Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design - Day 93 of my 366 day challenge

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Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design - 
Day 93 of my 366 day challenge


Hi Craft addicts!

What a lovely sunny day it is today! I hope it is the same where you are! So for day 93 of my challenge - can't believe this time next week and it will be my 100th! Anyway, back to this one...

Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design
I wanted to try a variety of things on this card, so I first of all cut the "Happy Birthday" frame in black card using a Tonic Studios die and then added the Pollyanna Pickering small topper from the British Wildlife paper collection (which I had previously layered it on to white cardstock). 

This was then placed on a cream backing paper which I had left over from another project.

For the card itself, I chose a 135mm square Kraft card which comes with a matching envelope (DoCrafts Papermania). I first of all dusted it with an anti-static pad making sure all dirty marks were removed, and then embossed the edge with a flower image from the Victoria Nelson "Love in Bloom" stamp collection using clear embossing powder,

Once that was done, I added the topper on to it using very thin foam pads to give it some height. I then added some clear Nuvo crystal drops in each corner and in the hearts of the frame and allowed it to dry.


Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design insertI stamped a cream insert with the same flower and hand painted it in yellow and orange Aqua markers from Spectrum Noir and repeated this on the envelope's flap and also made a label for the front.






Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design envelope label












Happy birthday card using Pollyanna Pickering field mouse design envelope flap












And there you are a card that is easy to make but doesn't look like it...

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Products and items you may need to make these projects

  • 135mm square Kraft card with matching envelope
  • Mouse topper from Pollyanna Pickering's Britsh Wildlife paper./card collection
  • Tonic Studios Happy Birthday die
  • White, Cream and black cardstock
  • Cream insert
  • Yellow and Orange Aqua markers from Spectrum Noir
  • Clear embossing powder (DoCrafts Papermania)
  • Versafine Onyx black ink pad
  • Clear Nuvo crystal drops
  • Collall All purpose glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Thin foam pads (from Hunkydory)

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