Welcome to another week of inspiration and thank you for joining me from Megan's blog. We are CASEing Birthdays from pages 68-85 this time round.
Page 74 provided my motivation, and although it appears as a bag, I've swapped it for a card, which it will be a little late to the post! Apologies in advance, but hopefully I'll be forgiven when it arrives.
Have you seen the Foil Frenzy Specialty DSP? Ooh, it is lovely!! It was definitely calling me to this picture but I toned down my colours slightly. I chose to use a card base of Soft Sky teamed up with the Soft Sky version of the chevron pattern DSP. I used a strip of Soft Sky card and repeat stamped words from Happy Birthday Gorgeous in Lemon Lime Twist ink, then sponged around the edges. The greeting is from Confetti Celebration, stamped in Lemon Lime Twist and made into a banner by scoring either side of the words, and then scoring again approx 1/8" away then folding so that the banner sits up a little. More words from both sets stamped in Night of Navy with dimensionals popped behind to hold banner in place. Fussy cut Berry Burst roses with Powder Pink colouring replace the balloons, with leaves from the same set switched for the string.
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We are not very good at sending cards to our extended family, but when I learned someone was starting school, I decided a special card was in order. Although it was a little late, I hope she enjoyed receiving this card. It started off being a quick and easy card, but things got added as I went along! Hard to tell what is going on, but it is a shaker card. And as I do - created it the hard way!
My intention was to upcycle the foam left over after mounting my Reverse Words. I stamped Hooray in Melon Mambo onto my Thick Whisper White card base - then added the foam after removing the red rubber from it. Popped in some sequins and added the acetate to hold my sequins in place. I stamped Bella on Whisper White and fussy cut around half of her so I could get the Stiched Shapes oval die under her to cut the oval, and the same idea from the Melon Mambo mat. The 5 was cut from Melon Mambo and Basic Black and I like how it hovers over the edge. I could see a little foam which I didn't want, so popped a few flowers around the edge and some birthday bling, and added 5 balloons instead of the 1 Bella usually has. I see now I forgot to add more strings, but I don't think she'll mind too much.
The inside has another Bella image and greeting:
While hunting for inspiration for a birthday card I needed to make, I remembered the Pootles colour challenge, so thought I'd start there. The colours were Blushing Bride, Sweet Sugarplum, Rich Razzleberry and Crumb Cake - and you didn't have to use them all, but I did.
Being 13 is just a bit special, so have upped my game and made a Shaker Card using the Stars Framelits, some glitter and Fancy Frost sequins. The card base is Rich Razzleberry. The Large Numbers Framelits were cut in both Rich Razzleberry and Sweet Sugarplum for a shadow effect. The Crumb Cake was embossed with the Fluttering TIEF. The bow is Blushing Bride Baker's Twine - (liking it a lot).
For the inside I have used a greeting from the Rose Wonder set and die cut stars from Rich Razzleberry. Happy Birthday Grace - hope you have a fabulous day!
