A Very Sweet Happy Birthday!

 Happy Weekend to all my blogging friends! I hope you are all doing well. The pinched nerve in my hip has decided to be not quite as irritated as it was, so that's an improvement! I'm currently slathering  on BioFreeze 4-6 times a day and between it and the BenGay, Honey and I've learned to love the smell of menthol! 👃😊 It's the little things in Life, y'all! 

I'm sharing a birthday card today for a high school classmate girlfriend. She loves to post sumptuous and calorie-laden dessert recipes on Facebook. I think I gain a pound just looking at them, so this is my way of getting her back! 😘😝😘  I've used The Paper Shelter's gorgeous precolored digital images on both the front and back, so no hand coloring from me this time. I began with a green Chatterbox card base, some very old 12x12 MAMBI gingham check scrapbooking borders, some black n white check ribbon from my stash, my printed image cut with Spellbinders 6x6 Art Deco Fairmont label dies, and then an MFT hand-stamped sentiment cut with a Lawn Fawn banner die on white Springhill digital card.

   

I used SplitCoastStampers sketch SC444 for my layout, resizing it to 6X6 and then turning it 90 degrees counter-clockwise. The circle is in the image as well as multiple horizontal bands. I first tried to put my black and white gingham check ribbon exactly like the sketch has (layers #2,3,4), but it looked weird and bunched up so I spaced them out more and it looked better to me. All sketch elements are there!

Here is a close-up hopefully showing you all the Stickles glitter gel accent work I did. I used several different colors of Ice/Distress/Regular Stickles: Clear Rock Candy, Aged Mahogany, Coffee Ice, Cinnamon, Cotton Candy and Baby Blue. I did not think it would much matter, but went ahead with it, and boy am I glad I did. The photos don't do it justice. It really makes those desserts pop in real life! 

On the inside of the card, I've used Colorbok Carnival collection 6x6 paper to make mats cut with the Spellbinders label dies. Then I hand-stamped some Hero Arts sentiments.

Here's a back that's as pretty as the front, thanks to another gorgeous TPS digital image and lucky paper choices. I've matted with more Colorbok paper layers and then added a hand-stamped Kaiserkraft siggie (which has fast become my new favorite to use!). Don't those papers go perfectly with that image? 💓

Let's all have some looks at the desserts, shall we? LOL I want YOU to gain a pound too! 😎😍😎

And a final view. I thank you for visiting and hope the rest of your weekend is tasty and sweet! Until next time, stay well and craft on! XOX

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

1.   The Paper Shelter Challenge #478: Girly -- #1/3  I used the precoloured versions of  Pastry Chef on front and Berry Delight on back.

2.   Double D Challenge: Summer Gingham -- #1/3  I've used rosy colored gingham check on the card base and black n white gingham check ribbon.

3.   AllSorts Week 633/4: Feminine/For a Lady -- #1/3

4.   My Time to Craft #461: Ribbon and/or Bows -- #1/3 I've 3 rows of black and white check ribbon underneath focal image.

5.   Outlawz Twisted Thursdays 7/15-7/28: AG only -- #1/2 Twist not played

6.   CD Sunday Plus #65: AG w/USB, CD or Digital Image -- #1/3 I've used digital precolored images from The Paper Shelter--Pastry Chef on front and Berry Delight on back of card.

7.   Scrapping4Fun #196: Happy Birthday! -- #2/3 

8.   Creative Sketchy Girls #61: Ribbon/Rope/Lace -- I've used ribbon

9.   More Mixed Media July: AG + Opt. Pastels -- Option played!

10. ABMTTC #143: AAG

11. ABMTTC Xtra: July AAG

12. MAWTT #132: Cool It Down -- #2/3  

13. Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies July -- 

14. Classic Design Challenge #7 July 2021: AAG

15. APTS #7 July 2021: Craft Your Favorite Holiday/Celebration -- #2/8

16. 613 Avenue Create #7 July 2021: AG Only -- #2/8

17. Let's Craft and Create #173: AG + Opt. Punch/Die -- #1/3 Dies Used: Spellbinders 6x6 Art Deco Fairmont Label dies and Lawn Fawn Banner die

18. Daisy Chain Challenge #54: Use Dies and/or Stencils -- Dies Used: Spellbinders 6x6 Art Deco Fairmont Label dies and Lawn Fawn Banner die   

19. SplitCoastStampers Sketch SC444 Challenge