Polly's Superhero Birthday

I really adore the Comic Strip Cover Plate from Papertrey Ink and have used it often for birthday, baby and anniversary cards. This card was made for my grand niece's 6th birthday. I started by cutting the cover plate in Stamper's Select White card stock and sponging the frame portions with a variety of pink inks, to create an ombre look. 

With a colour scheme of pink (Hibiscus Burst), purple (Winter Wisteria, Plum Pudding) and yellow (Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold), I filled each of the blocks with stamps and die cuts from Zappy Birthday and Superhero.

Top left panel: 

Background paper: Plum Pudding Bitty Dots paper. 

Zappy Birthday die cut was stamped with Hibiscus Burst.  

Sentiment: from Zappy Birthday stamped onto a narrow 
piece of white card stock to create a banner. 

Top right panel:

Background: stamped with Birthday Style confetti stamp  
using Hibiscus Burst, Plum Pudding and Harvest Gold inks. 

Circles: Plum Pudding Bitty Dot paper; Superhero image stamped 
with Hibiscus Burst on to White card stock circle;

Star:  Harvest Gold card stock die cut

 

Center panel:

Background:  Modern Background Stencils sponged 
with various inks; Die cuts from Superhero

 Lower left panel:  

Lightning bolt: stamped onto a die cut and 

layered over patterned paper that was fussy cut.

Lower right panel:  

Background: sponged with various inks to create a "night" sky

Zappy Birthday dies: buildings cut from  Plum Pudding card stock;

"WOW!" cut from white card stock, then sponged with 
Harvest Gold and Lemon Tart inks. 

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Stinkin' Cute for Aviv's 1st Birthday

I don't have a lot of "critter" stamps, 

but I really like this "Stinkin' Cute" stamp and die set 

from Lawn Fawn for children's birthday cards. 

I've already used it for a few cards click here and here,

where I've made scenes, using flowers, sunshine and butterflies.

This variation uses Fabulous Frames die cut from 

Berry Sorbet Bitty Dot Patterned Paper. 

The background scene was created using 

Stamper's Select White card stock sponged with 

Crystal Blue ink (Close To My Heart). 

I then stamped the grass and flowers (Garden Variety) 

and butterfly (Sweet Spring).

I used a foam sheet behind the frame for dimension 

and then attached it to the card front. 

The plaid paper (Recollections: Bold Basics Paper Pad) 

was mounted onto a Berry Sorbet card base.

The large yellow flower was created by die cutting 

two pieces of yellow polka dot paper - 

Flower Fusion #9 and the smaller Ad Sense medallion. 

A Berry Sorbet button was added to the center 

with yellow embroidery floss. 

The sentiment (Garden Variety) was stamped 

with New Leaf and Berry Sorbet inks 

onto a Double-Ended Banner die.

Since this card was going to my grand niece who turned 

one at the end of February, I stamped sentiments from  

Big Birthday Wishes onto a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle 

white card stock and then added "1" from 

Polka Dot Parade Numbers die cut. 

The bottom of the card was accented with a Heart Border, 

die cut from Berry Sorbet dotted paper.

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Stinkin' Cute Birthday for Emily

I used this Lawn Fawn Stinkin' Cute stamp and die 

for this birthday card earlier this year. Its such a 

cute image when paired with flowers. 

I decided to try a rainbow effect for the background 

on this card for my grand niece who turns 4 this month.

I used the Hexagon Cover Plate to impress the 

outline design onto the front of a Soft Stone card base. 

After cutting and stamping various hexagons from 

white card stock I was able to position them onto the 

front of the card base using the raised areas as a guide.

Rainbow Colours from bottom to top:

New Leaf, Limeade Ice, 

Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, 

Lovely Lady, Sweet Blush, 

Aqua Mist.

Hibiscus Burst was used for happy and number 4.

A strip of vellum with a notched bottom was stamped 

with BIRTHDAY (Happy Hexagons), then heat embossed 

with Stampin' Up Melon Mumbo Embossing Powder. 

The top of the vellum tag was die cut with 

Stitching Lines dies, then aqua embroidery floss 

was threaded through the holes and finished with a bow. 

This allowed me to place a strip of Scor-Tape below 

the threaded area and attach it to the card front.

Polka Dot Alphabet stamps and dies were used to 

make the word happy. Several layers were 

die cut a stacked to create added dimension.

The main circular panel was created by 

stamping flowers and grass (Garden Variety) 

onto a circle of white card stock, then added to a 

Bright Buttercup circle cut with Inverted Scallops die. 

