Mice Birthday Card by Amanda Wilcox

Time to Celebrate!

Need an idea for a fun birthday card? Today we are sharing an adorable birthday greeting created by Amanda that is sure to inspire! 

To create this card Amanda combines images and sentiments from our Birthday Mice and Birthday Roundabout Stamp Sets. 

Note: Our Birthday Mice Stamp Set is part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like this design, make sure you get it while you can. Find this set and see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category! 

Amanda colored those cute mice with the cupcake from the Birthday Mice Stamp Set in bright pastels and added glitter to their birthday hats and the candle flame for a fun bit of sparkle!

For the background she embossed the big birthday circle from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set in white onto watercolor paper. Then she added fun splotches of blue, yellow and orange inks over the whole background, matching the colors of the cupcake. She tore the bottom edge of the paper and added more blue ink along the bottom along the tear. Then she added a yellow border below the torn edge using the wave from our Sea Borders Die Set. 

For the sentiment she embossed "Time to Celebrate" from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.

We love this fun and colorful birthday card and hope you are inspired to get some inks out and create fun and colorful backgrounds!

See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Rainbow Coffee Card by Samantha Mann

A Rainbow of Coffees 

If you can't decide what colors to use on your card, why not try the whole rainbow? Samantha created this beautiful card with a rainbow of colors and a coffee theme featuring our Coffee Delights Stamp Set and Mugs Stencil.

For the beautiful mug background she inked the coffee mugs on our Mugs Stencil with a rainbow of distress inks. Then she removed the stencil and inked the same colors over the top of the stenciled image, using a very light pressure so she didn't cover the stenciled images completely. Once the stenciling was complete, she addd water splatters and paint splatters to add texture to the background panel. 

Next, she colored the row of cups from our Coffee Delights Die Set in a rainbow of colors using watercolor markers. So gorgeous! She cut the image out and then cut another another layer behind it, hand cutting it from vellum to give it an extra shadow. 

Last, she embossed the sentiments in white on black cardstock and added them above and below her image. 

We hope card by Samantha today inspired you to use a whole rainbow of colors on your next creation! 

To say hello to Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!