Birthday Fishes Tag

Hi Friends! Hope you're having a great weekend! I'll be taking a little break during the summer from the Tuesday Morning Sketches DT, in order to spend more time with my DD, but I'll still be posting cards occasionally.

Today, I've got a birthday tag for a boy. Going with a fish and water theme, all the layers have circles, bubbles, or dots on them--including the fish!

I used this week's Viva la Verve sketch, rotated 90 degrees.

And, my color palette came from this week's Color Throwdown palette--perfect for a fishy tag.

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Picture Perfect looks like it has water in the background, and I trimmed my ribbons to look like the little flags in the cupcakes. 

Here are closeups of the ribbons and glittery fish:

Thank you for all your sweet comments on my blog recently. If I haven't commented on your blog in the past couple of weeks, I'll be by very soon. My daughter and I have had a couple of weeks of visiting family and friends, so my computer time has been very limited. But, I'm home for awhile now, and can get caught up. :)

I'd like to enter this tag in the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Picture Perfect Challenge

Viva la Verve July 2012 Week 1 Sketch Challenge

Color Throwdown: CTD #198

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C143: Create a Tag

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge #45: Anything But Square

That's it for me today! Thanks for stopping by! 

~Hugs!

 

Stamps: Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches)
Paper: Cafe Mediterranean, Mango Frost (DCWV)
Ink: Colorbox; Copic markers; Sharpie markers
Dies: Classic Ovals Lg (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Circles Lg. Edger punch, 5/8" circle punch (EK Success); Seeing Spots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon; colored pencils (Prismacolor); Corner Chomper; mini round gems (Recollections); eyelet; buttons; foam dots; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Liquid Pearls
Size: 3-5/8" x 5-5/8"

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Happy Bird-Day

Hello Friends! Well, today was the last day of school here, and my daughter is soooo happy! Truth be told, I'm pretty happy about that, too. It will be nice to just hang out around here with her, with no schedule to keep for awhile. I'm really lucky that my daughter is the type of kid who is fun to be around, so having her with me all day is a treat.

The card I want to share with you today is a birthday card for a child. Kids cards are not my forte, but I keep trying.

For this one, I used a new set of stamps that I recently won from Paper Smooches in a Simon Says Stamp challenge. I have wanted to try Paper Smooches stamps for awhile because the cards I've seen them on are always so cute, and with several kids parties coming up for us soon, I knew they would be perfect! Thanks, Kim! I love my new stamps!!!













For my inaugural Paper Smooches card, I decided to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge (I flipped the horizontal image upside down), and I used the Color Throwdown #192 colors.

The sketch was perfect for a bird on a wire-type image. I added the pink pine needles simply because I just bought the punch and couldn't wait to use it for something. :)

Isn't that bird the cutest! I colored it with my Copics, then added Sparkly Fluff for texture. I first used a light pink Sparkly Fluff, but the glitter in it made the bird look a little dirty. So, I added the darker pink over that, and loved it. That's Stickles on the beak and hat, and the eyes are a little googly with Glossy Accents.

I used an Our Craft Lounge stamp for the inside sentiment and the Abstract Flower punch was another recent purchase I was itching to use. Before gluing the white layer to the pink layer, I masked all but the punched area and used distress inks to color the flowers, then after gluing it down, I added Stickles for more sparkle. 

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: May 14-20, 2012 Designer Draft Sketch Challenge

Color Throwdown CTD192

Simon Says Challenge: Clean & Simple

Cute Card Thursday 217: A Touch of Sparkle

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge #39: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back in a little while with a more masculine kid's birthday card.

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Big Birthday Wishes (Our Craft Lounge)
Ink: Memento; Distress Ink; Colorbox; Copic markers
Dies: Nested Lacey Pennants (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Designer Pine punch (McGill); Abstract Flower edge punch (EK Success); Polka Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); buttons; twine (The Twinery); Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge); Stickles; Glossy Accents; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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