Birthday Girl

This weekend sees the Birthday of the hubby's mates wife.  So time to make a card ...

I gained inspiration for this card from the following blogs:

• All Sorts Challenge Week 249 - Purple Passion
• Daring Cardmakers - Light as a Feather
• Crafts 4 Eternity 176 - To Die For
• CAS-ual Fridays 131 - Three Thirds
• Mojo Monday 346 - Sketch as below

Purple is my favourite colour so the Purple Passion challenge was a must for me.  As soon as I saw the sketch and the Light as Feather challenge I knew I had the perfect design.  I used some old paper stock on a purple card to give a nice backing.  I used my die cut to shape to cut my circular design and stuck 3 feathers to it along with the "Happy Birthday" Sentiment onto the die cut.  I then cut the 2 strips to put behind it from some pink pearlescent card stock and attached jewels. I cut a further strip for the border strip on the left hand side and 3 more jewels.

I hope you enjoy the design I certainly enjoyed making it and am very pleased with the results - simple and elegant.

Girls Birthday

Well this weekend we are off to a friend daughters 6th birthday (she was also our flower girl).  So I needed to make a birthday card for her.

 I found a digi-stamp I had for ages but not used and thought it would be perfect.  I coloured it using pro-markers and backed it on some old purple card stock that I have.  I put this together with the card and some forever friends ribbon.  I die-cut a circular shape and made a 6 from jewels.

I used the following challenges as inspiration:

• Simon Says - Anything Goes
• Sketch Saturday - Week 308 - sketch as below

I hope you like my creation below: