Tone on Tone birthday card

I find myself with extra free time to myself this weekend... so I am trying to complete all of the 365 card challenges for last week! This particular card is for the 'Tone on Tone' challenge - you will see that two of the cupcakes are the same patterned paper as I used for the base of my card.
Sorry for the shadow on the picture.. I must have had a finger near the lense of my iPhone! oops!
Cupcake die is from AllThatScraps.. I love their CC Designs stamps and cutters!!!

Yeah! More Birthday Stamps!

I have not posted in soooo long - since my birthday last year, oops!! Life is just soo busy.. I feel I hardly have time to craft anymore except when the bf is on afternoon shifts!!

Anyway, I have had a Michaels gift card burning a hole in my wallet for over a year, so I finally went and used it up at Michaels! They had a ton of new studio G stamps in.. the $1.50 wood block ones that I looove! They always are so cute and have the wittiest sentiments! I got 9, I think 7 of them are birthday themed, which works well since it seems I primarily make birthday cards!!!

Here is one that fits 365 Cards Sunday sketch.

I used an adorable new stamp - I think this one is my fav! and some scrap paper from my scrap drawer, pearl bling is from Dollarama. Heat embossed the sentiment/image and coloured the image in with my copics.

Chocolate is cheaper than therapy!

This was a fun one!!! We needed to use an odd number of decorations on Tuesdays card.

Here we have:

1.) Patterned paper backing

2.) Copic-coloured image

3.) 3 buttons

4.)Sentiment

7.)Crystal Effects applied to glasses and wheels

That is a total of 7, or if you don't count the crystal effects (since its already on the image...) and the card base, 5!! So either way, we're odd! Funny how hard it is to limit yourself when you are really thinking about it lol! I really like this little dude, and the sentiment. First time I have used either, they are soo cute. Paper is from Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe collection.

Yummy Balloon Card

Hmm how fitting that I am posting a cupcake/birthday card today.. since it is my birthday!!!! I am offically 24 as of 2.5 hours ago... now I am afraid to look in the mirror - will I find my first grey hair or wrinkle? lol

For Monday's challenge @ 365 Cards, we had to create a non-traditonal balloon.. I immediately knew I would be using these gorgeous embellies from Martha Stewart that have been laying in my stash for ages!!! I conveniently had some SewEasy thread that coordinated perfectly with the frosting on each cupcake :) The sentiment is pretty much perfect for this card as well! I don't do a lot of 'white space' on my cards but I am really loving the simplicity on this one!! Again, took photos on my iPhone so the quality is not the best.

"Shine" Chandelier Card

Catching up on the 365 challenges that have been posted so far this week, so sorry in advance for the multiple posts!

First off, I'm pleased to say one of my cards was selected as a Spotlight Designer again!! Day 157, the ad inspired challenge from last week. Thanks to those @ 365 Cards for honouring me yet again!! :)


Now on to the first of this weeks card posts - Super Sketchy Sunday # 160 to start - I felt like making a square card for this one! We had to base our card off of this sketch:

 

Annd here is my card. I used scrap patterned paper, I'm pretty sure its Basic Grey, but it is yeaaars old and I have noo idea what line it was! I then used some lace ribbon, and embellies I had made last year for a swap using my cricut - the chandelier is from Home Decor. I used a crapload of distress paint in tattered rose, I believe. Love that stuff!

Little... Big!

I really struggled with this one... I think it turned out okay tho. Apologies if the photo is only sub-par, I used my iPhone instead of the camera today. Anyway, 365 Cards - Opposite Day - include at least two opposite combinations on your card. I chose Big and Little (Small flower, big flower) and Patterned and Plain (the paper, obviously lol.). The flower cuts are from Once Upon a Princess - sooo cute! All the paper I used from my scrap drawer, woot woot! :) I added some stickles here and there, and the sentiment is heat embossed.. however, it was supposed to be BROWN not gold... I somehow picked the wrong powder... I have no idea where the brown is, but I hope I find it because its really pretty... and I only used it once :(.

 Here is the inside, nice and simple!

 This card I made yesterday, it was originally going to be my card for yesterday's Sweet Treat challenge... but I really didn't like it, so I didn't post it! I guess its actually not that bad - Paper and ribbon are from Hobby Lobby, sentiment is heat embossed, and the loopy punch is Martha Stewart. A nice, bright birthday card!

Sweet Treats!! :)

Theme of the day is 'sweet treats' @ my fav 365 cards. Use at least 2 treats somewhere on your card...

I used two TPC papers for this... can't remember the line, annnd I'm not moving to go check lol! Anyway, my cute little stamped image has been coloured in with Copics (this paper is not the right quality, and just makes it look like i've coloured with pencil crayon up close.. blah), cupcakes were paper pieced, used some stickles for frosting, and 3D glaze on the cherries. Red raffia is from Dollarama. Little Birgitta is sitting on a cupcake, cut from the Once Upon a Princess cart.

 Closeup of the SwissPixies stamp :)

another paper pieced cupcake, and Studio G sentiment. I love this card!!