Sunday 28 August 2011

A Card for this weeks Sundays with Santa - "A Christmas Birthday Card"

Good Morning All, well I must be breaking a rule this week two cards in one week, anyway this weeks challenge over on Facebook was set by me and Im wondering why I picked such a difficult one, I do have a number of Birthdays around Christmas and thought it would be easy to combine the two but it just goes to show it isnt. I came up with this one which is one of the LOV images and coloured it with my copic and tria pens, then used the Nestabilitie Die Labels 1 to cut it out, Ive then drawn around the die to create the mount out of pink card. The sentiment was created on my computer and printed also onto white card then mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and one of three papers from the Nitwit Downloads, the first paper is one from one of the Xmas sets as is the second one which I have used the cherish border punch from Martha Stewart on, the third paper is from the Birthday digi set and has been stuck across the middle.
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of Ive used yet another paper from the Xmas set to create a flower which is with the new EK success border flower creator punch and it has been rolled up and with some stamens cut and stuck in the middle, I have stuck it to the card in the top left hand corner on some punched out leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://designed2delight.com/blog/
http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://bah-humbug-christmas.blogspot.com/
http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/
http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/
http://digiswithattitudechallenges.blogspot.com/
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/
http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/
http://www.craftingmisfit.blogspot.com/

28 comments:

Liz said...

ooh I love this image, just made a 1st birthday card with it myself ! Great card, and love the colouring.
Thanks for joining us at C4E this week.
Liz

Unknown said...

What a pretty card thanks for joining us at The Poodles Parlour.

Kerry

Linda Wescott said...

So pretty, love the cute image too. Hug slin

XxJULESxX said...

oh Shirley gorgeous card!!

ahlers5 said...

This image is too cute! Love this card. Thanks for joining us at Jellypark.
Diane

Shelby said...

What an adorable card! The papers are gorgeous and I love the border punch you used with her!! Thanks for joining us at Send a Smile 4 Kids, good luck and hope you'll join us again.

Shelby

Karen Hasheck said...

Such a sweet card for a child! Love the image and the coloring is fantastic! Thanks for sharing it with us at Send a Smile 4 Kids and come back soon!

Stef H said...

those poor folk born on xmas day.. they sure lose out don't they! what a stunning card! i am loving that flower!

hugs :)

Kathyk said...

Lovely card and LOTV image

Kathyk

Annie said...

Oh my goodness so many fabulous entries at Bah! Humbug! this week and I'm struggling to comment due to three really long days at work plus I'm trying to get the house decent as I have a friend coming to stay tomorrow. Please forgive me for putting a copy and pasted message to everyone. I have looked at your card and as usual it's just gorgeous.
Have a good week.
Love from Ann
Bah! Humbug! DT

Teresa said...

Oh wow I just love this one Shirley, gorgeous stamp and beautiful colours. xx

Riet said...

So beautiful card Shirley,I love the image and the colours.
So gorgeous papers.

Hugs Riet.xx

pinky said...

Ah its so cute Shirley, and so pretty in pink. Thanks for joining us at C4E this week.
Pinky

auntbeespickles said...

Hi Shirley, what a darling birthday card! We have one really close to Christmas and I feel bad for her. I feel real stongly about making those birthday extra special and this card would do it! Great job - beautifully colored! That image is just adorable! Thanks so much for joining us over at the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge. Good luck and I hope you will come back and play again with us!
Hugs, Sarah

Kerry Steger said...

This is such a sweet card with a very cute image. I love your choice of colour scheme as well. Thanks for playing along with CSAYL this week!

Michele Spera said...

I love the pinks! I used non traditional too on mine and think it's a nice change:-) Just beautiful!Thank you for joining us at C4E
Hugs
Michele S.

DonnaMundinger said...

Absolutely PRECIOUS! Love the image and your flower is gorgeous! Thanks for joining the Humbuggers this week. xxD

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

Love your adorable little image and your colors along with embellishments are wonderful! Thanks for joining us this week @ Send A Smile 4 Kids, hope to see you again :)

Sandy said...

what a sweet card and image!

Sandy - 2 Cute Rubber Stamps Design Team Member
http://inkingofyoutoo.blogspot.com

Jennifer Scull said...

this is so cute. you did a wonderful job with your handmade flower! and that image is so precious.
thanks for playing along in our die cuts/punches challenge at Jellypark Friends. :)

Louise F NZ said...

Lovely card Shirley, very sweet. Lovely LOTV image, reminds me I need to ink mine up :)

MacKenzie said...

What a great sentiment! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long!

Sarah said...

Gorgeous card Shirley, how have I only just stumbled across this blog, didn't know you had 2 card blogs! Sarah x

Patty Sue 2 said...

Oh, this card is going to make someones day so special! I love it and the image is adorable! Your coloring if fabulous...I want to play with you....lol

michele said...

Fabulous! Thanks for joining us at C4E this week hugs x

Crafting Misfit said...

How adorable is this?! So stinking cute!

Thanks for linking up to my show and tell! Remember, every Friday at
my Website we do it again!

Rebecca
"Crafting Misfit"

Tip Top said...

Wonderful card! Thank you for joining in at Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge – hope you can join us again for the next challenge! Jellypark Challenges

coldwaters2 said...

Hi Shirley thank you for your lovely comments on my blog. I am so way behind with my commenting except for the DT, I am sorry for not visiting before now. I have missed a lot and what a beauty this one is love those papers and that border punch the image is gorgeous I love it.
Hugs
Lorraine x