"Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds..." Birthday Card by Anne Thompson

I decided today to try to make a musical birthday card using the WAVY SHEET MUSIC 94809, THE HUDDLED SPARROW 94838 and the WATCHFUL BIRD 94804 as bluebirds, (all from the Yuletide Collection), and the HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBUT SCRIPT 94773. 

I began with a white side fold note card.  I die cut the WAVY SHEET MUSIC 94809 from BLACK GLOSSY PAPER SH44004 and added it to the front of the card.

I used the internet to find piano sheet music for "Over the Rainbow" and added the beginning notes and other marks to the top staff on the notecard.

I die cut the pieces for both the WATCHFUL BIRD 94804 and the HUDDLED SPARROW 94838 from white card stock.  I then looked at images of bluebirds on the internet to get their coloring somewhat close to normal.  I used colored pencils to color the parts before assembling them and added tiny black jewels for eyes.

I chose the HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBUT SCRIPT 94773 for the sentiment, using a scrap of the black glossy paper for the background and a scrap of blue card stock from my scrap basket for the detailed lettering.  I added a light blue jewel to dot the i.

To assemble the card, I used dimensional foam dots to add the birds near the center of the card and more foam dots under the Happy Birthday which I placed on the last staff line.

I think I'll have to send this to someone who could play the notes on a piano and sing at least the first few words!  

Happy Crafting!

Wavy Sheet Music 94809                   Glossy Black Paper SH44004

Watchful Bird 94804               Huddled Sparrow 94838       Happy Birthday Debut Script 94773

 

Wax Resist Birthday Card by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends. I want to share a wax resist technique today using a white Crayola crayon and an embossing folder from Memory Box. I think it gives the finished background a batik look.

To make the background, I started with some 140lb watercolor paper and ran it through my die cut machine to emboss the paper. While the paper was still in the folder, I then rubbed a white crayon over all the raised edges:

I must apologize for the picture. I made a lot of backgrounds and took a picture of this step using the tree background rather than the swirls I ended up using on the card.

Next, I placed my paper in a box and sprayed it with various sprays I had on hand. I must admit, I used an assortment of water based sprays I owned. The brand really doesn't matter for this step. Choose colors you like. You could also wet the paper and use watercolor paints if you don't have sprays:

Once the paper was completely dry, I placed it under heavy books so that it would lay flat.

To finish the card, I added my sentiment and colored my gift with Copic markers that would match the colors of the background. I am always happy to have extra birthday cards on hand. here is a close up of the background:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will try using wax resist as a technique with your embossing folders.

Have a great weekend,

 

 

Supplies

 

EF1033 Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

94761 Pretty Presents

cl5270 Elegant Succulent Sentiments clear stamp set

Happy Birthday Bees by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a cute card featuring the new Buzzing Bumblebees die set.

Here's a super close up of the bee dies:

I cut the bee pieces from both white and some watercolor panels I have left over.  I also cut the Bachyard Floral Sems 94638 from the same papaers plus from black for a shadow.  I re-cut just the top flowers from some more of the lighter yellow/orange colors and paper pieced them up top on the stems to match the bees better.  

The backgrounds are 2 pieces of woodgrain paper from Memory Box, cut with 2 sizes of the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set 94646.  The white one was inked with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and the kraft one was inked with Brushed Cordouroy Distress Ink and an ink blending tool.

After adding all the die cuts to the blue inked panel, I added it to the brown one and then popped both of those panels together on to the white card base with foam tape.

I really love using the woodgrain papers from Memory Box because with just so little inking, all that texture comes through and provides a lovely texture to your backgrounds!  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  I had a lot of fun putting it together for today's post!  Be sure to come back every day for more inspiration from the design team.  If you are interested in the product I used, you can find more information on my blog HERE.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

 

94794 Buzzing Bumblebees

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94638 Backyard Floral Stems

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

ST010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

Festive Holly and Pretty Presents by AnneThompson

Here's another holiday (or December birthday?) card using dies and papers from the 2024 Yuletide collection.

to make this card

Cover the front of a side-fold A2 note card with one of the print papers from YULETIDE CHEER PP1032.

Use one of the dies from the FRINGED SCALLOPED FRAME SET 94842 to cut a piece of white card stock and add it to the front of the note card.

