Doxy Birthday

 

After I snapped this photo I applied clear packaging tape over the sunglass lenses and that really made them reflective and added to the fun.

Embossed Acetate Tent Fold

 

Inspired by Liette Berube, of Glitter & Ink, here is a tent fold birthday card. I rubbed butterfly rub-ons onto the acetate before embossing with a Cracked Paint embossing folder from Spellbinders.

Side profile. 

Entering this in Seize the Birthday Anything Goes. 

Calm Collage

Here are some cards inspired by Stamplicity's Brenda Lynn Bennett-Miller. I used the Spellbinders  Beautifully Imperfect suite of dies and paper ephemera, but kept it less cluttered by using mostly whote on white with a focal pop.

For this one I used some 49th & Market papers and postage and vellum to create a shaker window.

This one is die cuts that have been cut from cardstock layered with rub ons.

Collage Cards

 

Working from a Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect kit of papers and dies, and playing with Lisa Horton Interference Ink techniques. Love that bid=g daisy! (5X7 inch card)

The juxtaposition of this Victorian gal and the Bold sentiment tickles me. Lots of Stickles sparkle on this one. The stenciled stripes change colour as the 5.25 inch square is tilted.

Blackout Technique

For yesterday's International Cardmaking Day (yes, it's a thing!) I am posting these Blackout Technique cards. I cannot say it is a fave technique of mine, but perhaps I just need more practice. Lisa Horton Mariposa embossing folder for the background. Quote stamp: Quietfire Design. Hello Friend die cut: Pigment Co.

 

Happy Easter

 

It's been a minute, but I am still making cards. Here are two I made for Easter. Wish I had time for more.

I used the Spellbinders Betterpress Spring Bunnies press plate and dies. 

Have entered the Bunnies and Eggs challenge at If You Give a Crafter a Cookie.

Give It A Whirl

 

One of the best things about paercrafting is the ability to make a personalized card for a recipient. Today I made a fun interactive farewell card packed with meaning.

A dear colleague is moving from BC Canada to her childhood home in India to take care of ailing parents. It is such an amazing sacrifice. As I told her, we all talk about putting family first, but she is actually doing it!

The card I made has a map of BC on the front, and when you whirl the tab, a map of India is revealed. I made this using the Lawn Fawn Give It a Whirl Dies. 

You can see it in action here.

Here is the revealed map underneath:

The inside sentiment was appropriate: