Monday, January 14, 2013

STB #1 : STAMPIN' UP!'S PLEASANT POPPIES BIRTHDAY

The irrepressible Queen of challenge blogs, Lesley Croghan, has created a fabulous new challenge site called Seize The Birthday.  This site is a great starting point for those of us keen to build up a stash of birthday cards.  Lesley has come up with a sketch, that will be current for two weeks, but there's a twist - in the first week, the sketch is to be used to create a feminine birthday card, and in the second week, we can use the same sketch to design a masculine birthday card.  What a great idea!

This sketch was exactly what I needed, to inspire me to get back into creating after having done very little over the Christmas/New Year period.  Here's the sketch:





I inked up, for the first time, my Pleasant Poppies stamp, and paired the stamped image with a couple of panels of Christmas paper!  I always over-purchase Christmas DSP, and don't use it all, so I was really pleased that it worked with the colours on my card.



 Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs
Card: Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper, Watercolour Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
DSP:  Snow Festival and Be of Good Cheer Designer Series Papers
Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red stampin' pads, Basic Black craft stampin' pad, Old Olive marker
Other: Clear embossing powder, blender pens, Labels Collection framelits die, Large Oval punch, Beautiful Wings embosslits, sponge daubers, Victoria Crochet trim, Very Vanilla 1/8" Taffeta ribbon, Linen Thread, Naturals Designer Button, stampin' dimensionals, glue dots


I'm really looking forward to trying a masculine card with this sketch, too - thanks, Lesley, for the inspiration!




7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Love this vibrant red and the Christmas papers coordinate perfectly. Stunning card. x

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  2. It's even more vibrant IRL, you have done a lovely job with the image and DSP colours, it's gorgeous Christine!

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  3. Such lovely rich colors. I love the music in the background! So glad to see you at Seize the Birthday!

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  4. hi christine... love the vibrant red colours

    Thanks for playing along at this weeks Seize the Birthday!!
    Jen xx

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  5. So rich and classy!!! Thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

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  6. Great colour combo, Christine and a great use of the Christmas DSP.

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  7. Awww, what a beautiful and lovely card!
    I was looking for some birthday cards for friends ideas and stumbled on Seize The Birthday card challenge.
    I love every entry there.

    Cheers to all!
    Mich

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