BasicRectangles | Experiments With Card Making Etc

PE: Honorable Mention at Just us Girls challenge!

Hello! Welcome to a new edition of Seize the Birthday challenge where the challenge is to make a birthday project with an optional topping. Our hostess for this round, JoAnn, has chosen the topping to be ‘Cute Critters‘.

And here’s what I made –

For watercoloring, I used Canson XL Aquarelle watercolor paper. I wanted to use a critter from a new stamp set I got in my stash – Simon Says Stamp Wintertime Critters. But these are, obviously, in the winter season and meant for Christmas, which I wanted to change. So I partially stamped my cute piggy and changed a few elements to change it to a birthday theme. Of course, our little piggy is on her way to a party, carrying her present to her friend!! 🙂

For the background, I stamped a few images from Reverse Confetti Tall Blooms and also Purple Onion Designs Birch Tree Background. I then watercolored the piece using Daniel Smith watercolors. Once done and dry, I trimmed the piece and adhered it over kraft card base. I then also die cut a frame from the same cardstock using Memory Box Basic Rectangles dies, stacking a couple die cuts for dimension.

For the sentiment, I used My Favorite Things Piggy Pebbles, white heat embossed on the same cardstock. I also used a border die from Lawn Fawn Border Dies die set to add a stitched look to one side of the sentiment strip. I then adhered it over the card.

And that finished my card. I am joining the following challenges as well –

Inkspirational Challenge #321: Word Prompt: Woodland

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #474 – Any Occasion

AAA Birthday Card challenge #64 – Critters

Just Us Girls challenge #739 – Frame

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge – Happy Birthday

Step over to the Seize the Birthday blog for more cute and cuddly inspiration from our guest designers and our talented DT. I had smiles on my face looking at all the creations! 🙂

Thank you so much for stopping by!

PE: Top Pick at Inspirational challenge!! Yay!!

Top Four at AAA Birthday challenge!

PBSC Favorite!! Wow!! So happy about that!! 🙂

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Honorable Mention

Hello and welcome! I finally had some extra time and my mojo running and so I gathered a few challenges I could play with to make a card.

I chose a sand colored cardstock for the base. I used the critter images from Penny Black Every Which Way, stamped them in a lighter brown ink, then colored them using my Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I then die cut them using Memory Box Basic Rectangles dies, and Waffle Flower Nesting Squares dies. I also die cut frames from kraft cardstock using the same two die sets. I then set these aside to prepare the background and sentiment.

For the background, I used an ivory cardstock and used a makeup brush to color the background through Winnie & Walter Buffalo Check stencil. For the sentiment, I used the same kraft cardstock with My Favorite Things Best Wishes die, adhering 3 die cut pieces together for dimension. The stamped part is from Winnie & Walter In a Word: Happy stamp set.

I’m joining the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #469: Any Occasion

Inkspirational challenge #317: Word Prompt: Frame