Another Happy Birthday card

Happy Monday!!!! And what a wonderful Monday it is!! Well, it's rainy & miserable here, but I had a FAB morning helping out at the school library!! I am SUCH a geek ~~ I am happiest when I'm helping out at school ~~ whether it be cutting & gluing for the teacher, shelving books for the librarian, or yes ~~~ even helping out with the food service in the cafeteria. This is the first year I've been able to give my time (now that both boys are in school) & I am loving it!!

Last night I played some more with the new High Hopes images. Too bad this card doesn't have brads, or I could have used it for yesterday's challenge! I could have been an overachiever, with 2 cards posted!!! LOL!!


For this card I used Warm Wishes, along with an older sentiment. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper, then colored it with my new Peerless watercolors. I'm getting there with these colors, & I *am* using my waterbrush, just without the water inside. I prefer to dip my brush into a small jar of water ~~ I'm sure it's an operator problem but I still get too much water on my brush. Yes, Anna, I'm swiping the brush on the back of my hand like you showed me :) But the water keeps coming as I'm swiping, lol!

So....the cake is stamped twice, cut out & popped up. I do like dimension! I added Stickles to the flowers on the cake, & to the dragon's fire. I used Bazzill Bling paper, along with Basic Grey Sugared. I ran a piece of the BG paper through my Cuttlebug using......say it with me......THE SWISS DOTS FOLDER!!! I do use my other folders, honest! I just happen to show the dots folder a little more love than the others. For the ribbon, I used a technique I learned on SCS ~~ in fact, it was my very first technique challenge I participated in. It's called frayed ribbon, & you basically just cut the little ends from your ribbon, & take out the insides. Gather all the pieces & tie a knot around them, then attach to your card like you would any ribbon. I tried to find the actual tutorial on SCS but can't find it on the Resource page. Guess I'm the only one that still uses it, lol!!


I hope you all are enjoying the new releases as much as I am!! I have many more to play with, but sadly they will have to wait until tomorrow. My house has been neglected all weekend, & as long as the kids are at school & it's raining out, I may as well use my time domestically & do some cleaning :) Have a wonderful day!

And PS ~~ yes, there is a picture of me on my blog now!!! They wanted one for the High Hopes blog, so I broke down & had my son take oh.....I don't know....50 or so? LOL ~~ sadly, this was the best of the bunch!! Can you say middle-aged frumpy housewife mom?