Birthday cards

Hi bloggers,
Today I am sharing the cards I made for my mum and dad to send to my nephew and my son, who share a birthday. The stamps are by Penny Black and they are coloured with watercolour pencils and blended with a waterbrush. The rub-ons are by Kelly Panacci (Sandylion).

Have a great day!

Deanne
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Jaimee's Birthday Card

One of my kids had a birthday party to go to recently, and I needed to make a card for her friend.
Here is the card I made. It is a case from other cards I have made, using the same techniques.
You can click on the image for a larger view.

Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black clear stamps "Critter Party";
Fiskars Clear stamps "Put on your party hat"
Inks: Stazon Jet Black, SU! Ballet Blue
Watercolour pencils
Kindyglitz
Techniques:
The clouds were created by cutting out a piece of paper with a scalloped edge and, using it like a mask, sponging from the top of the card to the bottom with the template and the Ballet Blue ink.
The cat was stamped onto a separate piece of white cardstock, coloured in, cut out and then mounted onto the clouds with mouning foam.
I stamped the happy birthday straight onto the card, then traced over the word with my Crystallina Kindyglitz. I also put the KG onto the balloons.

This is always one of my fave ways of making cards - simple but effective and with layers.

Thanks for visiting.
Deanne
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Some swap shares

Hi there,
Just catching up on some swap shares I haven't uploaded yet. At least, I don't think I have uploaded yet. Forgive me if I have already done so.

These ATCs were for a birdie swap on StampHappy
(yahoo group for Austalian & New Zealand Stampers)

Stamps by Inkadinkadoo and Stampendous

This little ATC was for an "All About Me" swap, also on Stamphappy
Stamp by Penny Black, all the words are printed from the PC.

This card was for another StampHappy swap.
We had to use Punches on the card.
Stamps by Penny Black and Stampin' Up!
Punches by Stampin' Up!
Embossed with Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for visiting today.
Stay tuned for more stuff to come!!

Happy Hugs!!
Deanne
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More swap shares

Hello there bloggers!
Today I am sharing a couple more swaps I have completed for StampHappy, one of the yahoo groups that I am in (a fab group for stampers in Australia & New Zealand).

This first one is a card swap. The theme was "Punches" and you had to include stamping and at least one punch somewhere on the card.

The cute little mouse is a Penny Black stamp from the "Bubbly" acrylic stamp set and the "friend" is from "For a Friend" (SU Hostess set from the current Australian/New Zealand IB&C). The punches I used are both from Stampin' Up! - the Star and Large Star. The green cardstock is Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up!) with generic textured blue and yellow. The Wild Wasabi was run through my cuttlebug with the Spots n Dots embossing folder. The bling is Flower bling by Kaiser and generic round rhinestones.

This one is for an ATC swap. The theme is "All About Me" and had to include stamping.

I used textured purple cardstock (my fave colour - can you tell? hehehe). The stamp is from "Critter Party" unmounted acrylic stamps set by Penny Black. Plenty of bling bling (of course lol). The font is "Girls are Weird". I printed off all the words, ran them through my Xyron Sticker maker, cut them all up and stuck them down.

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

Deanne
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New Stamps for my Stash!!

Hi there!!
Check out these great new stamps I recently bought. I really love clears stamps, cos you get so many for your dollars!! These sets are so great. I can't wait to have a play!!

"Fathers Day" by Autumn Leaves

"Critter Party" by Penny Black

"Bubbly" by Penny Black"Zoophabet" by Penny Black

Thanks for stopping by today!

Deanne
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Cards for Mum & Dad Part ii

Good Morning!!
It is cold and foggy outside today, but I am hoping it will be a lovely day.

Slide was playing nice today, so I have created the second slider as promised the other day.

I have also changed the other slider a little to make it a bit larger.

So, without further ado, here are the cards made for my parents using Stampin' Up! stamps and products. (There is also a Penny Black image or 2 in there).

Hope you have a great day!

Happy stamping!!

Deanne
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Cards for Mum & Dad

Hello there!

Hoping this works. I have put together a couple of slide shows of cards I have made for my parents for their little card box that I made them for Christmas in 2007. Their box is arranged into occasions (ie male/female birthday, male/female generic, new baby, thank you, sympathy etc) and I made cards for each occasion and filled the box.

When they were here on the weekend, they brought the box with them as it needed filling with more cards. I took advantage of the box being here and took photos of all the cards that were in it (I forgot to when I made them originally), plus the cards that were being added.

The first slide show is made with non-Stampin' Up! stamps, mainly Penny Black (I am a HUGE fan of Penny Black images!!) and also stamps from Pink Cat Studios and Stamp It.

The second slider (still to come) is cards made from Stampin' Up! stamps. Slider is not playing nice, so I will pop this one up in a new post asap!!!