Birthday Time

 

 

The current challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog is Stencil Mania...use at least three stencils...just in time for a birthday card for my daughter in law.

These are the three stencils I chose. I appreciate these challenges because it forces me to use some of the product that seems to get neglected. I decided to try a technique where you use kraft cardstock and  white ink through the stencil using a blending tool.

I also used the Tim Holtz Framelits w/ Stamps for the butterfly and watercolored it with Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Thanks for the challenge!

Beautiful Birthday Butterfly

 

 

For my niece...as I was naming this post, it brought back a memory of when my niece was two years old and for her birthday she wanted a 'bootiful, bootiful, blue dress'.  She's going to be 31 years old next week and had I thought of it earlier, I would have put some blue in this card for her and reminded her of the 'bootiful, bootiful, blue dress'.

This week at Simon Says Stamp the Monday Challenge is to use Embossing Folders, I really like this 3-D folder from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.

Birthday Tag Selection

My sister-in-law turns 60 this Saturday and I decided to make a collection of humorous tags for her to be able to share with her friends who are of the same age. For each 'tag' I made a front tag and a back tag and then joined them with ribbon. 

She also has a trip to Hawaii planned soon with two of her girlfriends,  so I thought the first one was especially appropriate!

I have a friend who wears summer dresses that my hubby calls 'moo-moos', but I don't dare send this one to her!

This is from a stamp set called 'You Know You're Getting Old', created by a retired company, Skipping Stones Design. (The birds are, of course, Tim Holtz Crazy Birds)

The cocktail is also from 'Skipping Stones Design' but from a different set called Girls Night Out, but the cute little dog is from Tim Holtz Mini Cats and Dogs.

And a shot of the 'tag holder/birthday card...I scored the cardstock at 4" and 4 1/2" to allow for room for the tags to tuck in, and added ribbon to tie it together.

Anyhow, I hope she gets a chuckle out of these! Thanks for looking!

And for some great tag inspiration, visit the blog at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog:Tags

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Monochrome Birthday

I started a project making a collection of humorous birthday tags for my sister-in-law who turns 60 this Saturday. Then I saw this challenge at Simon Says: Monochrome. The DSP I was using for the tag collection included this monochrome sheet and I thought it would work perfectly for the card/tag holder.

The birds are from Tim Holtz Crazy Bird Talk stamp and die combo. The sentiments are from a retired company, Skipping Stones Design. The DSP (retired Stampin' Up) I have had for over 12 years from when I first started papercrafting! The other dies are from Spellbinders, My Favorite Things, and Sizzix/Tim Holtz. I also added some ribbon to tie the tag holder closed.

I will share the tags on my next post!

Lavender Cheesecake

This birthday card for my good friend was inspired first by the current challenge at Frilly and Funkie: Bloomin' Marvelous, and then by the following photo on Pinterest of Honey Lavender Cheesecake.
Yummy, right?

I had a bit of a hard time getting the colors of the card to show correctly, here is a different angle.

 

I started by adding some texture paste to a Tim Holtz Mini Stencil (Set 10) and after it dried, colored with chalk. I cut the Dainty Doily from QuicKutz die, added some sheer ribbon, and cut a couple of Mini Tags from Taylored Dies. The little butterfly is from a Stampendous Floral set.

I thought about making the Honey Lavender Cheesecake for her birthday to go with the card, but she is the dessert queen on our block, so I'll have to give it some thought!

Thanks for stopping by!

Desires of your heart

The Monday Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp this week is 'Birds of a Feather'...to use either a bird or a feather in your project.  I have a niece with a birthday coming up, so I decided to use this bird image from Tim Holtz clear stamp set Urban Grunge. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings Vol. 3. I stamped Vintage Text by Wendy Vecchi on the base of the card, then layered a die cut piece using Tim Holtz Thinlits and some leaves from the Festive Greens die set.

Thanks for looking!

Happy "29th"

At Simon Says Stamp the Monday Challenge is We've Got Your Number...add a number somewhere on your creation.

Well, my very good friend just had her 60th birthday...and we're both setting a goal to lose some weight before summer...so this Happy "29th" Birthday card was perfect for her.  The inside sentiment reads 'from your "110 lb." friend.'

So I turned it into another easel card so you could see both sentiments at the same time.

I just love these Graphic45 images. The sentiment stamps are from Skipping Stones Design, and the tag outline stamp and die are from Tim Holtz Snowman Blueprint.

Thanks for stopping by!

Getting Old-Thongs

Thought this set fit perfectly for this week's sketch for Skipping Stones Design, SSD #018. They have the cutest sayings don't you think?