Friday, February 24, 2017

Happy Birthday


Die Cut Divas' February challenge theme is "A Month to Use Red or Pink." I created this birthday card to send to Darlene at Live Love Cards, as a donation for Meals on Wheels.

For my design, I chose Sketch #SC606 from Splitcoaststampers.com. I cut a panel of Canson XL Mixed Media paper to 4x5.5". Then I positioned one of the "Stitched Basic Borders 2" dies from My Favorite Things, and die cut the curve. These dies add stitching to both sides of the cut line, so I only had to cut once, & I had stitching on both panels! :)

I chose one of the bicycles from Hero Arts' "Joy Ride" (a VERY old set that I had never used), and stamped it on the upper panel with Lawn Fawn Wild Rose ink, so it looks like it's traveling along the curve I'd die cut. I then inked the upper panel with Tumbled Glass Distress ink, adding a bit of Broken China along the edges for some depth. I inked the bottom panel in a similar manner, with Twisted Citron & Shabby Shutters Distress inks.

I used the "Happy Birthday" greeting from Simon Says Stamp's "Jumbo Stripes" stamp set. I cut a piece of pink cardstock, lined the top of my blue panel up with the top of the pink, and traced the curved line onto the cardstock. I then used my MISTI to help me position the stamp, and stamped it 3 times, repositioning it each time to follow the curve. Once I'd finished stamping, I erased my pencil line.

To complete my card, I adhered pieces of craft foam to the back of each of my inked panels with Scor Tape. I then popped them up on the pink cardstock, spacing them so the greeting showed through in between. Finally, I adhered my card front to a white A2 card base.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

a2z Scrapbooking's February challenge: "Any Shade of Red" (I trust pink counts as a shade of red!)
Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge: "Anything Goes"
Simon Says Stamp's Monday challenge: "Transport It"
A Blog Named Hero February challenge: "CAS"

22 comments:

  1. It's delightful, your choice of the bicycle image is perfect for the charity! Thanks for joining in the fun at Die Cut Divas.

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  2. Totally gorgeous Andrea. Thanks for joining us at A2Z this month,.. and also at Die Cut Divas. Perfect card for both challenges.
    Dawn DT A2Z Scrapbooking
    and Die Cut Divas

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  3. I think I have that same HA stamp set. Wonderful card. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.

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  4. Love your bike card! Thanks for joining us at a2z!

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  5. Love the sweet card, with the sentiment in the Die cut section! Thanks for joining us at A2Z.

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  6. So fun to see you link up at a2z! Thanks for playing along.

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  7. Wonderful card Andrea! I love the scene you've created and the chopper bike stamp is lovely.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Mandy xx

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  8. What an adorable card!
    Thank You for playing along with a2z Scrapbooking February Challenge.

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  9. fun design for this bike--I had a banana seat bike too! glad you entered it at a2z!

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  10. This is a super fun card. Great job! Thanks for joining us at a2z.

    sue n.

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  11. Beautiful card and such lovely inking. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

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