Three Birthday Cards, Three People, For The Same Day

Hello Everyone!

Did you expect me to post again so quickly after yesterday's post? Well after I completed those cards for the 'Denim & Girls' card kit yesterday, I immediately set out to make three birthday cards for three different people that have their birthday on the same day! These people are my Dad, who is turning 87, and my two younger sisters, who are twins and turning 60! I had to get them done on time so that my sister that lives an hour away could also write in and sign the cards for the other two birthdays in time to send them off in the mail. As a matter of fact, she is the one that commissioned me to make the cards. I also had to make one for me to give to her too. So let's have a look.

Here are three cards all together.

The first card you see here should look a little familiar to some of you if you have been following my posts for about three years. I posted it here when I was teaching at Scrapbook Essentials BC after being chosen to be a Spellbinders Educator. This was a card that I hung on to for a long time because it was a favourite of mine. This is the card that I decided would suite the younger of my twin sisters.

 I just added the stamped 'Birthday Greetings' and the large '60'.

This next photo shows the '60' closer.

Hopefully you can see the four layers of light pink cardstock under the gold foil layer. I love this technique the Jennifer McGuire shows many times on her video tutorials.

Next in the first photo is a masculine looking card that I made for my Dad.

This card is comprised of Stampin' Up! stamps from when I was a demonstrator a few years back. (If you haven't seen my Stampin' Up! blog here is a link for some further inspiration for you.) I tried to make this an elegant masculine card.

You can see the layers above. You know me and layers; I love them!

I think my Dad is going to really like this card! I forgot to take photos of the inside, because I did some gold embossing on the inside too.

Now come the last card for my other twin sister, the oder of the two by 2 1/2 minutes. This one uses Altenew's "Cherished Memories" stamps and dies. I also used their alcohol markers to colour the flowers and leaves.

 The 'Happy Birthday' stamp is from Stampin' Up! however. If you look closely you can see that all the flowers around the edge are glued down to the edge of the cardstock piece, and them popped up toward the center of the the piece. I love how it turned out!

I used the same technique with the '60' again, except I used layers of white cardstock for this card.

I think I will do more alcohol marker colouring again. I forgot how much fun it is, and I'm a little out of practise.

Well, that's it for these three birthday cards. Hope you enjoyed seeing them and that they have inspired your creativity too.

Happy creativity!

Denim & Girls (Maja Design) Card Kit

Hello Everyone!

How are things going for you? This Covid thing really has changed things up. Some places are beginning to open up again, and it will be nice to gather in larger groups again when it happens.

I'm here today to share with you another card kit for Scrapbook Parade. This kit has 10 cards! And, this is the first time I have worked with Maja Design paper! I have always liked their papers and have wanted to work with it. These 10 cards are made using the "Denim & Girls" collection in the 6 x 6 paper pad size. I do not like 6 x 6 cards, but 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 looks much better to me. so my square cards are usually 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. So take a look at the cards.

This is what Scrapbook Parade posted for this kit.

WOO HOO!

Here is the first Maja Kit Sabrina created using the Denim & Girls Collection. You get everything you need to create 10 cards with full color instructions and envelopes. These cards are loaded with Lasercuts, Lace, Metal Embellishments, Ribbon, Flowers and more... Limited Quantities.

NOTE: Ladies on the pre-order list get first dibs and I will be sending you an e-mail with photos.

Kit Cost $42.00 total

As usual for these kits, I will post more detail photos for those that purchase a kit some time by end of Saturday, June 9th.

Thank you for stopping by to have a look, and for purchasing a kit, and Happy card making!

Till next time!

Monochromatic Card Kit #2 - Extra Photos

Welcome Back!

After sharing the previous three posts for those that purchased any of the three Graphic 45 'Fashion Forward' card kits, today I am posting more detail photos for those that bought the 2nd Monochromatic Card Kit from Scrapbook Parade.

For this monochromatic card kit, there are the colours purple, brown, red, green, black, and dark teal. I hope that these photos will help you in following the instructions that came in your kit and make it a little easier for you to assemble these six cards.

We begin with the purple card. I love this Altenew stamp set, and stencil used in the background.

Next there is the brown card. This one I believe would be good for both a male or female card. One can always add a sentiment to this card you so wish.

I was pleased with the results of this card. This could be a Valentine card, Anniversary card, or a Birthday card for a spouse, and perhaps even a Mother's Day card.

The green card will different for everyone, as the white heat embossing has been done for you, but leaving the choice of green up to you to practise the ink resist technique. SInce I used an Oxide ink, I was able to splatter a bit of water around and even use water to paint the leaves and flowers, removing some of the colour.

The black card is a very different one for me, and maybe a bit of an experiment. I have seen black on black cards before with a touch of added colour, and I wanted to see if I could design one. Both the stencil used and the stamp set used (same stamps as for the green card) are from Altenew.

Lastly we have the dark teal card again using the ink resist technique and ink blending. A CAS card (clean and simple) that has space to add a sentiment is desired.

I thank all those that purchased this kit, and hope that you had fun assembling your cards.

The next card kit posted in a couple of weeks, will be using paper from a Maja Design paper and more than likely be in a Shabby Chic style. So if you are interested, keep an eye out for that posting so that you can purchase a kit.

In the meantime, Happy Creating!

Graphic 45 "Fashion Forward" - Card Kit #3 - Extra Photos

Hi Again!

The third and final card kit using Graphic 45's 'Fashion Forward' paper, and available through Scrapbook Parade, is being showcased with photos for those that purchased a kit and would like a little closer look at the cards. The kit purchasing details were posted here.

This set will be the last four months of the year and are photoed here with all four together.

With this set of I cards, instead of adding die cut shapes on top. I die cut to created recessed windows for the images. I really love how these turned out. I think being recessed accents the images more than if they were on top.

The first card of this set is September. For this set of cards there is no fussy cutting for you, but a lot, and I mean a lot of die cutting done for you. This set will come together very easily.

This next card is of course, October

Now we have the paper for the month of November with more die cut pieces for embellishments.

And the final card is created with a lovely paper design for the month of December

Using three layers of red die cuts for 'Merry Christmas' all glued together creates a real nice look to pop the sentiment out nicely.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed making up all of these kits, just two of them or even just a single kit. If you are at home, this is a great way to spend some of your time.

Have fun creating!