#1107 – Lil’ Birdie in the Heart Says

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Seize the Birthday! This time, our optional topping has been chosen by our leading lady JoAnn as ‘Add a Heart to Your Card‘. Of course, if you happen to not want to follow this topping, the Anything Goes birthday still applies, as always.

And here’s what I made –

I started with the bird and the pretty flowers and leaves surrounding it. I used My Favorite Things Birds of a Feather die set to cut Brustro water color paper and then watercolored them using distress inks. The texture of the watercolor paper makes the pieces look spotted/splattered. Did the same with the sentiments, die cut from Neat & Tangled Journaling Alphas and Honey Bee Stamps Hooray Day dies. I also die cut a couple of hearts using Pink & Main Double Stitched Heart from kraft card stock (which is looking reddish brown in the pics!)

For the background I used some sprays that I had bought a long time ago. I misted them so they left splatters instead of covering the whole background. Then, once that dreid, I used We R Memory Keepers Woven embossing folder on it. I then adhered all the pieces together to make my card!

And that’s my card. Linking this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge: Spritz and Splatter (I have used Spritz to add splatters to my background)

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #486: Make Your Mark

Hop over to the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to checkout more inspiration from the rest of the DT and our guests.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂

#1103 – Celebrating the New Year

Hello and welcome! Let me start the post by wishing everyone a very happy new year once again! 🙂 Also this is the first Inspiration Station challenge of this year. As mentioned in the last post, I’m going to be the challenger for both this and the next challenge.

I wanted to go with a mood boad which would reflect the celebration of the new year. So I searched in Pinterest, selected several images and made this mood board –

sources: Presents Champagne Cupcake Go Get It Time Cake Foil Background Glitter Background

I wanted the glittery background, and I also wanted to incorporate as many elements as I could from the board. But I didn’t have any stamps or dies other than for the cupcake. So, I improvised.

I started with the background. I used sparkly, glittery Prima acrylic paints that were there in my sister’s stash and dabbed them onto a smooth white cardstock panel using an old brush I had, blending them. Once this was dry, I used Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil. I chose a couple of paints that were darker than the panel and one that was lighter and dabbed them through the stencil. I set the panel aside to dry.

And then I got working on the focal elements. I used the cupcake and candles images from Winnie & Walter Wish Big With Evelin T Designs, stamped and colored them using distress ink. I then fussy cut it and set it aside.

For the present next to it, I used a die from Waffle Flowers Nesting Squares to cut out a white panel and then cut out a couple of thin stripes from a gold texture paper that I had. I also cut out the bow using Paper Smooches Bows die using the same paper. Now this paper is thin and flimsy, so I cut another piece from scrap cardstock to adhere behind it. I adhered them on the white square piece to create a present.

To make the spotty sentiment, I used chunky gold embossing powder over a small piece of Brustro Iridescent gold metallic paper, heat embossed it before die cutting it using Simon Says Stamp Boho Celebrate die. For this too, I die cut an additional piece for adhering behind, since it was pretty thin too. I also die cut the shadow of the sentiment using the same white cardstock I used for the card base.

Once everything was dry, trimmed the glittery painted panel, adhered it over the card base. I then adhered the cupcake and the present. Before adhering the sentiment, I added a base for it using foiled heart washi tape that I adhered over a strip of white cardstock. I also added some sparkle using some sequins.

And that finished my card! I’m also joining the following challenges with my card –

Just us Girls challenge #756 – Die Week – Anything Goes

Timeout challenge #279 – Beginnings

Checkout the gorgeous card that my sister made for me. She’s not used to card making and stuggled quite a bit making it, but no one could ever guess that!! Thank you so much for thr pretty card, sis! ❤

That’s all for this time’s challenge. Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