Die cut the PRETTY PRESENTS 94761--I did this twice, once from a green plaid and once from a red so I could mix and match them--and FESTIVE HOLLY 94801 using those same green and red papers in the YULETIDE PLAID PP1031 paper pad.  

Assemble the holly branches and the presents and add them to the white frame on the note card.  I placed the presents first (I only used five of the six I'd made--the extra one is tucked inside!) and then stacked the holly branches in the upper left to leave room for a sentiment.  I added tiny black gemstones to the holes in the berries for a bit of sparkle.  I used small dimensional foam dots to pop up a couple of the leaves.

Die cut the BELLO JOY 94763 using a scrap of the red plaid for the background and the smooth side of a scrap of watercolor paper for the detailed letters.  

Glue the letters in place on the background and add to the note card.

That's it!  I'm really loving the Fringed Scalloped Frame Set as a way to showcase dies from this Yuletide collection.  I have another idea already cooking up for my next post!

Happy crafting!

Yuletide Cheer PP1032          Yuletide Plaid PP1031

Fringed Scalloped Frame Set 94842

Festive Holly 94801                                     Pretty Presents 94761                                  Bello Joy 94763

Vintage Gladiola Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a birthday card using the versatile Vintage Tray 3D embossing folder. 

Frame:

Die cut the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die 3 times from heavy weight cream card stock or water color paper.  3D emboss 1 of the die cuts using the folder.   Adhere the 3 die cuts together, keeping the embossed one on top, with glue.

Flowers: Die cut the Whimsical Gladiola and 1 of the Gladiola Floral Duo from heavy white card stock.  Ink blend with Distress Oxide Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge, Old Paper, and Peeled Paint. Adhere together using the envelope as a guide.  Shape the larger Gladiola flower with your fingers to give it some dimension.

Butterflies:

Die cut the Exquisite Butterflies dies from gold paper fro the Vintage Pastel paper pad.  Curve the wings using your fingers or a pencil.  

Assembly:

Trim a pattern paper from the Glimmering Gladiola to A2 size and adhere on the front of a A2 size card. Adhere the frame to the front of the card.  Adhere the Exquisite Butterflies and Gladiolas in the individual frames.  Stamp Birthday Wishes from Poppy Stamp's Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set with black ink on white card stock and due cut.  Adhere to the bottom frame and add 1 of the butterflies.

Supplies

 

94793 Gladiola Floral Duo

94790 Whimsical Gladiola

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

cb514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

Fuchsia Plaid Blue River Butterfly Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have been under the weather lately, so I must admit, my creativity has suffered.  As you can see, I kept my birthday card pretty simple and straight forward.  You’ve seen many samples already, but it features the beautiful Blue River Butterfly from the 2024 Fuchsia collection.

Started by choosing the pattern paper from the Fuchsia Plaid paper pack.  This determined the colors of the butterfly.  After die cutting the butterfly from white, dye inks in pink, a purply-fuchsia, yellow and black were used with mini ink blending brushes to color the butterfly.

For the background, the same pink and purply-fuchsia inks were ink blended onto a Bristol panel.  Splattered with water and the purple-fuchsia ink, then blot with a paper towel for texture.  Assembled the card onto a white card base.  Glued the body directly onto the panel and popped up the wings with foam adhesives for dimension.  Added the foil greeting black tab and some clear jewels to finish.

And that’s it!  Thank you for joining me today. Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94832 Blue River Butterfly

PP1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Blue River Butterfly Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a spray stain background card featuring the new Blue River Butterfly die.  These new butterfly dies have dies to add depth and a spot of color to the tips of the wings.  It just makes the butterflies standout.  

Background:

Spray on heavy mixed media card stock Distress Sprays in Aged Mahogany, Kitsch Flamingo, Scattered Straw, and Lost Shadow along with Distress Mica Stain in Harvest Moon and Oxide Spray in Victorian Velvet.  Add in layers, drying in-between. Spray water droplets and dry with a cloth.  Let dry.  Die but using the largest die from Wrapped Stitched Rectangles.  Add Distress Translucent Crackle Paint using the Butterfly Colerie Collage Stencil. Let air dry.

Butterfly:

Die cut the Blue River Butterfly wings from white card stock, the body from black card stock and the tips from folder from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad.  Ink blend the wings using Distress Oxide Aged Mahogany, Kitsch Flamingo, and Scattered Straw.  Adhere the pieces together using the envelope as a guide.  Brush on glitter using a glitter pen.  Let dry.

