40 Birthday Wishes

My brother had a milestone birthday this month and I wanted to make him something fun!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Bloobel Birthday Cupcake

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  

             Hair: E35  E39  E59  E49

             Top: R24  R29  R39

             Pants: B12  B14  B18

             Shoes: C5  C7  C9
             Cupcake: E71  E74  E77

             Hat: Y11  Y13  Y15

Papers: Vellum, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, metallic blue embossing powder, melted pony beads.

I'm playing along with:

Seize the Birthday: Script or text background
Creatalicious #124: Make your own background
Pile It On #134: No DP's
Always Fun Challenge #25: Anything Goes
Penny's Challenge #348: Anything Goes

Rock Star!

A cute & fun card for my nephew's recent birthday. He asked for a microphone for his birthday, so I got that and created this card to match!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Bugaboo Rock Star Boy

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E11  E13  R20

             Hair: Y11  YR21  YR24

             Pants: W3  B93  B95  B97

             Guitar: E50  E53  E55, R17  R46  R59

             Glasses/Shoes: BG53  BG57  BG18,  C5  C7  C9

Papers: Pebbles 'Boy' paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Squares

Other: Star buttons.

I'm playing along with:

Glitter & Sparkle #258: Birthday
Crafty Catz Weekly #385: Birthday (Winner!)
CCC Digi Creations #81: 3 of a Kind (3rd birthday, 3 DP's & 3 buttons) (Top 3!)
Crafty Sentiments: Birthday (Top 3!)
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Oh Boy!
Die Cut Divas #September: Masculine
Creative Craft Cottage #96: For the Boys

Upstyle

I just adore all of her hair! So naturally I used my favourite hair colour combo.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Practice 1

Copics: Skin: E50  E21  E15  V95  R20

             Hair: E07  E09  E18  E49

             Top: Y17  YR14  YR18

             Flowers: R81  R83  R85  R89, YG11  YG23  YG67

             Ribbon: BG53  BG57  BG49

Papers: Magazine Freebie paper, cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Squares & Rectangles

Other: ribbon, flowers, White Onyx Liquid Pearls.

I'm playing along with:

Dream Valley #163: Autumn Colours

Crafty Card Makers #196: Autumn

Ribbon Girls #Sept: Any Image

Allsorts #433: Feels like Autumn

Fussy & Fancy #196: Fall Colours

Penny's Challenge #347: Anything Goes

Gamer Boy

This is a fun card I made for my brother-in-law for his recent birthday. He's a big computer game player so I thought this image was perfect.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Gamer Revision

Coloured with: Copics

Papers:  paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Circles

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, Wink of Stella.

I'm playing along with:

Creative Craft Cottage #96: For the Boys/Men
Lets Craft & Create #129: Childs Play
Die Cut Divas #Sept: Masculine
A Bit More Time To Craft #52: Anything Goes
LPOCF #66: Anything Goes

Nature Love

I loved this image as soon as I saw it, but was too scared to colour her in. I absolutely how she has turned out!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Saturated Canary Nature Love

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04  R20

             Hair: E21  E25  E29

             Top: E50  E53  E55

             Skirt/Leaves: YG11  YG663  YG67  G99

             Bird: Y11  Y13  Y15
             Cat: W1  W3  W5
             Fish: E95  YR02  YR14

Papers: Basic Grey Mint Julep paper pack, cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Squares & Rectangles

Other: Gold glitter washi tape, flowers & leaves, pearls.

I'm playing along with:

Fab n Funky #363: Floral Embellishments

Lil Red Wagon #412: Leaf it with me

Crafters Cafe #181: Stitching real or faux

Sweet Stampin: Favourite Stamp (I love all of the hair & folds in this stamp!)

Always Fun Challenges #24: Fall Colours

Use Your Stuff #280: Pets

Cutie Pie #115: Favourite Image (I love all of the hair & folds in this image!)

You don't look a day over Fabulous!

Many of my friends are turning 40 this year and this is one of the many cards I'm making for the milestone celebrations.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: The Paper Shelter Art Deco Charme

Copics: Skin: E000  E00  E21  E11  E04

             Hair: E71  E74  E77

             Dress: E00  RV10  RV32  RV34
             Feathers: RV34  R56  RV99

             Gold: Y15  Y26  E35

             Moon/Table: C1  C3  C5  C7  C9

Papers: Cre8tive Designer paper, gold paper strips, cardstock

Other: Flowers, Wink of Stella.

I'm playing along with:

The Paper Shelter #310: Make it Digital
Crafting by Designs: Drink Up! (Winner!)
CCC Digi Creations #81: 3 of a kind (flowers)
Try It On a Tuesday: My Friend
Artistic Inspiration #186: Anything Goes (Top 5!)

Always your little girl

A little something different with this card which I created for my mother for Mother's Day, from her little girl.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Little Darlings Schmaggie

Distress Ink: Skin: Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany

                     Hair: Old Paper, Walnut Stain

                     Suit: Spun Sugar, Aged Mahogany

                     Wool: Iced Spruce, Black Soot

                     Background: Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Tumbled Glass

Papers: Prima 'Tales of You and Me' paper pack, watercolour paper, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, Shabby White embossing powder, lace, doily, twine, flowers, crown chipboard, heart brad.

I'm playing along with:

Lil Red Wagon #411: Distress It (Featured!)
Inky Chicks #88: Favourite Colours (I love pinks & browns as they have a lovely vintage feel)
Allsorts #432: x2+ Designer Papers (Top 5!)
Crafty Creations #350: Anything Goes (Top 3!)
TTCRD #12: Anything Goes

Dad, you mean the world to us!

This is the card I made for my kids to give their father for Father's Day.

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Little Darlings 'World Civics 101'

Distress Ink: Skin: Tattered Lace, Vintage Photo

                     Hair: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs

                     Top: Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

                     Pants: Pumice Stone, Faded Jeans

                     Shoes: Pumice Stone, Black Soot
                     Globe Frame: Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge
                     Globe Land: Forrest Moss, Bundled Sage
                     Globe Ocean: Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean

Papers: Kaiser Craft Pack Your Bags  paper pack, watercolour card, cardstock

Other: Gathered Twigs Distress ink, twine, flowers & berries.

I'm playing along with:

Avenue613 #201: Distress It (Honours!)

Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes

TTCRD: Anything Goes

A bit more time to craft extra #Sept: Anything Goes

Crafting-with-friends #49: Anything Goes

You are Jawsome!

I made this fun shaker card for my Dad for Father's Day. It gave him a little giggle and chuckle when he opened it up!

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Dah-Nuh stamps & dies

Coloured with Copics

Papers: Cardstock

Dies: Annelies Karduks Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Stitch Rectangles, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside borders, Spellbinders Standard Circles

Other: sequins.

I'm playing along with:

Always Fun Challenges #22: Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #173: Anything Goes
LTCCB #14: Anything Goes
Simon Says #Stamptember: Stamp It
Creates & Makes #14: Anything Goes