For Your Baptism Starburst

Today I have a featured artist — Katie Campbell.
Katie is my daughter and she made this beautiful card.
My great niece was baptized on Saturday.
Katie was Leah’s Godmother.
She made two wonderful cards and asked which
I liked better.  This was my first choice.
I asked if I could have the card she didn’t use as
I hadn’t made a card for Miss Leah yet.
WOOHOO — I got to use my favorite!!!
What a sweet daughter.
Burst of BaptismSo, on to the card.
Katie used the All God’s Grace stamp set
along with Kinda Ecletic stamp set for the starburst.
She started with a Basic Gray base,
added a layer of Blushing Bride and then
stamped on a piece of Whisper White.
She stamped the starburst with VersaMark ink
and embossed with White embossing powder.
Then she sponged Blushing Bride ink around the starburst.

She stamped For Your Baptism with Blushing Bride ink.
She stamped the cross and dove with Memento ink
and cut out with Paper Snips.
She attached a Silver Metallic Doily
and attached the cross over the doily with
dimensionals.  She punched a Blushing Bride
heart using the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and attached
it with a dimensional.   She also used a dimensional
to attach the dove (I taught her well — more
dimensionals is a good thing).
I love the last little detail — three little pearls
at the bottom corner — so sweet.

I just love this card and am so proud of the
great job Katie did on this card.

Share this!
Hand Made Cards

Happy Birthday Robin!!!!

Today's card is for a special friend, Robin!!!
It's a special birthday this year and I wanted to be
sure she knows it's TIME TO CELEBRATE!!!
Time to CelebrateThis card uses the Party with Cake bundle.
It is the stamp set and the coordinating framelits
which help make the card extra special.

The card base is Blushing Bride with a layer of
Whisper White that was embossed with the
Decorative Dots embossing folder.
We used Love Blossoms designer paper to create
the banners down the front.  Don't forget
to add a piece of the Early Espresso 1/2" Seam Binding
across the middle.

We inked up the stamp with Early Espresso and
Blushing Bride markers.  We used the
Project Life Corner Round Punch on all four
sides of both the Whisper White and the
Early Espresso layers and attached with
dimensionals.

Now check out the inside:
Time to Celebrate Inside
I love how the cake POPS right out of the card.
Don't you love the sparkle for the cake plate — that's
Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper.
We sponger Blushing Bride over the Happy
and Crumb Cake over the Birthday to
help it pop out a bit more.

I hope Robin enjoys this card
and I hope she has the BEST
birthday ever.
Happy Birthday My Friend!!!!

Share this!
Hand Made Cards

Rose Wonder Happy Birthday

This is the final card we made at my Stamp of the Month Class
which featured the Rose Wonder stamp set.
The attendees could add the coordinating Rose Garden
thinlits to get the bundle price if they wanted to.
We used the Rose Garden thinlit on this card.
Thank you Jackie Bolhius for the inspiration for this card.
Happy BirthdayWe started with Shimmery White cardstock.
This cardstock is perfect for watercoloring and
helps give your projects a little sparkle and shine too.

I added a Basic Black mat — 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
Then another layer of Shimmery White — 3 3/4″ x 5″

I stamped the rose and leaves on the Shimmery White layer
with Archival Black ink — you want to use this ink
so it doesn’t smear when you watercolor the image.

Then I used my Aqua Painter and
Rose Red and Wild Wasabi inks to color in
the rose and leaves.  I was able to get a bit of shading
on the rose with just the Rose Red ink but I did add
a little Garden Green to my leaves to darken a few
little areas.

Next I used the speckle stamp from
Gorgeous Grunge and the black ink to
lightly stamp a few flecks on the card.

Then I took a second piece of Black cardstock and
used the framelit to cut out the rose and leaves.
I used the Fine Tip Glue to attach this over the
stamped image.  This little bit completely changes
the look of the rose and makes the outline bolder.

I used the label framelit from the Rose Garden thinlits
and Shimmery White cardstock to cut out the label.
I stamped Happy Birthday with the Black ink.

I used the Silver Thread and looped it a few times
and attached it to the back of the label with
dimensionals and attached to the front of the card.

I love the look of this card, don’t you?

Share this!
Hand Made Cards