Hello friends!
I hope you are all doing well. I am back with another birthday card this week. During the recent 30-day colouring challenge hosted by Kathy Racoosin one of the things I did was colour some die cut images so that they were ready to be used on upcoming cards.
Here is my card for today.
This was a pretty quick card to make as the images were coloured and ready to go! I was also fortunate to have the background panel already made from my previous experimentation of dry embossing with stencils. I used Spun Sugar distress ink for this panel and applied it with clarity brushes to create this soft pretty pastel pink. To see how to dry emboss stencils, see my previous post.
I took my embossed panel and cut it using a stitched rectangle frame and adhered it to a white A2 base card. To add a bit more of a contrast onto the card as the colours were quite soft, I took a sheet of black and white striped paper and cut a few strips, adding one under the sentiment, and one as the floor for the little bear to stand on so that he is not floating around on the card 🙂
The sentiment, bear and balloons were adhered using double sided foam tape.
And what is a birthday card without some sparkle?! So I added some sparkle to his hat, the balloons and the icing on the cake. I also added a healthy coating of glossy accents to the balloons and icing.
Finally I just added a few sequins for some bling.
This card is going to my friend Niki. She uses a lot of soft colours, cute images and stencilled backgrounds on her cards, so I hope she likes this card.
Thank you as always for stopping by. I will be back soon with another project and I wish you all a sunny and happy weekend.
Supplies
Stamps: My Favorite Things Beary Special Birthday
Dies: Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
Colouring: Copic Sketch Markers, Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Stencil: Waves from Create A Smile Stamps
Other: White Cardstock, Double Sided Foam Tape, Cosmic Shimmer Clear Sparkle Brush Pen, Ranger Glossy Accents, Double Sided Adhesive Tape, Black and White Patterned Paper from stash
Aileen says
Another beautiful card, love these little bears and cake and the background used. Perfect
Ruth says
I LOVE these images and you colour them so well. Of course a healthy dose of glossy accents and sparkle pen is required on al, cards, but that’s just my opinion Love the dry embossed stencil – it’s such a nice technique and of course stretches our supplies. The added black and white under the sentiment is a brilliant idea too – mine always seem to float randomly 🙂 xx
Izz scrap says
Another beautiful card Lisa ! This little bear is so cute and so gluttonous with this big cake ! Love your stenciled background with this soft pink. Your coloring is just gorgeous and what a great idea to colour die cut images and to keep them for future projects! Thanks for sharing and always inspiring! And sorry for the late comment.
lisa says
He is a bear after my own heart with that big cake! I have a huge stash of images, it helps a lot when there are many cards to make in a short time!! Thank you as always for stopping by to read and leave me a lovely message xx
Steph Made It For You says
Hum caaake! Very good layout and really fun card I love this teddy!
djkardkreations says
Your cake, er, I mean, your card is absolutely adorable, Lisa! I am sitting here cocking my head at the title of your post, however, as I seem to be unclear on that concept!! Enjoy the weekend! Hugs, Darnell