Fun Filled Birthday Wish

I have a fun card for a child's birthday today! It began with the frame that was inked and sat around on my desk for a couple of months waiting to be caught up in my creative process. 

Today was the day! 

Although the frame was inked in pale pink and blue, I wanted to use critters. I combined Avery Elle More Stories for the hedgehog and bunny. The other images and sentiment are from WPlus9 Curious Forest Friends.  Using a stencil I added clouds to the top panel behind the sentiment.

I used watercolor for the hedgehog, bear and raccoon. The bunny was cut from a piece of the inked paper and I dotted his tail with a white gel pen. 

I'm happy to be playing along with the Fusion Card Challenge for May. It gave me great motivation to pull out the hedgehog stamp! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!

Welcome to What I love: Waterfront

Hello crafty friends, happy Wednesday!  Today is the day I share on the theme of what I love. I live near a beautiful lake and I love being near or on the water every day, so it's no surprise that the Waterfront set from Stampin' Up! made it to my craft desk. I am loving it!

Creating water or mountain scenes with this set will be a breeze. I made two cards to get me started on a few cards for men's birthdays that I'll be needing next month.  I can't believe June is almost here! I have a birthday of my own coming up. 

 I began by lightly sponging a background for each of the cards using Distress Oxide Inks in Antique Linen and Broken China, and sprinkling on a few fine dots of water. Stamping the scene for the first card involved lots of layers to make the row of mountains and trees and a bit of additional sponging with greens

 to fill in the blank spots.

For the second card, I kept the stamping much simpler and placed the scene inside an oval frame with a die cut window. 

This set is still on my craft table so I think you'll be seeing it again soon with the beach-y version! 

I hope good things and good times are on their way to you today. Thanks for visiting!

Be yourself

     Delight in your craft 

        Make something beautiful!