I made this card for this week's featured stamper who is Barb (Amisjag). I had so much fun going through Barb's gallery, but it was this card that got my immediate attention: IC654 Me and My Crayons by Amisjag at Splitcoaststampers. It has crayons on it - hello! I still love crayons! However, I also loved the bold black/white design with the color of the crayons. Well, I need a lot of birthday cards for January so I decided to substitute candles for crayons. I am also entering this card into this week's CAS challenge with the theme of "Memories of the Past." Fun! So, I did good ole stamping using no stamping aligners at all (this is harder than I remember it being to do). I did use my cricut which I did not have 25 years ago and I used a circle die and did partial die cutting to get the lacy edge (again, we did not have dies 25 years ago). I very carefully added gold stickles to the candle flames so they are really sparkly and I did do this 25 years ago. Barb, your gallery is really beautiful and I am glad I know of your work now. I want to thank you for the wonderful inspiration because you helped me jump-start my birthday card making for January. Happy New Year everyone! ~Karen.
Date: Monday, December 31, 2018 GMT Views: 1054
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Mon, Jan 07, 2019 @ 5:53 PM
Your stickles flames look amazing. So well done. I just love the lacey effect against the black.....This is so elegant looking! Love all the different patterned candles too. Wonderful case of Barb's card, Karen. Another wonderful design to add to your gallery!