Card 22 - Happy Birthday

I've been on a hiatus. Well hb has been on the morning shift so I don't usually craft since he'll be using the area to watch tv and play on his playstation. I'll have to find some way around that for the subsequent weeks since I've signed up for the Holiday Card Boot Camp. I'm excited for the class to start and to learn more.

Well my mum's birthday is around the corner and here is a card I made for her. I bought this stamp the moment I saw a card done by Jennifer McGuire. However I didn't really make any card with it till now. I used the technique shown on Jennifer McGuire's blog using distress inks and liquid pearls. My mum's favorite color is purple so I based the card around those shades.

Supplies Used:

Paper - PTI Stamper's Select White, Autumn Rose, Lavender Moon

Inks - Distress Ink Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet,  Shabby Shutters,  Forest Moss, Ripe Persimmons, Wild Honey, Versamark, Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar

Stamps - Hero Arts Flower Bird Garden, Sweet Threads by Basic Gray,  Birthday Messages (Sentiment), WPlus9 A Special Lady (Inside Sentiment)

Others - Fiskars  Scallop Sentiment, PTI Autumn Rose Satin Ribbon, White Embossing Powder, Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen, Ranger Liquid Pearls White, Ranger Liquid Pearls Silver

Card 21 - Have A Merry Christmas

After seeing so many inspirations on Christmas cards, I was definitely inspired to do some myself. Got myself a few Lawn Fawn stamps when 2Peas was having 25% sale on stamps.

Just love working with Lawn Fawn stamps. They are so fun to use and mix around. I will be entering this card to the Lawnscaping Challenge #19: Layers & Dimensions. It will be my first time joining the challenge and since I have more Lawn Fawn stamps on hand now, I should be able to participate more often.

I colored all the images using my Faber-Castell Aquarelles. The sentiment 'card' was inspired by a "To Santa" stamp in the set. I drew my own card on pattern paper to size and stamp the sentiment with versamark and heat embossed.

The mantel is layered on 1/16" foam adhesives and the tree is layered on 1/16" & 1/8" foam adhesives. I also added glossy accents to all the lights bulbs for added interest.

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