Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Happy Birthday - Candles Sideways

Hello all-
Today's card is also another birthday card. I hope that I am giving you ideas on how to create really easy cards that you can make - all yu have to do is change the sentiment to suit the occassion.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Kimba

HOW-TO Instructions
Step 1: Base card measures 5x5 - BLACK
Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4.75 x 4.75 - WHITE - stamp the word sentiment on the card.
Step 3: Stamp the candles, color them, and then cut them out. Adhere them to the card sideways between the Happy Birthday

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Happy Birthday

Hello all-

Today's card is another Happy Birthday card. What I have learned from making these Happy Birthday cards is that this is a card that I always need to have pre-made and ready to send. This way, when someone birthday comes, I am seconds away from signing it and sending it!

Today's card I used the 'Happy Birthday' sentiment as a background stamp. I stamped the words in different colors to make it fun and cheery! I used HeroArts Big Candles as the focal point of the cards. I colored them I and then added foam dots to add dimension. As always, thanks for stopping by and remember that the How-To instructions are below so have some fun creating this card!

HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base measures 4.25 x 5.5
Step 2: 2nd layer measures 4 x 5.25 - WHITE - stamp the HAPPY BIRTHDAY word sentiment in different colors. Adhere to Base card.
Step 3: Stamp the candles. Color them . Cut them out and adhere using foam dots.

Monday, May 10, 2010

YOU SAY IT's YOUR BIRTHDAY.....

Hello all-
Happy Monday! I hope that you all had a great weekend! This week, the theme for cards is going to be Birthday cards. Over at Heroarts.com, they are having the same theme and since I participate in their month challenges, I decided to use those same cards on my blog.

I hope you like the card and thanks so much for stopping by!


HOW-TO Instructions

Step 1: Base card measures 4.25 x 5.5 (YELLOW)
Step 2: 2nd Layer measures 4 x 5.25 (WHITE)
Step 3: Punch out a Yellow circle and adhere it to the center of the card.
Step 4: Cut out a strip of turquoise paper and punch scallop border. Tie orange ribbon and then adhere the 2nd layer to base of card
Step 5: Stamp Peacock image and color it. Cut it out and adhere it to the center of the yellow circle.


Monday, May 3, 2010

Caardvarks MONOCHROMATIC Challenge - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hello all & Happy Monday!

I hope that you all had an enjoyable weekend! I am finally back after a long weekend off. I was under the weather and busy at the same time, but the good thing is that I am back and I have been back in my craft room creating.

Today's card is for a challenge that I am entering. The challenege was to create a Monochromatic card ( that means a card in one color or shades of that specific color - all blue, all red, etc) with any theme. My card is a Happy Birthday card. My new favorite tool or thing to use is this Inkssential Glossy Accents. It's a clear, 3 dimensional glass medium that gives a shine to whatever you put it on. This is what I did to the cupcakes on the card. This is a great tool to have in your arsenal because you can make all your embellishments 3D and it dries fairly quickly.

I hope that you like the card and fingers crossed that I get selected as the winner! thanks for stopping by!