Happy Birthday to... Sue!

My friend Sue turned... ha ha ha... a women never reveals her age! Let's just say she's a year older than last year, but not as old as next year. Any way Sue celebrated her birthday on Monday and we all went out for a 'surprise' dinner, we were sure her daughter had blown our cover but a carefully scripted txt msg revealed that Sue was none the wiser.

It was a great night catching up with friends and the food was great... thanks La Porcetta!

Why are you telling us all this I hear you asking, well because I'm building up the setting behind my first ever easel card.

And here it is:

I used Bella Rose DSP, Riding Hood Red & Whisper White CS.

Inks used were Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss & Riding Hood Red.

Stamp sets used were Frames with a Flourish, Echoes of Kindness (Lvl 2 Hostess) & On your Birthday.

Accessories:Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon. Button from Button Bouquet Designer Buttons.

Scallops on the Riding Hood red circle were made using the Corner Rounder.

Flower coloured in using SU water colour pencils & Blender Pen (a trick I picked up off a few websites is to colour lightly in blue around the outside of the image, this gives a shadow type effect and makes your image pop out a bit)

The card folds down to fit nicely in a square envelope, and there is room on the underside to write a message... that will not be on display for everyone to read.

I got the instructions & dimensions for this card from the Score-pal website, other variations are also on Splitcoast Stampers. Click on the links to see the originals.

I'd love to see any Easel cards you've made, leave me a link in my comments.

Thanks for looking.

... and the rest.

This is Card number 1. for the day the layout is based on a card I saw on Splitcoast to see the original click on the link http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1353028?cat=5125

I used Whisper White & Soft sky cardstock; Groovy Guava, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou & Purely Pomegranate inks; Groovy Guava Dbl-stitched ribbon; Stampsets used were Frames with a flourish, Cheer & Wishes & Heartfelt Thanks.


This was Card number 3. Ideas were a little light on the ground by now so just had a bit of a stamparound and see what happened.
For this card I used Whisper White & Groovy Guava cardstock; Gold cord, Eyelet border punch, SU watercolour pencils & blender pen; Inks used were Chocolate chip, Groovy Guava & Sky Blue. Stampsets used were Spring Solitude & On your Birthday.



Card number 2 kinda happened by accident. Although I'm happy with the outcome it certainly wasn't what I had originally planned.

This card uses Whisper White, Chocolate Chip & Kiwi Kiss cardstock as well as DS Bella Rose Paper. Ink used Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red & Kiwi Kiss; Stampsets used On your Birthday, Spring Solitude & frames with a flourish. Accents used Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, metal edge tag and paper piercing.

Where to begin?

I've been unwell for the past week or so, and my kindly doctor (who I saw on Monday) thought it best for me to take a few days off work and rest. So that's what I've been doing for the last three days... Sitting in bed, dozing off every now and again. When I finally woke up this morning I felt quite a bit better and decided I was up to sitting in the lounge room for a little while. After getting bored surfing the net I thought hmmm.. I reckon I could maybe manage a little stampin'

So with out further ado here are my creations for today: Card number 4. Inspired by a design I saw on Splitcoast to see the original click on the link http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1349063?cat=5125



For this card I used; Whisper White & Blue Bayou Cardstock, DS paper Afternoon Tea from the AU Summer mini 08; Stampsets used were Frames with a Flourish & On your Birthday; Ink used was Wild Wasabi & Blue Bayou; Earth Element brads in Not quite Navy.