Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Set of Birthday Cards

For the Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week Birthday Challenge in the Moxie Fab World, they are celebrating the release of their newest Card Creations publication, and one of the challenges is to make a birthday card. I just happen to have needed 5 of them for this month, so this challenge worked out well for me. I made the same card 4 times, each in a different color.


Here are 2 of them closer up:




All of the cards started with the lovely Hero Arts cling stamp called Butterfly Field.  It was stamped on white cardstock using various distress inks.  Separately I stamped and colored the Traditional Butterly using colored pencils and mineral spirits (or orange marker and white gel pen on the orange one), then cut each one out.  I finished by overstamping the butterfly again on my background, and gluing or popping the butterflies in place (this saves trying to cut out around those tiny antennae).  Lastly I overstamped the sentiments.

Supplies: white cardstock, Hero Arts CG176 Butterfly Field, E5388 Traditional Butterfly, CL139 Birthday Messages, PTI Vintage Picnic Sentiments, worn lipstick, broken china, peeled paint, and mustard seed distress inks, Versafine onyx black ink and clear embossing powder, Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, Marvy orange marker, white gel pen

17 comments:

Isha Gupta said...

Gorgeous cards Lin...wish it was my B'day....lol.

Dwita said...

Lin, they are adorable. These make me sure to have this kind of stamp... Simply adorable..

Tracey said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE this butterfly set of cards!!!!!!!!!

Sarah J Moerman said...

LOVE these, Lin! Totally going to have to CASE these. :)

Barb said...

So pretty, Lin! Love these soft colors!

Vanessa said...

So beautiful, Lin!!! Love every single one!

Jacqueline said...

Beautiful cards!! The Butterfly field is a perfect stamp for you and I love the butterfly!

walchowDesign said...

Love these cards, Lin! Wonderful colours and embossing!

Pam W Merwin said...

I love the card and thanks for the tip :-)

Suzanne C said...

Beautiful set of cards! Love that you did them in all the different colors. Sure to be appreciated by the recipients.

Ingrid said...

Hello Lin,your cards are verry beautiful,I love them all......

Sue McRae said...

Fabulous set of cards!

Alice said...

beautiful set of cards, Lin. love the pretty colors!

Agnieszka said...

Such a lovely set of cards, Lin!

Daniela F. said...

Beautiful card set, Lin!! The recipients will love these :)

Betsy V said...

What a beautiful set of cards! That background stamp is just perfect!

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Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Lin! Thanks for entering the Card Creations: Favorite Occasions Week Birthday challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)