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Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Birthday Card

 
I needed to make a birthday card for someone so I decided to use the stamp my son bought me for Mother's Day from Crafts and Me entitled Pink Lightning by Jasmine Becket-Griffith.  I have coloured her in with Promarkers, made the sky effect around her with some sparkly chlaks, ripped around the image, inked the edges with a chalk ink pad, highlighted the edges with a Martha Stewart blue glitter pen and then did some faux stitching.  The patterned backing papers are from a Amy Butler K&Co paper pad called Belle.  They are certainly louder than I normally use but they grew on me.  I have teamed the backing papers up with blue and green DCWV textured card.  I made a tag with my alcohol inks - a green, blue and also my gold.  I love the addition of the gold and at some stage must invest in the other metallic effects.  The card has been finished off with some lace, ribbon, buttons, Craftwork Cards sentiment (which was a light purple but I coloured green with a Promarker and then added some dots with the Martha Stewart glitter pen used around the image), glittery fibres and Dawn Bibby Design glitter flowers (which I bought in Dawn's shop when I went up there for my 40th birthday nearly 2 years ago) with blue flower brad centres.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Do You Stack Up? - Textures
Craft us Crazy - Autumn colours and/or favourite embellishments - I chose favourite embellishments - these being flowers, ribbon and lace
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Stamp Something - Anything goes
Crafty Emma - Make it magical or spooky
Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration
Fashionable Stamping - Tags
I Did it Creations - Anything goes
Pile it On - Layer it
One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes
Crafting When We Can - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Use the "f" word - flowers, fibres and fantasy for me
Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes
Crazy Challenge - Birthdays
Lollipop Crafts - Use brads and eyelets
Top Tip Tuesday - Birthday time
Everybody Art - Flowers
The Pink Elephant - Vintage theme
Crafty Sentiments - Spots and stripes
Creative Craft - Buttons and bling
Bearly Mine Challenge - Buttons
Anything Goes - Vintage/shabby chic
Papertake Weekly - Things with wings
Show and Tell - Anything goes
Scrap-Creations - Unique fold
Cooking it up with Katie - Girl/girlie, add some green and include a group (buttons and flowers for me)
Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or fussy and fancy
Kelley's Kids - For someone special
Simon Says Stamp - Sing it (song or title inspired) - film called a Fairy Tale:  A True Story (1997)
Papercraft Star - Anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow - For the girls
Flutter by Wednesday - Open challenge
The Paper Shelter - Fairies and elves
My Mum's Craft Shop - Happy birthday
Emerald Fairies - Buttons
Truly Scrumptious - Decorate the inside of your card

51 comments:

  1. Kathleen14 September 2011 at 01:13

    Great card, fabulous colour combo. Really like the embelishments too. Thanks for joining us at Anything Goes challenge.
    Hugs Kat

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  2. cheryl14 September 2011 at 07:39

    oh kym hun this is just gorgeous just love that image and the colors on this,hugs cherylx
    oh bless you for playing at anything goes,this week hun and creative craft challenge hugs cherylxxx

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  3. June Houck14 September 2011 at 08:18

    I love Amy Butler papers!!! Your easel card showcases them beautifully :)

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  4. Beryl K14 September 2011 at 08:43

    Gorgeous card Kym, love the image
    Beryl x

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  5. Jac’s Playground14 September 2011 at 10:01

    Gorgeous card, love all the detail and the colours. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week

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  6. Joanie14 September 2011 at 10:09

    Lovely colour combination and such a sweet image. Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes Challenge, Joanie

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  7. coops14 September 2011 at 10:56

    stunning card kym.the image is gorgeous and i love your beautiful colours :D

    xx coops xx

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  8. Hazel14 September 2011 at 12:54

    It's lovely, Kym. Love that image. Hazel x

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  9. Lisa Minckler14 September 2011 at 14:00

    Wow, this is a stunner of a birthday card! So very elegant and amazingly beautiful. Colors are perfect.
    Thank you for playing our Birthday challenge at Top Tip Tuesday!
    Smiles 2 U,
    Lisa xx
    And remember, if you have a TIP you’d like to share with us crafters, just write it up in your post and then add TIP by your entry name and you’re eligible for the TOP TIPPER PRIZE as well. 

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  10. Alanna14 September 2011 at 15:00

    Super cute card. Thanks for joining us this week at Lollipop Crafts.

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  11. Crafty and Green14 September 2011 at 15:05

    Beautiful Card! I love it!! TFS!!

    Many Blessings,
    Tina

    http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

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  12. Rene14 September 2011 at 15:18

    Soooo pretty! What a fantastic image!
    Thank you so much for joining us at Cupcake Inspirations this week!
    Rene :D

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  13. NGCARDS14 September 2011 at 16:13

    A beautiful card hun, thanks for playing along at EAC this week! xxx

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  14. Shelby14 September 2011 at 16:15

    Great card! I love the image you used and the tag behind the wonderfully colored image is a wonderful touch. Thanks for joining us at Kelley Kid's for someone special and MMCS birthday challenge.

