Paper Gal

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a bright, sparkly birthday card I made with an oldie but goodie CZ Design Chunky Birthday die set. This A2 size card was made from smooth white cardstock. I then stamped the flowers on a panel of white cardstock in black Memento ink. I colored the images in with copic markers. R17, R27, YR04, YR07 Y21, Y26 and BG13. This was an older background stamp that is no longer available but you could easily use a Memento black marker to hand draw flowers or just doodle some shapes to color in for your background. Using the CZ Design Chunky Birthday die I created a 3d sentiment by cutting it from white cardstock three times to make it thick. I then adhered the sentiment on clear acetate to create the look of a shaker element. I used an embellishment wand to drop in flat clear sequins with dabs of liquid glue inside each letter. The "happy" sentiment was die cut from silver glitter cardstock. I used a gel pen to add white dots in the blue ar...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is    Happy Birthday! We are featuring exclusive products from Simon Says Stamp . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $50.00 gift certificate to the Simon Says Stamp store. The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is celebrating it's sweet 16th birthday this week! So I hope you love the festive project I have made for this special occasion.   I will list all the steps I did to create this card. First, I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then added a quarter sheet of white cardstock to a craft tacky mat to hold in in place white I used the Argyle Builder stencil set to create the background.  I used a blender brush and Distress inks for each layer. The last layer I used texture paste to c...