Birthday Tree

Hello everyone,

The father of one of my colleagues is turning 91 years old and I was asked to craft a card for this great occasion. I used yesterday's i{heart}2stamp sketch to get started.

The patterned paper is all Stampin' Up Sweet Pea. The image, Gina K Tree Silhouettes, is coloured with Tombow markers on Very Vanilla and layered on Chocolate Chip. The sentiment is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Birthday Greetings. The embellishments are Moss Oregon Raindrops.

I love this very masculine birthday card. I think it is exactly what my colleague was looking for and I sure his father will appreciate it. Stampin' Up's Sweet Pea paper is one of my favourites. It has so many great masculine papers that, as usual, work together beautifully.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Birthday Greetings

Hello everyone

Today's card takes advantage of another of my flubs from this past weekend. I used Saturday's I {heart} 2 Stamp sketch as a jumping off point and last week's Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge was embossing which was the entire focus of the flub.

The paper is all BasicGrey Lemonade and vanilla Recollections. The image is embossed with Cuttlebug's With Love and painted with Shimmerz Blingz Gold Glimmer. The butterflies are Ranger Adirondack Watermelon and Shell Pink alcohol ink and Gold Mixative, applied to velum and cut with Sizzix Beautiful wings Embosslits. The sentiment is Annabelle Stamps Sentimental Bluebells stamped in Stampin' Up Melon Mambo. The flowers and butterflies are highlighted with Fruit Punch and Star Dust Stickles respectively.

I just love this girly, girly card. It has a vintage vibe which comes from combining the great BasicGrey patterns. If only men cards were so easy to craft. I still have a couple of flubs but I'm not certain how I could incorporate them into cards. I'll have to do some experimenting over the weekend.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle