It's not often these days that you see two cards in two days from me, but I was in need of making a birthday card for a 2 yr-old and was inspired by a sketch challenge to make this.
The card base is navy blue and I embossed a white piece with a WRMK gemstone ef, then took 2 bits of GinaK designs cardstock in bright colors and cut them to size. I embossed the blue one with a CB Birthday ef, and embossed the smaller panel with a CB numbers ef. adding a die-cut #2 done with glittered gold cardstock. The balloons and hat were from the Tim Holtz crazy dogs & cats add-on collection, with the balloons being heat-embossed with gold on yellow and green cardstock; while the hat was heat-embossed with white on navy and colored with glaze pens to add even more fun colors. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white on navy with a Tim Holtz sentiment. I added 3 gemstones for a little more fun. The twine is from my stash.
I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Seize the Birthday challenge #198 - add gold
Cute Card Thursday challenge #650 - anything goes
Wishing my American friends a wonderful holiday weekend as we celebrate Labor Day. Thanks for stopping by and I wish all my friends everywhere a wonderful weekend as well.
Carol
Loving this card! Lots of texture, catchy colors and brilliant gold embossing and sparkles! Everything is wonderful! Thank you so much for joining us at the Seize the Birthday challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a very fun and unique birthday card! I just love all the textures and the different folders you've used on this layout! The balloons with the heat embossing is really fun! Lots of fun textures for your 2 year old's birthday! So fun! TFS!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card design. I love all the layers, texture, colors and fun images.
ReplyDeleteAwwwh so sweet Hope it is scrapbooked so baby can appreciate it when older ......Lis
ReplyDeleteFabulous birthday card for a 2 year old, they will love the colors and all the texture!
ReplyDeleteOh, how cute!! Wonderful embossing! Love the fun balloons and the number “2”!! A perfect card for the birthday child!!
ReplyDeleteFun card, its so tactile for little fingers to touch. I love all the different embossing, its great to have so many textures to explore. Great take on the sketch and I hope you have a peaceful holiday weekend x
ReplyDeleteA super card, Carol. Lovely and bright with lots of texture. xx
ReplyDeleteCute birthday card.
ReplyDeleteHope you got outside today to enjoy that beautiful weather we had today.
It's about time we had some nice weather!
Sorry if I have missed any posts, our weather is too nice to be indoors and outside activities took over. Most beautiful designed and fun project as always, love seeing what you make. ♥
ReplyDeleteA super card Carol, I love the bright panels and balloons, perfect for a youngster.
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AW! This is lovely Carol, love the 2 on the numbered embossing and the little hat, just perfect.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
Super cute card with lots of fun colors! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
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What a fun card design for a 2 year old! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Colorful’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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What a fun birthday card. I love the embossing folder you used for background and that you used two different ones on the banners. Very cool idea and it looks great and adds a lot. Great card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful textured card love all the embossing
ReplyDeleteCarol x
This birthday card for a boy is so beautifully textured, wow! Great work with the EF and the fun elements added! The navy blue sentiment gives it a masculine feel, but this design could be for a female making the sentiment pink, I think. Well done!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun birthday card no matter what the age! I love that embossing folder Carol, so pretty. The balloons look great embossed in gold on top of the colored cardstock. A great use of the other two embossing folders too, I will have to keep this in mind! Love the paper you stamped the hat on too, so fun, so festive! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteNice and colourful card, love it & lovely design of your creation.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for entering your gorgeous card into our challenge of "Colorful", at Double D challenges…
Good luck in the draw and hope to see you here again.
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Oh you rocked this sketch Carol!! Love the way you added all your little elements. Perfect birthday card!!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture and colors - so much fun for a 2-year old!! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun birthday card for a child! Love the texture that you added with the different embossed layers and such a neat design, too! Well done, Carol!!
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