Starry Balloons

Howdy fellow crafters!  It’s day number 3 of our 4th Birthday celebration over at StampNation!
Today’s challenge is all about creating a birthday card for a child!  Yup, this tends to be the easiest kind of birthday card to create for most people.  You have think… fun colours, catchy design and a coolness factor! LOL!

So for my card today, I’m featuring the stamps and dies of Simon Says Stamp! one of our three amazing sponsors this week!  On my card front I have used the super cute large balloon from the “Birthday Balloons” stamp set from SSS:

I also created my own back ground starry paper using some of the stars from the same stamp set and also the fun stars from the Whimsy Stamps seen to the right. This is such a cute stamp set!

To create the cool starry balloons on my focal panel, I first inked up the entire balloon stamp using a light shade of the ink colour.  Then I took the same balloon stamp and inked it up with a slightly darker ink colour. I dabbed a little bit of the ink off of one side of the balloon and then pressed the little stars into the inky side of the balloon stamp itself, removing the ink off the star stamp in between each press to the balloon… then I stamped the darker inked balloon right over top of the original balloon image.

Not only did it add the star image onto the balloon but shaded them to look more 3D in nature!

For this card, I also decorated the inside too!  The sentiments are both from the Simon Says Stamp! "Birthday Balloons" set.

I sure hope you have joined us over at StampNation!  If you haven’t, click the image below to find out more about it!  We’d love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~



Sponsored by:  Simon Says Stamp!, Whimsy Stamps

Supplies:
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Birthday Balloons), Whimsy Stamps (Birthday Balloon)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill, Recollections Black Cardstock
die cut shapes: Simon Says Stamp! (Lawn Fawn – Stitched Rectangles), Whimsy Stamps (“birthday”)
ink:  Versafine (Onyx Black), Memento (Cantaloupe, Lady Bug, Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky, Bahama Blue, Tangelo)
washi tape:  My Mind’s Eye.

Power Poppy ~ Paper Tole Tutorial

It’s Monday and I’m over on the Power Poppy Blog today for Inspire Me Monday, sharing a video tutorial on how I made this fun card featuring the digital images from Power Poppy’s new “Camellias” stamp set. 

I’m sharing a tutorial on how to create a paper tole image and it’s super fun!

Come and check it out here!

Don’t forget to jump on the Power Poppy “Peep of the Week” bandwagon!  All you have to is create a card or project using any of the Power Poppy digital or clear stamp images and share it with us on the Power Poppy Blog.  You could be featured on the PP blog and win a cool prize!  Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Happy Birthday to an Old Goat!

Howdy all!  It’s Day 2 of our our 7 day 4th Birthday Bash over at StampNation!

Each day the SN Dream Team is celebrating with a new birthday related challenge.  Today’s challenge is to create a birthday card for HIM!

Yup, we wanna see a masculine birthday for today’s challenge.  It can be for a baby boy, youngster, teen or a man who’s young at heart.

Here’s a little sneak peek of the card I made exclusively for StampNation…

Today here on my blog I’m sharing a whimsical card made for a gentleman who’s young at heart!  LOL!

My card features stamp sets from one of our amazing sponsors for our Birthday Bash today, Simon Says Stamp!  It features “Birthday Farm Animals”, “Birthday Balloons” and also “Birthday Messages 3x4” stamp sets.

I also added some clear Wink of Stella to some of the stenciled stars on my homemade patterned paper.  I used some fun and bold inks from Tsukinkeo from their Radiant Neon line of pigment inks.

I sure hope you will join us this week over at StampNation!  If you haven’t already joined, click the image below to find out more about it!  We’d love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

 
Sponsored by:  Simon Says Stamp!   

Supplies:
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Birthday Message 3x4, Birthday Farm Animals, Birthday Balloons)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill, Recollections Black Cardstock
die:  Simon Says Stamp! (More Birthday Farm Animals), Avery Elle (Dotted Dies Elle-ments)

ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tsukineko (Radiant Neon – Electric Green, Electric Blue, Electric Yellow, Electric Orange), Copic Markers, Wink of Stella (clear), Sakura Glaze Pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
stencil:  Tim Holtz (stars)
tools:  Copic Airbrush.

StampNation’s 4th Birthday: Birthday for Her!

Howdy stamp lovers!  Today is the first day of our week long StampNation 4th Birthday celebration!

We start our festivities with our first birthday challenge today: to create a birthday card for her!  Check out the sneak peeks of the Dream Team creations:

For our first challenge, I wanted to create a purple girlie card featuring stamp sets from our three fabulous sponsors today.   I’m featuring the “Small Packages” stamp set & their matching “Cupcake Frame Die Set” by Verve, “Scandi Christmas” by Whimsy Stamps and “Newton’s Birthday Bash” by Newton’s Nook Designs carried by Simon Says Stamp!.

I created my focal image by masking off the cupcakes and the party bag to get the effect of depth.

I’m always sending my cards out a little late hence the “belated birthday wishes” sentiment!

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you’ll come on over and check out all the birthday fun we’re having at StampNation.

~ Ally ~

Sponsors:   Simon Says Stamp, Verve Stamps, Whimsy Stamps
Supplies:
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Newton’s Birthday Bash by Newton’s Nook Designs), Verve (Small Packages), Whimsy Stamps (Scandi Christmas)
cardstock:  Recollections Black & White Cardstock, Flourishes Crocus Cardstock
dies:  Verve (Cupcake Frame Die Set), My Favorite Things (Stitched Circles), Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangles)
ink: Memento, Copic Markers, Tsukineko (Delicata Gold Ink), Papertrey Ink (Lavender Moon), Sakura White Gel Pen.