Look Who's Turning 8

This is for a little girl who loves purple.  I decided to use Elizabeth Crafts for her card and since the cupcake I chose to use had stars on it, I thought I would make stars the theme of the card.

I used a light purple cardstock for the card base and added a layer of white cardstock and purple pattern paper.  Next I made the cupcake and will repeat the steps how to do it.  First you peel off a sticker and place it on double-sided adhesive paper.  When you peel it off, the outline of the cupcake looks like unfilled stained glass (picture just the black outline on the cupcake). You fill the sticker with a special micro-fine glitter, rubbing the glitter into the adhesive until it's nice and smooth.  Once that was done, I colored the cupcake with Copics. 

I die-cut a variety of stars in purple, layered two of them and placed the cupcake on top with foam tape.  The "happy birthday granddaughter" was made on the computer.  I die-cut the banner and stamped the sentiment on it and added the 8, on coaster for support.  I put Kaylei's name on one of the stars to personalize the card.

I added gems to give the card lots of bling and tied Lilac twine around the spine.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Big Birthday Wishes; Framed Out #6, Simple Alphabet
• Paper:  Recollections; Colorbok; DCWV
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  E15, E31, R37, V9, V15, Y13
• Tools:  PTI By The Numbers Die, Sketched Shapes Die; Star Nestabilities
• Other:  Elizabeth Crafts Designs Cupcake; Gems; Twine; Micro-fine Glitter; Foam Tape; PTI Coaster
• Card Size:  5.0" x 7.0"

Thinking Of You

I thought I posted this card earlier in the year, but obviously I didn't.  This is another card using Elizabeth Crafts. It's very hard to get a good picture of this technique to show off the glitter, but believe me, it's there and is gorgeous!  This is the same technique as the bear I made for Valentine's day, but I'll repeat the steps of how I did it again.

I used white cardstock for the card base and layered it with a striped pink and green pattern paper.  The flower is made with a peel off sticker - you peel off the sticker and place it on double-sided adhesive paper.  The outline of the flower looks like unfilled stained glass (picture just the black outline on the flower).

Next, you fill the sticker with a special microfine glitter, rubbing the glitter into the adhesive so it's nice and smooth.  The flower is colored with Copics.  I rounded the corners of the flower image, placed it on white cardstock and popped it up with foam tape. 

I stamped the sentiment down the side for something a little different and added the ribbon around the flower image.

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites #7
• Paper:  Cloud 9
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Copics:  G82, R81, R83, R85
• Tools:  Corner Rounder
• Other:  Elizabeth Crafts Bear Peel Off Sticker, Warm Highlight Glitter; Double Sided Adhesive Paper; Ribbon; Foam Tape
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"

First Valentine

I just received some Elizabeth Crafts supplies and one of the items was this bear - I thought it was so cute and would work for a six month old boy's first Valentine card!

I used white cardstock for the card base and layered it with heart pattern paper, rounding the right hand corners.  The bear is made with a peel off sticker - you peel off the sticker and place it on double sided adhesive paper.  The outline of the bear looks like unfilled stained glass (picture the black outline on the bear).  Next, you fill the sticker with a special microfine glitter - you rub the glitter into the adhesive so it's nice and smooth.  The bear is colored with Copics - yes, you can use your Copics on this glitter and it will not harm them!  I also did the same for the 2 hearts next to the bear.

I placed a heart doily on the card and adhered the bear in the middle.  I added the xoxo border, the sentiment (made on the computer) and tied the ribbon around the spine.  I think this card is adorable!

Here's a close-up of the bear.  You can't really see it in this picture, but the bear is very glittery!

Card Details:

• Paper:  Target
• Copics:  E31, E33, R29, R81, R83, R85
• Tools:  PTI XOXO Border Die; Corner Rounder
• Other:  Elizabeth Crafts Bear Peel Off Sticker, Warm Highlight Glitter; Double Sided Adhesive Paper; Doily; Ribbon
• Card Size: 5.0" x 7.0"