Cat Lovers Birthday Cards

Hello

We all share our lives with someone who loves cats, so here are a few cat themed birthday cards.

This cat is from a stamp set called Spring Fling, by Clear Impressions.

The Happy Birthday die is from Karen Burniston.

The card on the left uses  gum tree and grass dies from Paper Roses, and the cat die is from  Kaisercraft.

The stamp featured on the third card is called Blue's Look Out, and is by Indigoblue. The background for this card is created by swiping on Distress Oxide inks.

Enjoy your day
Till next time
be happy
BaRb

Christmas Pivot Cards

Good morning

These cards are created using the Evergreen Tree pivot card die, by Karen Burniston and Elizabeth Craft

The inside and outer surfaces are covered with paper from Kaszazz.

The hilly edge die is from Karen Burniston, and the deer and peace dove dies are from IO

A panel has been added to the back of the card for a message.

Paper on the inside of this card is from Stampin'up. Sentiment and foliage dies used are from Tim Holtz.

These cards are a little fiddly to make, but the end result is well worth it.

Enjoy

Till next time

be happy

BaRb

Night in Bethlehem - Stampin'up

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Stampin'up  Night in Bethlehem stamps and dies were used for these cards.

The upper section of the blue card base was stamped with the stars image using gold encore ink. The village was stamped with  light and dark grey archival ink on to white card. The background was shaded with distress inks then die cut into a circle and fixed to a larger circle cut from gold foil card. Sand coloured card was die cut with Karen Burniston stitched edges, and layered to the card base with the stamped image tucked between layers. Mary and Joseph were stamped in black archival on to white card, die cut and added. The stamped, punched label was added over a strip of ribbon and a rhinestone added to the large star. Stickles was used to highlight the sandy hills.

The blue background is stamped with stars using silver encore ink. The city is die cut from sand coloured card and glitter paper added behind the windows. A strip of glitter tape was added across the lower card front, a white die cut oval taped above this and the village mounted on top. A stamped punched label was framed with a glitter label and a large star die cut from glitter card was added, with blue rhinestones added to finish.

A traditional Christmas

Till next time

be happy

 BaRb