Birthday Cards made Easy

Hello again everyone!! It's me Tera here with another fun tutorial.
Today I am going to share this cute but simple card that I created for my cousin for her 13th Birthday! I know you wouldn't normally think Dragons for a girl, but Kenzi is extra awesome and sort of a tom-boy so I think she's like it, and this stamp is so adorable it can be used for boys or girls!!

Supplies Used:
VLVS:

Dragon on Egg 2 1/2 x 3

PanPastel in dark Blue
StazOn ink in Black
Adhesive
scissors
cardstock (black, green, White)
K &Co Adhesive Chipboard
Embossing folder (not sure of name)

To start, I took my roll of masking tape and traces two connecting circles to make the base of the card. then i trace 1 more circle that was separate.

after you cut your circles out (making sure you don't cut apart your connecting ones...see photo) fold your connecting circles in half. then fold the top part/circle of your card in half so that the circle touches the center fold line (this is the popped up part of your card)

next glue the extra circle to the bottom 1/2 of your folded circle on the front. Next take your PanPASTELS and color the edges

I then cut out a contrasting black circle which was slightly smaller and embossed it using an embossing folder that looked like dragon scales to me. After doing this I adhered it you the new front of the card

I stamped my dragon on white card stock, then colored using markers before cutting it out and gluing it to the front of the card

to finish everything off I added the chipboard stickers to help prop the card open and add a little extra visual interest

 Below you can see it from a few different angles : )

 

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You're no longer the man I met on the internet!

Hello again! Since Valentine’s Day is almost here, I thought I would make a fun card for all the people who are not looking forward to it. I am sure that most people can relate or know someone in the situation where their dream date turned out to be a dud in person, or not so great once you really got to know them. Anyway, because so many people are finding love on the internet by chatting on social networking websites like Facebook or sites like Match.com, I thought that this stamp was especially funny, and I just had to use it in a project this month!

Click here to see this stamp in the Viva Las Vegastamps! online store.

I made this card using a black A2 sized card. For the background, I chose a pattern that made me think of a comic book. I thought this pattern looked like the colored pixels you see when you look very closely at a picture in a magazine or newspaper. I colored my stamped image with Copic markers and then I assembled the card as you see in the photo. I put the matted stamped image on pop dots to be sure that it would stand out against the busy, but appropriate, background paper.

Be sure to keep coming back to the Viva Las Vegastamps! blog for more great ideas for their fun stamps. If you want to see my other Viva Las Vegastamps! projects, feel free to visit my blog at Create & Craft. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Thanks for stopping by!

A couple of kiddos and some clouds..

The VLVS! DT has the pleasure of working with some Creative Paperclay® this month (Available @ VLVS! HERE) and I chose to turn mine into clouds! But first.. I had to start out with a VLVS! Stamp..

I picked this stamp:

Boy & Girl with Bike 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 - $12.50

It's so sweet and gentle! Then I grabbed my Memento Tuxedo black ink, my VLVS! Ultra High Gloss Embossing Powder.. and some gorgeous BoBunny patterned paper. I'm also a huge fan of recycling.. so I pulled out some packaging cardboard to my card base and some corrugated cardboard to make my stamp stand out. I stamped the image, doused in powder and heated. Then I cut to size all my pieces.. did a little distressing.. both with scissors and vintage photo distress ink. I got out my Miracle tape and began setting things in place!

I shaped my Creative PaperClay® and let dry.. then I went over it with Picket Fence distress stain.. sponged it with vintage photo distress ink and ran the stamp pad along the edges!! Last.. I adorned my card with a piece of vintage lace, some cream colored pearls, a butterfly wing and a tim holtz charm and my handmade clouds!

 a closeup of the clouds:

 and the stamp:

As a final step to make things "flow" I went arond some extra edges with distress stain in picket fence. Love the effect :D

-DeeDee