World Card Making Day!

Happy World Card Making Day!!  I hope all of you were able to create some wonderful cards today.  I haven't had time to check out many blogs yet today, but I'm looking forward to browsing around and seeing everyone's creations.

This afternoon, my sweetie and I went to a ninth birthday party.  After my morning run, I came home and put this card together for the birthday girl.  She's not a real girly-girl, so I stayed away from the more 'traditional' girly colors and images.  I also wanted to play around a bit and create something other than just a standard A2 size card.  This is what I came up with - thanks for stopping by for a look!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Card base is rectangles from Plantin Schoolbook welded together
Candles from Birthday Bash cut at 2.2 inches
Birthday cake from Smiley Cards cut at 3.5 inches
Bull from Birthday Bash cut at 2.75 inches
Number 9 from Birthday Bash cut at 1.95 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Face Assortment
Black, white and red Sakura gel pens for detailing
Stickles and glitter

Happy Birthday Honey!

Today is my sweetie's birthday and this is the card I made for him.  I know it's not a 'typical' birthday card, but it's very fitting for him.  My sweetie's hobby is brewing beer.  I'm not a beer drinker, so I can't really say if his beer is good.  However friends and family say it is and keep asking for more so it must be!!  This card was also my first attempt at a welded card.  I got the beer mug image from Smiley Cards and hid contours on my Gypsy.  I also cut out the main image 2 extra times - once in a yellowish-brown color to represent the beer, and again in vellum to lay over the beer layer in an attempt to make it look more like it was in a mug.  I aded some jewels to represent the bubbles in the beer and added swirls to the foam on top.  The 'Cheers' wording is the Phrase layer of the mug.  Hope he likes it!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Mug welded and cut from Smiley Cards at 5 inches
Phrase cut at 3/4 inch
Tim Holtz Swirls embossing folder
Jewels and Stickles