Cards For Fun

I decided I needed to make some more playful cards for birthdays. I am running out of them.

On the first card I masked the card front with a rectangle made by punching two squares in cardstock and placing it over the front. I then used a sponge to add Green Galore Ink to the Whisper White card base. I then used Versa Magic Midnight Black and my Autumn Leaves "Swirls" to add a print on the white sections and frame the green rectangle. I then tied a black and white gingham ribbon around the card. I felt like it needed a bit more and I wanted to add some embellishment. I chose these green MM tropicals brads but didnt want to put them through the card base. I chose to punch a few circles out of Black cardstock with my 1/2 " and 1 3/8" Circle punches. I decided they needed a little depth so I embossed them with my cuttlebug Textile folder. then adhered the brads and placed them on the card. After I stamped "Brithday Wishes". I liked the look and took a picture. I didnt like the look of the picture so I then took my Snow Flurries stamp set and My Green Galore Ink and added some green astriks shaped flakes. I now love how the card turned out and how simple it is.

My second card is much more chunky and playful. I started my picking up the Green Galore frame shape my friend sent me from her "Accent Essentials" Cricut cart. I added a white base and trimmed it to fit with scissors. Then I looked at the cut outs again and chose the red various circle with spokes in Real Red cut with the same Cricut cart. I was thinking Christmas. and I started layering red flakes on the card using My two Ek snowflake punches. I didn't like it that well so i began to look for a background color and boy did the color pop when I used this dark Blue cardstock. SO I Punched some snow flakes of that color and layered them and added alternating colors and gem stones for centers. I embossed the background using my "Bubbles" Folder and then trimmed the corners of the base and the abckgound with a corner rounder. I tied a red satin ribbon around the blue before adhering it to the base and then mounted the decorated frame on dimensionals. Looking at it I decided the green frame needed something so I punched out a lot of little red circles using my double circle punch and adhered them to the fram and then the background to tie it all together. When it was all finished I felt it needed a bit more green so I sponged green galore on the card base. THis was a fun card to make and I think it turned out great. I decided it was more of a fun birthdy card then a christmas card so I stamped the "Happy Birthday" Sentiment from SU Alphabet Soup in SU Brilliant Blue and then stamped off and rolled it in SU Real Red. then stamped it on the white in the frame. It was fun card to make and put together and I think it turned out quite festive. What do You think?

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!