Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Birthdays a Go-Go

My hubby’s sister, brother in law and Nephew all have birthdays within a week and a half of one another...crazy!! Her birthday was on March 16th, their son was on the 24th and her hubby is tomorrow so we got together for brunch in beautiful downtown Hamilton. I am being facetious because Hamilton is a steel worker town with the once beautiful bay now a cesspool of smoke stacks and the smell can be a wonderful odor of scratchy throat puke combined with a nose hair wilting of chemo ooze. Their daughter lives there up on the escarpment which is nicer and she chose this place that was ok for food but too rich for my blood. My hubby disliked the grub since he likes eggs sunny side up, bacon and home fries not eggs Benedict covered in hollandaise sauce and a potato that looked like it was garroted and then seasoned. The company was grand and we did have a great time although I was exhausted. Where was I? Oh yeah! Card making and here they are...finally, since I did ramble on above..


Black, grey cardstock. Saying and squirrel stamp, embossing powder, brown dye ink and embossing ink. Scissors, gold stickers, brown pen.

Crafty Creations-Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers- Special Day
The Fairy & The Unicorn-Anything Goes-Optional, Alice in Wonderland

This was a fun one to make for brother in law where I stamped the funny saying and embossed it with topiary embossing powder. I stamped the squirrel on glossy white cardstock and fussy cut it out. And added the border and saying after I coloured it in brown. I am now following The Fairy and the Unicorn because I love anything magical. I think squirrels fall under that since they have appeared i movies talking and helping out the damsel in distress. besides it is the beast for my hubby's coat of arms. While others have the mighty lion or other great beasts, my hubby has ...the squirrel.


Misti sprays, perfect pearl powders, brushes, stickers, brown pen, cardstock

Alphabet Challenge-Z for Zesty Colours
Happy Little Stampers-Use Mist

I tried to make this nice and simple by taking a white card and, using citrus colours from these misti paints, I sprayed them  to create the “look”.  I adhered it to the red and then the dark brown cardstock but not before using perfect pearl powders in green, bronze and yellow around the edges. I just used the double sided tape (I always use this on all my cards) to put the card together and finished it off with sticker borders and the saying after it was coloured in a brown pen. I know, Hard to see the saying but it does look better in real life...that sentence just sounds strange:).


Flower stamp, Birthday saying stamp. Black dye ink and clear embossing powder. Tombow markers, rainbow dye stamp pad, psychedelic powder, glossy goo, border sticker, butterfly stamp, stickles, glue and flower crystals.

Retro Rubber Challenge-rrcb107-Tic Tac Toe-I chose Sparkle, Leaves, Heat Embossing
Cute Card Thursday-Spring Fever
Sparkles Monthly Challenge-Stamp your own background
Stamping Sensations-Over The Rainbow
The Flower Challenge-Anything Goes

I loved making this card with a new stamp I just purchased a couple of weeks ago. I stamped the flower stamp all around and coloured it in with my tombow markers. I used glossy accents..goo, to create that “wet” look. I stamped the Happy Birthday stamp (one of my first stamps..so 17 years old??) with the rainbow pad and embossed it in the psychedelic powder. I pieced it onto some blue cardstock which was, in turn, placed on my flower base. I added the border, the stickles and the flower crystals. I added the butterfly for the final effect.

There we have it...all done!


28 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards.
    Sorry the dinner wasn't better. Too many smoke stacks got to the food.

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    1. i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
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      call/whatsapp:+2349057261346










      i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
      or
      call/whatsapp:+2349057261346

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  2. Oh dear the venue didn't sound wonderful, but as you say the company was good. Your cards are lovely Brigit, especially the third one, I love all those bright coloured flowers, I'm sure the recipients will love them, Kate x

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  3. Hi, Birgit!

    Happy birthday to your SIL, BIL and nephew, dear friend! (Yesterday was my mother's 101st birthday.) Seems like conditions in the steel town of Hamilton are similar to those we experience down here along the coast when the red tide strikes. The strong smell closes your throat, making it hard to breathe, and your eyes water, making it hard to see. You created three dandy cards for the birthday people. I like the third one best with its varied colors and psychedelic flower power theme.

