First Birthday

A friend at work asked me to make a card for a friends' daughter's 1st birthday.  I was happy to oblige but really didn't have any images that would work for a 1st birthday.  So I went to one of my favorite online sources for digital images and found the perfect image.  This is image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I colored it with my Copic Ciao markers.  The card stock is all from Stampin' Up! (Whisper White, Pretty in Pink and Soft Suede).  I also used a new Edglits Die and textured impression embossing folders by Stampin' Up!  My oval and scallop oval are Spellbinders Nestabilities dies.  The glitter is done with an SU 2-way glitter pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  You can check out Stampin' Up Products on my Stampin' Up! blog HERE

Two "Vintage" Image Birthday Cards

I made two birthday cards for 2 of my friends celebrating birthdays this month.  I enjoy making cards with "vintage" digital images I find on the internet.  These two cards feature images with flowers.  I love daises and roses so I made 1 card of each type of flower.  They are very quick and simple to make.  The most time-consuming part is cutting out part of the image from a duplicate image and adhering it to the base image with layering tape to give it a dimensional effect.  I finished the cards off by adding glitter glue to the flowers.  The layout is the same for both cards but I varied it slightly.  The daises felt more casual so I placed that image panel a little off center and the rose image felt more formal and I left it straight.

Happy New Year Vintage Cat Image Pleated Paper Medallion

Happy New Year.  This pleated paper medallion is one I made with a "vintage" digital image I downloaded from Vintage Holiday Crafts website.  I printed two of the images out and cut the cat and holly out and popped it up with layer foam on the other image to give it dimension.  I then used Diamond Stickles for some sparkle.  The paper is Holly Berry Bouquet from Stampin' Up! and the gold waffle paper is also from Stampin' Up!.  I had the gold silk ribbon scraps on hand that was used to wrap a Christmas gift given to me a few years ago (it was too pretty to throw away).  I sincerely hope all my friends and family have a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2012.  I especially wish all my crafting friends more crafting time and more money to do all the wonderful crafty things you want to do this year.