Good morning,
Sharing another January Birthday card…
Although I am making more complicated or embellished cards, my comfort zone has always been CAS cards so when I saw a sketch from Cas(e) this Sketch, I had to make it and I had just the new die that I bought during one of the Holiday sales that was perfect to use!
The card just looked so unhappy with a plain background, and I don’t have a suitable embossing folder that was large enough to fit the paper. And then I remembered my crimping tool from Fiskars! Do any of you remember or still have yours? I think they were all the rage when I first started paper crafting. Anyway, I still have mine because it comes in handy now and again.
I decided to use it as the backdrop for the candles. I think it really brought the card up a couple levels.
I wanted to add some sparkle and used some gems I had in my stash that I colored with a yellow alcohol marker. Perfect and soooo cute!
This is probably one of my favorite cards I’ve made!
Sketch Used
Card size: 5.50 x 8.50
Supplies
- Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and scrap bin
- Crimping tool from Fiskars
- Design Paper from my scrap bin
- Die from Sizzix (Birthday Candles)
- Gems from my Stash
- Ink from Tsukineko
- Punch from Stampin up! (Pick a banner)
- Sentiment from Unity Stamps (Hugs, Kisses and Birthday wishes)
- Sketch from Cas(e) this sketch #258
((Hugs)) Cara
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Fantastic card! Simple in design, but that crimping tool turned it into a masterpiece. Love the patterned paper candles and cute sentiment banner die. Thanks for sharing at A Cut Above's February, "Anything Goes With A Die Cut" Challenge.
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What a fabulous card. I don't use my crimping tool enough, and it packs such a punch. Thanks for the inspiration. Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks for playing along with us over at A Cut Above, I hope we see you back again soon.
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Fun card! Thanks for joining us at A Cut Above!
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