Seize the Birthday challenge - guest designer

Hello friends, I hope you're having a great day. I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge so I am guest designing (or the surprise guest as they call it) for the Seize the Birthday challenge.

The theme for this challenge is 'use something new'

What a great theme for the start of the year; I'm sure we all have new craft supplies sitting on our desk from Christmas or even before waiting to be used.  I had last month's Gina K Designs kit sitting on my desk which has been neglected due to me being ill so I thought it was high time to get it out and show it some love.  I hope you like my card. 

Here is my card:

A close up of the image (also shows the shimmer pen I used):

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the images with memento ink onto white card and used the coordinating stencils to colour them in.  I used the matching dies to cut them out.  I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and using the thick brush stencil lightly stencilled in the lower left corner using a light grey ink.  I stamped and die cut the sentiments and also cut an extra plain die cut so that I could double them up for some dimension.  I added foam squares behind the flowers and arranged them in the lower left corner.  I also added some extra leaves with liquid glue.  The sentiments were also added with liquid glue as they were already 2 layers thick.  I finished with a few black pearls and some shimmer pen on the flowers.  I noticed I had slightly damaged the right corner of my panel so decided to cut it down ever so slightly and the finished panel size is 3 7/8" x 5 1/8".  I added the panel onto my card base with foam tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4' and stencilled along the very bottom with the thick brush stencil.  I had some flowers and leaves left over so added them to the left corner with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment in the upper centre with black ink and added the panel to my card base with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - use stencils

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - line I - layers, free, stamped images

Colourful Options challenge - yellow, purple or green

Craft Rocket challenge - something new (I used a new card kit)

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Group of Seven Cardmakers challenge - ombre (my flowers are ombre)

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

Scrapping4Fun challenge - ATG optional hello/winter

Sweet Stampin' challenge - new (new stash)

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option monochrome

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies

Unicorn challenge - birthday

I would like to thank Nancy and all the Team at Seize the Birthday for inviting me to be a guest for this fun challenge and I hope you will pop over and leave them some love.  I'm sure most of you had some new goodies for Christmas so join in the fun. 

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias stamp & die bundle

Gina K Designs - delicate dahlias coordinating stencil

Gina K Designs - thick brush stencil

Gina K Designs - ink pads - medium lilac, dark lilac, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus, soft stone

Gina K Designs - so many sentiments (for inside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - black, gold and silver pearl mix

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (currently not available but this 250gsm smooth white card is an alternative in stock here)

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Tonic Studios - aqua shimmer pen glitter gloss

Seize the Birthday challenge

Hello friends, I hope you're having a great day.  I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge so I am guest designing (or the surprise guest as they call it) for the Seize the Birthday challenge this week.

The theme for this challenge is 'put your sentiment on a banner'.  I decided to use an image that already included a banner but you could make your own banner or use a banner strip.   I watched a YouTube video by Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Craft and she made a teepee card; it looked really fun so decided to have a go.  It's not 100% perfect but I am really happy with how it turned out.  There are lots of photos to show each side and how it lies flat.  Here is my teepee card:

close up of the adorable image:

This is where you would write your personal message:

and here is the other side:

 

here is it lying flat:

and here is how it would be in the envelope:

Isn't it just so much fun; I think all my cards will now be like this lol!  All you need is a velcro dot to keep it closed and it will stand up really nicely.  It is simply made with 3 x squares (any size) but I followed Sam's tutorial so mine were 5"x5" and it will fit in a 5"x7" envelope.  You can find the tutorial here.  I just matted and layered some kraft card and very old patterned paper, added my image onto a white circle and finally finished with some gold pearls.  The little butterflies were also from the stamp set.  All the images were coloured with Promarkers.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Little Red Dragon challenge - things that fly (hope my dinky little butterflies are ok)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - fancy folds

Allsorts challenge - birthdays or ATG

Aud Sentiments challenge - fun folds and/or summer + a sentiment

Get Creative challenge - more than one fold

I hope you will find time to enter this fun challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Card ingredients:

Neat & Tangled stamps - so foxy (no longer available)

Authentique - glowing 6 x 6 paper pack (no longer available)

Crafter's Companion - kraft cardstock

Gina K Designs - pearl mix (black, gold, silver)

Tonic Studios - basic circle dies

Clearly Besotted - mini messages (for sentiment)