Birthday tulips and a Halloween witch...

 

I had this pretty tulip-patterned DSP in my stash and wanted to use it. It was a busy pattern so I decided to tone it down a bit by using a modern oval die-cut in the center of it.

I pulled out my tulip bouquet dies, but before doing any die-cutting, I decided to ink up a scrap of white cardstock. I only needed a small piece to cut the blossoms; the stems and leaves were cut out of green cardstock.

I pulled out some red and pink inks and, using a blending brush, I brushed them onto the white scrap in a random way. When it was covered with ink, I let it dry for a few minutes and then cut out my flower heads.

I glued them onto the stems and added my bouquet to the white oval, popping up the flower heads.

This particular die has a bow shape at the point where the stems meet. I simply cut that off and then added the die-cut "happy birthday" banner (also popped up).

The flowers got a finishing touch with some Wink of Stella, which I think is evident in the photos.

This is the sentiment I stamped on the inside.

I love using this witch die for Halloween cards because she looks so sassy. I created a bookbinding card base. This A2 cardbase is folded on the left side with the first 1 1/4" of the front glued to the back. You can see in the photo where I scored the front 1 1/4" from the left to allow the card to open easily. 

That lefthand 1 1/4", decorated with a strip of polka-dot DSP and some ribbon, is the "binding" part of the card. If this seems a little confusing, you can watch a video tutorial here.

I cut a 4" square of some orange dotted DSP and matted it with some black cardstock. 

The sentiment was printed with my computer and also matted with some black cardstock. I popped it up with some foam tape.

The die-cut witch was glued directly to the DSP.

The inside sentiment was also printed with my computer. I added a sticker banner across the top and a die-cut witch's hat in the bottom righthand corner.

I made some other Halloween cards featuring Halloween jokes, and I'll share them in my next post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl