Masculine birthday

I made this card for my colleague, Ian - happy birthday, Ian! 

I used the shell image from Hero Arts' "Antique Engravings", and a sentiment from "Many Birthday Messages". I clear embossed the images onto white cardstock, and then painted Distress Inks in blues and greens over the top. I used a couple of very old punches from Stampin' Up to punch out the 1 inch squares and the postage stamp layering paper.  The sentiment is stamped in Intense Black ink from Hero Arts.

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A happy rainbow

I made this card this afternoon, and decided to make a video, too. 

I just love the look of a rainbow of soft colours over a floral stencil - I could make cards like this all day!

I used the Funky Florals stencil from My Favorite Things, with Distress Inks in Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet, with the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Greetings.

 I will be sharing this card over at Virginia's View Challenge - all about colours!

I will also be joining in over at Just Us Girls - their theme is "Let's hear it for the girls".

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Masculine birthday card

I've been on a masculine card kick this month for the A Blog Named Hero challenge - have you joined in yet?  There's a voucher from Hero Arts up for grabs, and you still have a few hours left!!

I used the lattice background stamp from Hero Arts, along with a leafy stamp from Stampin' Up, and a sentiment from A Muse Art stamps. 

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Happy birthday, Aunty Shirley!

My Aunty Shirley has a special birthday this month, so I made her a special birthday card.

I used "Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus" from Wplus9, stamped a couple of times and then heat embossed onto some Canson watercolour cardstock. I then added colour using my Distress Markers, and then spread the colour using a wet paint brush. I finished with a sentiment from Gina K "Lots of Lines" stamped in Hero Arts intense black ink. 

 I will be sharing this card over at Virginia's View Challenge - all about colours!

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Rainbow stencil

I'm joining in today with Winnie and Walter's Gossip Column challenge, presented by Taheerah Atchia. (I must have missed it when it began (I was marking exams at the time), so I am glad that they have extended the deadline!) The theme is "Spectrum", and you have to check out Taheerah's rainbow-filled post - it's a mixture of science nerd, baking nerd, design nerd and mythology nerd - and I totally love it! 
Anyway, here's my card:

I used a My Favorite Things Mixables stencil with a spectrum of Distress Inks, along with a birthday die from Mama Elephant, and stamps from Winnie and Walter (The Big, the Bold and the Happy, and The Big and the Bold Extras), white embossed onto black cardstock. I finished with a scattering of clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.

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