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My youngest son celebrated his 13th birthday in January and I made him this card. I wanted to make a card with die cuts only so I opted for the Celebrate die set by Sizzix. I die cut all the pieces and assembled them. The numbers are die cut with Spellbinders' Bold Numbers dies and coated with a heavy layer of Rock Candy glitter. I created the background by masking the rectangle, ink blending some Distress Oxide ink to it and then dry embossing the panel with a Penny Black embossing folder called Rounded. I then adhered everything except the numbers in their places, splattered it all with some Hero Arts White Acrylic Spray and then adhered the numbers in place with some foam adhesives.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Some Texture 

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #510 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

* Krafty Chicks Challenge: Challenge #806 - Birthday

A Bunch of Prettiness

It's really cold and snowy in  my neck of the woods which makes me long for spring so much. So today I wanted to make something pretty and flowery to take my mind of winter. I chose to colour the Blooming Bunch stamp by Trinity Stamps, one of the prettiest bouquets there is. I coloured the bouquet and the butterflies with my Copics before die cutting them with the matching dies. For the background, I used a piece of patterned paper and a panel of white cardstock. I die cut the panel with Spellbinders Eyelet Scallop Border die adding the pretty border in white. The sentiment is die cut and says 'Congrats'. I embellished the card with some pretty gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Wonderful Just as You Are

I made this friendship/Galentine's Day card with my newest Gina K Designs stamp, Wonderful Watsonia. I coloured the image with my Copics, added some dots to the flowers with a white paint pen and die cut the panel with Spellbinders Scallop Labels and Tag die, I also die cut a panel out of pink cardstock with a size bigger Scallop Labels and Tag die. I stamped my sentiment on the panel, it says 'You Are Wonderful Just as You Are'. I used a 3D embossing folder from Sizzix called Flowing Waves to dry emboss the white panel in the background. After adhering everything in place, I embellished the card with some enamel dots.

I'm entering this to:

* Addicted to Stamps and More!: Challenge #509 - Any Occasion (mine is Galentine's Day)

* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #305 - A Favourite Cardmaking Technique (mine is Copic colouring)

* As You See It Challenge: Challenge #364 - Craftroom Additions (my newest craft purchase is this stamp set from Gina K Designs)

Blooms and Butterfly

I made this card with a stamp called The Sweetest from Hero Arts. I coloured the die cut image and a little butterfly from the Hero Arts set Picnic Basket with my Copics. I used a Penny Black embossing folder to dry emboss the white panel and die cut a frame using Pinkfresh Studio's Stitched Scallop Rectangles. The die cut sentiment says 'For a Friend'. 

I'm entering this to: 

* Stamping Sensations: January - Something Beginning with 'B' (my 'B' stands for blooms and butterfly)

Cherries

I made this card last year but never shared it. I used the Cherry Bliss stamp set from Pinkfresh Studio for this, those cherries are so lovely to colour! I coloured them with my Copics and die cut them with the matching dies. For the background, I used the Dotted Scallops Cover Plate and Stitched Scallop Rectangles, both by Pinkfresh Studio as well. The heat embossed sentiment says 'Congratulations'. I embellished the card with some matte silver half pearls.

You Are Wonderful Just as You Are

I realised I haven't coloured any Stamping Bella images for a long time and also found this particular stamp, Teeny Tiny Townie Love, in my stash and noticed that I've never actually used it so it was a obvious choice to colour. I decided to turn this into a Galentine's card so I didn't go for pinks and reds when colouring the image with my Copics. It doesn't show in the photo but I added loads of Nuvo Aqua Glitter pen to the word 'love' and also a silvery glitter pen to the dress of the girl carrying the letter L - so in real life this has more shimmer and glitter than is obvious from the photo! I die cut the frame using Lawn Fawn's Lacy Rectangle Stackables die and using a regular rectangle die to cut the middle part off so I was left with just the frame. The Finnish sentiment I used translates as 'You Are Wonderful Just as You Are'. I also used some pretty gems to embellish the card.

Florals

Another day, another floral card! I made this one with a stamp called Anemone from Studio Light, such a lovely stamp to colour! I coloured the image with my Copics and as I wanted to keep the card quite CAS, I only stamped my sentiment (direct translation of it would be 'Happiness and light to you') on the panel before matting it onto a lighter purple panel and then a darker purple panel. Lastly, I embellished my card with some purple gems.