Split Panel Background

This card layout was made with two 3×4 inch panels of patterned paper. One of the panels was cut in half diagonally, and the other became the focal panel. I love this simple layout to highlight pretty paper and to add interest to the background as well.

The patterned paper I used is Recollections “Lavender Lines” and a piece from the “Floral Meadows” paper pad from Brass & Bliss. The base and mats are from the Recollections “Passion Fruit” cardstock pack (no longer available?).

The greeting was computer generated (CK Curly font), and a few 3mm crystals were added for a hint of sparkle.

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HAPPY Birthday Animals

(inside: A birthday wish is sent your way, hoping you’ll have a wonderful day.)

It’s the beginning of February, so it’s time for birthday cards for my triplets! I was told (by one) that he prefers “cute kid cards” and not “gray adult ones” so cute (and not gray!) it is!

This is Keith’s card.

Happy birthday, Keith!

This is Kelly’s card:

Happy birthday, Kelly!

The next two cards are for Kevin and his fiancée, Lansing. This is Kevin’s card. The bird was designed to look like their pet cockatiel, Babka.

Happy birthday, Kevin!

And this one is for Lansing. The bird on this one was designed to look like their other cockatiel, Hokio.

Happy birthday, Lansing!

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Folk Floral Stem (with two kinds of foiling)

(Inside: happy happy birthday to you)

The floral image on this card was made with the Folk Floral Stem hot foil plate and coordinating layering stencils by Pinkfresh Studio. Gold Glimmer Hot Foil was used along with Gina K Designs Peach Bellini, Tomato Soup, Moonlit Fog, and Fresh Asparagus inks. The foil for the image was applied using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil system and a die cutting machine.

I wanted a foiled, delicate script greeting that would fit on a 1/4 inch strip (and didn’t have an appropriate plate), so I decided to type my greeting on the computer instead. I used the “Yukikato” font (11 pt) for this card. In order to foil that, a different method was required. First, it needed to be printed with toner (and not ink), so I used a laser printer. This was then foiled with icraft gold decofoil and a minc foiling machine.

Metallic Gold card stock was used for the mats, and the inside sentiment stamp was called “Happy Happy Birthday” by dandelion designs.

For anyone new to foiling, each system uses a different type of foil and application tool and a different technique for applying it. The method using a hot foil plate pushes the foiled image into the surface a bit while the toner/minc method is flatter, but both methods give very similar looking results as far as shine. Here is some introductory information on using either the Glimmer Hot Foil System or the minc. And there are tons more videos out there showing other tips and variations for each.

It’s SO hard to photograph a foiled card as it’s hard to get the light to hit it just right! Here’s a photo of the card with less direct light hitting it…

While not used on this project, there is also a coordinating stamp set and a coordinating die.

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Idyllic Lighthouse Scene

(Inside: enjoy your day)

This card features a stamp from the Idyllic Floral Scenes series called “Lighthouse” (#IFS040) by Nellie Snellen and a greeting from GKD’s Birthday Blessings (retired?) both stamped in GKD Chocolate Truffle amalgam ink on Recollections White Dove card stock. I matted the stamped images with GKD Chocolate Truffle and Sea Glass card stock and then with a sheet from The Paper Studio’s Dalmuti paper pad.

I was going for a “sketched feel” so I left the image uncolored and chose a greeting stamp that looked handwritten. The inside sentiment is from Stampin’ Up’s “Two-Step Stampin’ Riveted” set (retired).

This is a quarter of the 12×12 patterned sheet that I used:

It’s a bit busy for me, but I think it makes an interesting mat. I can check off another sheet in my self-imposed challenge to use this patterned paper!

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