A Large Birthday Tag

 

I "went off the rails" a bit with this challenge.  I'm preparing to leave for 10 days as we celebrate the 8th birthday of our only grandchild.  Of course, I wanted a birthday card, but cards for Ava are actually tags. Her mother has dedicated a wall in the upstairs hall with the cards/tags I have sent to Ava.  This is my "milestone" birthday greeting. 

Here is the wall of cards and tags I have made for Ava over the years.  

Freshly Made Branches and Leaves

I always enjoy using dies that I've accumulated over the years. This Freshly Made Sketch gave me that opportunity.  

 

Circles and Lines

 

For this Sunday Stamps challenge, I chose black and white...all based on a piece of DSP in a pad that's all black and white.  It's a very simple construction, using a Memory Box die to create the "circles" in the sketch.  One of the circles is a double...black cardstock and iridescent cardstock. 

Color Hues is a New Challenge

I'm all for trying a new challenge and Color Hues is one.   To begin with, it is a color combination I rarely, if ever, use.  That is so good for my old brain. 😊

 

Tri Color Throwdown

Since my "purge" of years of crafting material in my craft room, I've decided to concentrate on the remaining wood-mounted stamps, for a change.  This Color Throwdown challenge uses three complementary colors.  I decided to go back in my crafting experience and try some alcohol ink backgrounds. The inks were something I didn't get rid of. 

 

A New Challenge

 

It's new...and it's a great challenge!  "Seize the Birthday" is new to me (and my old brain is keeping me from adding the image to my blog!) and it's currently guest-hosted by an online friend, Leslie Miller. 

I chose my very favorite dragonfly stamp for this card, and I'll admit that I made at least 3 images that I ended up discarding.  What I like about this particular card are the techniques I used:  Lindy's Shaker colors blended to create the background and Diamond Stickles to add some glitter to the dragonfly's wings, finished off with waterdrop adhesive embellishments. 

Flowers in Circles

 Adding circles to Flower Challenge #100 seemed relatively easy, but the first "final" just wasn't enough.  The flowers in the DSP were too small, so I decided on a daisy diecut.  Big improvement.