March 4, 2010

A SPRINGY BIRTHDAY CARD

Hi all!! I hope everyone is having a fabulous week - I have been very busy stamping away so I say that counts as fabulous, LOL!!!  I wanted to share a birthday card I recently made for a friend, it's got her fave colors of green and yellow and it turned our very springy!!! She loved it, which made me happy!!! I used a new set from the Occasions Mini Catty called Messages for Mom and I love all the different things you can do with this!!! The Patterned Paper is also from the Occasions Mini and is called Shades of Spring - absolutely gorgeous paper, the pic in the book does NOT do it justice!! I had lots of fun with the main image:  I first stamped it in Black Craft Ink, heat embossed it with clear powder, colored it in with my SU! markers, covered it in Versamark, then embossed it again with Iridescent Ice powder.  Whew!! Lots of steps but well worth it since it came out sooooo sparkly!!

Here is a close-up of the image so you can see!  Now, I am off to the post office to mail off some swaps and then it's back to the stamp room to prep for my workshop!!! I love my job - does everyone have this much fun at work??  I think not *wink*  Have a wonderful day all and thanks so much for stopping by, your comments mean a lot to me!!!
Card Recipe:
Paper - Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Very Vanilla card stock, Shades of Spring Designer Series Paper
Inks - Black Craft Ink, Certainly Celery, Gable Green, So Saffron Stampin' Write Markers
Stamps - Messages for Mom
Accessories - Clear and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Versamark, Ticket Corner Punch, Scalloped Edge Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Very Vanilla Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Finial Press Embossing Folder

22 comments:

Denise ~ Paper Ponderings said...

Oooooooh...that is SO pretty!

Katy said...

It's so sparkly, I love it!! I want your job ;)

Stef H said...

oh alex! this is stunning. i like everything about it. the papers are gorgeous and the sparkle is wonderful.

Crystal said...

Beautiful Alex, Gorgeous spring colors.....I LOVE that image and the sparkle...FANTASTIC Bday card!

mudmaven said...

Very, very nice! ~chris

Diane said...

Love all the sparkles Alex,super nice!

Donna Baker said...

so pretty-love the sparkle!

kathleenh said...

You can't go wrong with sparkle! Very pretty!

jjcreations said...

Great card Alex. It's beautiful. I haven't used iridescent ice in a very very long time!!!

jjcreations said...

Great card Alex. It's beautiful. I haven't used iridescent ice in a very very long time!!!

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh so SHINY and PRETTY.

Ilene said...

Really cute card. Love the image and Love the fresh spring colors!

Nikki Bond said...

Wowzers Alex! So pretty....Love the iridescent ice! I'm gonna have to try that! {SMILES}

Dawn Easton said...

Oh I love the sparkle girl! Beautiful!

Denise Marzec said...

Well of course she loved it, it's fantastic! I love green and yellow cards....and all that yummy irridescent ice on the main panel is GORGEOUS!

Deb said...

this is so pretty Alex, love the sparkle! hugs Debx

Risa said...

Wow...your card is stunning Alex! I love the sparkle!
hugs
Risa:)

Mrs. Nancy G said...

Oh so beautiful!!!
:-)

Basement Stamper said...

Very pretty card, I love all the shimmer on the image!

Rose Ann said...

This is so pretty, Alex!! I love the texture, colors, and beautiful sparkle!!

Anonymous said...

I love, love, love your card, Alex. Very nice color combinations. Thanks for the great idea.

Joan
MN

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