Happy Birthday Nana

A quick birthday card I made for Justin's mum. I used an old Mojo Monday sketch (don't remember what number sorry) to make this card really quickly the afternoon before we went over to Justin's brothers place to celebrate.
I took this pic with the card sitting on the present. We bought a huge box of chocolate at Big W and I had no wrapping paper so I just tied some Baja Breeze ribbon around the box to tie it in with the card. I love that about SU! ribbon being on the roll - You don't have to feel like you need to save it for a rainy day when there's just so much of the stuff!
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Stazon
Watercolouring - Inkpads w/ Aquapainter: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, So Saffron
Cardstock: Walk in the Park DSP, Kraft, Baja Breeze, So Saffron
Accessories: Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain, Baja Breeze & Basic Grey Corduroy Brads

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The Rejects lol

One of the cardmaking magazines I read had a publication call for childrens party project sets and since Charlotte's birthday is coming up I decided to have a go. Unfortunately for me they didn't get accepted but that's a bonus for you since it means I can share them now instead of waiting for months until they get published :)
The set I created includes a little party blower topper, invitation and bag-elope favour bags that all match. I won't be making multiples of the favour bag or party blower (I normally would since they were quick and easy to make but just not enough time with a newborn).
They're all pretty straight forward, the 2 only things worth mentioning are:

• Bag-elope tutorial is here, only thing I changed was I cut a circle then scored and folded it over to make a flap, it is held shut by tombow multi adhesive on the back and velcro dots for the opening.
  
• To get quick and even coverage of glitter on the balloon (off the party blower) I ran it through my Xyron sticker maker and pressed it into the glitter.
  

Stamps: Pun Fun, Calender Alphabet, Family Phrases, Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Stazon, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Watercolouring: Invitation; Aquapainter w/ Watercolour Wonder Crayons, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink. Favour Bag; Aquapainter w/ Inkpads, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink
Cardstock:Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Patterns II DSP pack
Accessories: Trio Flower & Scallop, 1 3/8", 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Soft subtles Brads, Bashful Blue Taffeta, Dazzling Diamonds, Xyron, Tombow Multi Adhesive

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Happy Birthday Amber - Take 2

Look familiar? I said yesterday that my card needed something but I wasn't sure what, anyway, the lovely Robyn suggested something shiny in the bottom corner. I agreed that it needed something in the bottom corner and it was definitely missing some sparkle, but I had nothing sparkly that would suit the bottom of the card. After thinking for a while I remembered the Tempting Turquoise brads in the bold brights set and decided on some glitter on the balloons. Thanks Robyn I'm a million times happier with this card now!
Stamps: Birthday Wish, Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Basic Black; Lovely Lilac, Orchid Opulence & Tempting Turquoise SW Markers
Cardstock: Lovely Lilac, Orchid Opulence, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, 2-way glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Bold Brights Brads, Whisper White Taffeta

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Happy Birthday Amber

I need to make a birthday card for one of Charlotte's little friends, I tried to go for bright and happy, (which I nailed) but I don't think this card works...
I haven't ticked her name off my to-do list yet.
Stamps: Birthday Wish, Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Basic Black and Lovely Lilac, Orchid Opulence & Tempting Turquoise SW Markers
Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, Orchid Opulence, Lovely Lilac, Whisper White
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Whisper White Taffeta

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Mojo Monday #89

My entry for Mojo Monday #89, I'm loving the Mojo Monday sketches lately, they really are perfect for getting the mojo back!
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Stazon, Close to Cocoa
Watercolouring: Inkpads with Aquapainter - Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, Going Grey
Cardstock: Candy Lane DSP, Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Confetti Cream
Accessories: Scallop & 1 3/8" circle, Eyelet Border and Heart to Heart Punches

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

Happy Birthday to You

At today's Terrific Techniques class the girls decided they'd like to learn more about Stampin' Pastels so I designed a class called Pastel Perfection.
This is the first card we made, using Stampin' Pastels & Blender pens to colour the cupcakes image. I find that cartoonish sets work best with this method of colouring as it's not as easy to keep the colour even.
You might recognise this card, it's a CASE of a card I made a week or 2 ago which I knew would be perfect for this method of colouring. It doesn't show up very well in this picture but we used Dazzling Diamonds to give the icing a bit of shimmer.
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes, Cupcakes Wheel
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark
Cardstock: Lavender Lace, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Pretty in Pink 1/4" Grosgrain, Chocolate Chip 1" DS Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2-way glue, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould

New Goodies to play with!!!!

I got my new goodies to play with!! This was the first card I made and I'm so happy with how it turned out!
I love this Crazy for Cupcakes set!! The sentiment is a bit hard to see in the photo (having glitter on a card makes it really difficult to photograph) but it reads "Hope your day is the sweetest ever". How cute is that??
I have also been working on a scrapbook layout but you'll have to wait to see that one as it's for the May reveal over at "Just My Sketches" I will tell you that I'm loving the Raspberry Tart DSP and the Sticky Cuts Letters!
My order turned up just in time to round out my week of cards celebrating the new catalogue, and I'll go back to scheduling my posts for every few days again.
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Certainly Celery & Pretty in Pink SW Markers
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Aquapainter, Baja Breeze 1" DS Ribbon, Pink Taffeta, Eyelet Border Punch, 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds

Images © Stampin' Up!, Designs © Zarna Gould