Saturday, April 29, 2023

Birthday rainbow cards

I found myself in need of two birthday cards.  Birthday cards should be fun and happy right?  Rainbow colors!  And I also unearthed another Trinity Stamps stencil I hadn't used yet, Cake and Candles.  Seems like the perfect combo to me!

The first card is for my husband's grandpa who is turning 99 next week!  Wow!  I felt a big year needed a big card so I made his 8 3/4" x 3 3/4".


I used an array of Distress Ink colors.  For the candles I used Barn Door, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet.  For the flames I used Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber.

I ink blended some cardstock so that my numbers (Marshmallow Numbers dies) would match the candles.  I popped them up with foam tape.  I stamped Happy (Simply Sentimental Birthday) directly on the card panel.  Birthday I stamped on a scrap and cut out using the coordinating die (Simply Sentimental Birthday dies).  I then add Midas Touch Shimmer pen over the flames and the th to add a little shimmer.

Then I felt I had too much white space at the top so I cut a strip of the Black & White Patterns paper with the Slimline Stitched Strips dies.  Ah, just right.


Now, let's talk about my second card.  This one I chose to go with a mini slimline size.  And of course, I needed to use the other part of the the Cake and Candles stencil!


Isn't it fun??  I used the same Distress Ink colors from my first card to blend my way up the stencil  The nice thing is that they are separate little sections so you can use as many as you like.

When I stamped the sentiment in black (Simply Sentimental Birthday) I managed to get the smallest of smudges on the paper. Embellishment opportunity!  I several of the Distress Inks with a shimmer spray and got splatter happy!  That's better.

I cut a piece of Bristol cardstock down to be a layer for the stenciled panel.  I again grabbed the same Distress Ink colors and blended a panel to match.  Then I added it to a black mini slimline base to really make it all pop!


Anywho, thanks for stopping by my crafty corner!
~Kristina
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Teflon bone folder
Teflon bone folder
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Neenah Solar White
Neenah Solar White
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue
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Tonic Studios-Retractable Craft Pick
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Ebony Black Cardtstock - Essentials by Ellen
Ebony Black Cardtstock - Essentials by Ellen
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Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
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Mowed Lawn Distress Ink
Mowed Lawn Distress Ink
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Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink
Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink
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Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink
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Wilted Violet Distress Ink
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Midas Touch shimmer pen
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Barn Door Distress Ink
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Catherine Pooler Blending brushes
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Stitched Frames & Squares - Trinity Stamps
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Slimline Envelope Builder die - Trinity Stamps
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Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink
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Fossilized Amber - Distress Ink
Fossilized Amber - Distress Ink
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Mustard Seed Distress Ink
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Simply Sentimental Birthday stamps -Trinity
Simply Sentimental Birthday stamps -Trinity
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Simply Sentimental Birthday dies -Trinity
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Cakes and Candles Stencil - Trinity
Cakes and Candles Stencil - Trinity
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Marshmallow numbers dies - Trinity
Marshmallow numbers dies - Trinity
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Clean & Simple Mini Slimline dies - Trinity
Clean & Simple Mini Slimline dies - Trinity
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Stitched Strips Slimline dies - Trinity
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Slimline Black &White Patterns paper - Trinity
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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Lemon love

Hey friends!  I know I've been away for awhile but I'm back!  They other day I was attempting to clean up my craft room when I came across a stencil that I bought but had not used yet.  I know there are some of you who can relate.  I stopped cleaning (oopsie) and sat down to just play.  I grabbed a yellow, green and brown ink from my stash along with some blending brushes.  Oh, and some white Neenah cardstock.  It was time to get my blend on!

Here's what I got!


Then I thought, how can I get two cards out of this??

So, here's card #1.



And with a little creative placement, here is card #2.


Aren't they both full of lemony goodness???

Have a zesty day!
~Kristina
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Neenah Solar White
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Stitched Frames & Squares - Trinity Stamps
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Slimline Envelope Builder die - Trinity Stamps
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Slimline Scalloped Card Panels die - Trinity Stamps
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Star Dust Stickles
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You're the Zest stamps - Lawn Fawn
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You're the Zest dies - Lawn Fawn
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