The skunk was die cut, stamped and coloured with 

copic markers before adding it to the front circle. 

The number 4 was die cut and stamped with 

Polka Dot Numbers using Hibiscus Burst ink.

Inside

The inside was finished with a flowers, grass 

and a sentiment from Garden Variety.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Garden Variety, Polka Dot Alphabet, 
Happy Hexagons; Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute

Inks - New Leaf, Limeade Ice, 
Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, 
Lovely Lady, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst;  
Memento:Tuxedo Black; Versamark

Paper - Soft Stone, Stamper's Select White, Vellum

Dies - Hexagon Cover Plate, Stitching Lines, 
Polka Dot Alphabet & Numbers, Tag Sale #5; 
Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute; Nestabilities: Inverted Scallops

Other - Copic markers; Foam tape; embroidery floss; 
Stampin' Up Melon Mumbo Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

SuperGirl Birthday

Comic Strip Cover Plate is one of my favourite Papertrey Ink dies. 

I've used it for baby cards, and birthday cards for all ages. 

This Supergirl birthday card (for my grandniece who turned 7), 

uses stamps and dies from Superhero and Zappy Birthday.   

I started by cutting the cover plate from 

Stamper's Select White card stock and 

then took the rectangular and square boxes 

and tried another water colour technique with 

Blueberry Sky and Spring Rain re-inkers.

 I was attempting to get a splattered look!! 

I used all of the panels for the card, except the top left side.

The picture does not clearly show the outline of the card - 

next time I need to make sure to use a contrasting background 

when photographing a white card!! Hope you can visualize

 that the white frame of the cover plate forms the card front!!  

Details

The top left box was stamped with the dotted image 

from Superhero, before adding the stamped die cut 

and sentiment. (Close To My Heart: Outdoor Denim, Orange inks)

The right box was created by layering several stamped and 

punched circles and then adding a green die cut star. 

I think the favourite part of this card is the mask ...

I used several layers of card stock to make the mask 

very thick and then added a bright green layer 

to give the illusion of cat eyes! 

The mask and Supergirl image were stamped with 

Outdoor Denim Ink; 

the Supergirl sentiment was stamped with Orange ink.

The bottom left box uses only die cuts - 

orange stars from Square Shaker Confetti die 

and Boy Basics: Out of this World. 

The building silhouette was die cut from 

Zappy Birthday Die Collection.

The final box uses the stamps and dies 

(Zappy Birthday) create the raised sentiment panel.

The edges of each box were sponged with Spring Rain ink.

Inside

To finish the inside of the card I die cut 

Monthly Moments: Slide Frame and then 

stamped it with polka dots (Building Blocks) 

using New Leaf ink. 

The sentiments (Zappy Birthday) and two scrolled 

lines (To You From Me) complete this panel.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Zappy Birthday, Superhero, To You From Me, Building Blocks

Inks - New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain; Stampin' Up:Bashful Blue;
Close To My Heart:Orange, Outdoor Denim

Paper - Stamper's Select White; CTMH:Outdoor Denim

Dies - Comic Strip Cover Plate, Zappy Birthday, Superhero; Monthly Moments: Slide Frame
Star Dies from: Square Shaker Confetti Die, Boy Basics: Out of this World 

Other - 7/8" circle punch

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Sarai: Huggabugg Birthday

Here's a sweet yellow and pink card I made for 

my grand niece who recently turned 1. I used 

Stamping Bella's "cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top!"

I've been experimenting with various water colour techniques. 

(with limited success, LOL!!) I started with water coloured paper 

and used Hibiscus Burst and Harvest Gold inks to create a 'smooshed' background panel. 

I cut an oval from the center of the card front to use 

for the main focal panel. The remainder of the front was 

stamped with Birthday Style confetti using Hibiscus Burst 

and Harvest Gold over the smooshed background.

The oval piece was mounted onto a double mat of 

Harvest Gold and Hibicus Burst. 

Huggabug and cupcake images were stamped, 

coloured with copics and fussy cut so it could be 

attached to the main focal panel.  

The base of the cupcake was paper pierced using 

a striped paper from my scrap bin.

The sentiment (Stylish Sentiments: Birthday)  

was stamped with black ink.

