Birthday card featuring a loon (digital) with a handpainted background

 I am making up a few cards for a friend who needs some for family birthdays!!  For this one, I trimmed the loon (CLKER) with a font greeting out of the sheet after it was laser printed.  I created the backgound using a piece I had prepared with Colourbox pigment inks a while back and added watercolour to it to create the landscape I wanted for my loon.  Next, I watercoloured my loon to reflect my background.  I added a black layer to my loon and adhered my background to a black card.  I added the loon to my card front using 3D foam tape and then added faux stitching to both of my elements with a fine tipped black Sharpie.  Really like how it worked out!!         Therese

All Occasion cards featuring cute little frong and elephants, ribbon and fun backgrounds

 The first card features a cute little frog.   I trimmed it close and added black dashes all the way around using a fine tip Sharpie. I trimmed a piece of coordinating decorative paper into a tag shape, added a black circle punchie which I punched with a hole punch.  I trimmed the bottom edge with a border punch (MS).  I trimmed a piece of coordinating decorative paper for my background.  I added the tag with the ribbon and secured the ends to the back with double sided tape.  I tied back on the trimmed end to simulate a bow on the front.  I added this large element to my coordinating card and then mounted my little frog on the tag over the ribbon using 3D foam tape.  

The second card features digital image of little elephants with balloons (Pixabay).  I paper pierced the four edges and layered them with a pale yellow like the balloons.   I embossed this elegant flourish (CB) in gray and mounted the image in the embossed rectangular opening!!  I mounted this large element to a pale yellow card!!  

Therese