Yay it's your birthday!

Hello!

Hope everyone is doing well.  Today I thought I'd share a birthday card.  FYI, I made this card last year and somehow it missed getting posted.  Well better late than never right?!  :)

Victoria's Night out

Please bear with me as I try to remember what I used here.  It features Victoria from Stamping Bella's Victoria & Juliette's night out stamp.  If you remember I used Juliette on a previous card, click here for more details.  If you remember, or not, this stamp actually has both girls with their arms intertwined, like drinking buddies.  Well as with the other stamped image I inked up all of Victoria and wiped away as much as I could of Juliette.  Once stamped I used Copics to color her in.  Going for a night out theme I used silver colors with white, black and pink accents.  I also chose more glitter papers to use.  They add a little extra something to the card, without having to add too much more detail.  Since it was a night out theme I used the MFT Skyline border dies for a fun border.

Here is a close up of the bottom of the card.  As you can see I used a lot of the glitter paper.  I bought several stacks when they were on sale at Joann's.  What I love about this paper is that it's smooth to the touch.  See the sentiment from AmyR?  I stamped it on acetate.  I was looking for vellum, but couldn't find any in my stash so I decided to try acetate/transparency paper.  Instead of using Memento ink I used Staz-on.  It was perfect!!  I used a spray on adhesive to tack it down and love how clean it looks, no glue marks in sight and I didn't have to add any embellishments to hide those "marks"!  YAY!  I will definitely be experimenting more with Staz-on and acetate/transparency paper.

Well that's all for today.  Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Cheers Jenny!

Well hello!!

Today I have a special birthday card to share.  I made it for my friend, Jenny, who also happens to be my co-worker.  Her birthday was on Saturday, and we celebrated at work yesterday.  This year I had to try to out-do what I made for her last year, and I think I did.  She's a pretty simple gal, loves purple, silver and tons of sparkle.  I wanted to make something fun, yet pretty and I think I got it right.

Squeal!!  Yes I actually love this!!  I was wracking my brain for inspiration when I decided on this stamp.  Eveyrthing came together in the wee hours of the night, just like they always do for me.  This gal is part of a duo from Stamping Bella's Uptown Girls line, Victoria and Juliette's Night Out.  Here is the original stamped image:

Not sure who is who, so I'll say Victoria is the one in the green and Juliette is the one in blue.  If it's vice-versa my bad.  hahaha.   I inked up Juliette more than Victoria but of course couldn't help but get some ink on Victoria so using a wet paper towel I wiped away some of those inked parts including parts of Juliette's arm.  No worries though, because after I colored her I used a multi-liner pen to connect the dots so to speak.

Here you'll be able to see all the sparkle!!  I used my WOS clear glitter brush pen on the ruffles of her dress, her heels and the liquid in her martini glass.  I have to say this image is totally Jenny! hahaha... She was so surprised , yay!!   Here's another angle of all the sparkle going on and a glimpse of the roses.  I also doodled on the background, there was just too much white space for my taste.

Here are the dies & punch I used for this card:

La-La Land Crafts: Open leaf flourish | CC Designs Cutters: Rolling Rose | MFT: Die-namics Mini rolled roses | EK Crafts photo corner punch

I'm so happy with how the above arrangement came together, but man it was a little bit of a pain to get right.  I still see some flaws with the purple buds, but ya know what?  It's ok!!  hahaha!  I kept the inserts from the leaves intact because I love that white-silver paper, didn't want to waste it at all.  The pearl started off as a white stick pin that I colored with V15, then I clipped off the needle part.  I'm so in love with the glitter paper, makes the roses really stand out.  They look beautiful IRL. 

Cheers!

Hooray for another well received card.  I'm not quite sure what I'll come up with next year, glad I have 355 days to think about it.  hahaha!  Well friends, thanks for stopping by today, "Cheers" to a fabulous Wednesday!!