Katzelkraft Foxy Birthday Card

Hi Friends! Today I’m sharing a birthday card I created for my niece. I thought this fantastic stamp from Katzelkraft - Renards Tandem – was the perfect image for my focal point. Let’s get started!

To start the card front, I used Paul Rubens metallic watercolor paints on a piece of cold press watercolor paper. The colors I used are: C4627, C425, C400 for sky colors and C4628, C303 for the transition colors to the pathway. When the watercolor paint dried, I stamped the cobblestone pathway along the bottom edge of the paints using a My Favorite Things stamp called ‘On Solid Ground’ then cut the panel to an A2 size using the Paper Rose ‘Stitched Rectangles’ die.

My next step was to stamp the ‘Renards Tandem’ image onto a piece of white cardstock. I colored the image using Prismacolor Premier colored pencils and added metallic accents on the bike using Hana’s Kawaii Crafts (Etsy seller) mica watercolor paints in the colors Electric for the light bulb on the bike and Tinsel for the silver metallic portions of the bike. I then used my Brother Scan n Cut to cut the Renards Tandem image. LOVE my Scan n Cut machine!

For the cobblestone pathway, I colored it using the Prismacolor Premier pencils and used a Tombow water-based marker in color N35 to fill in the space in between the stones. Next, I added Simon Says Stamp 3D Foam Squares to the back of my bicycle image and set it aside while I stamped the Altenew “Birthday Builder” greeting to the painted card front panel.

Once the card front was completed, I attached the colored Renards Tandem image so that it was partially on the cobble stone path to give the appearance of the foxes riding the bike down a street. I finished the card by adding Trinity Stamps “Crystal Ball Dewdrop Baubles” here and there on the card front for a little bling and attached the decorated card front panel to an A2 sized card base to complete the card.

I hope you enjoyed this cute foxy card. Thank you so much for stopping by to see me - I appreciate you doing so!

Until next time…

Intricate Tiles Birthday Card

Hi Friends! This birthday card was inspired by a beautiful embossing folder from the September 2022 Altenew product release. So many gorgeous products were in this release!

I started by lightly misting a piece of brown cardstock, placing it into the Altenew Intricate Tiles 3D Embossing Folder and running it through my Gemini Junior. After the panel dried a few minutes, I painted the Iuile Watercolors HG9 to add a bit of blue shimmery glitter around the edges of each of the raised tile images.

Then, using my Karin DecoBrush Metallic Permanent Markers, I brushed metallic ink across each raised tile. The colors of Karin markers used are: Metallic Red Gold, Metallic Silver, and Metallic Gold.

I mounted the painted panel to a piece of Cardstock Warehouse’s Stardream Silver cardstock using Simon Says Stamp’s Big Momma Foam Tape and mounted the card front to a top folding, A2 card base.

For the sentiment I used Spellbinders Copper Glimmer Foil and Pinkfresh’s Fancy Script Word hot foil dies and cutting dies. The sentiment was foiled onto a scrap piece of the Stardream Silver cardstock and PinkFresh Metallic Pearls in Matte Gold were glued to the centers of each of the tiles for a pop of fun.

Thank you so much for stopping by to see me – I appreciate you doing so!

Until next time…

Altenew August 2022 Inspiration Challenge | Summer-Inspired Birthday Card

Hello! I utilized the gorgeous color pallet above as my inspiration for this card. I hope you enjoy it.

When I first saw this month’s challenge color combination, I knew I wanted to watercolor a floral image. I couldn’t resist selecting one of my favorite Altenew products – “Captivating Blooms Outline Stamp Set” as my canvas.

To create this card, I started with some white watercolor paper and stamped the Captivating Blooms floral image using clear embossing ink and heat embossed the linework using a rose gold colored embossing powder. The Altenew Crisp Dye Inks I chose for this card were: Pastel Sunrise, Crimson, and Dark Chocolate.

Using the ink pads as my watercolors, I began painting each flower first with clean water then introducing the Crimson around the center of each bloom then adding the Pastel Sunrise beginning at the outer edge of each bloom until both colors met in the middle for a perfect mix. Then to complete the image I painted each of the stems and non-bloom portions of each flower with the Dark Chocolate ink – unconventional, but I love how it turned out.

Next, I stamped a second Captivating Blooms image onto another piece of A2 size, watercolor paper using Dark Chocolate ink for my card front. I trimmed down the watercolored version and applied foam tape to the back and adhered it to the card front ensuring the artwork lined up around the edges.

For my sentiment, I used Altenew’s “One-Go Birthday Greetings Stamp & Die Bundle” and stamped the greeting onto white cardstock and again using the Dark Chocolate ink. For my finishing touch, I applied some peach iridescent sequins for a bit of sparkle.

If you would like to play along and create your own summer-inspired birthday card, please click on this link to the Altenew Inspiration Challenge Post and have fun! https://blog.altenew.com/fun-birthday-card/