Happy Birthday Bokeh Card!

Welcome Back!
Today I have a card I made for my great work friend Ryan.
These last 6 months would have been horrible if I didn't see him across form me!

I wanted to do something special for him and decided to try my hand at making a bokeh background. 

I first ink blended a background with Distress Oxides in 

Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin and Fossilized Amber

I didn't have a circle stencil but no worries, I used my Silhouette to cut out a variety of circle shapes

I used Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink to blend on the circles. I would apple the circles very randomly and not ink up each time that way each circle would get lighter. 

You need to have different shades of the white to give it that depth.

I went over some of the circles with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen
so that only few had some sparkle.

The sentiment is the Honey Bee Hooray Die and balloons
are from the Honey Bee Celebration Box stamp set.

The balloons were all colored with the same Distress Oxide Colors and then sparkled up with the Wink of Stella pen. 

I had some extra so I used those on the inside and then personalized using the Concord and 9th Perfectly Penned stamp set.

While I was at it I decided to decorate the envelope. 

I used the same stamp set for the balloons and the confetti. 

I then just hand wrote is name in the balloons. 

Thank you so much for visiting and checking out this card I made for special work buddy!

I hope to see you next time!

Cher 

Birthday Card using Altenew Party Time stamp set

Welcome Back!

This is the card I made for my wonderful Hubby's birthday.

Again I watched Jennifer McGuire's video  where she used the Altenew Party Time stamp set. 

As always she made it look so easy with her free form stamping the images. 

I tried to free form stamp once and that looked like a hot mess. 

I used my Mini Misti to stamp all the images from the Altenew set. I literally copied Jennifer design since I was so intimidated by this and needed direction. lol 

Next time ill be brave to make my own. 

I had the most trouble with the sequins, they are soooo not perfect 

but I know my hubby will not even notice. 

I used some confetti stamps from the Honey Bee Celebration Box and SSS Taco Party stamp sets.

I was having such a stressful time with this and forgot to get all the colors I used but most were from Memento Dew Drops.

I put it onto black card stock base and added some Studio Katia Sparkling Crystals to add some shine.

Thank you again for coming by and see you next time!
Cher

Halloween Birthday Card using Simon Says Stamp If the Hat Fits stamp set.

Hey Everyone!

A friend at work asked if I would make her a Halloween inspired birthday card for her Mom and I just had to try to replicate the card Kelly Latevola made. Here is the link to her blog post that I was inspired from.

This Simon Says Stamp If the Hat Fits stamp set has been my absolute fave Halloween stamp set so far.

I used Distress Inks for the background and Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers for the hats.

I really went out of my comfort zone with adding the white gel pen accents to the hats like Kelly did but I'm so glad I did because it really gave me the confidence to do it again.

I went a little wild on the inside and stamped with Distress Oxide Inks using the Honey Bee Stamp set , Celebration Box.

I made the envelope using some pattern paper in my stash.

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you next time.

Cher