Birthday Fred

I can never seem to keep dog themed birthday cards made up fast enough for my friends and family who are dog lovers. "Fred" from High Hopes rubber stamps is one of my favourites to use for a dog themed birthday card but I also want to use him for a thinking of you or friendship card too - he is just too cute!!!

I stamped Fred on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic Sketch markers and cut him out with a stitched torn square die. I set him aside and found some matching patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and Cocoa Vanilla and created the card design. I added some sheer ribbon from my stash and some sparkly enamel dots to the corners. The sentiment was stamped and mounted on matching card stock and I used some matching patterned paper to cut out a paw print with a die and added it to a card stock banner.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Fred (TFL019) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Dot Simple Happy Birthday (F086)

Patterned Paper - Midnight - Cocoa Vanilla, Sprinkles and Stripes - Lawn Fawn

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Nested Stitched Torn Square die - Lisa Horton Crafts, mini paw print die - Your Next Stamp, sparkle enamel dots - Your Next Stamp, ribbon

Copic List

Fred  - E13 E17 E18

Flowers - R00 R30 R21 R22 YG01 YG03 YG17

Nose - E23 E24 E27

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Wryn Baker Birthday

 I had a special order card order for the first time in a long time. It is for a co worker of my Mom's for her grand daughter. I didn't have a lot of information other than she likes to bake and she has blonde hair. She chose Wryn-Baker from the baking themed stamps I have in my stamp stash so I got to work. She will have it by the time this post goes live.........crossing my fingers she likes it!

This is digital stamp so after I sized it to what I wanted, I printed it and coloured it with Copic markers. I cut it out using a wonky stitched rectangle die and set it aside. Next, I cut patterned paper from three different companies to fit the card design. The water color paper was stamped using a cupcake stamp I had in my stash to add some fun to the card. I cut the spoon and whisk out of matching card stock and inked them and all the paper edges with Old Paper Distress ink. I stamped two different sentiments to create one and put it on matching card stock. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Wryn- Baker - Tiddly Inks

Sentiment - Happy Mail, Birthday Wishes - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Only You Collection - Bo Bunny 

                     Coffee & Friends - Echo Park

Gingham Galore Spring - Honey Bee Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, stitched oval die, wonky stitched rectangle - Whimsy Stamps, spoon & whisk die - Alexandra Renke, Old Paper Distress ink, enamel dots 

Copic Markers

Skin  - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E50 E53 E55

Shoes/Bowl - E34 E35 E29

Coat/Hat - V00 V01 V12 V95

Pants - G40 G43 G24

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Hog Happy Birthday

 I have a few friends who love pigs. They think they are awesome and would love to have a property to keep some on. I have had a few experiences in my life with pigs - mostly feeding them and cleaning out their pens. For the most part they were friendly and kind of comical actually especially the piglets. It was fun to watch them experience new things as they are quite curious and smart. 

I can't say they are one of my favourite animals but for some of my friends they are so when I saw the "Hog Happy" stamp in the "Let's Celebrate" re-release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps, I knew this cute hog with her balloon and party hat would be perfect for one of their birthday cards. 

                                                                               

                                                                                     

After stamping my image on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured it with Copic markers and cut it out using a stitched scalloped nesting tag. I set it aside and cut patterned paper from Craft Consortium and Echo Park to fit my design and 5.5" x 5.5" card base. Next, I stamped the sentiment, cut it to size and added it to some matching card stock. I glued down the tag and sentiment and added flowers from Poppies & Paperie, enamel dots and a bow to finish off the card. 

          

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Hog Happy (TDG039), Spring Pond (TLF034)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Birthday (FDG038) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Bright Blooms - Craft Consortium, Coffee & Friends - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Body - E01 E93 E95

Balloon - G21 G24 G28

Hat - R81 R83 R85 RV11 RV32 RV34

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Sir Dustin's Birthday

This week's card is all about knights and dragons and birthdays oh my! 
"Sir Dustin" is ready to take on the world along with his dragon friend for back up of course! 
These two are the perfect pair for a masculine, fairy tale, knight and dragon themed Birthday card or party invitation. 

After colouring the stamp with alcohol markers I hand fussy cut it using an xacto knife and trusty maincure scissors. Next I set about designing my castle. Distress ink, a brick pattern stencil and grey card stock made this idea come together quite quickly. What didn't go quickly was cutting it down to size, and cutting the "castle top" - this took more then a few tries but I think I have something acceptable. For fun, I also added a "tower" that is actually curved so it pops off the page a little bit. I added some grass and tufts of grass and a light blue sky that actually has clouds in it from an embossing folder but they aren't showing up well.
Sir Dustin and his trusty dragon are added with 3D foam pop dots just for fun. 
A bold Happy Birthday sentiment, a flag with it's own flag pole and some enamel dots finish off my card. 
  
Card Recipe 

Stamp: Sir Dustin- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Birthday - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, brick pattern stencil - Whimsy, cloud embossing folder - Darice, wood grain embossing folder - Darice (castle door), enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs, frayed burlap distress ink, grass tuft die - YNS, fishtail banner die - YNS, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time

Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers : YG03 YG63 YG67 G99 R20 C3 C3 C5 C9 E00 FS9 E11 CG1 DG2 CR9 R27 R29 R89 E41 E42 E43 E44

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