Monday, June 30, 2008

Isabella's 5th Birthday Card

Well, I've finally got around to posting Isabella's birthday card! Her birthday was at the beginning of June, but life's been so busy I haven't got around to posting it!
I bought the Stampin' Up! Fairy Nice set awhile ago on eBay-I knew exactly what I wanted to use it for! So it sat patiently for a few months! I've stamped the image in Basic Grey to give the image a softer feel, then coloured it using my Stampin' Up! Bold Brights Watercolour crayons and aqua painter. I've chalked the white piece with my chalks and sponge dauber so the white wasn't so stark. I used the 'Happy Birthday' from the Pretty Princess set to stamp the Certainly Celery piece using Versa Mark. I attached the celery piece using the new Ice Rhinestone Brads to add a bit of bling! I used Kindy Glitz on the wings so they were sparkly too!
It is such a pretty card-I had a lot of difficulty choosing colours. I didn't want it too bright or too dull so I've used a combination of Bold Brights & Soft Subtles-the Pixie Pink base card and Orchid Opulence mounting piece are the new textured card stock, although its hard to see in the photo!
My next post will be my guest stampers-special friends from my stamp club who created a magnificent card-I just have to post it!! Now, to charge my camera batteries so I can download the photo!!