This week was my mom’s 89th
birthday. It was a bit difficult for her
because my father has recently been moved out of the house for physical therapy
and will then be placed in a care facility due to his health. A few tears were shed by all despite the joy
of the celebration. Since I live so far
away, I could not be there but made this special card for her.
The card base is yellow and
I added a layer of decorative paper to the front. The top and bottom glitter borders were
created using the Glitter
Masking technique with a candle border punch and Ocean
and Pretty
Princess glitters. Note that the Ocean
glitter is semi-transparent so it looked more green on top of the yellow
cardstock. To avoid this, place your
tape on a white piece of cardstock to create the border and then adhere this to
the card front.
The Happy Birthday was die
cut from a piece of white cardstock covered with a Super
Adhesive sheet, using Memory Box’s
Happy Birthday Extravaganza die. The
protective layer was removed and Cloud
Nine Velvet glitter was added before adding to the card front.
For the inside I used a
piece of blue cardstock and created a tunnel
card. I used Spellbinders’ Gold
Labels Four to cut the center window and then used a slightly smaller Label Four
die to cut a window from a pink piece and layered this behind the window after
I embossed the blue piece. I trimmed
about 1/4" from each side before adhering to the inside to allow room for
a strip of 1/8” Tear-ific Tape on each side.
This was covered with Pretty
Princess Glitter.
I stamped and colored the
sweet Birthday
Friends and then fussy cut them and added them to the sides of the
window. I used a glue
pen to add Ocean
and Pretty
Princess glitter to the hats, blowers, and cake. The sentiment from the Happy
Birthday set was stamped with Memento
Rose Bud ink, die cut with a Labels Four
die, and adhered to the center.
I hope this card added a
little cheer to her day.
E. Marie
I
entered this card in the following challenge:
Scrapy Land Challenge #18 – Birthdays/Celebrations
(PLUS using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells)
Simon Says Stamps
Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
Addicted To
Stamps and More Challenge #146 – Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday May Challenge
87: Anything goes with a twist ... Add Some Texture
Love To Scrap! Challenge
Blog LTSCB #54 - Anything Goes!
MAWTT Challenge -
Texture
Papertake Weekly Challenge –
Take Your Pick (Product Theme - Use glitter)
Party Time Tuesday Challenge
#198 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant
Challenge TPE300 – "Anything Goes"
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations
Challenge: Celebrations