Glitter Wishes

This card is for a very special young man called Owen, who loves music and is the life and soul of any party he goes to - he loves celebrating birthdays, even if it's not his own!

I'm entering this into the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp, where the challenge is "Make it Sparkle". Although this card doesn't look sparkly, I painted the large birthday letters with clear Wink of Stella as I hope you can see in this close-up -

Stamps: Inkylicious musical background, Woodware Large & Small Greetings

Ink: Hero Arts

Cardstock: Anna Marie Designs

Watercolour Sympathy

Sometimes a card just suddenly comes together after a few false starts; this was just such a card.

I stamped the Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms stamp in Antique Linen onto watercolour paper, then coloured it with Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils.

A few ink splashes completed the watercolour look, and the greeting was stamped in olive Yinks ink. Both the main image & the greeting were mounted onto textured olive cardstock. The cross by Papermania was stamped in mid grey ink.

I'm entering this at "101 Watercolor" and "That's Crafty".

Stripes!

No, not just my new blog background! I've been taking the Pattern Play class at Online Card Classes, and that inspired me to make this quick card for a friend's son. Although I didn't plan it this way, it's also ideal for entering into the current challenge over at CASology where the cue card is "Stripe".

Stamps: Papermania Typography & Clearly Besotted
Ink: Hero Arts

Paper: Papermania

Black cardstock from stash