Happy 2nd Birthday!

Today I started off with this fabulous sketch from The Sweet Stop and paired it with the rich colors from  the ColourQ. I made this card for a little girl who is very near and dear to my heart. I was blessed to be apart of Chloe's life and photograph her month to month throughout her first year of life. You can read her story HERE. 

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On to the card... I used all the colors listed above but instead of Orchid Opulence (which I no longer have) I substituted Wisteria Wonder. A small piece of RETIRED DSP from my demo sampler (loving that thing!), topped with a 2-1/2" Circle in Pool Party which was framed with a larger circle in Rich Razzleberry. The Sparkle sizzlits die was the perfect pop behind my little 2. I stamped several different colors of the "nd" cutting them out, snipping them off kilter, etc but the 1" Circle won in the end. Of course with all the color going on, I thought it odd to have a REALLY white circle, so I pulled out my color spritzer tool, screwed in my Pool Party marker and got to work spritzing a bit of color on my 2 and my "nd". A Happy Birthday sentiment, RRR ribbon (that's Rich Razzleberry Retired, don't you feel like rolling your tongue now?!) and some purple bling.

 The sweet little hearts on the inside of the card are in memory of Chloe's Mama.

All things PINK

The ColourQ is having their 100th challenge this week and with some important dates coming up, I decided to give it a go! I started off with this sketch (from Clean & Simple Stamping #155)...

and then added one of my favorite color combos from a past week at the ColourQ, which just so happens to be #41

You can't go wrong with PINK, gray, black and MORE PINK, hehe....instead of Pink Passion, I used Melon Mambo for my HOT color. Starting off with a blank white slate, I added a layer of black and Melon Mambo which I dry embossed with a birthday EF on the bottom 1/2 and the top 1/2, I stamped my Birthday sentiment from the RETIRED Well Scripted stamp set. My sweet (literally) little row of cakes, taken from the RETIRED Hostess Birthday Bakery stamp set was colored using an assortment of fun pink hues, brown, gray & a touch of green. Using the 1" Circle Punch, I punched two circles, one in Basic Gray (which I covered with Sticky Strip and then created a Melon Mambo Pom Pom flower) , the other in Pretty in Pink (which I ran back through the Big Shot with the embossing folder to snag the appropriate letter). A small 3/4" Circle in Basic Black with the tiny cherry on top (taken from the Cupcake Punch) and then, without more ado, a cupcake (made from the Cupcake Punch, crimped on the bottom 1/2 and topped with fluff on the top 1/2, which is unfortunately NOT edible, bummer!)

and there you have it, something sweet and PINK, what more could a girl want on her Birthday?? Okay, so I could think of a few things but for now, this'll have to do!

Birthday Bling

Made this bright little birthday card for a pretty little one year old (back in October) and am playing catch up AGAIN, the story of my life, Happy Birthday H!

FAIRYTOPIA

It's Birthday time again...can't believe my little girl is turning 4!!! We picked up this butterfly Sizzix die at Michael's and Addie helped me roll all the butterflies through the Big Shot. We of course added fairy glitter to the envelopes so all of her friends would get a nice sparkly surprise when they opened up their invite.

Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pink Passion, Pixie Pink & Orchid Opulence CS

Stamp: Grass from Inspired By Nature 

Ink: Certainly Celery & Green Galore

Tools: Big Shot

Supplies: Ticket Corner Punch

Other NON SU! products = Sizzix Butterfly Die & Glitter glue