2 Birthdays

Today is Grandparents day at school so my in laws have the kids all day. I have one of those rare opportunities to just loose myself in my art and not worry about what time it is. Heaven! So I decided to do something different and not work with a sketch (every once in a while I do that to remind myself how awful I am without one!). I colored totally with Prismacolor pencils….no Copics today. And this card had all the right components for the topic I wanted to do for next Tuesday’s Tips n Tricks so I worked on that too. I actually made 2 of this card because my MIL and my aunt have birthdays next week and have similar tastes. So 4 hours later……here I am finally posting this.


Pretty simple card here (why did it take 4 hours?). I just sponged Soft Sky in the sky area with a little Cool Caribbean the corners. Then I sponged Certainly Celery on the grass with Old Olive around all 4 sides of the grass area for shadow. I attached all the pieces. It still needed a little something so I punched out those corner pieces of Pink Pirouette cardstock and stamped over them with Pretty in Pink.

When I was done I noticed that the two pink corner pieces and the pink balloon formed a triangle with the cake right in the middle. Kind of a visual trick to make sure your eye went to the cake. I like that!

And for some exciting news……I just received my confirmation that I’ll be going to Michelle Zindorf’s beginning and advanced brayer workshops here in Missouri in August. I can’t wait!!!!!


Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Balloons, High Hopes Rock Wall, Voila, Background Sampler
Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Pirouette Pink
Ink: Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils and Goo Gone, Candlelight Shimmerz (on the flame), Photo Corners punch

Enjoy!
Michelle B.
“Queen of the Scene”