Flying By - Take Two

So as I mentioned, I wasn't very happy with the card that I made inspired by Lawn Fawn's blog post here.  So I tried a second version.  This time, I played with a technique I've been wanting to try for a while.  I used my Darice Cloudy Sky embossing folder to emboss some white paper, but before I ran it through my Sizzix, I swiped the folder with some Broken China Distress Ink.  Then when it came out of the Sizzix, I had white puffy raised clouds on a blue sky.

Instead of trying to stamp the little dotted lines, I stamped my sentiments on plain white paper and then cut it to resemble little banner.  A quick punch of the smallest hole on my Crop-a-dile gave me a way to tie on my baker's twine so I could give the illusion of the paper airplanes flying the banners of the sentiment.  I used a few pop dots to give the planes and banners a little dimension.  This time I matted the whole thing with some scraps of DCWV paper form the Everyday Stack left over from making a couple of envelopes with my We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

I honestly liked this card better (and really loved the inking technique with the embossing folder), but I still thought it needed some tweaking (and you can get a sneak peek of what's to come in the left side of the picture.

Another Happy Birthday

Here's another in my quest to finish off my card list.  This time, I'm inspired from another find on Pinterest that led me to Arlene of Waterdots.  This simple and elegant card was easy to make.  I immediately recognized the Spots and Dots embossing folder from Cuttlebug.  I rounded the corners with my Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper.  The sentiment is again from the All Occasions set from Inkadinkado.  I added some Martha Stewart Crafts baker's twine and a few metal dots from Darice to finish it off.  Fun and fast.  Just the way I like them.