Cupcake birthday cards

 Cupcake birthday cards

stamps used:  Altenew stamps/die set

First I wanted to say that these cards were inspired by Nicole Watt of Pixel Maven's Retreat blog.

The front of the top card is half cardstock, and half acetate which makes a fun see-thru card.  If I remember correctly the pattern paper on the inside of the card is also from Altenew stamp company.  A unique and different style card.

The bottom cards use the cupcake from Altenew stamp company, but the flowers are from Stampin' Up.  Unfortunately I do not own the dies for the SU poppies so I had to fussy cut them, but they are not hard to fussy cut out.

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White ink fun

 White ink fun

stamps used:  Altenew stamp set and SU

These card were inspired by Nicole Watts of Pixel Maven's Retreat.  Basically what you do is stamp small images all over card layer, in this case one is black and the other is green.  Place a white pigment ink pad on the card layer and swirl it around to make an organic circle of white ink.  Stamp saying with permanent black ink then add stamped die cut leaf image with mounting tape.  

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Still trying out card sketches

 Tulip card sketch

stamps used:  Unity stamp co.

Yes, I'm still trying to get comfortable using a card sketch for a starting point to create a card.  This card sketch is from Pixel Maven's Retreat blog challenge.

For my card I pretty much cased the card sketch except I decided to add a little dimension to my card by running it through an embossing folder.  The embossing folder gave it some extra texture.  I used the new Unity stamp co. tulip stamp and stencil for the main focal image.

Hope you like it and give card sketches a try at some time.

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Blue flower sketch card

 Blue flower sketch card

                                                         stamps used:  Altenew stamp co.

This is a sketch card I made for Pixel Maven's retreat blog for the month of April.  I know I've said this before but I will say it again (because this is my blog, teeheeehee) I'm not a real fan of sketches but I keep trying.

This card uses Altenew Calming Reverie stamp/die set.  This flower measures approximately 3 1/2" x 3 1/4" so that would fit most of an A2 card. If you look at my card, you will see that I cut off some of this flower to mimic the sketch you see below.  

I also put my image on the opposite side of the card as the sketch ... we will say that is a "left-handed thing".  I also used an embossed layer instead of pattern paper just to give it another effect.  

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Easy watercolor cupcakes

 Easy watercolor cupcakes

Altenew stamp/die set

This is a fun technique I learned from Altenew designer Nicole Watt from Pixel Maven's Retreat blog.  

basic instructions:

1.  tap ink pad to image and spritz with water so it beads up on the stamp.

2.  press to cardstock and hold for 10 to 15 seconds so the ink soaks into the card.

3.  remove stamp and see the fun loose watercolor effect.

tip:  you can leave the image as is or add outline image with black ink stamped on top of the watercolor effect image after it dries.

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Bird sketch #6

 Bird sketch #6

stamps used:  Altenew stamp co.

For this sketch I dug into my container of die cuts .... yes, I have a container of different stamped out dies.  They come in handy when I need a quick card or like in this case ... a sketch card.  Besides having a container of already cut out stamped dies, I also have a small pile of background cards.  If I remember correctly in this background I blended a couple of colors, then adhered some different size double sided tape, so I could press on some gold foil.  Also dug into my stash of self-sticking gems for more sparkle.  Adding this card to Pixel Maven's retreat blog challenge for February.

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Bird sketch #8

 Bird sketch #8

stamps used:  Altenew Birds of a feather stamps/dies and stencil

I'm still trying my hand at sketches in this challenge over at Pixel maven's retreat blog.  Sketch #8 has three circle elements with a stripe behind it.  Nicole from Pixel maven's retreat says to make it your own so, that is what I did by putting the branch on top of the circles, and adding the bird.  This bird is one of Altenew's layering stamp sets that also has dies to cut out the bird.  The background is a stencil from Altenew ..... guess I like that company.  Although in my stash I have lots of stencils from a variety of companies.

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Fun with Ferns

 Fun with Ferns

stamps used:  Stampin' Up Forever Ferns stamps/dies

Playing with one of my favorite stamp set/dies that has all kinds of leaves and buds.  New color scheme for me .... did a kraft and yellow inks.  Used a sketch template from Pixel Maven's Retreat where there are several sketches to choose from .... I picked sketch #16 for my card.

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Fun with bubble wrap

 

stamps used:  Altenew stamps/dies

I know you can figure out what I used for the background on these cards from the title.  

Bubble wrap!

All you need to do is press/tap ink pad to the bubble wrap then press onto cardstock.  that's it!  easy and fun!

To finish off these cards I went into my little container of already die cut images.  Makes for fast cards.

stamps used:  Stampin' Up stamps/dies

You can see more bubble wrap background cards of mine by typing bubble wrap in search bar over on the side of my blog post.  Here is a post with more bubble wrap cards and also in this post you can see the cards before they are finished.

I used one of the bird cards above for sketch challenge over at Pixel Maven's Retreat. 

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