Card | Happy Birthday

This time of year is a bit of a whirlwind of holidays for our family - all three of our birthdays, and our wedding anniversary, take place within less than a month. That keeps me busy making cards! So I thought I'd share with my readers a copy of the card that I designed to send to my husband.

Happy Birthday card

Happy Birthday card

All of the papers on this card are from the 6x6 paper pad of BoBunny's new Country Garden collection. I adore that collection! This card combines a few of my favorite elements that were included in the collection: the distressed background papers that look like torn newspaper, the striped paper that has stitching, and the grid on the yellow paper.

I also used one of the tools that I can't seem to function without lately: the Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch. I can't remember who it was, but I owe big thanks to whoever it was recommended that as a pick on the Paperclipping Roundtable!

The technique of cutting a strip from a piece of striped patterned paper is one of my favorites to use. Layering the same floral stamp using different tones of ink is something I've started playing with lately that I am starting to really love. The stems on the flower stamps were actually longer than the length to the bottom of the paper strips across the card, so when I stamped them I laid a piece of scrap paper across the card underneath the area where the paper strips are, to serve as a mask and protect the bottom area of the card.

This same blueprint could be used to create a variety of cards...I look forward to playing with it with some of my other stamps for cards for other occasions!

Nancy Nally

I’m the owner of Nally Studios LLC, which owns the websites Nally Studios and Craft Critique. I’ve spent the last 20 years working in the crafts industry as a writer and marketing consultant. My newest venture is the Nally Studios etsy store, where I sell digital files for scrapbookers. I live in Florida with my husband, teenage daughter, and a cat who thinks its a dog.

https://www.nallystudios.etsy.com
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