August birthday cards

The most recent cards I made were last month for two birthdays.

For this first card, I found in my stash of practice watercolored pages, this dog image which is from The Stamps of Life's birthday4Cookie stamp set.  I cut it out along with a white mat panel using the Coluzzle tool.  I decided not to put a sentiment on the front but rather use some my Prima flowers that I've had for quite a while.  A piece of patterned paper, rick rack ribbon and rhinestones for the flower centers finishes the card.  

I'm happy about this second card that I made for my son.  I finally tried a technique and made a galaxy background.  I painted Koi watercolors onto water color paper and once dried, I splattered the background with white acrylic paint that I watered down.  I double matted the background panel onto black and then white card stock.  I used several colors of Stampin Up! card stock with a Sizzix die to cut out the candles.  I stamped the sentiment from Fiskars' Birthday Cheer stamp set using Versamark ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder.

  

May birthday cards

To celebrate a few birthdays this past May, I created these two cards.  Both floral images are from Stampin Up's Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. 

The first one has a split front panel design which didn't come out the way I wanted.  I came across this video here by Cards and Coffee Time and tried to case it from memory, yikes, LOL!  I colored the flowers with markers (can't remember but it was either Copics or Bic Mark-Its) and added some shimmer to the centers with my Wink of Stella glitter brush pen.  It was my first time using the brush (glad I had bought it) because it adds that something special to liven up a card!   The sentiment is from Fiskars' Birthday Cheer stamp set and to finish off the card front, I added a few adhesive pearls.

For the next card, I needed to make something quick (to get in the mail) and when I saw the card (love it!) in this video by Justine Hovey, it inspired me to create that last minute card!  I made a mask of the floral image and stamped it along the right side of a piece of white card stock for the front panel.  I colored the flowers with Bic Mark-It markers.  Again I had to use the Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to add some glittery shine!  To finish off the panel, I stamped the sentiment from the Fiskars' Birthday Cheer stamp set and added some brads and adhered the panel to the card front.