Friday, June 14, 2013

Birthday Cards- Honey and Chocolate


I have entered these 2 cards in the Color My Heart: Color Dare #47. The challenge is to use the Honey and you may also use neutrals.  So I have chosen chocolate and colonial white as the neutral.
Please visit the Color Dare at this blog:
http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.com/2013/06/color-dare-47-honey.html


 Card made using Close to My Heart (CTMH) Colonial White, Chocolate and Honey card stock.  Ink colors are Honey and Chocolate.
 
1 3/4 inches wide stips, stamped with image from Later Sk8r  (C1545) in honey and chocolate.
Shaped image cut with Cricut Art Philosophy Oval 5 - size 2 1/2 inches.  Stamped with image from Perfect Fit Birthday (B1417) in honey.
Scallop circle cut with Cricut Art Philosophy Circle 2 - size 1 1/4 inches, edged in chocolate. Saying from Perfect Fit-Frame (D1527)  in chocolate. 
 
Inside of card below.
Scallop circles stamped with Perfect Fit Frames (D1527) - edged in honey.



Card 2 **********************

Swirled background made with Honey and Chocolate CTMH re-inkers swirled in shaving cream.  Paper is pressed into this and then you scrap off the shaving cream to get the neat design.  Each piece is different.
 
CTMH Honey, Black and Colonial White card stock used.
 
Dinosaur and saying from the Roar set (D1505).  Words stamped in chocolate and dinosaur in Honey. Edges roughed up with a scissors.
 
Inside of card below.  Again words and dinosaur image from Roar.
 
Little Dinosaur shapes cut out from Quickutz dinosaur dies.


7 comments:

  1. Love the shaving cream technique. I've used it often! :) Both cards are fab. Thanks for being our very first inlinkz participant at Color My Heart!!

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  2. Wow, honey and chocolate! I'm salivating just looking at these beauties. I really like the dino card with the swirly background. You do a wonderful job on the INSIDE of your cards, too. Thanks for sharing with us at Color My HEart this week.

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  3. Honey is one of my fave colors to use, love it with the Chocolate! Very cute cards, thanks for sharing with us at CMH Color Dare this week!

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  4. Thank you for all the comments. I love the shaving cream technique as well. It is very fun to do.

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  5. Fabulous card for Color my Heart! I so enjoy this creation. Thanks for joining us this week at Color my Heart.

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  6. Guess it is time to learn the shaving cream technique! I thought it was only for preK! ;) Thanks so much for the example and for linking up with us over at the Color Dare this week! :)

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  7. Honey and chocolate sounds delicious! I love your cards. The color combo is a great one. Thanks for playing with us at Color My Heart!

    Sarah

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