Brother Birthday Card

Good afternoon!  Today I have one of those tricky to make male birthday cards to show you.  I love Maja Design's Denim & Friends Collection for male cards.

I used one of the photo cut outs and mounted it onto the reverse side of the paper and used leaves from Lawerowe's Peony Leaves set.  Chipboard pieces are great for adding a bit of interest to male cards without using flowers.  Behind the image I have also added a strip of cream cardstock cut with the Grated Edge Doohickey die.

 I also love the decorative strips that Maja Design include on all of their papers.  I've used one here to add further interest and another chipboard piece.  The 'Brother' sentiment was cut with a die from my stash.

I made a little envelope to contain a money gift and used the Rich Rach Doohickey die to create a tear strip for it - love doing this!  I inked the edges of everything with Walnut Stain Distress ink.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

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TOMIC #8 - Blue & Brown

 

Good morning!  It is time for another challenge over on the TOMIC blog, and this month our theme is 'Blue and brown'.    This was the perfect colour combination to provide me with an idea for my dad's birthday card.  I always find men's cards tricky!  The papers are all from Maja Design.

I painted the Dot Muffin stamp from the A Little Yummy For Your Tummy collection with Distress Inks using the no lines technique.  I then added 'Dad' with some alphabet stamps from my stash.  I created the background for the muffin with two different sentiment stamps: Happy Birthday, from the You Are So Special collection, and It's Your Birthday, from the Yay It's Your Birthday collection.  The muffin has been curved to add a realistic shape and added to the card with foam pads.

You can see how it curves in this photo!  I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us this month at TOMIC.  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous creations.  Thanks for looking!

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CD Card

 Good morning!  Today I'd like to share with you a fun card I have created using the Doohickey dies from Volume 19 - Music.  I made it for my brother's birthday but it would work equally well for a teenager I think.  I have used acetate and silver cardstock to create the CD background, drawing round an actual CD to get the correct size.  I used Spellbinder circle dies for the centre holes.

 I cut the tape player in silver, black and orange and then used different elements from each colour to create the tape player.

I have used the two star Doohickey dies in several colours on the card.

I have also used the vinyl record and musical note Doohickey dies.  The paper strip with stars on is from a Maja Design paper and the ribbon is from my stash.

I have added the die cuts on different thicknesses of foam pads to add lots of interesting dimension to the card.

Here's a side view showing the inside of the card which I covered in co-ordinating blue paper as it is visible through the hole in the CD from the front.

 I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

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May The Force Be With You!

 Good evening!  I am back after a little break with my latest card for Craft Heaven using the super cute stamps from the Galaxy Collection and paper from Maja Design.

My little nephew loves Star Wars so these two were perfect to use on his card.  The Maja Design paper was perfect for a 'starry sky'!  As always, I've painted the images with Distress Inks using the no lines technique.  I have also added Glossy Accents to the droid, lightsabre and Tilda's boots.

I also used the moon stamp from the Galaxy Collection, stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink and shaded with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I've added some lustre with a Wink of Stella pen.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

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