Triple Easel Panel for an 18th Birthday

Happy Birthday Grace!!

18th birthdays call for a bit more effort in a birthday card. I was looking for something different and turned to Splitcoast Stampers for some inspiration. The first thing to catch my eye was a project from Mary Deatherage using the Penguin Playmates DSP which you can only get for a few more weeks as a Sale-a-bration freebie.

I must admit, I only looked briefly at the card, and went with my instincts from there, but you can click on her name above to be directed to her instructions.. I didn't use the measurements as often they are using Letter size cardstock rather than A4. Because of the three panels I decided to use the width of the cardstock and cut it at 6" long because that was easy to divide into thirds.

The base card is Pool Party. The Pattern Party DSP was cut to 1 3/4" x 3 7/8" then diagonally and adhered to the panels. Poppy Parade cardstock was used for the numbers (retired Large Numbers dies) and the balloons which were punched with the (retired) Balloon Bouquet punch. The numbers were embossed with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder. 

The top penguin and polar bear were fussy cut from the Playful Penguins DSP, with the centre penguin being punched with the Penguin Builder punch from the same DSP. The balloons have had a bit of highlighting added with the Stampin' Chalk Marker.

All the pieces were added to the lower half of the panels ensuring no stray adhesive. 

The little parcels were stamped from Penguin Place in Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green, fussy cut and popped in place with Stampin' Dimensionals. This is what creates the pieces for the easels to stay in place.

I've added another punched penguin to the inside of the card and a greeting from Handsomely Suited in Flirty Flamingo.

The balloons have some (retired) Silver Metallic Thread tied around the end and the polar beer has had it threaded through the DSP and adhered behind it, with the penguin having the thread attached to the back of it's flipper.

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Challenge Entry for #GDP048

My preorder arrived for the new holiday catalogue (beginning 1 September) and in the back of my mind was the "Case the Designer" challenge over on Global Design Project. Check out Tania Kolar's original idea. The weather we are dealing with at the moment suited the new Merry Mice set, you'll have to wait to see the other images, but equally as cute! This time my mouse is singing Happy Birthday and I was trying to avoid colours that made him look like christmas which is how I ended up with the combination of Daffodil Delight and Perfect Plum, along with a touch of Tempting Turquoise. I was still in watercolour mode and used my aqua brush with marker pens.  Surprising how far a little bit of colour will go. I have used very vanilla and stamped the image in Basic Black archival ink. As you know, you can't use too much water or repeat brushing or your card will pill. You just have to be a little patient and let it dry if you need to add more depth. The background might suit those of you who feel they 'can't sponge properly', as I used a Touches of Texture stamp with Pool Party - check out the close up below along with how I added "2 U" (to complete the Happy Birthday song).  Balloons and greeting from Balloon Celebration and Balloon Builders. To finish off I aded some new Fancy Frost sequins. 

Bermuda Bay Balloons

Another birthday card ready to go.  We made this at a recent workshop and the colour choice was very popular.  We used the thick Whisper White cardstock for the base, and Bermuda Bay as the contrasting colour.  The Confetti Stars Border punch provided some detail on the left hand side, then we stamped an image from Happy Home in the same Bermuda Bay ink, so it was more of a watermark than a feature.  The Balloon Celebration details were stamped on Whisper White and punched out with the Balloon Bouquet punch.  Some BB baker's twine dangled from each and the 'Happy' greeting from the Hello You thinlits was stapled to the front.  Birthday was stamped from Tin of Cards stamp set and added to the bottom. A fun easy card which would again look great in any colour choice.