Happy Birthday Card

Good morning. I'm back with a quick birthday card. One to add to my stock pile for when my calendar flashes up a friend's birthday and it's too late to knock one up (why iCal is your default set at one day????? Dozy numpties like me need at least a week's warning)

Mind you, with the bright, cheerful colours going on here, I'd happily pop this card in the post and address it to myself just so that I can see it brighten up my own mantelpiece.

Right I'm off to go and enjoy some of that lovely, if somewhat rare, sunshine today

Intense Just For You

Hello there lovely readers

I've gone a bit wild with my colours again. It wasn't intentional. It started out by having a pink die cut piece just hanging around on my table which I thought should be used somehow.

I bought a new stencil from Dutch Doobadoo and dabbed the pattern over the scrap of card with versamark ink. I sprinkled black embossing powder over it and heat set. It's given it a really funky effect which you cant really see so well in the photo below. You'll have to take my word for it :)

Once I had my pink and black cut-out, I looked in my card stash and instantly thought I'd try it against it's complimentary colour, a yellow green. It was intense and in-your-face and just perfect. I stamped the sentiment, punched it out and added another die cut, this time using a subtler blue-green card.

I am just loving these happy colours. My head may be pounding but surrounding myself with rich colour is bringing a smile to my face.

If Bold is what you want, then Bold is what you'll have

I'm cutting this fine. So what's new. I'm submitting a card to this week's CASology challenge. At the time of typing, I have about two hours remaining before the deadline closes. So I don't have too long to wax lyrical tonight.

The cue card is Bold. Well, that is certainly my kinda card. I'm nothing if not bold. So with no further ado, I give you...

Bold enough? lol

The card I used comes from a Becky Higgin's Project Life set sold by Craftie Charlie The Strawberry Edition. They are on sale at half price if you live in the UK and are interested.

There are six gorgeous colours in the collection and I thought it's be fun to pair up two contrasting ones. I took the fuschia card and with an alphabet die, cut the word out. I backed it onto lime-green and then adhered the whole thing to black cardstock.

The idea stems from a quiz where you read words spelt in the wrong colour. After a while it messes with your brain. I've had another idea since but as I say, time is running out. I will make a new card with the updated idea another time.

Sketch Challenge Part 2

The second card I made is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. The last couple of cards I've made had a darker appearance, so I thought I'd use white as my background this time around. I don't normally go for bright, neon colours but they are all over the web at the moment in design, fashion and papercrafts, so it's seeping into my brain.

I've used the Pantone colour, Radiant Orchid again with its complement, yellow-green.

I've also seen this pointed banner shape around a lot too. I don't have a die to cut this particular design however, all I needed to do was cut out a rectangle first and then trim the bottom off using two sides of a hexagon shaped die. The sewing through the middle of the hearts was done on a machine but as the needle was going through five layers of card, I turned the wheel manually and slowly, rather than use the pedal. I didn't fancy the needle breaking and flying out at me. I tell you, you need a strong wrist to do it.

So put on your dark glasses before gazing upon how bright it turned out.

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Supplies

Stamps: Kanban - Spring Silhouettes

Dies: Spellbinders - Nrested Hearts and Hexagons