#1089 – Sunny Stenciling

Hello and welcome! Time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time, our hostess Barbarais asking us to use ‘Double Stenciling‘. Of course, as always, you’re also free to ignore this topping and go with ‘Anything Goes‘ birthday project.

And here’s what I made –

I made use of two stencils – Prima Daisies stencil and Altenew Sketched Lines stencil. I started with a white card base and the Prima Daisies stencil and first added color using a makeup brush and distress inks. After that I laid the Altenew Sketched Lines stencil on top and added the green color on top.

Finally, I retained the Prima Daisies stencil alone, dabbed some light blue distress inks on the stencil, misted it with a bit of water, and ran the whole piece, along with the paper, through my Big Shot with an embossing pad underneath to get some dimension. Of course, running two stencils together was a bad idea, since it left impressions on the sandwiched stencil – it’s still usable though, so my guilt is reduced just a bit!. However, I will remember to emboss them separately next time!

Setting aside letting everything dry, I worked on the sentiment. I used Matte Gold paper and Simon Says Stamp Sending Hugs die, die cut a couple of scrap papers with the sentiment die and vellum with the shadow die and then adhered them together.

Finally I die cut the stenciled panel using Winnie & Walter Essentials: Lana Cutaways and then adhered the panel over white cardbase. I added the die cut sentiment on top, and finally also decided on adding a stamped piece from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words: Birthday, adding a couple of scrap paper strips below it before adhering it on the card.

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Bright & Cheerful

Timeout challenge #265: Inspired by Words

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge #470: Die cuts & Stencils

Do hop over to the Seize the Birthday blog to see more inspiration from our design team and our party guest Julia Aston!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

#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.

Thank you so much for stopping by! 🙂