Uniquely Creative Outback Divine 18th Birthday Card

 

Hi everyone 😀

My baby turned 18 the other day and this is the card that I made for her.  Where does the time go?!  It doesn't seem all that long ago that I was sending her off to her first day of school and now she is in Year 12.  

The card was made from a Card Kit by Uniquely Creative - Outback Divine  and I pretty much followed the design from the sample card photos in the kit.  We were lucky that we weren't in lockdown at the time and were able to have a lovely birthday lunch together at a local cafe which we thoroughly enjoyed.

I specifically chose the magpie image as we have two families of magpies that visit our home - one family visits out the front and sit right the front door and call out until we come with some food.   It is so sweet when they bring their babies down and trust us to let us get very close to them.   The second family visits our back garden and the male magpie and the 2 babies from last year's brood hop on our knee and take food from our hand.  The 2 babies also stand at the kitchen window and tap it to get our attention.  The male also taps on the kitchen window and if we don't come, he stands right outside the sliding door and stamps his feet as he peers in at us to try and get our attention.  We do enjoy our magpie friends very much and they bring us alot of joy especially at the moment in Lockdown with no (human) visitors allowed.

The only thing that I added to the card that wasn't by Uniquely Creative were the pink rhinestones which are by Kaisercraft.

I think this is one of the prettiest collections by Uniquely Creative.  I love to see Australian flora and fauna featured in cardmaking products as it really inspires my creativity and well, it just makes me happy 😃

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Ink:  None

Designer Paper:  Uniquely Creative Outback Divine 6" x 6" pad + Creative Cuts + Cut-a-part Sheet (sentiments) - all from their Cardmaking Kit

Accessories:  Dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Kaisercraft pink rhinestones, fussy-cutting scissors, white card base

Stamperia Forest - Father's Day Card

 

Hi everyone 😊

Today I am sharing the Father's Day card that I made yesterday for my husband.  He is a fantastic Dad to our daughter and the most gentle and kindest man you could ever know.  

This is also my card for the following Challenges.  Please click on the underlined links to take you to the Challenge.

The Male Room - September - Challenge #154 - Nature's Bounty.  I thought the beautiful eagle and nature theme of the papers fitted the Challenge perfectly.

Splitcoaststampers - Ways to Use It Challenge WT830 - Brads

In the past few months, I stumbled across some Stamperia designer papers and fell in love.  They are beautiful quality and the artwork is stunning.  I bought their Forest pad with a view to making some masculine cards as the images are just perfect for them.

The main image and the papers are from the 8" x 8" pad.   I went around them with Ranger Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress inks using my Ranger blending tool.  It was amazing the difference that it made.

The side panel was punched using my old favourite - Fiskars Scallop Border punch.  Both the light teal and brown cardstock were trimmed to 1/16" and 1/8" respectively using my Perfect Layers Tools.  The stitched grosgrain ribbon is old and is by My Memories - from their FaLaLa range - which came in a pack of 6 trims.  Technically the pack is for Christmas to match their range of designer papers but the pack just happened to be sitting on my desk for another project and it matched perfectly.  I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.

The bottom 3 copper brads are by Inque Boutique.  Brads have gone out of fashion but I still love to use them especially for masculine cards.  Although I somewhat follow the trends for cardmaking, I just love to use what I have even if they are old and retired.  I found it harder when I was on a Design Team because I had to use products that were still readily available (which was fair enough) - but I just love the freedom of using all my old stuff and find I am more creative that way.

The sentiment panel is a diecut from the Stamperia Forest Diecuts pack.  I didn't have a Father's Day wooden sentiment so just went with a 'Best Wishes' one instead - and this is by Crafts4U - Words.  I glued on some Darice twine and the wooden stars are from my stash. 

Once I had completed my card front, I glued it to a kraft card base using Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive.  I buy all my kraft card bases from KMart (Australia) as they are really nice quality and very sturdy.   Finished size is 6" x 6" or 15cm x 15cm.

I think you could use this card for a birthday or to say thank you - lots of occasions.

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate it 😃 

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  None

Ink:  Ranger Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress

Designer Paper:  Stamperia Forest 8" x 8" pad and Diecuts #DFLDC02

Accessories:  Ranger Ink Blending Tool, Crafts4U Wooden Sentiments - Words - #10226, wooden stars (stash), Fray Stop, twine - stash, My Memories - FaLaLa #30823 - brown stitched grosgrain ribbon, Perfect Layers Tools, Inque Boutique copper brads, Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive, Cardstock - brown, light teal, Kraft Card Base - Anko - KMart

Punches:  Fiskars Scallop Border