Happy Birthday

I have a quick and easy birthday card today.

I took a piece of bristol paper and watercolour paper and inked them up with Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Balloon Die from each inked piece and took the Simon Says Stamp Circular Lace Stencil sprayed it with water and layed it on top of the balloon. I let it sit for a minute, removed the stencil and dried it with my heat gun. You're left with a ghost or bleached image of the lace pattern on the balloon. The one on the left was the bristol, the one on the right the watercolor paper. I really like how this turned out!

My card was made with the bristol balloon. I just added it to a card front with the Simon Says Stamp Painted Happy Birthday die cut from white and white sparkle card stock for a layered sentiment.

To finish I added a bit of twine and some sparkling clear sequins and the card is done. I definitely want to play with this technique more, it's simple and fun to do!

I'm adding this card for Simon Says Stamps Happy Birthday Challenge here.

Thanks for stopping by!

PTI Anniversary

I made a card for Papertrey Ink's 9th Anniversary Celebration. For the day 1 challenge I was inspired by Amy Sheffer's color scheme.

I thought this colour combo would make a great masculine card.

I used the confetti border image from PTI's Good Times set and stamped it diagonally in the corners with the Tropical Teal and filled the design in a bit with the single dot in Mint Julep and Smokey Shadow.

For the sentiment I coloured white card stock with Smokey Shadow and Stormy Sea ink to create an ombre look and I finished off with a couple of balloons and some silver thread.

Thanks for visiting! For more info on the challenge please stop by here.

Watercolour Balloon

I'm back with a rainbow water coloured balloon card.

I white embossed Hero Arts Modern Lines stamp on watercolour paper and added oodles of paint and then sprayed everything with some Perfect Pearls for a bit of shimmer. I die cut the balloon from this and added the birthday sentiment (both from dies by Simon Says Stamp) and a few star sequins.

The white piece is embossed with a Stampin Up folder called Decorative Dots. It's a new item in my crafting stash and I just love that the dots are irregular, so fun!

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Happy Birthday Challenge here and also Simon Says Stamps Flickr Challenge #16 Watercoloring here.

Wishing you a crafty day!

Winnie & Walter Shares the Love

Hi, I'm back today with a couple of cards for Winnie & Walter's Share the Love Week with Simon Says Stamp. There's a different challenge posted everyday, go check it out here.

My first card is for Day 1 and the Rainbow Challenge.  I got good and inky colouring the die cut trees with some vivid Distress Inks.  The background is stamped with images from the W&W Big Bang Confetti Set in Delicata Golden Glitz and the sentiment is from Simon Says Holiday Hellos set.  I love how this happy card turned out!

My second card is for Day 4 and the One Layer Challenge.  I die cut a balloon out of white card stock using a Simon Says die and inked it up with Hero Arts Inks in Mint Julep, Tide Pool and Ocean.  I gold embossed the stars from the Big Bang Confetti set by W&W.  The sentiments are also W&W from the Big, the Bold and the Happy set.  I think this will be a fun card for one of my young cousins.

Well, that's it from me today.  I'm  hoping I get a chance to make a few more cards for the other challenges.

I'm also entering these cards for the Simon Says Stamptember Stamp-It Challenge.

Thanks for visiting!