#1108 – A Very CAS Card for Me!

Hello and welcome! It’s time for another challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time the topping is chosen by our leading lady Jules to be ‘No Stamping‘. Of course, Seize the Birthday always has the ‘Anything Goes‘ option open as well, as long as your project is birthday-related, feel free to join the party!

And here’s what I created –

I knew I wanted to use that dragonfly! I had recently bought Simon Says Stamp Whirl Dragonfly and I had reserved it just for this challenge. I paired it with Spellbinders Fresh Picked Anemones.

Starting with the dragonfly, I cut it out from a couple of pieces of dark brown cardstock and also some vellum. I added some light coloring on the vellum using Zig brush marker pens and used the blender to lighten, spread and mix the colors. I then sandwiched the vellum wings in between the two pieces of the dragonfly’s body, so the whole thing is a little stable for me to adhere.

For the flower, I used Simon Says Stamp Whirl Dragonfly with different colors of cardstock and then used Zig brush marker pens to lightly color some areas. I cut out an extra piece for the stem – it was so wobbly – and then adhered all the pieces together.

For the sentiment, I used the same dark brown cardstock that I used on the dragonfly and used Die-versions Celebrate die, cutting out a couple of pieces, which I stacked together. I then adhered all the pieces together to make what must be the CAS-est card of my life! Not a single embellishment and nothing else to adorn this one – I thought it was looking pretty smart even without anything! 😀

And that finishes my card. I’m joining the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which has the topic ‘Anything Goes’ –

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#1087 – White and Gold!

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Seize the Birthday. As always we have an optional topping chosen by the leading lady of that challenge. This time it’s my turn and I have chosen ‘Metallics‘ as the topping. Of course, if you’re not a toppings kinda person, you can just stick with our usual Anything Goes birthday. The choice is yours!

And here’s what I made –

I have some pretty Gold Matt paper in my stash and I decided to all out! 🙂

I first die cut Neat & Tangled Star Cover Plate, cut off the outer frame and set it aside. I then die cut Simon Says Stamp Flower Cluster from the paper. I wanted this one to have white solids in the base, so that I could color it. So I die cut another scrap piece of white cardstock, adhered it over a clean white cardbase, trimmed all the pieces sticking out and then lightly colored it using Zig brush markers with shades of pink and then green. I then adhered the gold die cut piece on top.

I also die cut a couple of butterflies from My Favorite Things Hip Clips dies. I think I’ve used the butterflies on this die set more than I’ve used the clips!! 😀

For the sentiment, I first die cut a piece of vellum using a die from Altenew Ornate Nesting dies. I then stamped some script on it using gold pigment ink, let it dry and then adhered the sentiment on it. I used Die-versions Celebrate die to cut out the matte gold and scrap papers and then adhered them together.

Finally, on the white card base, I splattered some drops of gold metallic watercolor. I adhered all the pieces together after everything was dry and ready. And that’s my card. Hop over to the Seize the Birthday challenge blog to checkout more inspiration from the rest of the DT and our guests.

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