Two cards, same design

Hey people! Today I am back with a couple of birthday cards for twins. I generally do not make multiple cards with similar design. I love to try out new techniques and different products on every card I make, so generally I have cards of different make and model? Hehe..but since I wanted to make cards for twins I tried to use similar products and kept the design same. The cards are for a brother-sister pair, so other than colors, I have kept the design pretty much the same. 

Just like my previous card, I used another free digi stamp from Jessa's monster collection (https://uselesstrinkets.wordpress.com) as my focal point. This time it was Mutze, the bunny monster. Hehe, aren't the names she gives the monsters just sweet! 

I printed out two of them and used my Finecolor markers to color them. I used shades of blue for the boy card monster and shades of red for the girl card. The rest I colored the same, just to emphasise the fact that these were for twins. I then fussy cut both the images.

For my background, I wanted to use balloons that were shaped like no. 1 as these were for twins' first birthday. But since I did not have the exact stamp, I reused my numbers stamp from Kaisercraft (which by the way I got for a dollar at a flea market :) ). Again keeping in with the boy-girl color scheme, I used peacock feathers distress ink for one and picked raspberries for another and stamped out a bunch of number balloons, mainly towards the top of the card panel. To give them a water colored look, I used my water brush to just fill in the stamped space. As distress inks react with water, this was easy enough. Then I used the tail from another balloon stamp and stamped that below the numbers using memento tuxedo black ink to create the balloon effect. 

I felt the background was a little too bare to leave it as it,  so using a confetti stamp and a couple of color co-ordinating distress inks, I stamped the confetti image all over the background. Again I took care to stamp more of it on the top of the card and gradually reduced it towards the bottom. 

Finally I adhered my fussy cut images to the bottom right of the card using some foam tape to create dimension. I stamped the sentiment next to it. 

I wanted to personalise the cards bit more, so using Kaisercraft alphabet stamps, I stamped and fussy cut the twins' names and adhered the letters onto the card panel. 

For added interest, I added a bit of glitter using clear wink of Stella brush pen and finished with glossy accents and co-ordinating sequins.

Here are the final cards..

Love how they turned out! I am glad I thought of adding the names, gives it a nice personal touch that is possible only through handmade cards :) ..

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers..

Birthday card using texture paste

Hey all! I am back today with another cute birthday card. This time for a boy! This will go out to my friend's son who will soon turn 3! Wow..how the time flies! They stay in Brisbane, so we get to see each other maybe once a year..sadly neither of us have been able to make it for the kids birthdays.. So planning on sending him best wishes via a handmade card! 

For this card, I used another digital stamp. This time it was from Jessa's cutie monster collection. She has a bunch of freebies over at https://uselesstrinkets.wordpress.com and they are oh so adorable! They make for good coloring practice as well :) ..

 I used Fluffy Gustav..love his name by the way.. I colored him using Finecolor markers. To make him sparkle, I use my white gel pen to add dots around the edges. I then fussy cut him out leaving a slight border to give him a sticker like feel. As this is a birthday card, I added a small cupcake for Gustav to hold onto. 

For the card panel, I wanted to do something different rather than watercoloring or stamping. So decided to add some texture using my embossing paste. I colored the paste using spiced marmalade distress ink to give it a light orange color and used Kaisercraft stencil to add the required design. Then adhered the fussy cut image using some foam tape onto the embossed section once it was dry. 

The rest was simple, just stamped the birthday sentiment using Memento Tuxedo black ink and scattered a few sequins. Finished the panel with a twine bow on the bottom. Finally attached the section onto some grey cardstock and my card was done! 

I am very happy the way this card turned out..got to try some different techniques and products. 

Isn't it such a happy card! Hope it makes Om happy! 

That was all for now..see you soon!

Cheers..

Welcoming a new baby

Hey All! I am back with a sweet card for a sweet little baby..one of my friends recently had a cute little baby boy and we were planning on visiting them soon. I did not have a baby card in my stash, so decide to create one fast. 

I wanted to keep the card simple, so decided to have an image as the focal point. I googled for some baby images and came up with this cute little teddy hanging by the balloons..and thought it would be perfect for my card.

I printed it out on a pre-cut card panel and decided to watercolor it to give a softer look. I used my Zig clean color brush markers and a water brush to color the image.

Since the card was for a baby boy, I mainly went with the blues and greens..but had to throw in an orange balloon for some splash of color :) .. Once the panel was dry, I tied a blue twine around the top part and foam mounted it on some pattern paper. Then attached the whole panel onto some white cardstock. For the sentiment I used some gold embossing powder and heat embossed it on a piece of vellum with banner ends. Finally can't have a card without sequins, so finished with some co-ordinating sequins scattered around the image.

Loved the way it turned out.. I am having a lot of fun with my watercolours..look out for more watercolored cards :) .. That's all for today! 

Thanks for checking in!

Cheers..