Happy Birthday and Gorgeous Day

Hello and happy Monday.  I've got a quick post with 2 cards I made yesterday.

First up is a card inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch #114.   I used Modern Mehndi stamps and Stitched Rectangle Dies, both by Lil Inker.

A lot of masking on this card.  After my stamping, I used Distress Markers to color only the flowers that were meant to be the top layer, and then cut and popped up my center panel.

I am also entering this card at Lil Inker Monthly Meet Up Challenge.

My next card uses a small flower from Hero Arts Blossom art.  I colored the flowers (and tried to shade them) with Copic markers, doodled a bit on the centers, and then coated them with Wink of Stella.

Here is how I did it.  I started with a single piece of cardstock cut to 4 1/4 by 5 1/2.  I stamped the three flowers that I wanted popped up in grey.  I stamped them exactly where I wanted to put the popped up flowers.  Then, using black Memento ink, I stamped the flowers that would not be popped up and colored them.  I could see where the other flowers would be adhered, so I only needed to color the middle sections of these flowers.  I stamped 3 more flowers on scrap cardstock in black, colored and fussy cut them out.  I fussy cut along the top of the flowers stamped on my card front, attached the three popped up flowers and then adhered the entire panel on to a card base, which had a piece of green patterned paper adhered to the top.

I am entering the following challenges:  A Blog Named Hero Bright and Bold, Color Throwdown #333 (just squeaking in), and Fusion.

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Birthday and Holiday Cards

Yesterday, I spent 50 minutes in exercise class admiring the top that the instructor was wearing.  I was too embarrassed to ask if I could take a photo of her top, but when I got home, I created a water color panel inspired by that top.  I turned that panel into a card, using stamps from Hero Arts and Neat & Tangled.  I am entering this card at Seize the Birthday, and will give this card to my friend from that exercise class, as it is her birthday tomorrow.  I wonder if she will recognize our instructor's shirt?

My holiday card for today uses the colors from this week's Colour Me Striking--Navy and Silver.  I used a piece of silver foil paper from Add a Little Dazzle cut with the Mod Snowflake Background from Poppystamps and layered on top of a piece of Enchanted Evening paper.  I embossed my sentiment in white on Enchanted Evening, and popped it up with foam tape.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Bling it on and Poppystamps Challenge #3:  Sparkle and Shine.

The photo is not quite capturing how shiny that foil paper is, but trust me that it could light up a room.

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