Hooray - Its's Your Day Birthday Card

I seem to use products from a variety of companies.  Here is a birthday card I made using products from Altenew, Tim Holtz, My Favorite Things, and Lawn Fawn.

I used the following:

• Altenew - Weave Builder Stencil
• Distress Oxide Ink - Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood
• My Favorite Things - Hooray Die, Delicious Birthday Stamp set
• Lawn Fawndamentals - Deep Sea Ink

To make the card, I created the background using the stencil and the distress oxide ink.  This was then trimmed to slightly smaller than the card front and attached. I cut out the hooray several times, stacked them and added to the card.  I used one of the stamps, masking part of it, and stamped it on a strip of paper, which was then added to the card.

Foiling with an Altenew Stencil

I love the look of foil on a card - I just wish I could photograph it better.  Here are two cards I made with foil and an Altenew Stencil:

I used the following to make the cards:

• Altenew Leaf Burst Stencil
• Deco Foil Transfer Gel
• Darice Adhesive Strips
• Ranger Dye Ink - Caribbean Blue
• Memento - Rose Bud Ink
• Deco Foil - Lapis Watercolor, Summer Rainbow
• Close To My Heart - Celebration Stamp Set

To make the cards, I secured the stencil to a piece of white card stock and added the Transfer Gel, and then removed the stencil.  Once the gel was dry, I added the foil using my Minc machine.  The foiled image was then matted and added to a card base.  The sentiments were stamped in an ink that matched the foil and mat.  These were then cut to size, and added to the card using adhesive strips.  

More cards with Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

I'm still using the alcohol ink backgrounds I made a while back.  Here are 2 more cards I made using the backgrounds.

I used the following to make the cards:

• Yupo Paper
• Various Alcohol Inks
• Tutti Designs - Bird House Stained Glass Die
• Stick-it
• Black and Silver Card Stock

I think that overall - I like the black and green version better.  I will probably make a few more of these, using the backgrounds I have on hand.  

A Pumpkin Halloween Card

For this Halloween card, I used a variety of supplies, and also tried a comparison of my Prismacolor and Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.  One card was done with the Prismacolor pencils, the other with the Faber-Castell.  Overall, to me the pencils are similar, but I liked the feel of the Polychromos better.  They just seemed to be smoother.

Here are the cards:

Faber-Castell Version:

 Prismacolor Version:

I used the following for the cards:
Gina K - Sweet Mango Foil
Deco Foil - Pumpkin Patch Clear Toner Sheets
Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles
Hero Arts Infinity Dies - Oval
Prismacolor Pencils
Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils
Gina K Amalgam Ink
Hampton Art - Halloween Stamp

To make the card, I stamped the image on white card stock with the Gina K amalgam ink and colored with the colored pencils (either Prismacolor or Faber-Castell).  The image cut with the oval dies, and a second oval, slightly larger was also cut as a mat.  I foiled the clear toner sheet.  A rectangle frame was cut with the Stitched Rectangle dies.  The foiled image was cut to fit the black frame, and added to the frame.  The stamped pumpkins were added on top of the foiled image.  This was them added to the card base.