Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Happy Birthday To The Daggs

Hi friends! I have some fun things to share with you today.  Along with an amazing release for Kindred Stamps, my best friends are celebrating their birthdays.

I, of course, had to take the stamps for this release, to make a birthday card for Molly! She is the best friend a girl could ask for and I appreciate her beyond words. For her card, I chose to use the new "Bears with Feelings" set that is being released on Friday with Kindred Stamps. 


 I chose colors and belly images to represent BFF Bear and Tenderheart from the iconic Care Bears! To color each of the bears,  I pulled out all the markers I had in the colors the bears are. I did a lot of layering with the colors and it took a few passes of the marker to get them just right.

For the bellies, I did a little shading with light greys to add to the depth, then I colored the symbols. I finished with clear Wink of Stella to make the Bears with Feelings sparkle!



 My background is some retired Stampin' Up DSP covered by an awesome Clarity Cloud Stencil and BoBunny glitter paste to add depth and create the fun glittery clouds. It's definitely not perfect, but I have never done any sort of layering with the glitter paste. It was a mess (that I just remembered I still need to clean up! Oops!) but I love how it turned out and it was so much fun!

 Next, I took a cloud from a retired CTMH set and stamped one of the building your own sentiments from the Bears with Feelings set. I used a Distress Oxide stamp set, then I took my silver Wink of Stella and outlined the cloud to make it not such a stark comparison to the glitter clouds.  The silver stars are from a previous Stampin' Up My Paper Pumpkin kit.  I tend to be a bit of a hoarder of kits, I rarely build the cards or projects, and save the wonderful bits to use in projects later on.

I finished the card off with some fun DoubleClick Skittles probably my favorite embellishment if we are being honest! I echoed the glitter paste colors and added a yellow in there just for fun!


I hope you enjoy this card as much as I loved making it for my BFF's b-day! Happy birthday sweet Molly, I can't wait to celebrate many more with you!



The next card I had to make was for Molly's awesome hubby, Evan. I knew for weeks I wanted to use the "Time Traveler" for him as he enjoys Dr. Who!

I had so much fun creating a watercolor background. It was my first attempt, but definitely not my last at the popular Galaxy Watercolor Background that people are loving... I blame Suzanne Babb-Moore for my obsessions, for weeks she's been posting these wonderful creations.

I finally signed up for the class shes's taken myself so I can learn how to make my backgrounds look like the night sky, but I didn't have time to work on the lessons before I needed to make the card so this is my starting point of my journey!

The Weeping Angels, if you don't know the story, can only move if they're not being watched. Hence the "don't blink" part of the sentiment.  I colored her with Copics and some old Stampin' Up Blendabilities to create two different yet similar shades of grey.

The Dr, I chose to fashion after the 11th Dr with his cool fez and bowtie. He is colored entirely with copics, I used a glue dot to place his bowtie and the sonic screwdriver.

The ever amazing Tardis also was colored using Copics. Again all 3 awesome images were blended and shaded a ton. I tried to make sure they all had the "light" shining down on them the same way.



The finished card makes me giddy! I think it may be one of my best cards yet, not to toot my horn too loudly! Watching Evan's face as he saw it was awesome. 

I don't often manage to make birthday cards for those I love, but I was so glad I was able to for them. They're some of the best people I know and I am blessed to have them in my life.

So... now that I'm done being sappy... If YOU need some of these amazing stamps, go grab them at Kindred Stamps and use my coupon code "RWinn10" for 10% one purchase!

Wanna see what the rest of our awesome Kindred Stamps Design Team made with the other stamps releasing this month? Follow along our blog hop! By visiting all of the links below, and commenting on their post you'll be eligible to win the stamp set of your choice* at Kindred Stamps! Remember, you must comment on all the posts. *The stamp set of your choice can be from any previous release, including this one, and is limited to a value of $15.99. 


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Good luck!
~R. Winn





64 comments:

  1. These two cards are fantastic. Great job on the galaxy background, I like how you can still see much of the color and not so much black. I've seen so many videos and posts I need to take the plunge and try it.

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  2. You did such a great job on both of the cards!

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  3. I adore that watercolor background, so pretty! This may be my next project. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. Love those bears. They are awesome.

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  5. Super cool cards! I love that Kindred Stamps does pop culture.... Epic!

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    1. Thank you! I do too! No boring flowers for me give me bears and Tardis all day!

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  6. Love these two cards. The Care Bears are my favorite!

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  7. They are both super cute! The Care Bear is my favorite though.

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  8. Fun cards! I love glitter and Care Bears, but the Dr. Who card is my favorite. I'd say that background is pretty fab for someone who hasn't worked much on the class for night-sky backgrounds!

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  9. I love the bears. Your card is awesome. I am not a big Dr. Who fan, but my daughter is.

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  10. So excited to play with the new stamps! Brings back childhood memories...gets me in the feels ❤

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  11. Blast from the past ...class!!
    Jude

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  12. These are going to be a quick favorite!

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  13. I love the Care Bears - they are adorable! Your cards are terrific... such a good idea to use sparkles with these little cuties!

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    1. Thank you Marie!! All the glitter, all the time for me! ;)

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  14. Two cute cards -- I like that glittery cloud background on your Care Bears one.

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  15. Very cute cards Rachel! I love the glitter background! :D

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  16. So cute! Love the doctor who sentiment on the card! And the background on both cards is awesome!

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    1. Thank you! It's so fun to do something different!

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  17. Care Bears! Doctor Who! LOVE!!!

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  18. Love the Care Bears brings back childhood memories

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  19. Love! I need to get both those sets!!!!

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  20. WOW! I love these two cards! I have learned so much from you and your willingness to share you work. Thank You so much!!

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  21. Love the cards! My son thought Care Bears were great when he was little. Now, he's into Dr. Who, so I love that set because of him. :)

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  22. Fantastic! I have the Time Traveler set and now I'll have no choice but to get the bears! Your galaxy background turned out great!

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  23. I love the bears with feelings card! Excellent job, I love the background.

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  24. I love your cards. They both are beautiful. Great job on the watercolor background. Beautiful.
    Rachel Peacock

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  25. Eeeeeeeeek! The Care Bears were my FAVORITES growing up (and now, of course) so I absolutely adore the "Bears With Feelings" set!!!! Doctor Who is one of my favorite shows and I still can't get over how super-cool the "Time Traveler" set is! Your cards ROCK!! Love, love, LOVE them!

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  26. These are great cards !! The bears are so adorable !!

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  27. Love the layering with the glimmer paste!

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  28. Oh my goodness too cute! I'm having childhood flashbacks!

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