Skateboarder Birthday

  At the beginning of the year I gave myself a challenge. I want to make one birthday card a month so I'm not stuck - like I always am - making a birthday card the night before a birthday dinner. I all of a sudden realized that this is my last post for February and I haven't made a birthday card yet this month! 

Since I have a number of teen and young adult nephews I decided that "Skateboarder Gabriel" would be perfect for a card for one of them. 

I stamped my image on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him. I set him aside and found paper from Honey Bee Stamps and My Favourite Things to create the background. Two polaroid dies helped frame the stamp. After cutting the polaroids I cut them again with patterned paper and used the Swirling Stars die from Tim Holtz to cut the stars out before gluing the inside of the polaroid die down. 

Then, I cut some swirling stars from matching blue card stock and put them back into the die. The stars on the left were left over so I randomly placed them on this side. The sentiment was masked off from a larger sentiment, stamped, cut and put on matching card stock. The stamp was added on last and is popped up with foam pop dots. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Skateboarder Gabriel (TT521)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Transmitting Birthday Wishes (F246)

Patterned Paper - Watercolor Washes - MFT, Modern Spring - Honey Bee Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, foam pop dots, Swirling Stars die - Tim Holtz, polaroid die - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Skin - E00 E11 E21 E04 

Pants - B34 B37 B39

Hair - E23 E25 E27

Skateboard - R24 R27 R37 R59 N6 N8 N10

Shirt - Y11 Y15 Y17 

Shoes - E25 E27 E29

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Your Best Miles

  I double challenged myself for this weeks card. I need some masculine themed Birthday cards for my stash, I have lots of nephews! ... so I challenged myself to not only add to my stash with a masculine card but I also wanted to use an embossing folder - they haven't seen much love lately. 

I find masculine cards a challenge. I like to add ribbon and bling and, and, and to my cards, not things that are usually used on a masculine card. Thankfully, my stash of stamps from High Hopes includes some transportation themed stamps.  My nephews are at the car buying, driving stage for the most part so cars are cool and I will have lots of stamps to use for their cards - phew! 

I also have a few men in my life who love to ride so "Motorcycle Bob" is perfect for a Birthday card for one of them and the stamp I chose for this weeks card.

I stamped Bob, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I had some denim paper in my stash but thought it was kind of plain when I put it together with the concrete type texture on my second piece of patterned paper so I used a steam punk embossing folder on it to give it some gears, texture and personality. Second challenge - to use an embossing folder - complete! 

 The denim paper is quite thin so there is a few "white" spots in the embossing but I decided to use it anyway as it gives it kind of distressed look. 

I cut my card base to be 4.5"w x 5.5"h and added the denim paper to it along with some dark blue card stock. Next I cut a house and tree using a die. The die cut wasn't wide enough to cover my concrete piece of paper so I cut it just before the tree. I set the split die to the edges of the paper and strategically placed Bob on top to create my scene. 

Next I stamped my sentiments. The Happy Birthday is actually part of a larger stamp that I masked off to get the two words I wanted. I cut them both out, mounted them on matching card stock and glued them down. Some twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Motorcycle Bob (SS526) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Best Miles (GG041), Transmitting Birthday Wishes (F246) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Denim - stash, Autumn Afternoon - Honey Bee Stamps 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, rectangle die - Kat Scrappiness, twine, enamel dots, Cute Home On A Hill die - Your Next Stamp, steam punk embossing folder - Darice 

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Tire/Hat/Jacket - N5 N6 N10

Bike/Shirt/Hat Band - Y38 YR16 YR18

Mirror/Handle Bars - C1 C2 C3 C5 

Hair - E33 E35 E57

Lights - Y00 Y11 Y13

Smoke Puffs - W2

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Birthday Wishes!

Hello!

Look at this cutie!! It's the "Robot In Saucer" from High Hopes Stamps! Usually we think of Robots and Aliens as being for boys but WHY?! I decided to make this a girl themed "Space" card! I'm sure there are lots of girls that would love this card!

I started my card by ink blending a night sky using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot. Then I added some ink splashes using some Imagine Crafts Pico Embellisher in White and Black. Then I decided that the night sky should be sparkly, so I sprayed some Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray over the entire background. Next I stamped and coloured my image and cut it out with my Brother Cut N Scan machine leaving a white border. The sentiment is also from HH and is called "Transmitting Birthday Wishes". Some  Twine and Clear Glitter pen on the Spaceship window finish off my card.

For a fun element I added an action wobble to my image.

Hopefully in the video you can see the sparkle and the wobble in action.

Copics Used:

BV08, V15, V17, YG17, YG23

YR04, YR09, Y35, Y38, B23, B28

N0, N1, N3, N4, N6

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Transmitting Wishes

It's easy to transmit some fun Birthday wishes with "Robot In A Rocket" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. This fun stamp is perfect for a masculine themed card for someone on your Birthday card giving list. I have a few nephews that would love to receive this card - I may have to make more!
I stepped out of my box and made a galaxy background paper - for the first time ever - and it was sooo much fun to get my fingers inky! 

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I coloured up my robot and rocket with alcohol markers and fussy cut it using cuticle scissors. I added some silver Stickles to the "wings" and window around the robot. I set that aside and using inks and white acrylic paint I made my background paper. This is the first time I have ever tried this and I can see doing more in my future!
I didn't have a moon stamp so I cut a circle and added some ink to it in splotches to hopefully make it look like a moon. 
I added the stamp with 3D foam dots for some dimension, stamped and added the sentiment and finished off this CAS design with a few enamel dots.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Robot In A Rocket - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Transmitting Birthday Wishes - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Perfectly Plaid, Water Color Washes - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Canson watercolor paper, white acrylic paint, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time, Stampin' Up, Distress Ink and Memento inks, silver Stickles

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers: C1 C3 C5 C7 CT1 CT4 Y35 YR04 B00 B1 B02

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Party Time Robot

Good morning friends, 

I hope you are doing well. Today I'm so exciting to be sharing this fun birthday card with you!

For today I'm using "Party Time Robot"  and the sentiment is "Transmitting Birthday Wishes" both images are from highhopesstamps.com

I stamped "Party Time Robot"  and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I fussy cut it leaving a small border. Also add glitter stickles to his body and pop it with foam tape. This is one of my favorite dies called "ScallopedBnrDie" from AE. After I die cut the flag I used an embossing folder. Distress it with black ink so we can see the emboss. The pattern paper is from my stash. 

Here is a close up!

I finish my card by adding yellow candy dots. I love this cute image just perfect for any boy birthday cards. Hope you have enjoy my card today.

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Robot Wishes!

Happy Tuesday!

Oh my gosh!!!! How cute is this robot?!! Isn't he just the perfect image for a young boys Birthday card! Meet the adorable High Hopes Stamp called "Robot with Cupcake". If your little guy loves robots, then check out the other adorable images HERE.

I coloured this cutie with my Copic Markers and then die cut the image and papers using the Gina Marie Venetian Labels die set. I found this older Echo Park collection called "That's My Boy" in my stash and found these adorable papers to match.  It's hard to see but I added Spectrum Noir Glitter pen to all the grey parts, which make it look more like shiny steel. The High Hopes sentiment called "Transmitting Birthday Wishes" goes perfectly with the image theme. Lots of enamel dots finish off my card.

On my decorated inside I used another HH Sentiment called "It's Your Day"

Copics Used:

C1, C3, C5, C6, C8

R24, R27, R29

Y26, Y28, YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

YG23, YG25

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Happy Stamping!