60th Birthday Card

 Occasional Quotes Stamp Set by SU, Versa Magic Jumbo Java Ink, Milestones DSP by Reminisce, Bazzill Brown Medium, Bo Bunny Wild Berry Red Dot, Ivory Linen, Spellbinders Die, Martha Stewart Jewels, Mark Richards Jewels, SU Punch, Maya Road Velvet Point Blossom, Other Paper Flowers from Oriental Trading Co, Smooch Spritz in Gold

Here is a card I made for a friend who is turning 60 next Friday night.  We are going to a crafty, card-making get-together that night, so I can hardly wait to give this to her.  I hope she likes it! 

After I completed this card, I felt it needed a little something.  I just purchased the gold Smooch Spritz today..........so I decided to give it a go!  Without a test run!  I sprayed away, and I really love the result.  It softened the look of the card, and also gave it a more uniform look.

"Birthday Party" Pastel Card

"Birthday Party" by TPC Studio stamp set, white linen paper, Bo Bunny designer paper, Bazzill paper flower, Martha Stewart pearl, Making Memories ribbon, "Embossed Curve" EK Success punch, oval nestability, Big Shot machine, Versamark ink, Zing embossing powder in Pink

I'm not ecstatic about this card. This stamp set is very whimsical, and the card is not. Well...I started off inking up the acrylic stamp with bright markers. I wanted to do each layer of the cake in a different bright color. Well, the ink wouldn't stick to the acrylic! It was then I realized I always use black ink on acrylic, and then color in with Copic markers or watercolor. But, since this stamp is block style...I couldn't do that. I really do like rubber stamps better...but I still buy acrylic if the image is cute. So, since my plan wasn't working, I decided to emboss. And this is the only embossing powder I had that was "birthday-ish". So, that is how this card came to be.