Hi blogging friends,
My Craft Room has been a whirlwind of activity lately making cards for the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen Design Team AND for family birthdays - but I am loving being more creative and spending LOTS of time in my Craft Room now that my husband and I are officially retired. Woo hoo! We both have lots of hobbies so it is great to be able to just have more time to read, relax and create and not have the constraints of doing that around a work schedule. My husband's friends were already retired so it means they can catch up more often.
So onto the Birthday Card that I made for my brother-in-law:
This is also my card for the following Challenges - click on the underlined link to take you to the Challenge:
Of course, if you have been around my blog for a while, you will already know that I adore Penny Black Stamps, so I couldn't wait to ink up this super-cute (but puzzled) dog. I have had this stamp forever and it is a wood-block one and was designed in the year 2000. I find that the Margaret Sherry critter stamps just don't seem to date and I still love them as much as when I first bought them.
I stamped the image onto Ranger Watercolour Cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black Ink, and coloured him using a mix of Watercolour Pencils and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and my #2 Round Paintbrush. The sentiment is from a Penny Black Set - Make a Wish.
The image panel was diecut using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Rounded Squares Dies. Note that I popped up the panel a little on scraps of white cardstock.
All the designer papers are old - Basic Grey - Max and Whiskers - which are from 2009. I love Basic Grey Designer Papers and really miss them as they were really different to other brands.
The Mustard Cardstock and Dark Brown Cardstock on the card base were trimmed to 1/16" and 1/8" respectively using my WRMK Perfect Layers Guides.
The dry embossed panel across the middle was done using a Crafts Too Bone and Paw Print Embossing Folder. I have had this folder for a long time so is no doubt retired.
I added some Uniquely Creative Clear Sparkle Pen to the candle flame and the glow around it.
The top RHS embellishments are 3 x Dark Brown Candi Dots with diecut stars glued on top. Just having the Dark Brown Candi Dots seemed to disappear into the busy background - so I came up with the idea of adding the stars which were diecut from papers from the Max and Whiskers pad. The stars are by Memory Box - Hearts and Stars. The Candi Dots were popped up on 2mm Self-Adhesive Foam Pads.
I left the rest of the card unfussy - although I thought about adding a dark brown ribbon across the centre, however, I was in a rush and glued the main image down so it was too late. I guess it looks OK without it (?). I just love ribbons and find it hard to NOT put them on my cards!
Once I had finished my card front, I glued it to White Card Base using Tombow Mono Multi Glue.
Finished size is: 5-7/8" x 5-7/8" or 138mm x 138mm.
Thanks for stopping by!
Jocelyn
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black Where's Dinner 1705J Wood-Mount, Sentiment - Penny Black Make a Wish 30-052 Clear Set
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Designer Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers 6" x 6" (2009) - retired
Accessories: Big Shot, Crafts Too Bone and Paw Print Embossing Folder (retired), Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Lyra + Derwent Watercolour Pencils, #2 Round Paintbrush, Uniquely Creative Clear Sparkle Brush, Dark Brown Candi Dots - Choc-a-Mocha, We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layers Guides, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Art Glitter Glue, 2mm Self-Adhesive Foam Pads, Cardstock - Mustard + Dark Brown + Scraps of White, Ranger Watercolor Cardstock
Dies: Lifestyle Nesting Rounded Squares L-CC-002 (retired), Memory Box Hearts and Stars 98755 (2014) - retired
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