Make a Wish

Am I on a roll or what?  I colored several images and have started to assemble them into cards.  This first one is a birthday card for someone who lives here in the apartment building, and since her birthday is today, I had best get it delivered. Thanks for looking.  Here is what I used:

Stamp:  Make a Wish 02, House Mouse/Stampabilities - HMGR1011.

Pencils:  Prismacolor and Derwent, blending stump, turpenoid.

Cardstock, solid:  K & Co., Marcella Well-worn solid mat deck.

Print cardstock:  source unknown but I love it.  Wish I had more.

Flowers:  Prima Pixie Tin, Bella.  A word to the wise - it is very hard to get a good scan with flowers that have raised centers, especially when you put them on with foam dots!  (the shadow on the card is because of this).

Glitter:  Stickles in Baby Blue (on the icing) and Frosted Lace (on the candle).

Cuttlebug folder:  Happy Birthday (Joyeux Anniversaire).  I also ran a sheet of the olive through this folder as a greeting for the inside, just adding a tag for my signature.  On the envelope I used the Cuttlebug Celebration Stamps and die that came with the machine, and since I am hand delivering the card, I put them where you would put a stamp on the envelope.

Chalk:  Pebbles Pearlescent in Shimmers. 

I didn't get the others finished that I had hoped, but maybe tomorrow.  The recipient of the above card called me the minute she got it.  First she said "Thank you" and then she said "Please tell me how to make these".  That was as wonderful as the "thank you"!

Card count:  6/365

New card for a birthday

Well, after days of trying to match up coordinates to the designer paper, I finally found what I needed and got this card finished - in time to be a belated birthday card!   I love how it came together.  The particulars are below:

 

Stamp:  House Mouse, Birthday Cupcake HMJR1007

Cardstock:  Bazzill Mauve Ice

Designer paper:  Heidi Grace Shimmer Foil (Valentine line) Cupcakes

1st mat:  Sprout 6 x 6 collection by Memory Box, Inc.  (closest to the mice)

2nd mat: Purple Brocade, TPC Studio (ANW Crestwood) -  used wrong side.

3rd mat:  DCWV Once Upon a Time 4.5 x 6 mat stack.

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Pearls:  Recollections faux pearl stickers

Stickles Cotton Candy on the cupcake

The mice were colored with Prismacolor and Derwent pencils, blended with gamsol.  The background was done with Pebbles chalks from the Shimmer collection. The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo's Chelsea Sentiments. 

Thanks for looking!

Card count:  2/365

New card for a birthday

Well, after days of trying to match up coordinates to the designer paper, I finally found what I needed and got this card finished - in time to be a belated birthday card!   I love how it came together.  The particulars are below:

 

Stamp:  House Mouse, Birthday Cupcake HMJR1007

Cardstock:  Bazzill Mauve Ice

Designer paper:  Heidi Grace Shimmer Foil (Valentine line) Cupcakes

1st mat:  Sprout 6 x 6 collection by Memory Box, Inc.  (closest to the mice)

2nd mat: Purple Brocade, TPC Studio (ANW Crestwood) -  used wrong side.

3rd mat:  DCWV Once Upon a Time 4.5 x 6 mat stack.

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Pearls:  Recollections faux pearl stickers

Stickles Cotton Candy on the cupcake

The mice were colored with Prismacolor and Derwent pencils, blended with gamsol.  The background was done with Pebbles chalks from the Shimmer collection. The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo's Chelsea Sentiments. 

Thanks for looking!

Card count:  2/365

First card of the New Year - Card for a new home

I learned right before Christmas that a friend was moving, and started to think about a New Home card for her.  Surprisingly, there were several "home" theme papers at the local craft stores, but once I brought them home, most seemed better suited to scrapbooking than for card use, because of their overall business.  I chose one that I think works, and used a free digital image for the straw wreath with birds.  The wreath was colored with Prismacolor and Derwent pencils.  The pink cardstock behind the wreath was cut with Nestabilities scalloped squares and is the reverse side of the paper used on the front of the card,  The cardstock  is from the Heidi Grace "A Little Bird" line, purchased at Michael's.  I used one Prima flower which I highlighted with baby blue Stickles.  I wish I could get good, clear photos, but it doesn't seem possible with my little digital camera unless I take the cards outside.  It's a little too breezy for that today.  I apologize for the poor image. I made the Best Wishes tag by cutting rectangles and cutting off the corners.  The ink for that is a K&Co. pigment ink in an aqua color.   Inside I layered lavender cardstock first, and then the greeting on white cardstock.  I cut the bottom of the white cardstock inside with a Martha Stewart edge punch, so the lavender shows through.   In coloring the wreath, I used about 10 different shades of golds and golden browns, and then went over the wreath with Gamsol and a blending stump.  Now off to make a birthday card that should have been received today!

Card count:  1/365

First card of the New Year - Card for a new home

I learned right before Christmas that a friend was moving, and started to think about a New Home card for her.  Surprisingly, there were several "home" theme papers at the local craft stores, but once I brought them home, most seemed better suited to scrapbooking than for card use, because of their overall business.  I chose one that I think works, and used a free digital image for the straw wreath with birds.  The wreath was colored with Prismacolor and Derwent pencils.  The pink cardstock behind the wreath was cut with Nestabilities scalloped squares and is the reverse side of the paper used on the front of the card,  The cardstock  is from the Heidi Grace "A Little Bird" line, purchased at Michael's.  I used one Prima flower which I highlighted with baby blue Stickles.  I wish I could get good, clear photos, but it doesn't seem possible with my little digital camera unless I take the cards outside.  It's a little too breezy for that today.  I apologize for the poor image. I made the Best Wishes tag by cutting rectangles and cutting off the corners.  The ink for that is a K&Co. pigment ink in an aqua color.   Inside I layered lavender cardstock first, and then the greeting on white cardstock.  I cut the bottom of the white cardstock inside with a Martha Stewart edge punch, so the lavender shows through.   In coloring the wreath, I used about 10 different shades of golds and golden browns, and then went over the wreath with Gamsol and a blending stump.  Now off to make a birthday card that should have been received today!

Card count:  1/365