Inside

Confetti and Swags:

Birthday Style

Sentiments

Big Birthday Wishes & Polka Dot Alphabet

Supplies (Papertrey Ink, unless noted)
Stamps - Stamping Bella's "cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top!"
Stylish Sentiments: Birthday,  
Birthday Style, Big Birthday Wishes, Polka Dot Alphabet
Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain; Memento Tuxedo Black 
Papers - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold,
Watercolour paper; striped patterned paper
Dies - Nestabilities:Classic Ovals
Other - S
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Karen C.

Birthday Celebration for Polly

I'm still loving Scene It: Celebration stamp and die set, 

so decided to use it again for my grandniece's 5th birthday.

Using bright, cheery colours are perfect for a little girl's birthday:

Balloons:

Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Vintage Jadeite inks;

balloon strings are stamped with Kraft ink

Background: 

Harvest Gold cardstock for Stars;

Blueberry Sky caardstock sponged with Fresh Snow ink;

Hibiscus Burst cardstock for scalloped panel. 

Stars:

Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Vintage Jadeite inks; 

Card Front:

Stitching Impression Plate provides texture 

 

 Inside:

Balloons: Scene It: Birthday

Confetti: Birthday Style

Sentiment: Delightful Dahlias Addition

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Scene It Celebration

Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise,  
Kraft, Vintage Jadeite, Blueberry Sky, Fresh Snow

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst,Harvest Gold, Blueberry Sky

Dies - Tinsel & Tags Scallop Backer die, Scene It: Celebration

Other - Stitching Impression Plate

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Scene It: Celebrations Shaker- Sarai

Shaker cards are such a fun and colourful way to 

celebrate a child's birthday. I used the stamps and 

dies from Scene It: Celebrations to create this card 

for one of my grand nieces.

Colourful confetti (Birthday Style) was stamped 

over the card front with 

Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, 
Blueberry Sky and Spring Rain inks. 
A thin Hibiscus Burst card stock strip
was added on the left side of the card front.
The sentiment panels were created using sentiments
from Swoosh stamped onto a small curved
white panel mounted onto a Blueberry Sky background.
A pink bow was cut with a Balloon Strings die.  

 Balloon Detail

The shaker panel was created with   

Scene It: Celebrations (balloons)

Scene It: Skyscapes (star background)

and Tinsel & Tags Scalloped Circle.

The sprinkles were added from Shakers and Sprinkles Kit.

 Card Interior

I used the colours from the card front to stamp the 

string banners (Birthday Style) and 

sentiments to celebrate my grand niece's 2nd birthday!

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Scene It: Celebrations, Birthday Style, Swoosh

Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain

Paper - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White

Dies - Scene It: Celebrations, Scene It: Skyscapes, 
Tinsel & Tags Scalloped Circle, Balloon Strings (bow)

Other - Shakers & Sprinkles Kit: Sprinkles; Clear Acetate Sheet; Foam Adhesive Sheet

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Lawn Fawn: Stinkin' Cute

Lawn Fawn's "Stinkin' Cute" stamp and die set are 
perfect for a little girl's birthday!! 
I made this card for my grand niece who turned 4 in April. 

I created a landscape with a variety of stamps and dies. 

One of Papertry Ink's Modern Stencils was used to colour 
the hills with New Leaf ink. After stenciling, 
I spritzed the card stock with water, let it dry, 
then cut the paper with In the Meadow dies. 
The hills were adhered to a square piece of 
white card stock that was sponged with 
Crystal Blue and Lilac Mist inks (Close To My Heart).

Other Details include:

Flowers - Wee Folk stamps and dies

Butterfly - Sweet Spring: coloured with copic markers

Sun - Back Pocket Basics stamps and dies

Cloud - Heart-2-Heart #6 die

Sentiment - Spring Hills

The main focal panel was mounted onto a square of New Leaf card stock that had been impressed with Vineyard Impression Plate. Canvas Impression Plate gives additional texture to the white card base.

The inside of the card was finished with tulips from Wee Folk 

and a sentiment from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Wee Folk, Back Pocket Basics, Sweet Spring, Spring Hills; 
Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute;

Inks - Bright Buttercup, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, 
Canyon Clay, Winter Wisteria; Memento: Tuxedo Black;  
Close To My Heart:Crystal Blue, Lilac Mist

Paper - Stamper's Select White, New Leaf,

Dies - Wee Folk; Back Pocket Basics, In the Meadow Collection; 
Heart-2-Heart #6Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute; Nestabilities: Classic Squares
Other - Modern Stencils; Vineyard Impression Plate, 
Canvas Impression Plate; Copic markers

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.