One more birthday card...

One more birthday card for the Paper Crafts Connection 2009 Gallery Idol challenge and the Bitten By the Bug challenge:

The cute little retro flower is from the Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge. The checkerboard background is another Silhouette diecut that I cut in white and colored with markers. Can you see that the flower and the yellow-green squares are shiney with Crystal Effects?

I got the idea for this retro-like card from the signage at a local frozen yogurt shop this weekend. No, this is not the same colors but it's the same "feel". And, I can't wait to make something else with these colors:

Details: Paper - Basic Grey, Stampin' Up!, The Paper Co.; Ink - SU!, Marvy Uchida; Diecuts - Cricut, Silhouette; My Sentiments Exactly! stamp; SU! Crystal Effects; Michaels ribbon.

TFL!!

Heidi

Happy Birthday cards

Paper Crafts Connection is hosting a Gallery Idol 2009 challenge. The first task is birthday cards.

This first card has a vintage-y, romantic feel. I love the Kewpie images of the Clear Arts Stamps stamps.

The flowers are from the Cricut Walk In My Garden cartridge. I colored them with a bit of ink and some of them are touched with a little Stickles. They're all distressed with my fingernail and bent up a bit and then covered with Crackle Medium. The photo corners are also covered with Crackle Medium.

The card is based on a sketch on Bitten By the Bug:

This next card is a little more modern and graphic.

The cherries are a Unity Stamp Co. stamp, colored with ink and hit with some Stickles. The little tag is a Quikutz Squeeze diecut.

The cool checkerboard background is a Silhouette diecut. Have I mentioned how much I love the Silhouette images - when my cutting mats are cooperating?

Details (Kewpie): Paper - Crafty Secrets, The Paper Co.; Clear Arts Stamps stamps; Ink - StazOn, Stampin' Up!; Cricut & Quickutz Squeeze diecuts; Fiskars border stamp; Stickles; Ranger Crackle Medium; SU! ribbon; pin, beads.

Details (Cherry): The Paper Co. paper; Unity Stamp Co. stamp; Quickutz Silhouette and Squeeze diecuts; Ink - StazOn, SU!; Zig Millenium pen; ribbon, floss.

TFL!!

Heidi