Layered Birthday Card

Combined these two challenges for this card

Stampin' Royalty #159 and Color Throwdown #225.

 

This is one of the toughest card I have ever made, by choice of combination.

It took the longest time!!!

Perhaps because I found the orange too contrasting.

But in any case, it is done with a lot of trial and error.

Papers are a mixture of Echo Park and plain card stock.

Die cuts using Spellbinders and Sizzix.

It's a layered Birthday card!

Thank You Mojo Monday and Stampin' Royalty

This card is made for two amazing challenges

Mojo Monday MOJO275 Contest and Stampin' Royalty Challenge #158

 

The inspiration I got from the photo is its colors ~

orange, light blue, kraft, brown and white.

Used embossing folders from Sizzix on plain white and orange papers.

Patterned papers are DCWV Citrus stack.

The sentiment is a China stamp from my stash.

Two new items used are the checkered bias tape and button.

Thank you for all you have done for me.

Thinking of You Card

This card is made for Fab Friday's FabFri09 and Stampin' Royalty Challenge #157

 

Instead of stamping or die cutting images,

I chose this stencil like paper from DCWV

as a border on a navy cardbase.

The oval labels are die cuts from Sizzix.

Thinking of you, Friend.

Birthday Card Freshly Made

Freshly Made Sketches always have very nice layouts which are quite elegant in a simple way.

I made this card following their sketch for the week FMS51.

The colors follow Stampin' Royalty's Challenge #140.

Took this photo on the balcony this morning just after 7.

The Sizzix polka dot embossing is done on DCWV cardstock.

Patterned paper in suede and white is from Echo Park Everyday Eclectic.

Suede colored scalloped square is cut with Spellbinders on the Cuttlebug.

Pool party colored paper is a piece of parchment paper,

embellished with a strip of floral ribbon.

The delightful owl stamp is from Micia.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is Mrs Grossman's Stickers.

365 Cards Day 147 ~ Playing the Odds

The purpose of this challenge is to create a card that has an odd number of each type of element.  You can use as little or as much as you want of anything, as long as it adds up to an odd number.

My card uses

1 patterned paper

1 ribbon and 1 bow

5 buttons (2 BW flower button, 2 hears and 1 flower pot)

1 die cut and embossed paper (scalloped edging)

1 fishtail

3 main colors (brown, green, black)

3 shades of brown (dark for ribbon, medium and terracotta for the pot)

1 neutral color (white)

The sketch I followed is MFTGUESTDT0812.

This card is also submitted for Stampin' Royalty Challenge #134 ~ Buttons.