    Shelby

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  15. NanaConnie14 September 2011 at 16:55

    Great card! Love the image and the flowers you chose. Thanks for playing along at Cooking It Up with Katie this week. Hope to see you again.
    NanaConnie DT

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  16. Basslady14 September 2011 at 17:44

    a wonderful creation with beautiful dp's and great details!

    thanks so much for playing along with us at Ruby’s Rainbow Challenges!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi xoxo

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  17. Lynne Moncrieff14 September 2011 at 18:53

    This is very pretty.
    Thank you for joining Fashionable Stamping Challenge.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  18. Nannieflash14 September 2011 at 19:30

    Wow fabulous image and beautifully coloured and gorgeous papers. Thanks for joining us TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxx

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  19. downrightcrafty14 September 2011 at 19:44

    beautiful creation and great use of the button theme, thank you for sharing your lovely work with us at the Emerald Faerie Garden
    Hugs Kate xx
    PS I have some new candy if you are interested :)

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  20. Jill14 September 2011 at 20:30

    gorgeous card Kym love the cute image thanks for joining us at PTW hugs Jill xx

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  21. Lyn14 September 2011 at 21:26

    Beautiful card Kym and such a great colour combo.

    Thank you for joining us at CWWC with our 1st challenge

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  22. Brenda Brown14 September 2011 at 21:40

    A fabulous card ym. Good luck with your entry to our Fashionable Stamping Challenge.
    luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

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  23. Terry14 September 2011 at 22:08

    Such a pretty card with great design details! Thank you for joining us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!

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  24. Carole of Brum14 September 2011 at 23:43

    Hi Kym, this is lovely, fabulous papers and image, and your decorating of the card is smashing. CoB

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  25. Anne14 September 2011 at 23:57

    A lovely card Kym! Great color combo and a lovely image. Thankd for playing with us at the Pixie Cottage!

    Hugs from Anne

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  26. Debbie15 September 2011 at 00:21

    Awesome card! Love the image and colours! Great design!

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  27. Chris15 September 2011 at 00:27

    I love your fairy, beautiful card. I must say you have got the spirit of Pile It On. thanks for playing along with us.

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  28. Chris15 September 2011 at 01:15

    I'm back, like a bad penny. I still love this card and this time I want to thank you playing with us at Cupcake Inspirations.

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  29. susan15 September 2011 at 06:39

    Gorgeous creation! Love the color combination and the fibers look terrific. Great image. Simply stunning! Thanks for joining us at I DID IT CREATIONS CHALLENGE # 72! Good Luck!

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  30. scrap joanny15 September 2011 at 10:48

    Very cute - Thank for playing with craftyourpassionchallenges - hugs Joanna

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  31. scrap joanny15 September 2011 at 11:14

    nice card - thanks for playing with lollipopcrafts - hugs Joanna

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  32. Linda Breedlove15 September 2011 at 12:12

    So pretty... lovely color combination with fabulous papers!

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  33. Cindy Groh15 September 2011 at 15:18

    Fabulous card. Thanks for joining us at IDIC this week.

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  34. Danni15 September 2011 at 19:44

    What a beautiful card! So many challenges, wow! Thank you for playing along with my flutter by challenge!

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  35. karen15 September 2011 at 21:43

    Very pretty, beautiful details and image, thanks for joining us at CES this week, Karenx

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  36. gina g15 September 2011 at 21:49

    Gorgeous card Kym fab image and papers. Thanks for joining us at Bearly Mine this time and good luck. luv gina xx

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  37. Ren-Yi16 September 2011 at 04:40

    I love the colors you chose. Thanks for playing along with us at DYSU.

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  38. Tracey Manderson16 September 2011 at 10:11

    Great card! Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter, and good luck with the challenge.
    Hugs
    Tracey

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  39. sara16 September 2011 at 11:41

    great card love that image thanks so much for joining us at truly scrumptious this week
    hugs sara x

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  40. kaylou16 September 2011 at 13:19

    what a fabulous magical card, thank you for joining us at CES challenges,
    Hugs Kaylou xx

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  41. Mandy16 September 2011 at 15:04

    Beautiful card,lovely image and colour combo...Thanks for sharing with us at Truly Scrumptious...
    Mandy x

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  42. Julie16 September 2011 at 20:04

    Fab card! Love the image and the shades of blue! Thanks for playing along with us at CES Challenges this week, Juliexx

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  43. Jessie Lubyk17 September 2011 at 08:09

    Very beautiful Kim..your attention to detail is wonderful. Thanks for joining us at Totally Stampalicious Mondays :)

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  44. Unknown17 September 2011 at 08:36

    This is gorgeous, what a lovely image. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments and at OSAAT. Good luck xx

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  45. Elke17 September 2011 at 21:02

    What a lovely card. Thanks for joining us over at CCC. Good luck.

    Elke XX

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  46. Carolina17 September 2011 at 21:56

    Very pretty card. Thank you for cooking it up with Katie this week :-)

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  47. LaJanette18 September 2011 at 00:19

    What a great easel card! I am loving all of those blue tones.

    Thanks for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday this week:0)

    Hugs;
    Janette

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  48. Anonymous18 September 2011 at 21:03

    Beautiful card.

    Thanks for joining us at RRC.

    Huggies Angel

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  49. Anna18 September 2011 at 23:35

    Super sweet card! Thank you for joining us at Flutter By Wed.

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  50. Jackie Randolph21 September 2011 at 04:39

    Beautifully created Kym, your coloring of this sweet stamp is gorgeous!! Thanks so much for joining us at Cooking it up with Katie!

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  51. Natascha26 September 2011 at 01:37

    Hi!
    Love your creation! Great layout and very beautiful! Thank you so much for joining us at Bearly Mine Challenge.

    Hugs, Natascha

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