AAA - Let's Celebrate!

Created a little something for AAA Birthday where the prompt was "let's celebrate".  

I choose to celebrate with a bunch of gifts . . . to include some of my favorite things, and maybe some of yours too (if you are the recipient).  

I love a creation that includes a rainbow of colors. 

I hope you find some time to create this weekend.

Cheers!

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Word Die, Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set and Yay Gifts Stamp Set and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Party Dress, Tutti Frutti, Lime Rickey, Aquatini Tiara and Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper: Lovely Lipstick Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Solar White Cardstock (Neenah); Poppin' Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Crater Lake Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs); White Glitter Foam (Queen & Company); Diamond Stickles (Ranger);

 

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 4

The challenge at AAA Birthday is pattern paper.  Holy moly, do I have pattern paper; I had to play along.  

So I created this shaker card using some festive pattern papers. My plan was to use the negative of the die to create the shaker with the shaker bits behind the window. 

And I managed to find some sequins to match!   And fit all those little pieces onto the acetate for the "open letters". 

And because I can't help but use my negative pieces, including the scraps of paper from the previous card, I had to create using the positive image of that Happy Birthday sentiment. 

This one is a little simpler . . . but all about the pattern paper. 

I hope you find some time to use your positive and negative dies!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday Shaker

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Die and Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight Ink (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs); Window Plastic (Judikins);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Supplies Used - Happy Birthday

Stamps and Dies:  Happy Birthday Stacked Die and Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Ink & Embossing:  Midnight (Catherine Pooler Inks);

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock and Poppin'  Patterned Paper (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Other: Soda Springs Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Taking the Positive with the Negative - Take 3

You know I love an opportunity to showcase positive and negative dies.  It's becoming a thing with me, and so here is my third post using it all!  This one is birthday themed.  

So let me first say that there is an element of stenciling on this one, best seen in the negative space, and it was the element that I was truly trying to capture in my original piece.  So let's cover the negative first.  This one was inspired by the prompt at AAA Birthday to use a stencil. 

I have the Spotlight Stencil from Catherine Pooler Designs that has this really cool circle bursts.  And then I have the Circle Window Die from Close To My Heart.  While I knew they weren't a match, I thought they would make an interesting pair.  So I created a water color piece using Ken Oliver Color Burst in Catherine Pooler ink colors.  I then stenciled with some white pigment ink to lighten within the stencil images, embossed using some Wow embossing glitter and then after heat setting, I used my die to get my circles. I love the result. 

A little sparkle and a little shine.  I love the boldness of the watercolor pieces here.  I used the matching Catherine Pooler Inks to color the candle . . . and of course, added some sequins. 

And so that positive piece, which in this case was the leftover piece for me.  Had to use it. You can still see the rich color and the stencil pieces which almost seem to highlight each circle.  I'm in love with this stencil and die together! 

For my sentiment spot, I connected two of the circles, and love the result there.

These colors just make me happy.  

I hope I've inspired you to look for options for all your negative and positive pieces.  Go create!  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Make a Wish

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello and Mardi Gras Ink (Catherine Pooler); White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

 

Supplies Used - Let's Celebrate

Stamps and Dies:  Birthday Joy Stamp Set and Multi-Circle Window Die (Close To My Heart);

Ink & Embossing:  Melon Ice Embossing Glitter and Embossing Pad (Wow); Limoncello and Mardi Gras Color Burst (Ken Oliver and Catherine Pooler); Midnight, Limoncello, Mardi Gras and Suede Shoes Ink (Catherine Pooler); Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic Markers; White Pigment Ink (Color Box);

Paper: Pineapple Punch Cardstock (Stampin' Up); Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs); Watercolor Paper (Canson);

Other: Diamond Stickles (Ranger); Spotlight Stencil and Big Apple Sequin Mix (Catherine Pooler Designs);

Some Critters for AAA Birthday

Created a card with critters for AAA Birthday . . . 

I adore House Mouse stamps.  For this one I wanted to create one of those delicious looking rainbow swirl lollipops. 

And I always forget that even though there is a theme, House Mouse & Friends is "Anything Goes" with an optional theme.  So I'm not "in theme" but sharing my card with them today. 

 Yumminess!  (Is that a word?)

I hope you found some time to create today.  

Debbie

Supplies Used - Sweetest Day Ever

Stamps:  Lollipop Lunch (House Mouse from Stampendous); Gumball Greetings (My Favorite Things)

Ink and Embossing: Black Onyx (Versafine); Clear Embossing Powder (Ranger); Various Distress Inks (Ranger); Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); scrap of cardstock from stash; Watercolor Paper (Canson)

Accessories:  Pink  Blush Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)