A Little Birdie Told Me It Was Your Birthday...

Happy New Year!  Time for the first challenge of the year from The Perfect Sentiment!  I don't know about you but I come from a big family so there isn't a month in the year that I don't have at least a couple of birthday cards to send out.  This week's challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment is helping me get a head start on the year!

The Challenge:  

Create a card with a birthday sentiment (sentiment must be on the front of the card).

The Twist: 

Use some type of metal embellishment on your card:  eylets, brads, spiral clips, etc...

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish!  They are graciously giving our randomly drawn winner 5 digi stamps of their choice from the Robyn's Fetish shop!  Check them out :)

For my card this week I used this cute digi stamp from Robyn's Fetish called "A Little Birdie Told Me" - perfect for a birthday card, or a spring hello!

and the inside...

Supplies for this project

Cardstock:  Truly Yours – White Card Base; Bazzill – Sunshine, Natural Kraft, Buttercream

Decorative Paper:  Basic Grey – Serenade 6x6 pad

Stamps:  Robyn’s Fetish digi – A Little Birdie Told Me; Our Daily Bread Designs – Happy Birthday Set

Inks, Stains, Paints & Colored Pencils:  Prismacolor Pencils; Ranger Distress Ink, Memento Ink

Dies, Punches & Embossing:  Sizzix Tim Holtz Texture Fade - Tree Bark

Accessories & Other Stuff:  We R Memory Keepers – Eyelets;  7 Gypsies  - Charm; American Crafts - Twine

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fellow Perfect Sentiments Design Team Members (in the column to your right) for some awesome inspiration for this challenge.  Then JOIN US!  Get out your supplies and create!  When you're all done, link up your project at The Perfect Sentiment for a chance to win this week's prize!

Silent Night

You know how sometimes you see something and you think to yourself "Wow, that's amazing..." I think that pretty much every time I look at Gloria Stengel's blog Scraps of Life.  I totally CASED her card here...I just loved it so much!

I fell in love with this paper pad from Little Yellow Bicycle the second I saw it at my LSS.  Beautiful browns, blues & creams...It's called "Winterings"

Supplies for this project

Cardstock:  Truly Yours – White Card Base; Bazzill – Coconut Swirl

Decorative Paper:  Little Yellow Bicycle - Winterings

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Blessed Christmas, Christmas Verses

Inks, Stains, Paints & Colored Pencils:  VersaMagic Chalk Ink -  Sahara Sand; Gellyroll Pen – Clear Star

Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders:  McGill Paper Blossoms – Lily, Decorative Pine; EK Success Border Punch

Accessories & Other Stuff:  American Crafts Ribbon & Twine; Hero Arts Pearls; Ranger Dry Glitter – Clear Rock Candy

 

Ave Maria

This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Kings and Queens!  For details about this week's challenge, and some amazing inspiration from the design team, hop on over to the Simon Says Stamp blog!

Speaking of inspiration...I chose Mary, Queen of Heaven as my subject for this challenge.  This is my first attempt at altered canvas.  I started by giving the canvas a base coat of Gesso and then applied Adirondack Acrylic paints before the Gesso was completely dry.  Rather than brush it on, I pounced it to get more texture.  I printed a copy of the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert, tore out a section and applied distress ink before sticking it to the tacky canvas.  I did the same thing with the picture of Mary which is just printed on plain cardstock.  I covered the chipboard flourish with paper from an old dictionary and more DI.  Once the paper elements were stuck to the canvas I gave the whole thing a good coat of distress crackle in Clear Rock Candy.  A little more distress ink and some embellishments (also hit with crackle paint) and voila!  Not too bad for a first attempt.

Supplies

Cardstock:  Recollections - White

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Blessed Virgin Mary, Hail Mary

Inks, Stains and Paints:  Ranger Distress Ink – Pumice Stone, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Victorian Velvet; Adirondack Acrylics –Berry Wine, Toffee; Adirondack Alcohol Ink – Red Pepper; Distress Crackle Paint – Clear Rock Candy, Tarnished Brass

Accessories & Other Stuff:    Artist’s Loft 6x8 Canvas; Gesso;  Prima - Heart Charm, Roses; Tim Holtz Idea-ology – Crown; Chipboard flourish

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