Happy 40th birthday

Some time ago a friend of mine asked me if I could make a card for his co-worker. And he had some additional requests as well: he wanted me to use an image that would look like his co-worker (if possible), write the number "40", use some tulips and also use an image of the cake somewhere on the card. I wasn't sure if I could fulfill his requests (especially the one about the image looking like his friend), but I knew I wanted to try and do my best. It was definitely a challenge. 

I was most worried about finding the perfect image, but when I saw the photo of the birthday lady I knew I have the perfect image for the card. Later he told me that when the lady received the card her first words were "oh, that's me". :D So, score!

Here's the card I made...

The image I used is from Santoro. I coloured it to look like the birthday lady. :) Since this card was made some time ago I can't remember which image (from what company) I used for the cake. Sorry! I did the colouring wih pencils.

The gorgeous papers are from K&Co. I embellished the card with pearls and some gorgeous flowers from I am roses and from my stash.

So much for today. Have a lovely day! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper

Simon says stamp (Wednesday challenge): Happy birthday

Cardz TV: Anything goes

I am roses: Anything goes

Creative fingers: Anything goes

Allsorts: Anything goes (optional: monochromatic)

Cute card Thusday: Anything goes

Have fun today

Hello everybody! How are you doing? Good, I hope. We've been having rainy days here and I used those to go through my craft stash and do some "spring cleaning". I'm nowhere done yet, but at least I started. I've found quite a lot of things I forgot I had. *ooops* And I also found several stamped images that I never colured. Not sure why not. Hmmm... Well, I'm determined to colour those in the following weeks (months).

The first image from that pile I coloured is the one I used on the card I am about to show you. It's an adorable House Mouse image that is perfect for when you are making a birthday card.

I coloured the image with pencils and then used wink of Stella on the candles.

I'm determined to "shop in my stash" and use some of my old(er) craft supplies before I go crazy and order a whole lot of the new ones. For this card I've used some of the pretty K&Co papers that I've had in my stash since forever. I even used one of the stickers that came with the paper pad for the sentiment. Over the word "fun" I went with Wink of Stella, but unfortunately it's impossible to see the shimmer in the photos. It's very sparkly otherwise.

I embellished the card with some pearls, crystals and a paper doily.

So much from me today. I wish you a wonderful weekend! xx

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Craftyhazelnuts' patterned paper challenge: Use patterned paper
House mouse and friends: Anything goes (option: happy together)
Your next stamp: Lots of layers
Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes
Cardz TV: Anything goes
The creative crafters: Anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie stamps: Multiple layers