Party Poopers Birthday Card adn a Fishy Envelope

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card to show you.

Recently a mom in a group I'm in on Facebook

posted that he twins are turning 6 yrs old and that they

love opening mail.  She asked if anyone would be

willing to send them cards for their birthday, just so they

would have them to open from the mail.

Being a card maker, I was happy to help out.

This is the card I made for her little guy.

The background piece was made with alcohol inks 

on Yupo paper.

I thought it was a great background for a celebration.

The dogs are Party Poopers

I stamped the image with 

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

and colored them with colored pencils.

I fussy cut the image and adhered it to the background

with foam tape to give it a little dimension.

I stamped the Celebrate with an alpha stamp set

from my stash, I have no idea what company they are from.

I then fussy cut around it to make a banner shape.

The whole thing was then adhered to a white card base.

Inside I simply stamped "Happy Birthday"

I made the envelope with my

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

and decided to decorate it.

I stamped the fish onto the envelope, then stamped them 

onto scrap paper and fussy cut them to make a mask.

I put the mask over the fish (Sm Fat Fish & Lg Fat Fish)

and used Distress Inks to 

apply the 'water' to the envelope.

After taking the masks off the fish I colored them with 

colored pencils.

I covered the colored areas with 

Distress Micro Glaze 

which is a glaze that makes it water resistant, 

so the inks and coloring won't be ruined if they get wet.

I think the little guy will get a kick out of receiving 

this in the mail.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

I hope you have enjoyed it here at

Kristie Kreates 

and will come again soon.

Next up, the card I made for the other twin.

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Challenge Swap

Hello crafting friends!

I have a group of friends that have a facebook group,

all of us are crafters that have mostly met online.

We decided to do a challenge swap and I'm loving it.

Our first theme was cats and/or dogs.

I made this bookmark for my friend Lisa.
I used backgrounds from my stash of handmades 

for the yellow base piece as well as the mat around 

the image of the cat.
The cat was stamped onto white card stock and colored

with colored pencils.

The glass lenses were first covered with 

Wink of Stella and then with 

Glossy Accents

This is the little card I included with the bookmark when
I sent it.

This was stamped with Black Onyx VersaFine ink

and colored with colored pencils and Distress Inks.

Our next challenge theme is "Friendship"

I will post a picture of what I made for that swap,

after the recipient receives it.

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way.

Have you ever participated in a crafting challenge

and/or swap?

Until next time, challenge yourself in some way.