A Birthday card & an answer to your comments

Hi Friends

Here is my newest Birthday card I made a few days ago.  It was fun as I had been inspired by a Website I was looking at one day.  I had been meaning to make a one single layer card for months and never had time to get around to making it.  So this week I thought, time to make it.  So here it is, if you like it I am also adding the recipe for it below:

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Please use the photo below to see how to prepare to make this card.  It is very easy but setting up the card for inking and stamping needs a mask that you create.

You will need a ribbon of your choice 1/4 inch wide looks good.  Green Ink and sponge dauber from your stash. I have chosen for this project a Tim Holtz Distress Ink Crushed Olive.  A greeting stamp and markers or color pencils.  (No watercolor pencil will work on this technique).  Note that with a green background, the choice of colors that will come out looking beautiful are limited.  So pick something you can color yellow orange or green, in deeper hues to get the best color results.  If not sure, please practice on a separate cardstock with the green on first and trace the color on your green and see what it will look like when dry.  You can also use glitter or puff paint when the card is finished and dry.

Voila! the card is done and ready to please the recipient.

Thanks to Gina K. Designs for the inspiration on this card.

Answering your concerns about 3D sheets (please read the following)

I have noted that some of you are missing the 3D aspect of this blog.  Here is my answer.  Thank you for showing some interest in my 3D'ing images it is flattering.  Although, I have to tell you that since the images I am using come from different sources on the internet, the sources have gone sadly dry.  I have a few more images as I receive a few every now and then still, but I will make what I get and I will still keep up with the Photobuckets I have with more than 4,000 sheets to choose from at your disposition.  Sometimes we are facing things that are out of our control and this is one of those instances.

I do encourage you to send me images you would like to have me 3D for you but I will also post them on the blog as a quickie and if you miss you can go to the photobucket(s) and search by category to find the newly added sheet.  Any new sheet I add is added to the first page of each category so it is making your search a lot easier, calling it a time saver.

I hope that answers some of your concerns, I had mentionned my blog would change as time goes by and this is one of the things we will have less of but in return I will post some cards I made and recipes to make them with all sorts of medias I find taking interest to in the future.  This blog is for your entertainment only, a fair warning though, you might get addicted to it.  So, please use with caution. hee hee

Don't hesitate to let me know what you would like me to include in my blog I aim to please, all crafting suggestions are welcome.  I will give a reply on here when I have something to reply to.

I hope you had a fun weekend so far.  I say that because here in the USA it is President's Day Holiday so some of us gets a 3 day weekend.

Until next card, be well and happy!