Happy Birthday | Winnie & Walter Cutaways

Hello! Today I have a card to share featuring some of the Winnie and Walter Cutaways from their January release! They are celebrating the newest dies all week long on their blog and I am thrilled to be taking part in today's fun with a really really sparkly card lol! ;)

I used the new In A Word: Happy cutaway as well as the Party Confetti and Katharine cutaways. I decided to go with a glittery card to make it festive and fun since it's for a birthday. I created the Happy diecut first and then designed the card from there.

I cut out the word happy 5 times from white cardstock and glued the pieces directly on top of one another to make it thick like a piece of chipboard. I then cut the word out of the Cosmo Cricket Tinseltown Glitter Sheets that I've had in my stash forever, and added it right on top. The glitter sheets are self adhesive and diecut awesome, so it's super easy to peel off the backing and stick it right on. I'm thinking this paper might be discontinued though... it's super hard to find lately. Bummer!

Once I had the focal word done, I created the rest of the card. I did some watercolouring with pinks and blues and then cut out a tag using the new Katharine cutaways. I stamped the words happy and birthday onto the tag once it was dry and added a reinforcement cut out of the same glitter paper.

I cut out the two pierced rectangles and layered them on top of one anther with a pink cardstock mat in between. I then added the Confetti pieces that I cut using the same glitter paper and then layered and adhered everything else onto the card. ;)

Make sure to head over to the Winnie and Walter blog this week to see lot's of awesome creations using the newest release of cutaways.

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Strong Together | Making a Scene 'Pop!'

Today I have a card showcasing the Simon Says Stamp and Mama Elephant exclusive STAMPtember® stamp and die set called Crusader Kids. This is available only during the month of September, while supplies last. The dies are sold out, but you can still get the stamp set here as I'm writing this post.

I love the adorable super kids on this and had so much fun colouring them! I used non-traditional super hero colours and dressed them both in green and pink! I also decided to not put the boy in tights, and instead let him wear a bodysuit (aka speedo)... I think it's adorable and kinda funny lol! ;)

I wanted to create a polaroid picture with the characters and a little city scene behind them and decided to take it a step further and really make the scene stand out and 'pop' off the card!

I first assembled my photo by die cutting the frame from the Lil' Inkers Instant Camera die and then adding in the cityscape and grass with the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio dies. I used Avery Elle and Echo Park patterned papers for the sky and grass and Simon Says Stamp Slate Gray cardstock for the buildings.

I then cut a rectangle piece out of the Femme Frames dies and recreated the same scene using the same dies and papers. Before I adhered everything down, I placed the polaroid on top and decided how I wanted to position it so the scenes lined up when it was all adhered together.

I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the frame and adhered the polaroid onto the background scene with foam adhesive to make it stand out even more. Then I added the super hero kids that I stamped and diecut, onto the scene with more foam adhesive.

I completed the card with some glitter accents and sequins and gems in the sky. I love the added detail and dimension that the sequins add... I have a hard time not using them on cards lately lol!

Winner

I also want to announce the winner of the Studio L2E stamp set from this post here. Huge congrats to Heather Sebastian! Heather please email me with your contact info and the stamp set you would like, and I'll get it sent out to you!! ;)

Supplies

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Sailboat Card | Glitter Diecut Inlay

Hello! Today I have a card to share that uses the Go Overboard stamp set and Sailboat craft die from My Favorite Things. I've had both of these products for quite awhile and I love the awesome, bol sentiments in the stamp set that work so perfectly with the Sailboat die.

I decided to do the diecut inlay technique with the boat (where the diecut sits inside the paper so everything is completely flat on the card front) and glam it up a bit by making the sailboat glittery! ;)

To add a little colour to the grey and black sparkle on the boat, I diecut a heart out of one of the sails and then inlayed a pink glitter heart. Then I made the whole panel pop off the card front with the same pink glitter paper in thin strips on both sides of the white cardstock piece.

I decided to use light grey cardstock for the card base but it looked a little plain. I gave it a little more detail and dimension by adding some waves using the Simon Says Stamp Waves stencil with an ink blending tool and Fog ink. I love the subtle detail it adds to the background! ;)

To complete the card I added some Pretty Pink Posh sparkling sequins and Hero Arts gems around the sentiment and the boat image.

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