Butterfly Pair

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a birthday card with a lovely pair of butterflies.

The card base is The Paper Studio.  The image is Outlines Lilly & Layla stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Recollections White, coloured with a variety of Reeves and Faber-Castell watercolour pencil crayons and is highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.  The sentiment is Rubbernecker Happy Birthday stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  The image/sentiment panel is layered on a textured yellow Bazzill and more Recollections White.

I love the simplicity of this image.  It's was wonderful for colouring.  I also loved that the layout of the image allowed the placement of the sentiment in the design 'sweet spot', making this a very quick and easy card to craft.  The blue/yellow/white is a wonderful and fresh colour combination that I love using.  This is a great result.

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

Gisèle

A Pretty Little Bird

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a really pretty birthday card.

The card base is The Paper Studio.  The image is Inkadinkado stamped in Altenew Rouge on Recollections Vanilla.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Curly Cute also stamped in Altenew Rouge on Recollections Vanilla.  The image and sentiment elements are layered on Recollections Mercury Glass.  The card is highlighted with Star Dust Stickles.

This is such a pretty card.  It's not quite as 'pink' as the photo but more of a salmon colour.  I was thrilled to find this Mercury Glass paper in my stash because it coordinates perfectly with the colours used, from the card base, to the ink, to the base paper.  I so love it when all the elements come together so wonderfully.  This is a beautiful stamp that is also perfect for adding Stickles.

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

Gisèle

Autumn Wheat

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Today's post is the last of the French birthday cards in this commission.

The card base is The Paper Studio.  The image is Magenta stamped in Stampin' Up Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie and More Mustard on a white of unknown origin.  The sentiment is Bonnidee French Wording #1 stamped in Pumpkin Pie.  The image and sentiment are layered on Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust.

I really love this stamp.  It's the perfect scale for these smaller card bases.  I used three separate ink colours, applying light to dark.  This image would also be ideal for using the watercolour crayon technique.  The font of the sentiment is a little fussier than I'd like for these wheat stalks but it's not all together terrible.  I debated adding some ribbon or other embellishment but I really like the layered image and sentiment by themselves.  It's a great result.

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

Gisèle

Floral Flourish

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a lovely feminine birthday card.

The card base is The Paper Studio.  The image is Stamp Barn stamped in Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss on a white of unknown origin and layered on Blackberry Bliss.  The sentiment is Rubbernecker Happy Birthday also stamped in Blackberry Bliss on a white of unknown origin and layered on more Blackberry Bliss.  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestone stickers.

This is a new stamp for me and I can see it being used often.  I used my MISTI for making the impression because I knew it would take a couple of passes to get a solid image.  It's a great image for adding embellishments or Stickles.  I've always loved using these oval punches for layering a sentiment and though it's not in the design 'sweet spot', the flourish allows for perfect placement.

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

Gisèle

Butterfly Trio

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another French birthday card.

The card base is The Paper Studio.  The image is The Artful Stamper stamped in StazOn Jet Black on a white of unknown origin and coloured with a variety of Reeves watercolour pencil crayons.  The sentiment is Bonnidee French Wording #1 also stamped in StazOn Jet Black.  The image/sentiment panel is layered on a light green Bazzill and more white of unknown origin. The card is highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.

This is another great image to non-experts to colour.  The lines are simple and the style is very forgiving.  I chose to use pencil crayons because I felt the colours were more subtle in keeping with the card base.  I originally to put the sentiment on a separate element but it didn't pop enough against the white background and really, there was enough space to place it on the image panel.

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

Gisèle

One Little Bird

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a French birthday card.

The card base is Craft Smith.  The image is Harmonie stamped in Stampin' Up Early Espresso on Recollections Vanilla, coloured with a variety of Stampin' Up watercolour crayons, and layered on Recollections Kraft.  The sentiment is Bonnidee French Wording #1 stamped in Early Espresso on Recollections Vanilla and layered on Recollections Kraft.

This is such a sweet, simple card.  I've had this little bird image for eons but don't use it that often.  With my personal challenge to use more images for this commission, I've been dusting off a number of stamps I've not used in quite some time.  This is the perfect image for a non-colourer because is so simple.  I debated adding embellishments but rather liked the easy layout.  The sentiment is a little more fancy than I'd like but I've but this single french happy birthday sentiment so it just has to do.

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

Gisèle

Sunkissed Wishes

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Today's post is a birthday card that I wasn't sure would actually work until the very end.

The card base is Craft Smith.  The background image is Stampin' Up You've Got This stamped in Altenew Sunkissed on a white of unknown origin.  The focal image is Magenta stamped in Stampin' Up Early Espresso and layered on more Early Espresso.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Perfect Punches stamped in Early Espresso on a more white of unknown origin.

Oranges and browns are not a favourite colour combination but I've a number of these orange/gold card bases that need to be used and I wanted to try a silhouette style that wasn't black.  I thought the Sunkissed kissed background would coordinate well with the card base and the Early Espresso is dark enough for a silhouette.  Black would have been a little too Halloween-like.  I like this sentiment because it coordinates with the large oval punch and I thought, placed just right, would be a nice anchor for the image.  This is a great result even though I wasn't sure of myself the entire time I was crafting it.

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

Gisèle