My thanks to Tiffany, formerly of Pizazz It and now on the design team for the newly reopened Scrapbook Art, for the birthday card design. The card's components are so simple -- 12 rectangles and 9 leaf punches! Simply round the corners of the icing rectangle and you're all set. (Using a ribbon in place of the middle rectangle between the cake and the icing is also very cute.)
I love the simplicity, yet unmistakeable message, of this birthday card. And, I also love that it can be so easily tailored to suit a guy or gal. Paper choice allows for showcasing favorite colors or favorite things, such as a love for chocolate or a passion for doggies/kittens. The card pictured above was made from KaiserCraft's Hippy Girl Collection.
The Miss You card is yet another design from the Mind's Eye Stella Rose collection. What I love about this card was the pairing of brown and black, which makes for a gender-neutral card that can easily be sent to a fellow.
For this card, I tried several different techniques. The first was pressing the formerly brown leather tag face down on a black ink pad to better blend with the patterned papers. I rubbed the edges of the card with a charcoal pastel and blended the pastel to fade in towards the center of the card. Using the pastel seemed to add a little more depth as well as subtly accentuating card edges. When all this was done, the card still needed a little something -- and that something came in the addition of black photo corners. All of these elements seem to have come together to create a really aesthetically pleasing card.
Next post: autumn cards for OWH
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