Birthday Card

I recently won a challenge and got to pick some Pink Gem Designs images.  I decided to pick some images that I could use for cards but also for a scrapbook I hope to make later this year.  Why you ask?  My husband is off in a few weeks to London to help out at the Olympics for three weeks.  It will be hard at home with me not well but it's a chance in a lifetime so I have encouraged him to take it.

  

The backing papers I have used for my card are red Mini Dots from Bearly Mine Designs and the blue is a distressed paper from The Boys Zone from Bearly Mine Designs.  I have done some matting and layering and distressed the large blue paper with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and highlighted the edges with a chalk ink pad.

For the front of the card I have decoupaged the little bear up three layers.  He's called Patriotic Teddy.  The British postcard I decided to make smaller so I could use as a corner embellishment.  I have used my new Papermania Portobello bus stamp and stamped direct onto red card.  I have made a banner with some leftover blue and red dot paper and some blue twine.  I have finished off the front of the card with a peel-off sentiment and written the word "dad" on the front - yikes I do hate my writing but I hadn't got a stamp or peel-off small enough or the right colour.

This is the inside of the card.  I've used a similar layout apart from I've layered up a teddy bear in the left hand corner and taken down the opacity of the main bear so that is where a message can be written.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Moving Along with the Times - Happy birthday

Cute card Thursday - Patriotic

Pixie Dust - Travel

Just Inspirational - Photo inspiration

Paper Play - Flags/pennants/banners

Card Making Mamas - Red, white and blue

Totally Papercrafts - Can you digi it?

Crafts 4 Eternity - Bear necessities

Pattie's Creations - Red, white and blue and digi/stamped image

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

The Poodles Parlour - Cute and/or cuddly creations

Stampin' with the Dragon - Red, white and blue

2 Sisters - Red, white and blue plus option of glitter or bling

Craft Your Days Away - Teddy bears

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Use something new on your project - I've used a new Papermania stamp of a bus and some new digi stamps

Robyn's Fetish - Distressing

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

Stamp + Fun = Creativity - No girls allowed

By the Cute and Girly - A day at .............. - I've chosen the Olympics - hope this is OK

Unique Crafters - Patriotic

Mema's Crafts - Anything goes

Incy Wincy - Patriotism - Use only colours from your country - as I am from the UK I have used the colours red, white and blue from the Union Jack Flag

The Pink Elephant - Photo inspiration

Cards for Men - Happy birthday

Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes

Everybody Arts - Dots

Top Tip Tuesday - One for the men

Party Time Tuesday - Be patriotic

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and option of highlighting image by 3d or glitter and Glossy Accents - my little Olympic bear has been 3D
Penny's Paper Challenge - Red, white and blue
I Brake for Challenges - I brake for the red, white and blue
Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes
Divas by Designs - Red, white and blue
Paper Pretties Wednesday - Celebrate
The Stamping Boutique - Cards for our men
Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes with red, white and blue and a sentiment