Monday, 11 August 2025

Happy Birthday

I made this card with a lovely Sizzix flower stamp and die - I do love coordinating stamps and dies as I don't have much patience for fussy cutting!

To make this card I used:
     C6 white hammer card blank
     My Favorite Things 'Inside & Out Stitched Oval STAX Die-namics' die
     Sizzix 'Floral Hello' stamps and coordinating die
     Clearly Besotted 'Fancy Sayings' sentiment stamp
     Versafine Vintage Sepia ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Promarkers
     Snippets of white hammer card and white matt card
     Altenew Crysstal Clear enamel dots
     Wink of Stells

I used brown ink to stamp the flowers onto a snippet of white matt card.  I embossed them with clear embossing powder before cutting them with the coordinating die.  I used a pink Promarker for the flowers, bright green for the flower centres and a darker green for the leaves.  I die cut a stitched oval from a snippet of white hammer card and put it into my MISTI before placing the flowers onto the circle so I could see where to position the sentiment.  I removed the flowers and stamped the sentiment with brown ink before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  The oval was attached to the centre of the card blank with foam pads and the flowers attached above and below the sentiment.  I added a Wink of Stella to the flower petals and three small clear enamel dots around the sentiment.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Birthdays
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Cut It Up - Add a Sentiment
     Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
     Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Challenge 276 (I chose CAS, Free & Any Shape Die - although it could also be CAS, Sentiment & Embossing)
     
The Flower Challenge - Add Embellishments (I have used enamel dots)
     We Love Stamping - Flowers




Kath x

13 comments:

brenda said...

A very pretty and feminine Birthday card Kath and why cut out when there's dies to do the hard work. Many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.

B x

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful CAS card and love the pretty flowers.
Carol x
Thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
Carol DT x

Pat said...

The flowers are very pretty Kath and the design works beautifully with the oval mat with the flowers placed on the left and right hand side of it, and finished perfectly with the added brown inked sentiment and clear crystal enamel dots. x

Liz said...

Such a pretty CAS card, Kath. I'm not a fan of fussy cutting either.
Liz xx

meg said...

A wonderful layout to showcase your beautiful floral embellishments

baileyrosy.com said...

Such a pretty card, clean and simple and perfect for our challenge at The Flower Challenge. Thank you so much for sharing this beauty with us.

Marie

Lynne said...

A very elegant and pretty cas card Kath. Thank you for joining in at Allsorts.

Craftyfield said...

Gorgeous CAS card! Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

Sarn said...

Great layout and a very pretty flower & die set xxx

Heather said...

Simple and beautiful!! I love the texture on your card base; it really adds a lot of interest! Thanks for playing with Cut It Up Challenge.

Catie Cuddles said...

Really pretty card.
Thanks for joining us at Addicted to stamps and more.
Happy crafting!
Catherine x DT

Mervi said...

Lovely card. Thank you for sharing at We Love Stamping Challenge.

Bobby said...

This is a lovely CAS card, Kath. Thanks for sharing it with us at The Flower Challenge.