Age Gets Better with Wine

Hi there

This is another card I made in December but didn't get around to sharing with you.  It was for a friend whose birthday was right after Christmas.  It's one of those you have to remember to post in good time and take into account the bank holidays!

Oh, and I've just noticed that this is in fact my 1000th post on my blog!  That's a lot of waffling! lol

I masked all four edges of the card base with tape and then blended the background in three shades of Distress Oxide ink.  I then die cut the wine glass and the 'cheers' once from silver glitter cardstock and again from fun foam.  I adhered these together to add dimension and adhered to the background.  To finish I stamped the sentiment on a flag sentiment strip.

Materials used:

• Ink: Distress Oxides - Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet; Versafine - Onyx Black
• Dies: Reverse Confetti - Clink; MFT Die-namics - Stitched Sentiment Strips
• Stamp: Clearly Besotted - Laugh Out Loud Again
• Glitter cardstock from stash

Challenge entries:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #398 - Birthdays

Uniko - 9th Birthday Celebration Challenge

I'll be back on Saturday morning with an exciting post, please check back for more info :)

How Old?

Good morning

There were a few cards I made towards the end of 2020 which got lost amongst all the Christmas cards I was making and sharing.

So here's one of them.  I made this funny card for a friend who is always making fun of me about my age, even though he catches up with me six months later!  I don't have many humorous stamps so had fun making this one.

I used two stitched rectangle dies from the same set and cut a white panel which would be mounted onto the larger brown panel.  I stamped the gull first then masked his feet before stamping the log.  Then finished with the remaining stamps.  I coloured the images with Copics and matted and layered the panels onto my base.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Create a Smile - Gull Gang; Gerda Steiner - Moody Unicorns (the how old sentiment)
• Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
• Dies: Create a Smile - Cool Cuts Double Stitched Rectangles
• Coloured with Copic markers

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