Greetings friends. You may have noticed that the challenge theme this month is “Birthdays.” I wanted to appreciate everyone out there with a winter birthday. I am sure it had nothing to do with the fact that I happen to be a winter birthday girl myself.
I also wanted to share how wonderful backgrounds can be when they are created with rub-ons. I often use rub-ons on top of acetate, vellum, or other tricky surfaces. However, they also look great on top of cardstock. I love that you get a strong opaque look with crisp details when using the rub-ons. I struggle to get the same look with white ink and I often get stray powder marks when embossing. Here is a close up of the Snowflake Rub-Ons by Memory Box on top of Deep Turquoise cardstock:
Of course, I also needed something to fill in the bottom of the card. I cut out the A-Frame House using paper from the Anemone Plaid 6″ x 6″ paper pack. I thought those plaids worked well with the deep turquoise backdrop.
For accents, I used some dark green pine trees and a black happy birthday tab. To decorate the house, I used the wreath that comes in the A-Frame die set and added white rhinestones fit more with a winter theme than a Christmas theme. As a final step, I added some Faux Snow by Art Glitter at the base of the house.
Happy birthday to all of the other winter birthdays, and I hope everyone will join us in this month’s birthday challenge.
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