Two of my Stampin’ Up! friends had birthdays over the weekend and I only managed to go send them wishes (via the internet) yesterday as I was busy with family events over our long weekend for Easter & Anzac Day here in Australia….. yep we got a 5 day long weekend this year how lucky were we!
On Sunday is was Jodene’s birthday - as she lives over in WA I finally had the pleasure of meeting Jodene last year at SU Convention, we had become friends through yahoo group Stampin’ Up! in Oz.
And on Tuesday (yesterday) it was Linda’s birthday – Linda is a fellow Brisbane girl & we’ve been lucky to meet up at Regionals & Convention, we too also became friends through the same yahoo group. Linda spoilt me last year with a gorgeous birthday gift at Regionals.
You must check out their blogs as they do such beautiful work !!! Both are listed on my Blogroll. (Linda hasn’t been able to blog as much lately since returning to work full time as a prep teacher)
I made a couple of birthday cards using one of my favourite challenge blogs Stamping 411 & this time I also used the colour challenge from Color Throwdown. The colours in the challenge were Navy, White & pick a colour – I chose Cherry Cobbler.
My first card:
and my other card:
This was the sketch SSC200 from Stamping 411
Card: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Night of Navy, Versamark (with white embossing powder)
Stamp: Well Scripted (retired Summer Mini)
Other: Pinking Hearts Border Punch (carried over from Summer Mini), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, Daisies flower #2 (USA), Buttons #5 Sizzlites die, Jewels Basic Pearls, Whisper White 5/8″ Organza Ribbon, Whisper White 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, White Emboss Powder, Crystal Effects (used on button)
Until later, happy stampin’
Beautifully done Kerri! I’m so glad you played along.
Both cards are beautiful! Love that flower, and the colors are perfect! Glad you could play along again
Love both of these cards!! WOW!!
What an awesome card! Love the patriotic colors as well as that poofed out daisy!
Oh my! Both cards are so beautiful!
Love the red, white and blue butterfly card — very different and so pretty! Great job with the card and sketch. Thanks so much for playing along this week at Stamping 411! Blessings, Gretchen
You made the showcase at Stamping 411 – you should be so proud of yourself Kerri! Congratulations.
Cheers
Sonia
Wow thanks for pointing that out Sonia…. what a way to boost one’s confidence! lol
Well done, Kerri – this card is beautiful. Interesting to see that at least 3 of the 5 showcased this week are from Australia/New Zealand!
So clean and beautiful! Sharp contrast in color. Awesome design. Thanks for playing this week and congrats on being an operator pick this week!