Taco Birthday Card

Today I have for you a birthday card using products from many companies.  I get the Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders, and May’s set has these adorable stacked deco edges dies.  Unfortunately it has sold out.  

I placed the die near the edge of my base and ran it through my Gemini Jr.  Then I chose a strip of Bees Knees Paper Pad slightly wider than the die and glued it to the back of the die cut.  Using Sea Glass ink and blending brush I inked my card base.  

Next I stamped with Tuxedo Black ink the Year Nine (Taco) stamp twice.  These images were super quick to color with Copics and fussy cut.  Once the placement was decided, I stamped the sentiment, using my MISTI helped.  One of the tacos is raised with foam tape.

Have a great day and keep on crafting!

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Mixing Old & New!

About a million years ago, you know, when I first started paper crafting, I bought my first Stampin Up Stamp Set.  It was a Birthday set that had all the pieces of a cupcake.  Thought I would be using it often, yeah, not so much...  Then there's the butterfly stamp I bought at a stamp store in Branson, MO at least 12 years ago from Holly Berry House.  

I finally bought the necessary paper to color with Copic markers, and stamped a bunch of images to practice with.  It also helped having just acquired a Stamp and Storage container to hold my Copies.  Just the push I needed to color!  Loved this little butterfly and needed a background.  I pulled out the "frosting" stamp from the Stamping Up Birthday Set and used Versamark and Zing White Embossing Powder to make resist clouds on white yardstick.  Then used two colors of blue ink to color the sky.

Hello 2017 and I'm looking for uses for the Simon Says Stamps Believe Dies and Stamps.  The cloudy sky made a pretty background for the popped up butterfly and Believe sentiment.  A bit of sparkle and shine (Crystal Stickles and Glossy Accents).  Note to self:  get the air bubbles out of stickles before it drys.

Here's two of the cards I made, one with stickles and one with glossy accents.  Enjoy!

Have a great day and keep crafting!