Inspired by #113

I have a tendency to take photos literally when using them as inspiration for a card.  I'm trying to break that habit and think I did fairly well with the Inspired By challenge.

I used the gold orb as my starting point and then used the flowers and the colors in the sofa and pillow to complete a birthday card.

The entire card is made from Concord and 9th's Floral Hoop, stamped with Altenew Inks.  I did add some PolyChromos pencils for details on the (supposed to be) white flowers and for accents on the others. It is on a Soft Stone card base.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a great week.

AAA Birthday #1 and Seize the Birthday #165

I promised that I would show the third of three cards I made for my triplet grandchildren's 21st birthday.  You can see Kyle's here and Abby's here.  This one is for Emily.

The cake and sentiment are from C9 colored with Zigs and Distress Ink.  The background is from HA embossed in my new White Satin Pearl ep on Bristol.

I'm sending this off to the new AAA Birthday challenge and to Seize the Birthday - without the option.

Thanks for dropping by.  I'm off to put them in the mail with a little something from Grandpa and me.

AAA Birthday #1 and The Male Room #110

There's a new challenge in town.  AAA Birthday.  Since I make mostly birthday cards this is one I will be playing often.  It's different from the AAA Cards challenge although Jane Taylor is the brains behind them both.  AAA Birthday is a monthly challenge and it doesn't have to be CAS.  You can do any style you like.  This month the prompt is 'Anything Goes'. 

It was actually the challenge at The Male Room that set the tone for my card.  They want an age on our cards and since my grandson will be celebrating his 21st birthday this month I made him this card.  I printed the sentiment on my computer and then inked the background before placing the C9 candles in a tier of 21.

Thanks for dropping by.

Just Us Girls #456 - Word Week

Ina has chosen 'celebrate' for Word Week at Just Us Girls.  That leaves it wide open to interpretation and we hope you'll be inspired to make a card for this week's challenge. 

I took advantage of the Concord and 9th birthday sale and ordered their Birthday Stacks stamps and dies.  I couldn't wait to play with them once they arrived.

There is everything you need to make a keepsake card in the set and this is the first one I did.  The candles are colored with Zigs and I backed the celebrate die with a black shadow so it would show up better.  The nice thing about this is it folds down to fit in an A2 envelope.

All the measurements and instructions are on the C9 website.  Once I knew what I was doing I had to make a second card for my great-granddaughter who will be three on the 15th.

I thought she'd like the pinks and purples with a little green and aqua added.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Clearly Besotted on the back.  Here's another look at how it folds.

Enough from me.  Now it's time for you to see what the rest of Design Team and our guest designer Julie Beech have made and then make a card of your own for the challenge.  If you are our Chic of the Week you may be our guest designer in November.