Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday!
As promised, today's post is a birthday card featuring my little "Puppy Girl" from the Pure Innocence line by My Favorite Things that I colored various different ways in the last couple of posts.
This card is bright and cheery for a young girl's birthday. The papers I used are from Mambi Sheets by Me & My Big Ideas and Rue de Fleur by The Paper Studio. I love these colors together--they just have that extra kick of life in them! :o) The background is matted and stitched with my sewing machine. Across the center is pleated trim, layered with two strips of ribbon and then adhered to the orange card base with my ATG gun.
Here is a closeup of Puppy Girl. I cropped her using Spellbinders Large Labels S4-168. The edges are first inked in yellow and then again in pale green. She is matted first in black to draw the eye in and then in green and yellow.
I always try to incorporate some type of interaction in each of my cards--especially when they are for younger people. The image is popped up on foam tape with the tape strategically placed only on the top and bottom so a tag would slip diagonally beneath.
The tag is hand cut to fit inside the opening, stamped with two sentiments, and adorned at the top with patterned paper, a tiny flower brad, and a ribbon threaded through. The tag sentiment is actually from two separate sentiment sets that I put together to form a rhyme: Top-Clear Stamps VS-4911, Series 23, by Studio G; Bottom-Big Greetings by My Favorite Things.
The final addition is two large, stacked silk daisies topped with a large, yellow button in the center.
For the inside of the card, the background patterned paper is matted and stitched together. Then a hole punched in one corner to add stacked paper flowers with a tiny flower brad through the center and a bow on back. The finished mat stack is then adhered to the inside of the card with my ATG gun.
The inside has a mix of stamp sets, as well. "Woof", "Bark", the puppy paw prints, and the dog bone are all from Inkadinkado, Dogs-97620; "Happy Birthday" is from Big Greetings by My Favorite Things; and "Sending Canine Kisses" is one of the sentiments that goes along with "Puppy Girl" from the Pure Innocence line by My Favorite Things. I think they all come together quite nicely to make up a happy little card.
I hope you've enjoyed today's card and you'll be back soon to visit me again. I will be designing something special in the upcoming days for the Creative Critterz Imaginations blog. I hope you'll join me. Until then, thanks for coming by!
Merilee
As promised, today's post is a birthday card featuring my little "Puppy Girl" from the Pure Innocence line by My Favorite Things that I colored various different ways in the last couple of posts.
I always try to incorporate some type of interaction in each of my cards--especially when they are for younger people. The image is popped up on foam tape with the tape strategically placed only on the top and bottom so a tag would slip diagonally beneath.
The tag is hand cut to fit inside the opening, stamped with two sentiments, and adorned at the top with patterned paper, a tiny flower brad, and a ribbon threaded through. The tag sentiment is actually from two separate sentiment sets that I put together to form a rhyme: Top-Clear Stamps VS-4911, Series 23, by Studio G; Bottom-Big Greetings by My Favorite Things.
The final addition is two large, stacked silk daisies topped with a large, yellow button in the center.
For the inside of the card, the background patterned paper is matted and stitched together. Then a hole punched in one corner to add stacked paper flowers with a tiny flower brad through the center and a bow on back. The finished mat stack is then adhered to the inside of the card with my ATG gun.
The inside has a mix of stamp sets, as well. "Woof", "Bark", the puppy paw prints, and the dog bone are all from Inkadinkado, Dogs-97620; "Happy Birthday" is from Big Greetings by My Favorite Things; and "Sending Canine Kisses" is one of the sentiments that goes along with "Puppy Girl" from the Pure Innocence line by My Favorite Things. I think they all come together quite nicely to make up a happy little card.
Merilee
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