    Enjoy the rest of your week, dear friend BB!

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  4. Lovely cards. I bet the recipients appreciated them.

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  5. Happy Birthday all round amigos. Its a small world as far as birthdays go, Leonard Nimoys anniversary was today. I recall when building things, amt toys was a fun pastime of time, admired by all sure but I was happy and kept my favorite one the USS Enterprise NCC 1701

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  6. I've been to Hamilton: I spent a week there training at McMaster University. I thought it was a pretty nice place.

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  7. Hi Birgit..three lovely individual cards all specially made for each person...bet they loved them and it certainly looked like you had great fun making them....xxx

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  8. Those cards are great, but I LOVE the first one. Very fitting for my family:)

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  9. Happy Birthday to your kin, Birgit! I don't live far from Hamilton (hubby works there) and we occasionally go to concerts there. Much cheaper than Toronto! It has some lovely areas, too. Ever been to the Botanical Gardens or Dundurn Castle? Your cards are beautiful, as always. ♥

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  10. I like the first card the most

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  11. That family/nuts saying--perfect, Birgit! I love all your cards. :-)

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  12. A very prettily stamped card and a very delicate feminine design, thanks so much for joining in with our 'Somewhere over the Rainbow' theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  13. Hi Birgit - happy birthday to all who had one! Sounds like you had a fun time ... and that's the main thing. Great cards too - amusing to read ... cheers Hilary

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  14. Nice cards Birgit. I am sure the family loved them. My family was like that in February and early March-except for mom. She must have had her hands filled. Hopefully you had fun even if the food wasn't great. Hugs-Erika

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  15. The first one sure is so true. Great cards indeed.

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  16. Just love the sentiment of the first card... so true and a great design too!
    Thanks so much for joining in our CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers!
    Chrissie

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  17. Your floral border is so pretty! Your embossed sentiment on blue works in well with it. The butterfly is a perfect embellishment for it. Thank you for playing along with us at Retro Rubber Challenge this week.

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  18. Love all three of these cards, your delicate border one is so beautiful framing the sentiment so well.
    I'm sure your family will enjoy opening up the envelopes.
    Thank you for sharing at RETRO RUBBER this time around.
    XO

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  19. All lovely cards. Your card for Stamping Sensations is very pretty with all the lovely flowers. Thanks for joining our challenge. Marlies

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  20. Great set of projects, love the sentiment with the squirrel! The repeat stamped floral makes a lovely background, great use of the tic tac toe elements at Retro Rubber!

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  21. Beautiful cards.
    Thank you for joining at Stamping Sensations.

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  22. Beautiful cards, as always. Sorry the meal wasn't up to par.

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  23. Oh my gosh, you make your own cards? How grand! I met another woman on line that has her own Post too... hmmm ah yes... sorry the memory isn't as good as it once was... anyway her name is Stephanie Hughes and she made cards & then I found out we were close in neighborhoods and we met up one day. It surely was fun!

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  24. Love the colour tones and the sentiment on your first card, great to die in the squirrel too. In the CAS challenge guidelines we do ask to see lots of white/open space but it's certainly still a CAS card.
    Thanks so much for playing along at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge, Anita x
    ...and so sorry for the late visit!

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  25. i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
    or
    call/whatsapp:+2349057261346










    i am ERIC BRUNT by name. Greetings to every one that is reading this testimony. I have been rejected by my wife after three(3) years of marriage just because another Man had a spell on her and she left me and the kid to suffer. one day when i was reading through the web, i saw a post on how this spell caster on this address AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com have help a woman to get back her husband and i gave him a reply to his address and he told me that a man had a spell on my wife and he told me that he will help me and after 3 days that i will have my wife back. i believed him and today i am glad to let you all know that this spell caster have the power to bring lovers back. because i am now happy with my wife. Thanks for helping me Dr Akhere contact him on email: AKHERETEMPLE@gmail.com
    or
    call/whatsapp:+2349057261346

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