Happy Birthday!

My dear friend Rozella's Birthday was in December (and she received this card on time).  I wanted to work with some of our new Occasions stamps for her card.

I used lots of fun things on this card.  DSP (Designer Series Paper), watercoloring, and die cuts.  My friend really loves the Melon Mambo so I stayed near that color for coordinating pieces.

The Happy Birthday die cuts come from a HUGE set of dies called Well Written from the Occasions catalog.  I've already used them a lot and you'll continue seeing them on different posts.

I had some of the banner pieces in a little baggie and thought they'd be perfect to mix with the new cake.  I watercolored the cake to match the Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo pieces I already had, then punched them, and mounted them on top of a piece of ribbon I had left over from another project.  The sequins (yes, I used to hate them - No, I don't anymore) are from the Gingham suite.  The background is embossed with the new Lace embossing folder, and then I used a light touch with a sponge dauber to bring up the design a bit more.



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Birthday Statements Cling Stamp Set [148612] $22.00	Well Written Framelits Dies [148534] $40.00	Birthday Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set [141506] $17.00	Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies [141488] $27.00
Silver 3/8" Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213] $7.00	Piece Of Cake Photopolymer Bundle [150579] $31.50	Watercolor Pencils [141709] $16.00	Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00
Gingham Gala Adhesive-Backed Sequins [148561] $7.50	Lace Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [148530] $10.00

 

2018 Calendars October and November

Here are two examples of my 2018 calendars.  Why is December missing?  It doesn't have any Stampin' Up! stamping on it - only some specialty cardstock as part of the layout.

For October, I had to use Spooky Cat!  This was a fantastic stamp set available until January, 2018.  It had so many elements in it - and I'm not that much of a Halloween fan.

 I used a technique that's all the rage right now - the Eclipse technique.  Stamp one or more images on a piece of cardstock.  Use the Large Letters dies to cut out your word, and then cut black letters (2 or 3) to give some definition to the letters.

 I've seen this Eclipse technique used with names, and sentiments.  It can be used for just about anything! 

November features a paper pumpkin shaker card.  It was Mom's idea to use for this calendar, so I ordered enough sets and cut them down to fit the calendar base.  It turned out better than we both expected!

Here you can see a close-up of the shaker with the sequins behind the leaves. 

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