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Friday, 13 January 2023

SHC - More Birthday Cards

.... Morning! I'm here with my Seven Hills Craft blog post. January is a busy month for birthdays - there are ten in total. I spent the weekend making cards for three of them!! Here's the first card:


Stamps: Concord & 9th - Happy Rays Turnabout, All the Birthdays; The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Birthdays
Inks: Versafine Clair - Verdant, Warm Breeze, Paradise, Nocturne; Stampin' Up! - Pineapple Punch
Dies: C&9 - Happy Rays Dies
Accessories: White Card; SU Card - Pacific Blue; Silver Holographic Mirri Card

I'm submitting this card to AAA Birthday - AAAB#45 where it's anything birthday goes.


I used my MISTI to stamp the turnabout image in bold, vibrant colours. I used the sunray die, from the co-ordinating die set, to cut the dotty pattern on the image. I then trimmed the panel and layered it on silver holographic card. I adhered the whole piece to the front of an A2 landscape note card. I finished the front by die cutting a circle of blue card and stamping a simple black birthday greeting on it. Inside the card, I cut a piece of white card onto which I glued the left-over piece of the turnabout image. I completed the panel by adding a birthday greeting. This card is for our son, Ben, he is 27 years old today!! I can't work out how he got to be 27 so quickly 😊.


My next card is for our niece, who had her birthday last Wednesday:


Stamps: Concord & 9th - Kaleidoscope Turnabout, All the Birthdays; The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Birthdays
Inks: Gina K - Innocent Pink, Dusty Rose, Bubblegum Pink, Passionate Pink; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
Dies: C&9 - Kaleidoscope Dies
Accessories: White Card; SU Card - Petal Pink; Gold Vellum

I'm submitting this card to Color Hues - CH#55 - such pretty colours!


I stamped the turnabout image in four shades of pink and used the matching dies to cut out sections. I used the dies to cut out several plain white layers too. I layered each section up to give depth to the finished card. I used the circle dies to cut the gold vellum frame too. I finished the front of the card by stamping a birthday greeting. Inside the card, I cut a mat layer from gold vellum. On the white panel I stamped a birthday greeting. I took a side view photo to show the depth from the layers.



Next is a card for my friend Annette:


Stamps: Concord & 9th - Kaleidoscope Turnabout, Yay for Birthdays, All the Birthdays; The Greetery - Sentiment Suite Birthdays
Inks: Gina K - Wild Dandelion, Key Lime, Turquoise Sea, Blue Raspberry, Tranquil Teal; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
Accessories: White Card; SU Card - Granny Apple Green

I'm submitting this card to Never-Before-Used-Schtuff - NBUS#46 - this is a site to showcase stash that you've not used before!!


I used cool colours to stamp the Kaleidoscope pattern this time and added a bold birthday greeting right across the centre of the image. I adhered the panel to a green A2 notecard. I cut a piece of white card for the inside, stamped a fun greeting and added some smaller images for decortion.


My final card is for Ben - this one is from his Nanna:


Stamps: Concord & 9th - Happy Rays Turnabout, All the Birthdays, Yay for Birthdays
Inks: Gina K - Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango; Stampin' Up! - Pineapple Punch
Dies: C&9 - Happy Rays Dies
Accessories: White Card; SU Card - Mango Melody; Gold Vellum

I know the stamp is called happy rays, but they remind me of sunrays, so this time I stamped in bright, sunny colours.  I trimmed the stamped panel to 5" x 3¾", being sure to keep the panel symmetrical, and adhered the panel a gold vellum mat measuring 5¼" x 4". I glued the whole piece to the front of an orange A2 note card. I finished the front by using the matching dies to cut to circles - one in gold vellum and one white. On the white circle I stamped a birthday greeting. For the inside, I cut a piece of white card to 5¼" x 4" and stamped a greeting along with some confetti decoration.


I had so much fun making these cards. I posted them early - just in case they get caught up in the postal backlog. That's all from me for today. See you again soon.

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8 comments:

  1. You have a nice set of cards here, Deborah! As for your card for Color Hues...do you know I have never made a turnabout card? I know...gasp! I love how yours turned out. I love the way to did the sentiment in two colors on top of each other. I am going to file that idea away. Thanks for playing along again at Color Hues!

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  2. You're a super pro with the turnabouts, Deborah, and I always love how you follow-through with beautiful insides, too! Your designs and color schemes are bright and festive ~ perfect for birthdays! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell

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  3. WOW!! What a great post with so many BEAUTIFUL cards Deborah! Of course I'm a little partial to the card you submitted for the Color Hues Challenge, and the turnabout stamp worked beautifully with the challenge colors!! I bet this card brought LOTS of birthday smiles! Thanks so much for sharing all these beauties with us at the Color Hues Challenge!! Marcia (DT)

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  4. OH! What rays of sunshine in all your cards Deborah, love the circle too, beautiful colours and of course your inserts.
    Hope all is well.
    Faith x

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  5. Such beautiful cards, Deborah! love the colour selections for each of the cards, cannot even tell which one is my favourite - I really like all of them! :)
    Thanks a lot for joining the AAA Birthday Challenge and hope you join us again soon at one of the upcoming challenges!

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  6. Great collection of birthday cards Deb. Love that turnabout stamp and those
    blue, yellow and greens on your 1st card. Thanks for joining us at AAA BIrthday this month.colours

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  7. Such lovely cards! Thank you for sharing and playing along with us at AAA Birthday, hope to see you in future challenges too. Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

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  8. A fabulous collection of cards! I love those turnaround stamps.They make such lovely cards.

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