Hello Friend

One of my goals this spring has been to use my older stuff along with the new. Most of the time I completely forget about stencils and my handy notebook where they are kept in clear page protector sheets. I found a Heidi Swapp 3 stencils set: a geometric pattern, a large butterfly and its mask to add color on the background. I taped a panel of Bristol paper to the mat, added the butterfly and blended a light yellow ink. Next I placed the geometric pattern stencil on top of the butterfly stencil and added a darker yellow ink. I should have stopped there but later added the aqua spots.  A Concord & 9 Serif alphabet set spells out the "hello" with the smaller friend stamped below. The panel was cut with the largest SS Wonky Rectangle die and added to an aqua card front.

Linking this to AAA Birthday
I missed by 2 minutes the CAS Layered Stencil challenge. 

Hello Gorgeous

 A "Hello" card for this post was created after receiving a "Zoom" virtual 60th birthday invitation. Anne was scheduled to celebrate the event in Hawaii with her family but had to cancel for you know what. Big, big disappointment, right? Immediately I thought of an older set "Some Like It Hot" (PTI) to recreate the paradise of Hawaii for Anne. Extra leaves were added from Palm Prints (PTI) and the sentiment from Infinity Frames (PTI). 

 

Inside sentiment and tropical decor

Incidentally the party was a huge success with over 50 
of us toasting her with favorite beverages and dessert!

Linking this card to AAA Birthday #13: Things with Wings 

and  Seize the Birthday: Totally Tropical

Flowers and Wings

Have you tried Altenew's metallic watercolors? They are dreamy colors. I recently brushed sky blue, aqua and gold on Bristol paper with the idea that their glow would beautifully support a simple floral line image. I used the Altenew Beautiful Day stamps for the focus and added a gold embossed PTI Walk by Faith sentiment. The panel was directly glued to a kraft card front.

It's one of my favorite cards this spring. Linked to Addicted to CAS: #184 - Flower

The next card uses all PTI products: Songbirds, Swoosh and a Linen impression plate. After impressing a piece of lavender card stock with the linen plate, I die cut the spray of leaves from the panel and replaced it with a Bitty Big Lilac spray of the same leaves. A nest of silver thread holds a small Songbird stamped in yellow. Linked to AAA Birthday #13: Things with Wings

Happy Birthday - Dots & Stripes

I recently purchased my first Waffle Flower stamp and die sets after seeing Cathy Zielske and Laura Bassens' blog posts for Waffle Flowers' Year 6 Birthday blog hop. I have a few geometric stamps but the Big Dot stamp & die set and Color Combo dies with all the triangles and rectangles one could ever want grabbed my attention. I've only begun to play with them and have already made three simple cards.  Included with the order was a gift of JJ Bolton's new rainbow paper pad which each of my cards used as a backdrop. Some of the dots created will be used in the future when I have time to case one of Laura Bassen's geometric treasures. All three qualify for two challenges: AAA Birthday Card Challenge #12 "Dots and/or Stripes" and Inspired by...a rainbow of color where obviously the rainbow hues were my inspiration.

Card #1

 Waffle Flower Big Dot stamp & die; Martha Stewart punch; JJ Bolton pattern paper

 Card #2

 Waffle Flower Big Dot stamp, A2 Rectangle die, Spellbinders star die; JJ Bolton paper

Card #3

 Waffle Flower Big Dot stamp & die; Cn9th Simple Serif Alphabet (heart); JJ Bolton paper

You're Amazing! Yes, you are Julian!

Between April 29 and May 29 my three grandsons celebrate their birthdays, convenient but also a challenge! The oldest, Julian, shares a birthday on 5/29 with his Uncle George, my childhood friend Juliann, and President JFK. He's a busy pre-teen, plays trumpet and basketball, gracefully rides a snowboard, kindly teases his younger brother, and adores his Portland Trailblazers. Boy, do I love him!! At 12 he inspired a star-themed birthday card!

I stamped a white Bristol panel with distress oxide inks using Concord & 9s Marbled Turnabout stamp. The colors and pattern remind me of the Blazers team logo. The panel was cut with a large star die and also a second star in black for a shadow effect. The sentiment from SSS's Amazing set is white embossed on a black strip. The background stamped in black reinforces the celebration!

Linking this to a new challenge: AAA Birthday Card Challenges

To Infinity and Beyond! HB, Luca

I recently combined the Hero Arts "Sunburst Bold Prints" cling stamp and PTI's "Boy Basics: Out of this World" stamp set for my grandson's 9th birthday card last week. He thought it was spectacular and that I could make millions selling cards!! Bless his heart!

 The blue panel rests on an orange frame created 

with the largest PTI "Pierced Feature Frame". The

rocket was colored with Copics and cut with a PTI 

"Keep It Simple Frames" die.

Linking this card at AAA Birthday Card Challenges with the theme of Anything Goes and the current SSS Monday Challenge: Frame It