Saturday 31 January 2015

Birthdays Galore!

Hello!

I wanted to stop by today with a few birthday cards inspired by challenges that are currently open.  First up I have a card that I made with Create A Smile stamps and stencils - I am so delighted to be featured over at the Create A Smile blog today!  I love Christine's designs so this is a real honour :)


I stamped the cute penguin peeking out of the present from Penguin Party and masked him to sponge a background from the Lots of Stars stencil in Squeezed Lemonade distress ink.  I coloured the penguin with chameleon pens and added a bit of wink of stella.  So cute!

I will add this as my second entry for Create A Smile's call for a March Guest Designer. 


I will also link up at CASology's current challenge where the cue card is Birthday and at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is Anything Goes.

I have also found time to play along with Taheerah's Cue for the Monday Blues Challenge.  I loved the bright colours against the black of her inspiration photo:


I used a big sentiment from Hero Arts white embossed on black cardstock and sprayed with white and gold sprays for a bit of shimmer.  I cut Papertrey Ink's scribble dies in bright colours and adhered to the black panel.  Very simple but I like the way the bright colours pop against the black :)



Finally, I have managed to squeeze in a card for Winnie & Walter's First Birthday Bash.  This design is for Kelly's In Rotation Technique:


I have rotated the stamp from It's a Wonderful Pennant in teal and green to create a star and combined with the sentiment from The Big, The Bold and the Happy.

I will also join up at Seize the Birthday's current Anything Goes challenge.


That's enough from me for one day....thanks for making it through to the end!

Sarah x

14 comments:

  1. Congrats on your feature at Create a Smile...how fun! I love all three cards, Sarah! Beautiful coloring, stenciling and stamping and of course your designs are fabulous!

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  2. Oh Sarah, what a fun design you created from rotating the banner stamp!! I like how you have each design anchoring a word in your sentiment. All three cards are lovely, but I'm really glad you joined the winnie & walter challenge!

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  3. That peek-a-boo penguin is so cute, Sarah, and I love the bright colored Scribbles. I tried that once and had trouble getting them to stick, but that was before the matte medium craze.

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  4. Featured at Create a Smile ... how fabulous, Sarah ... your sweet peeking penguin is adorable! Love the bright colours popping against the black background and what a cool triangular rotation! Anita :)

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  5. Wow, so many fabulous cards! An adorable surprise gift (congrats on being featured at Create a Smile! I wouldn't be surprised at all if you would make the DT!), a fun and colorful scribbly card, and a really awesome, graphic W&W card! All winners in my book!

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  6. Sarah all fabulous and all so cute! Thank you for joining us at CASology this week!

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  7. Came over to comment on your CASology card, and found all these other beauties. Thanks so much for playing along with us this week.

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  8. Funny image and great depth from your beautiful sponging on the first card! Love the cirkles on the second and a beautiful design on your third card! Have a good week, Gerrina

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  9. Such cool card - the middle one of course is my favorite - love those bright colors!

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  10. Came by way of Seize the Birthday, but you have a great selection of all your cards! thank you for linking up with us!

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  11. Love the shimmer and bright pops from the die cuts! Thank you *so* much for playing to find a Cure For The Monday Blues!

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  12. Oh, love that little bird peeping out of the box! Such a cute birthday card, and that stencilling behind it is perfect! Thanks so much for joining us at CASology this week!!!

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  13. These are both fantastic! Love the CAS designs and the fabulous colour combo. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

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  14. WoW great cards over here love them all and thank you for joining in our guest designer search over at create a smile.

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