World Card Making Day with a Baby Card

Hello everybody:

 Happy World Card Making Day!!!

did you know that every 1st Saturday of the month of October,
the world celebrates card making day? 

I am definitely doing it 
and In BIG!!!

I am posting (at the same time) FIVE DIFFERENT cards 

in ALL the blogs that I contribute to...

here it is the card for this blog...

a baby one

pin it:

I used a stamp from a very nice company called

"Serendipity" Stamps and colored the carriage with copics

Here it is a close-up of the banners

So TODAY 

I am sharing at the same time 5 different  cards

this one right here at my blog...

a 2 versions of a card at 

The French blog for Memory Box:

"un brin de créativité" 

 a masculine card at

The spanish blog for Memory box: 

"A crear se dijo!"

a fall stencil card at

The english blog for Memory Box: 

"Outside the Box" (PM post)

a Vintage tag/card at 
Lost Coasters Review Blog

 

and participating as well 

at the "World Card Making Day" site 

ta-dah!!!!

want to see what I did last year? 

click on "Celebrating WCMD"

Thanks for the visit 

and make 1 card, or 2, or 3 ... :)

to celebrate TODAY

this wonderful hobby 

of handmade cards

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Easel Golf Bag Card for the Guys!!!

Hello Dear Stamper Friends;

First of all, I want to give a HUGE THANKS to all those people that have left me such amazing comments in my last post...

I guess that Golden Gate Triangular Diorama was a Hit!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!

Father's day is approaching rapidly and I want to  share with you this easel card that I did using some "Serendipity" stamps, a variety of "Memory Box", "Spellbinders" and "My Favorite Things" dies.

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I love this Golf bag stamp which I colored it with some "Copic" markers and I used several dies from different companies...the golf balls were embossed

"Copics" used:

To make an Easel Card:
1- fold the front panel in half of an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") card
2- add a single A2 panel and fix it to the front flap as shown in the pictures...



View from the left..

Ok I hope I could give you some ideas to start making cards for those "Guys" in your life...
Thanks for stopping by,

BTW; this card won a price at serendipity challenge # 11 for the Guys theme...

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Background Card For Mom

Hello Dear Stamper Friends:
Today I would like to talk about Backgrounds....
I made this card to showcase a background...using some "Serendipity" stamps for a Mother's day card

If you liked this card, share it on your "Pinterest" boards:

First I started by sponging randomly some ink colors all over a sheet of card stock using a self made "corner mask",
I used the "stipple technique", which consist in inking some brushes and pouncing on the paper...
then I chose several stamps and I simply stamped repeatedly with different color inks to create a background.... One sheet can be use in several different projects

I embellished the card using some "My Favorite Things" dies and I mounted my background in a "Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8" .
The sentiment was gold embossed in Parchment, in order not to cover the background

There are lots of fun techniques that you can use to make striking backgrounds and these are not only used in cards but can be used for your scrapbook pages...

I have several sample cards cards using different background techniques...

For instance,
Background #1: I colored my base with different color Stains , then I sponged it with some inks and added some mist sprays and I finally stamped several images...
Background #2: I used the "Rock and Roll" technique in this one

Bckgd #1

Bckgd #2

Background # 3: the "Emboss Resist" technique was used in this one...
Background #4: I used an inked embossing folder to create a 2 tone effect...

Bckgd #3

Bckgd #4

CLICK on each of the highlighted "Background #..." words  to see the completed project...

and If you want to see other cards using backgrounds techniques click HERE to see the entire posts...

These are just a few samples on backgrounds, ... I hope you will give it a try as well...

and If you are in the area check my upcoming classes, on the side bar; these classes focus on Backgrounds and Techniques...so hopefully I will see you there

Thanks for stopping by, have a safe day and  keep in touch...

BTW: I won 1st place with this card at Serendipity Challenge #10 with a  Background theme...

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