This is my card for my great-niece's 8th birthday. The main image is a an adorable topper from Lili of the Valley UK which may be retired as I cannot find it on their website. I added Kindyglitz Crystalina glitter glue to the ribbon around the cake, the candle flames, the cheeks on the teddies plus all the confetti - not that you can see the glitter very well in the photo due to the gloomy winter weather we have been having where I live in Australia.
The pink banner with white hearts is a La-La Land Heart Banner die which has four flags but I cut one off because it fitted around my main panel better. I added Kindyglitz to the white hearts and added a Kaisercraft SB701 pink rhinestone to each end of the banner and popped the banner up on dimensionals so it would be the same height as the main image panel.
The pink cardstock is by Coredinations and is from the Gemstones range - Pink Diamond - and has a lovely metallic sheen.
For the bottom panel, I diecut the pink cardstock using a Nellie Snellen Lace Edge border die MFD023 and my Big Shot. I added a Scor-Pal line above this border so I had a nice straight edge to butt the designer paper up against. The pink ribbon was added in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made with my Bow Easy. I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.
The sentiment was stamped using Memento London Fog (grey) dye ink which looked 'softer' than stamping it in black and I think, looks nicer with the image. I added 3 pink Kaiser rhinestones underneath the sentiment then popped this panel up on dimensionals. I think this sentiment may also be retired as I cannot find it on the LOTV website.
All the borders were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.
Finished size is 5-1/2" square or approximately 140mm if you are metric.
Registered: July 28, 2008 Location: Cary, North Carolina Posts: 8728
Mon, Jun 24, 2013 @ 4:26 PM
This is a wonderful way to brighten up a gloomy day, Jocelyn! Love all that pink and those adorable teddy bears! It's sure to be a big hit with your great niece!