Who Doesn't need another Birthday Card?

Getting a Birthday Card in the mail is always appreciated!  Who doesn't love getting "snail mail"?  Birthday cards are my most made type.  I do like a card that can be for a he or a she!  Today's card is one of those.  

Starting with a heavy white card stock, I stamped the Celebrate Background stamp with VersaMark ink and promptly sprinkled clear embossing powder over, then comes the magic - melting that powder with my Wagner Heat Tool. (I did pat the card stock with an anti-static bag first).  Next I grabbed those luscious Pink Fresh One Inch Brushes to apply Seaside, Turquoise and Grassy Knoll Pink Fresh Ink and blended them, taking a soft cloth to clear the embossed areas of ink.  

If you haven't already purchased a stitched rectangle die set - you should!  I bought mine from the Stamps of Life years and years ago and I reach for them for nearly every card I make.   The background was then glued to black card stock.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps and were die cut with Anna Griffin Empress Elite four times.  Bearly Arts Glue was used to attached those die cuts together for dimension.  Then I sprayed that with Imagine Sheer Shimmer Sparkle for shine.  Between the depth (4 layers) and shine, the sentiment really pops.  Finally I added gems from Trinity Stamps, Aussie Opal and Gems from Amazon cause I wanted to.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you.  Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used.  All products were purchase by me unless noted.  I don’t sell anything nor am I employed.  This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)

Floral Card with Loads of Dimension

Concord and 9th has a wonderful set of floral dies, stamps and matching embossing folder called Paper Posy. I had to purchase them. 

Paper Posy Card

Flowers usually makes an appearance on most Scrapbooking Layouts and certainly on Feminine Cards. It's easy to have some down time and just run dies through the Anna Griffin Empress Elite, then when I want to create - easy peasy! Starting with a Hexagon Cover Stipple Background Die, placed on a card base, it's time to create with those die cut and embossed flower pieces. This card has four colors of flowers, I just layered them up using Bearly Arts Glue and added some sparkly mylar for centers. I chose a textured green card stock for the leaves adding more dimension. A teeny tiny matching stamp set fits inside the small sentiment die. A stardust pen edges that box and it's raised with Waffle Flower Foam Strips. Finally for some more shine, gems were added. Check out this box of gems I bought on Amazon. 

Have a Great Day and keep on crafting!

Affiliate links used at no cost to you. Not all links are affiliate, I just want to share what I used. All products were purchase by me unless noted. I don’t sell anything nor am I employed. This is my hobby and I hope to inspire you to play :)