Picado Birthday

Hello friends.  I know it's been awhile since I posted anything but DT cards (which were made months and months ago during the Winter), but it's been crazy busy around here and not much time to play!  We moved my 94 year old mom to a retirement home and then had to clean out her house and put it on the market. Thankfully it sold after only 4 days on the market, and I'm hoping I'll have some time to play now. As long as the mojo returns too...

I do have a couple cards to share with you using 2 new products from The Greetery's Pretty Picado stencils and embossing folder.  

Isn't this such a fun design?!  I stenciled first using Lilac and Turquoise inks (Gina K) and then used the coordinating embossing folder.  I also used a bunch of the dies from The Greetery's Capsule Basics set to cut out the solid Lilac scalloped card base, and also the 2nd skinny layer that I added foam tape to to add dimension.

 

Hopefully you can see that raised section better in this close up...between the embossing and the raised section, there is quite a bit of dimension on this card and it's so pretty in real life!!  My sentiment came from an older Greetery set called Arched Sentiments and was stamped and die cut and then added with additional foam tape.  A couple PFS gems finished off this 1st card.

 My 2nd card was done in brighter colors that are more like traditional Picado designs that are Mexican tissue paper designs usually used in banners.  I used bright pink, orange, green & turquoise inks to stencil first and then embossed with the embossing folder.  These are larger cards so I used a 5x7 card base (easier to stand up) to add my layers to on this one.

 My sentiment on this card also came from an older Greetery set called Opposites Attract and was stamped and die cut and then added with foam tape for more dimension.  A couple clear gems (PFS) finished off this card also.

I am going to add these 2 cards to Darnell's NBUS #86 challenge as the stencils and embossing folder are both new to me and never been used before, and also to the Seize the Birthday challenge using the "Anything Goes" option.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!