354- Starry Birthday Card

This layout challenge (SC267) was pretty straightforward- I really didn't deviate from the basic sketch. I used a wheel for the background pattern and punched out small stars and glued them on to add some texture.

I also decided to use the colours from colour challenge (CC256). I used the basic grey just as a background accent colour- I wanted the card to be as bright as possible with the crushed curry and the bravo burgundy. I did outline all of the punched out stars so that they stood out and had some dimension on the card.

I added the champagne shimmer paint to give the card some sparkle.

Recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Labels, Classic Stars Wheel

Paper: Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Bravo Burgundy

Ink: Crushed Curry, Basic Grey, Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Brad punch, gold brads, large star and star punch, champagne shimmer paint

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353- Cupcake Birthday Card

As soon as I saw this mojo monday layout (MOJO127) I knew that I wanted to use a cupcake in a bright card. The washington apple DSP was perfect for the colour palette and I love the finished card. It is bright, cheerful and happy

This is the scallop trim border punch that is available for sale-a-bration. For every $65 order you can get a free item from the sale-a-bration catalogue- how fantastic is that?! I don't have the scallop trim corner punch yet so I tried to do corners without it- I still think it looks nice but look forward to ordering the corner punch.

I cut out the top of the cupcake and popped it up for more dimension to the card. I also added glitter to it for the sprinkles.

I sponged bashful blue on the whisper white cardstock to soften the area around the cupcake.

Recipe:

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Vintage Labels

Paper: Washington apple DSP, bashful blue, so saffron, whisper white, pumpkin pie, ruby red

Ink: bashful blue, so saffron, pumpkin pie, ruby red

Accessories: Scallop trim border punch, 5/8" bashful blue satin ribbon, 1/4" bashful blue grosgrain ribbon, 3/4" 1" 1 1/4" circle punches, fine cosmo glitter, dazzling diamonds, sponge

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