Happy Happy Birthday

 

I've seen many beautiful cards made with balloon stencils.  So I had to give it a try.  These were sooo much fun to make.  And easy too!

The 30th birthday is for my niece.  

Products: 

• ink - distress oxides
• stencil - neat and tangled
• die cuts --  varied (happy, 30, birthday)
• polka dot paper - unknown  

For the following challenges:

• Happy Little Stampers - Anything goes with dies  
  
• Stamplorations - June Stencil Challenge - anything goes
  
• Time Out Challenge - I used the bright colors for inspiration. 
  

Happy 90th Birthday !

My father-in-law is turning 90 in a week.  He retired from his job as an automotive repair teacher for a local High School technology school system, called BOCES.  Prior to this job, he was a mechanic; and then owned his own gas / service station.  He is also a veteran of the Korean War.

Cars are one of his passions.  So I thought a rusty car pulling balloons would be appropriate for him.

He is the kindest, sweetest, most considerate man you'll ever meet.  My husband takes after him.  And my daughters-in-law say their hubbies (our sons) do also.
So the inside is for him -- The Man, The Myth, The Legend (from Honeybee Stamps).  I think the "love, kisses. . ." is from Penny Black.

When I saw this card by Therese Calvird on her blog Lost in Paper, I knew that someday I would recreate it for my father-in-law.   Therese always makes such beautiful cards.  Her videos are also awesome.  If you haven't seen her blog, please take a look.

For my card, I used Paper Artsy watercolor powders.  They are similar to brushos, but have walnut stain crystals in them.  I used a mix of an orange (named Rusty Car) and blue.  The balloon dies are from Avery Elle. I sponged on some clouds from a stencil.  The "road" is from pattern paper (I'm unsure of the brand).   All dies were cut 3 times, and layered for dimension. I also popped up the balloons.  

I'm putting this card into the following challenges: 

 Seize the Birthday - Topping of NUMBERS

Watercooler Wednesday: Masculine Anything Goes

 AAA Birthday: Use a Stencil

Happy Little Stampers: Anything Goes with Dies

I am so looking forward to this weekend when we celebrate his birthday.  My older son and his wife are coming in from out of state.  It will be so good to have my whole family here to help celebrate.

Enjoy your week.  I know summer is officially over, but it is still nice and warm here in NY.

Thanks so much for taking a peek.  

Sunflower Corner

I needed several Thank You cards, and I wanted to do so quickly.  So this idea came to me.

I used a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop (You are my Sunshine).

• I colored it with distress inks and blender brushes
• then went over it with Gel Gloss embossing paste to give it a raised surface
• added a black border with a thin sharpie
• embossed the sentiment (I'm not sure what company)

I was able to make several within minutes - not including the time needed for the embossing paste to dry.

I'm putting this into the following challenges:

1.   AAA CAS Game #146 - Made in Minutes . It was definitely made in minutes and has a summery image.

2.  The Flower Challenge - Use your favorite flower.  check 

3.  And Elliebelle's Corner - where This Month's Theme is Sunshine, Sunflowers or Add Something Yellow

4. And the Mod Squad Challenge  Layer Me Not – "The challenge this week is to use no layers on your card front!  This is pretty much self explanatory. Your card front must have no layers, but only the card base. You MUST have NO layers.

Since this is a one-layer card, it qualifies for this too.  

That's all for now.  Thanks for visiting!  I hope you are having a good week.