Wishing You A Happy Birthday

Hello and Happy Sunday,

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Today's cards are birthday cards for a couple of good friends. Both cards use the same 3D Embossing Folder, Layering Stencil and die bundle from Gina K Designs called Dazzling Sunflower.

I really like how the plum and coral shades work together here. I'm often amazed how a plain white piece of card stock can be transformed with a little ink! For the background on card one, I inked up the recessed side of the folder with Plum Punch ink, using several applications until I achieved a dark background.

This is Anything Goes Stencil week at Just Us Girls, one of my favorite challenges, and either of today's cards will work as I used the layering stencils to color the flowers. 

I wanted to use the small flower image from the embossing folder on the inside of my card. I tried blocking the larger flower with extra pieces of card stock, but I couldn't get a good impression of the small flower. In the end I just cut it out with scissors and glued it down. Here's the inside of this card.

While I had all of the supplies out, I played around with die cutting the larger flower. The bundle comes with a die as well as with the embossing folder and layering stencils. 

Another good friend has a birthday on Thursday, so this second card is for her.

To make the flowers, I first die cut the image from white card stock five times, then used the layering stencils to color them. After the coloring was done, I used the embossing folder to add the dimension. The card base is foiled using deco foil and one of Gina K.'s Polyglaze card front panels. The sentiment is also foiled.

For the inside of this card, I used another foiled Polyglaze panel, the negative of the outside,  and flower image from a second GKD stamp set. The inside greeting is from HoneyBee. 

I have one more birthday card to make for next week. It's for my young friend Liam, who will be turning 15. He's the son of my friend whose birthday is Wednesday, and he's into surfing, so that will be the theme of his card. We will see what I can come up with.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Gentle Silhouettes and Life In Full Bloom sets by Gina K Designs. Inside Birthday Greetings by Honey Bee

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Gina K Designs & Copics

Other: Gina K Designs Dazzling Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder, Layering Stencils and die bundle, Black and Pastel enamel pearl embellishments, pre-printed sentiment strips, Polyglaze card front, Deco foil, Fuze foiling system, blending brushes, Master Layouts dies