Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Plaid Birthday


Today I have a bright and cheerful card that makes use of some of that great Lawn Fawn plaid dsp once again. I used a turquoise card stock base, adding a panel of LF plaid dsp, and a panel of cardstock that was colored with Oxide Distress Cracked Pistachio ink, and splattered with water. I die cut that panel with a stitched postage rectangle, matting it with black. The Happy Birthday dies were cut with both turquoise and black and layered slightly off center to give them a bit of definition. The balloons were done with a MS punch, adding snippets of matching twine for the strings. I added some mini star sequins all around the card to add a little sparkly touch.

I'm sharing this with the Simon Says Wednesday challenge to use "Plaid."

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your day is the best ever!

Carol

15 comments:

merrymstamper said...

I love the diecut birthday wishes! Adorable with the balloons.

:)

Janice M said...

I WILL buy another pad of this before it's gone!! At least I hope too, it's one of my all time favorites! Makes for a cheerful birthday card for sure.

cotnob said...

A lovely bright and cheerful Birthday card Carol, super plaid papers.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

The plaid balloons are perfect! I like how you colored your cardstock panel to be that pretty minty green. Great job with the plaid challenge!

Lee Mae said...

Hi Carol, your card is so cute! I love the colors of the plaid paper and those plaid balloons are just perfect accents to the birthday die.

I changed my blog name to Boxes of Cards, so I hope I still show up for you! Hope things are going well with you and you're staying cool.

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Just love this plaid. Nice job, Carol! I tried to get a new pad of it and they were out at the Warehouse. Boo Hiss!

aussie aNNie said...

Great card and love plaids, not use them often but you sure make them attractive.
x [aNNie]

Wendy said...

So pretty, Carol! Love that plaid paper you used! It makes for some very pretty cards! Hope your staying cool in this heatwave we are experiencing...I say BLAH Yuck! TFS and have yourself a great day! Hugs~

*Vicki* said...

Oh I SO love these plaid papers and you do some magical things with papers I must say my friend!! :) Such a fun card with the balloons and I love your little sprinkles with the star confetti too! HUGS

Stampsnob. said...

Very crisp Love the balloons ,,,,,,,,,Lis

Barb said...

I love this pretty card. The diecuts all look wonderful and the paper is gorgeous. Barbxx

JD/ Jill said...

Great Birthday card, Carol!

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

This is the most perfect birthday card!

Teresa Kline said...

so sweet, I adore the balloons and plaid!I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!

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Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Great dimension on the balloons and love the colorful look of this birthday card, really happy and sweet! Fabulous patterned paper and diecuts