My Nephew's Birthday Card

Tomorrow is my nephew's Birthday, I can't believe that it's been 38 years since he made his "early" appearance into our lives. The great family story is when my brother phone our parents to let them know they had a grandson my father was so thrilled that the next 'trick or treaters' that came to the door got the whole bowl of candy in their bags. Being born on Halloween does have some perks, there is always a party, I'm glad though that I don't have to find a costume every year for my celebrations. Chris has had some great ones over the years!

This card is a technique I learned at a make & take at a local Scrapping store. You take pieces of regular masking tape and tear them off in small uneven strips and cover the peice of white CS. Once it is completely covered, choose the color of Tim Holtz distress ink you want to use and sponge it all over the masking tape covered piece, and while it is still tacky cover it with clear UTEE embossing powder and heat set it. This gives you a smooth surface that has this rough look. The fabric leaves, arrow brad and a peice of twine doubled on itself finish of this look. I matted it with a piece of chocolate brown CS and mounted it all on a light brown making it a 41/2" square card.

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Birthday card with Smooch Swirls

The card I'm sharing with you today is a technique that I learned at a make and take last month.

The background is created using the product called "Smooch" by Clearsnap. You need a tin foil type pie plate, the instructor warned us not to use one of our good pie plates as the clean up it not easy. You put a couple of inches of water in the pie plate. Then you place a drop of a couple of different colours of smooch on the top of the water. Then you take the last colour you want to use and swirl it on the surface of the water. You now take a piece of glossy finish CS (not photo paper) cut to the approximate size you want to use and submerse it, glossy side down, in the water. After lifting it out you turn it over and you have your masterpiece. You can either lay it aside to dry or use your heat gun to dry it quicker.  It really is amazing the different effects you get by mixing your colours. This particular one was done with pumpkin, taffy, kiwi and then swirled with molasses. To finish off this card I used a dragon fly stamped on vellum and then cut out and popped up on dimensionals. The piece across the bottom is some Tim Holtz tissue that is pleated. The little flower is attached to a piece of brown twine double on itself and attached to the card front before adhering it to the folded card base. 
I have sent this particular card off to a card making friend of mine who's having a birthday this month.
Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy

Another Birthday

This card is one that I made for a neighbour who's birthday was last week.
I used the paisley embossing folder that is part of the Cindy Loo collection. The card itself is blue Bazzil so I didn't do any matting other than for the sentiment piece. The 1/8" ribbon was part of my stash. I then added 3 dark blue pearls for just that little bit of bling. On the inside of this card I mounted another piece of CS with another "celebrate" stamp.

Thanks for dropping by,
Sandy