Hi everyone! Guess what? We survived Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that you're still basking in the memories of presents and good food! We had a very nice and mellow Christmas at our house. Ate too much, watched Christmas movies all day and were generally lazy! It was foggy and perfect weather.... And, I spent some time in my studio making a fun birthday card to share with you!
All the Christmas stamps and dies are put away now and I had a hard time thinking of what I wanted to make first! I decided to use the brand new Honey Bee Stamps release! I LOOOOOVE the new stamp set called Piece of Cake! I'm going to be using that one a lot for birthday cards. It's the perfect blend of cute, classic, stylish and fun. I hope you like my card - lots of pink! I used distress inks to create a blended background and also used distress inks to water color my images.
This is an A2 sized card. I created my own card base from Neenah Solar White Cardstock. I layered one more layer of white and then the top layer is a Scallop A2 die cut also from Honey Bee Stamps (supplies at the end of my post). I always need birthday cards, right? I'll talk more about the background a bit later in this post. I stamped and die cut out all the images - from Arteza watercolor paper. It's my favorite right now. I used a palette and my distress inks and a small paint brush to color the images.
Here is a close up of the color scheme... Pink, blue and red is always a favorite. But, of course, my cake had to have chocolate frosting!! There are splashes of Clear Wink of Stella on the cake plate, the tag and the fruit.
That perfect red balloon is from another of my favorite Honey Bee Stamps sets called Celebration Box. I added the tag under the balloon and string when I attached everything to the card with foam tape.
The scallop rectangle die was cut from Bristol Paper. I find that it works great with ink blended backgrounds. I used Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick to gently blend ink only around the edges. The center is still white. Be very sparing with the ink at first. You can always add more!
In my mind, this card had confetti going on... Hmmmmm... What to use for confetti?? So I went through all my Honey Bee Stamps stamp sets and found SNOW! Yes, those little dots at the top are the snow stamp from Jingle All The Way! I stamped it in Worn Lipstick ink just around the top of the panel! Yay! Festive.
That's it for me today! Time to get busy making New Year Cards! What's going on in your studio?? What is next on your crafting agenda?? I'm going to crochet meetup tonight and I need to figure out what I'm making! Have a beautiful day my craft pals! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
I need an anniversary card this month, I think my couple could celebrate with this gorgeous piece of cake.... Love the confetti!
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 12/27/2018 at 02:36 PM
Looks yummy and fun. Also you write a fun intro to your work Wanda, it's like we are part of your world and it feels welcoming and warm.
Posted by: Marie Siler | 12/27/2018 at 08:22 AM
Delicious, Wanda!!! LOve that perfectly water-colored cake, and your escaping balloon is a wonderful touch... happiest of everything in 2019, my friend!
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Posted by: Michele | 12/27/2018 at 08:12 AM
So cheerful! Anyone would love to receive that!
Posted by: Rosa M. Vasquez | 12/27/2018 at 07:54 AM
Awesome stamp set. Love the background colors. Cleaver to make snow into confetti. Great card
Posted by: Geneva | 12/27/2018 at 07:40 AM
Super cute card, Wanda! Jo x
Posted by: Jo | 12/27/2018 at 06:02 AM
That is just adorable!
Posted by: Laura Greig | 12/27/2018 at 05:43 AM
This card is just adorable! Love the colors! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Julie L | 12/27/2018 at 05:38 AM
What a great card Wanda and how awesome is this cake set? Perfect for any age or gender.
So glad you have a nice Christmas Wanda. Now that things have slowed down from the Christmas rush (and my husband is back to work), I am going to start on my Christmas tags and cards for next year. I have SO many fresh and wonderful ideas, inspired by so many of you whom I follow, that this is the time of year that I make what I didn't have time for in the past month. I am going back at it TODAY!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 12/27/2018 at 02:44 AM
Oh this is perfect!
Posted by: ~amy~ | 12/26/2018 at 11:57 AM