Birthday Card for Special Lady

I made this card for my niece and god daughter who is celebrating a big birthday.  She is a busy mom of 2 and wife to a great guy. Fall colors are her favorite.  I will have supper with the family.

I created a painted background on a half sheet of cream card stock.  I pulled several colors of acrylic from the box - Dark Burnt Umber, Dark Brown, Cherry Royale, Cadmium Yellow and Yellow Citron.   I started with a mix of the browns at the bottom then added the red. Mixed red and yellow for the next layer then added yellow at the top. The card stock was dried and pressed to make it flat. The background trimmed to leave a small border and was adhered to a warm green large half sheet card.

For the leaves, I chose dark brown, yellow, and orange and painted it with the same colors. I cut the leaves with the Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die. They were scored with an embossing tool to create some texture along the centre and veins.  They were adhered to the card with Quick Dry Adhesive.

The greeting was printed in warm pink on cream card stock, punched with the SU Decorative label punch and adhered to the card front with 3D foam tape.

I then spattered the whole card with a thin mixture of Dark Burnt Umber and Metallic Kim Gold which softened the look of the card.

I made several backgrounds so they will show up in cards later.

HB Gift Card Set

Here's the set of cards I made for my niece.  She likes cards but with 2 little ones making them sometimes is a challenge.  I used the My Minds Eye - Indie Chic - Nutmeg "Hanging Out" Roses double sided paper. This is the flip side.  I use the Sizzix Framelits Die - Card, Royal Flip-its which as 11 pieces so a lot of options without using the flip part of the set.  Left - I layered a piece of the DSP onto a yellow card then die cut a hole in the center with one of the framelits.  I then cut the corresponding layers to create the accent. I placed a strip of brown card stock across the center then mounted the accent with 3D foam tape.  Added a small daisy punchie in the center.


Right - A brown card with a layer of DSP adhered to it.  Over that a strip of brown and then a strip of yellow onto which I stamped the HB greeting in brown.

Left - I started with a yellow card.  I used an edgelit in the set to cut the bottom edge of the DSP layer.  I cut a brown to layer behind the DSP one.  A strip of brown card stock with an accent again cut from the framelits in the set.   I put a yellow daisy punchie in the centre and mounted the accent with 3D foam tape.

Right - This an actual flip it card made with the set.  It's so easy to use these sets because it cuts all the pieces just the right size.  The card is cut from yellow then the 2 front layers were cut in the DSP.  Just adhere.  I cut the accent on the front with the different framelits in the set that are nesting in size.  The smaller brown piece is a frame into which I put a brown daisy punchie.

These framelits sets allow you to create cards very quickly!  A cool tool. I would highly recommend adding a set to your tool set.

HB - Indie Chic - Nutmeg Card

This is the card I made for my niece who is celebrating a birthday this week.   I used the Sizzix Framelits Die - Card, Royal Flip-its which I recently acquired.  The designer paper I used is My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Nutmeg "Hanging Out" Roses. This is the flip side.  This card was not cut to flip.  I used a regular brown card.  I cut the DSP with the one piece from the set and then the matching yellow card stock with the matching piece. These were adhered to the card front.  I then ran a piece of yellow gross grain ribbon across the center horizontally through a slit in the fold of the card on the left and taped the ends to the inside of the card.  I created the accent with the many coordinating framelits in the set.  Larger in the same brown as the card, the next layer same yellow.  This framelit applies the texture you see and leaves the centre oval not embossed.  I traced the oval with a marker while the framelit was still on the die cut. I punched a small daisy and adhered it in the centre of the oval.  The greeting was stamped in brown and I corner rounded the 4 corners and rubbed the edges with the same marker I used for the oval.  This is one of her favorite papers.  I will post the cards later.