Floral Heart Birthday

 

I recently took part in a Win It Wednesday giveaway over on the Uniko blog and the prize was 3 sets of Love themed stamps. One of my absolute crafting heroes Hannelie Bester from Desert Diva is a brand ambassador for them and had made some really lovely cards with them. I very rarely take part in those kind of giveaways but I am really glad I did as I only went and won! Just look at the beautiful Happy Mail I received yesterday and a lovely little note from Bev ☺

The set I have used today is Always and Forever. I really liked the heart with the flower in as I knew I had the perfect paper to go with it. Now I am not the best of stampers so was a little nervous of the solid background not stamping but my Tim Holtz stamping platform came through once again. I have to say that it has improved my stamping abilities no end and I get much better results than ever before so may crack open my stamps more now instead of using so many digistamps. Now I can use both!

Uniko is celebrating their 9th Birthday which is no mean feat especially with how the pandemic has affected businesses over the last year. 

Imagine That Digistamp is also celebrating a birthday and has been going for 8 years now. I used to be on her design team back in the early days and she has always created some of the nicest images and papers. Over the years many digistamp artists have come and gone but I am very happy that Kris is still creating and it is a testament to her great designs and talent. 

In honour of the special birthday challenges both are running I have created a birthday card combining the prompt of ribbon or bows and a birthday card.

The card blank has been covered using a speciality paper from a really old DCWV pad Bella Boutique. The cream background is flocked and then the floral design is added on top and that is also flocked. I love the texture of it but it's one of those papers that is really too nice to actually use.... I am sure you all have something like that in your stash.

The ribbon is velvet with the pattern printed on top. It has very fine glitter in the pattern and adds a little bit of sparkle.

I stamped the heart onto cream card using a Versafine ink pad. This was cut into a circle and I used a small ink pad to soften the edge. I then used a scallop edge circle die to create a mat from black pearlescent card.

The sentiment has been recycled from an old birthday card and then matted onto a scrap of the black. Finally I added a bit more twinkle with a couple of self adhesive gems.

Card Details -

Size – 6” Square

Rubber Stamp Image – Always & Forever (Uniko)

Dies – Crea-Nest-Lies XXL 69 Circle Open Scallop (CREAlies)

Paper – Bella Boutique Stack (DCWV)

Stamp Ink – Versafine Onyx Black 

Embellishments – Ribbon, gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

 

• Addicted to Stamps and More - #398 Birthdays
• Classic Design Challenge - #2 Anything Goes
• Crafter’s Café - #259 Anything Goes
• Crafting Happiness - #82 Hearts
• Creative Knockouts - #387 Flora & Fauna
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Hearts or Flowers
• Imagine That Digistamp - 8th Birthday Celebration Ribbon and/or Bows
• Pammie’s Inky Pinkies - #2105 Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash - #438 Include Hearts in your design
• Uniko Challenge - 9th Birthday Challenge