Hi blogging friends! Thanks for stopping by :-)
I made a quick little card for my girlfriend's son's 8th birthday. I was very inspired by Susan Raihala's children's cards on this post here on her blog: Simplicity and really loved the layout. Susan is the "Queen of CAS" IMHO (in my humble opinion) and I learn so much from following her Blog. Susan's cards are always so well-balanced - something I struggle with at times.
Getting back to my card........I know that you have seen this little Penny Black dog before on my Blog, but I just love him because he is so easy to colour and is a fantastic stamp for masculine cards. I love his happy little face and he makes me smile everytime I look at him :-)
I stamped both the image and sentiment with Vintage Sepia ink and heatset it with my heat-gun to ensure the ink didn't run when I added OMS to it. I coloured the image with my trusty pencils and OMS. I wanted the present to have a little bit of dimension, so I cut out some little pieces of Olive Green Glitter cardstock and glued them on top of the present on the image. I really love this range of glitter cardstock by Best Creations - you will get soooo tired of seeing it on my cards LOL! I lightly chalked around the image with blue chalk (but you can't really see it in the photo - trust me - it's there).
I then layered the image onto - yep, you guessed it - the same green glitter cardstock - then onto Kraft cardstock. The Kraft cardstock was embossed with one of the embossing folders from my Sizziz "Birthday set #3"; I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the same sandwich as for Cuttlebug folders, ie: A plate, B plate, folder with cardstock, B plate.
Well, that's my simple card - and I didn't even use any ribbon which was soooo hard as I kept thinking I should put one somewhere, but couldn't figure out where, so I left it off. I guess I figured that if Susan didn't put one on her card, I didn't need one either; sometimes less is more (if you know what I mean!).
Challenges:
I am entering this card into the Splitcoaststampers 'Ways to use it' Challenge WT309 of 'Happy Birthday' where you have to use any sort of birthday products on your project, even if it's just a sentiment.
Thanks again for stopping by!
Jocelyn
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Dog - Penny Black 'For you' 3446E, Sentiment from Penny Black 'Make a wish' clear set 30-052
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Designer paper: Best Creations Olive green glitter cardstock
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Sizzix Textured Impressions #656504 Birthday set #3, heatgun, Kindyglitz red glitter glue, Kaisercolour blue chalk, Derwent Coloursoft and Prismacolor pencils, Odourless Mineral Spirits (OMS), paper stumps
