Maja Design Denim and Friends 21st Birthday Card!

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a 21st Birthday Card that I made for my Great-Nephew:

It is hard to believe that I am a Great-Aunt to a 21 year old as it makes me sound really old - but then again, my own daughter is 21 so there is a big generation gap.  Doesn't sound as bad when I think about it that way 😉

To make my card, I used a image from a 12" x 12" Denim and Friends designer paper that has all these AWESOME masculine photos perfect for just about any occasion.  All the designer papers on my card are from this same collection.  I have had this collection for a while and you can still get it in Australia - not sure about other countries.

I used a Uniquely Creative Edge Distressing Tool to rough up all the edges of every layer.  I recently bought this tool and I have to say how fantastic it is and alot easier than using the blade of my scissors - and much safer for my fingers!

All the layers are trimmed to either 1/16" or 1/8" using my WRMK Perfect Layers Guides.

The Kraft Cardstock is by Anko which I bought from KMart Australia and matched the card perfectly.

The 21 was diecut from Kraft Cardstock using a very old set of Cuttlebug dies called Baby Face.  These dies are thicker than the usual dies you buy nowadays and I wasn't sure of the sandwich for my Big Shot - so brought out my old and very-loved Cuttlebug and used it instead.  I remember getting my Cuttlebug from my local scrapbooking store after seeing them demonstrate dry-embossing.  I thought it was really amazing to dry-emboss something to add texture to your card.   My first embossing folder was the Swiss Dots and I still use that folder as it just doesn't date.  

I diecut a Navy Blue Cardstock circle using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Circles die then glued the numbers on top.  I added some Uniquely Creative Twine as it just needed a little something extra.

I glued on the Wooden Happy Birthday and Stars using Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive then glued the card front to a Cream Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.

Finished size is 5-7/8" x 4-1/4" or 149mm x 108mm.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Paper:  Maja Design Denim and Friends 12" x 12"

Accessories:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug, Uniquely Creative Edge Distressing Tool UCE1986, Uniquely Creative Twine UCE1861, Wooden Stars (stash), Wooden Happy Birthday - Kaisercraft, We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layers Guides, Kraft Cardstock - Anko (KMart), Navy Blue Cardstock, Cream Card Base, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Dies:  Cuttlebug/Provocraft Baby Face Numbers 37-1053, Lifestyle Nesting Circles

Stampin' Up Butterfly Brilliance Joseph's Coat Birthday Card!

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a Birthday Card that I made for my Stampin' Up Demonstrator - Rachel.  I love going to Rachel's monthly classes and always learn something new - plus it takes me out of my comfort zone so stretches me creatively.

Because Rachel is always teaching me something new, I thought that I would try a new technique.  Even though the Joseph's Coat technique isn't new, it is one technique that I have heard of but didn't know how to do so was busy watching You-Tube Tutorials to learn how to do it.  I made a bunch of backgrounds trying out different brands of ink and colour combinations and it was really fun.  And here is my finished card:

What I did learn is that you must be very careful to make sure that your inky background is totally dry before stamping with your Versamark Watermark ink AND that you use your Embossing Buddy so that the ink only sticks to your stamped image.  I forgot the embossing powder a couple of times when experimenting and it tends to spoil the end result.

To make my card, I blended Stampin' Up inks in Soft Sky, Watermelon Wonder and Blackberry Bliss onto white cardstock.  I dried the card very thoroughly with my heat-gun then stamped the Stampin' Up Butterfly Brilliance stamp using Versamark Watermark ink.  This stamp set is retired but one of my all-time favourites.  I poured on some Ranger Superfine Detail Embossing Powder and heat-set it. 

Now, this is where the magic begins 😃  Firstly, I made sure that my Versafine Onyx Black was nice and juicy by adding some drops of reinker.  This is the first time I have reinked the stamp pad as the Versafine Ink Pads last a very long time.  I swiped the pad over the butterflies and anywhere where you have heat-embossed, the black ink resists it.  As if by magic, the colours of the butterflies began to 'pop' and they look amazing against the black background.  It really is very simple.  I think the main thing is that you use ink colours that are quite light as any dark inks will just blend into the black background and not look very good.

Once my panel was dry, I layered it onto Stampin' Up Berry Burst then Pretty Peacock cardstock trimming each colour to 1/16" using my We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layers Guides - then onto Stampin' Up Basic Black cardstock with a 1/8" border.

The sentiment is from another retired set called Stampin' Up Simply Sketched which was a Hostess Gift.  I stamped it onto Berry Burst cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat-embossed it using Ranger Superfine Detail Embossing Powder.  I diecut the sentiment using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Oval dies then popped it up on scraps of Berry Burst cardstock.  I popped the card front onto a Kaisercraft White Card Base.

Lastly, I used Helmar's 450 Adhesive to glue on some Anko Pastel Rhinestones which I bought from KMart (Australia).  The pack is HUGE and I don't think I will run out of rhinestones anytime soon!  

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:  

Stamps:  Stampin' Up Butterfly Brilliance (retired) and Simply Sketched (retired)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark Watermark, Stampin' Up Soft Sky (retired) + Watermelon Wonder + Blackberry Bliss

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  Big Shot, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Helmar's 450 Adhesive, We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layers Guides, Ranger Superfine Detail Clear Embossing Powder, Powder Tool, Heat-gun, Anko Rhinestones (KMart), Stampin' Up cardstock - Basic Black, Pretty Peacock, Berry Burst, Kaisercraft White Card Base

Dies:  Lifestyle Nesting Ovals