Assembly:

Adhere the background to  A2 size folding cream note card.  Adhere the butterfly with foam tape to center and the Happy Birthday Foil Greeting Black tab to the center of the butterfly.

 

 

Supplies

 

94832 Blue River Butterfly

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

88617 Butterfly Coterie Collage

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Vellum Prairie Butterflies by Jean Okimoto

Remember vellum?   Layer a pair of purple vellum Prairie Butterflies over a Fuchsia Plaid square for a bright summer birthday celebration.  Hi, Jean here with some vintage vellum to match a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6/

Cut Prairie Butterflies from purple vellum.  Plain white vellum inked with Brilliance Peartlescent Purple and air-dried can be used if you don't have purple vellum for the butterflies and greeting square.  Attach lined doublestick tape behind the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and cut the wing accents and antennae/body. 

Don't assemble the butterflies yet - it's easier to layer and attach the pieces directly to the background.

Cut a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 with the 2-¾" Square Basics die.  Cut purple vellum with the 1-¼" Square Basics die.

Cut white cardstock to 4-¼" x 9-¾".  Score it at 4-¼".  Attach the diecuts.  Add a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab.  Add clear Christmas Fairy Jewels.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. Cut a ½" x 3-½" plaid strip for a side accent.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

  

 

Supplies

 

94831 Prairie Butterflies

pp1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

30088 Square Basics Set

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Azure Dragonfly Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a birthday card featuring the new Azure Dragonflies dies.  These are so beautiful and easy to color to create an amazing card.

Dragonflies:

Die cut the Azure Dragonflies bodies from heavy white card stock.  Spray with Distress Mica Stain Hocuspocus and Bubbling Cauldron.  Die cut the dragonfly's wings from heavy weight vellum.  Color with Breakup Blue Lunar Paste, apply lightly.  Let dry.  Glue together using the envelope as a guide.

Background:

Use a light greenish blue from the Lagoon paper pack. and trim to A2 size  Add Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire to the inside of the Waves 3D Embossing Folder and the trimmed paper and run through your die cutting machine.  Dry the ink.  Breyer on white gesso to just add white to the top of the waves.  Let dry.  Trim down to 4" x 5 1/4".

Assembly:

Cut the darkest blue from the Lagoon paper pack to A2 size.  Adhere the Wave background panel.  Adhere the dragonflies to the center of the waves.  Adhere some light blue Christmas Fairy Crystals and Clear Fairy Jewels around the dragonflies.  Adhere a Happy Birthday Greeting Black Circle Tab to the lower left hand side.  Adhere to a A2 side folder white note card.

 

Supplies

 

94834 Azure Dragonflies

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

St011 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Circle Tabs

EF1013 Waves 3D Embossing Folder

JWL001 Clear Jewels

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Azure Dragonflies in the Cottage Meadow by AnneThompson

I love the flying things in the newest Fuchsia Collection!  Today's card features the Azure Dragonflies, Brilliant Fuchsia paper, and a Cottage Meadow circle rub-on.

materials used

• white A2 note card
• BRILLIANT FUCHSIA PP1030 6X6 PAPER
• COTTAGE MEADOW RUB-ON TRANSFERS RUB104
•  white card stock
• AZURE DRAGONFLIES 94834
• FUCHSIA PLAID PP1029 6X6 PAPER
• brown card stock
• foil greeting tab

to make this card

• cover the front of an A2 note card with one of the Brilliant Fuchsia papers

• cut a circle from white card stock a bit bigger than the Cottage Meadow flower circle
• use the stick enclosed with the two sheets of rub-ons to transfer the image onto the circle

• die cut the Azure Dragonflies--the wings from one of the Fuchsia Plaid papers and the bodies from brown card stock
• assemble the dragonflies

• add the Cottage Meadow circle to the card front
• attach the two dragonflies
• finish the card by adding one of the foil greeting tabs

I chose to make this a birthday card but it would be a suitable design for many occasions this summer.  Happy Crafting!

Azure Dragonflies 94834
Cottage Meadow Rub-Ons RUB104
Brilliant Fuchsia PP1030
Fuchsia Plaid PP1029