and sketched out several additional cards for future use - sometimes I struggle with the sketch and at other times it just clicks for me and the creative energy starts flowing! 🙂 

Be sure to check out all of the other great takes on this sketch over on the CTS blog.

Thanks for spending time with me today!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | MFT - You're Rawr-Some

We need more teeth…open paddock 9 ! 

I ♥ LOVE ♥ the Jurassic World franchise and happy to share this T-Rex Birthday Card with you today!

Pattern paper was die cut and glued to the front of a white top-folding A-2 card base to create the landscape background. I stamped, colored and die cut the T-Rex from MFT’s You’re Rawr-Some stamp set. I cut a frame out of the same white card stock and stamped the sentiment along the bottom using VersaFine black ink and my MISTI. I heat-set the ink and then glued the frame on to the card front.

I tied a silver cord around the T-Rex’s tail and attached the other end to the die cut balloon. The sun die cut was trimmed and glued to the card front and the T-Rex was popped off of the card front with foam tape. I also added Tonic's Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops to his eyes to make them shiny and dimensional.

This card is for my young nephew but I plan to make a second version of this card for a 60-year old guy and the sentiment on the front will read: “At least you’re not extinct…” | inside “YET!”

Have a great day!

Rachelle ♥

Birthday Card | Lawn Fawn - Elphie Selfie

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I would like to share a sweet birthday card with you featuring Lawn Fawn’s “Elphie Selfie” stamp/die set. 

The images were stamped onto Strathmore Smooth Bristol with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, watercolored, die cut and finished with a little Wink of Stella. I die cut a Bristol panel, randomly blended/speckled Distress Oxide Inks (Twisted Citron, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean) towards the left side and completed the background by spritzing and daubing shimmer spray over the inks.

I prepped a piece of black card stock with my anti-static powder tool, stamped the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and embossed it with Lawn Fawn’s White Embossing Powder; the sentiment was die-cut and trimmed to size.

Light blue card stock was adhered to the front of a white top-folding A-2 card base, the background panel was glued onto the front, all of the critters were glued into place and the birthday accessories were popped up with foam tape.

This card was entered into CAS(E) this sketch! #278.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rachelle ♥