birthday wishes

 hello stampers!

I'm playing along today with the lovely people at cas colours and sketches #456 where they have a sketch challenge.

I wanted to do a birthday card and found a great stamp to use for the sketch.

The image was stamped using Penny Black Grown with Love in memento tuxedo black and coloured with pencils, then die cut using a Paper Rose Stitched Rectangle die. The sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips was stamped in memento tuxedo black, edges inked in a cordinating green and popped up with tiny foam squares.

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grammar

 hello snarky stampers!

Joining in the challenge with the snarky sisters #203 J is for Judgemental

The background is distress oxide ink smooshed, dried then inked using Altenew Color Block Triangle stencil and a little curly stamp with matching distress oxide ink. The birds were stamped using Darkroom Door Garden Birds in memento tuxedo black. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk sticker. Washi tape was used for the edges and dots marked in. Lastly the panel was popped up on foam tape on a black card base.

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a note for you

 hello lovely stampers!

I've always wanted to go to Japan to see sakura - the cherry blossom trees in full bloom. From March to early May the cherry trees bloom from one end of the country to the other with a fleeting glimpse of swathes of beautiful blossoms on a backdrop of awe inspiring scenery. I will get there...one day!

The team at perfectlyCAS have as their theme this month: Flowers so I couldn't resist going with this image.

I die cut the mountain using Sizzix thinlits 664445 die set from an ink blended scrap of card. The cherry blossoms are stamped and die cut using Altenew Under the Cherry Blossom Tree sets with Altenew inks. I wanted "Mt Fuji" to form the backdrop with the flowers as the focus, so the blossoms are popped up on foam tape for dimension. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, stamped directly on the card front with the same ink colour.

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