January 18, 2012

Hi everyone!  Last night I finally got some time to try out my new clear mount stamp sets and  I ended up making this birthday card.  I need to rebuild my stash of birthday cards.  It seems as though I send out a lot of birthday cards in the beginning of the year.

I haven't been doing much coloring lately on my cards and so I decided to pick an image to use that needed some coloring.  I love coloring with my SU markers and this is one of my very favorite color combinations.

I started making my card by first stamping and coloring my image.  Then I cut my image out along the dotted line (using my scissors) and this way I was able to layer it on the pretty in pink card stock that I cut out using the same size framelit.  I used the next size up framelit to cut out the bashful blue layer then I ran my bashful blue layer through my big shot using the perfect polka dots embossing folder.

Then I just needed to assemble my card.  My designer series papers are from the Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection.  I added some pretty in pink ribbon that I ruffled/scrunched by placing some sticky tape along my card and then folding the ribbon back and forth until I got the ruffled look I wanted.  This is a really neat way to use ribbon differently on any card.  I found that making ruffled ribbon workds best with a satin/silky ribbon. 

And the last few items I decided to add onto my card was a mini clothespin with a small piece of twine tied around it and then three basic pearls towards the bottom of my image panel.  I used one medium pearl and two smaller pearls on both sides of it.

On my photo below I wanted to show you a close up photo so that you could see my coloring a little better.  I hope you liked today's card!  Have a great rest of the day and I'll see you tomorrow!

Stamps: Apothecary Art
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Labels Collection Framelits, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Basic Pearls, Twine, Mini Clothespin, SU Markers, Sticky Strip Tape, Scissors
Technique: Dry Embossing

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