Happy Birthday Lisa!

Today is a very special day, it’s the birthday of one of my awesome teamies, Lisa, and I’ve made a calendar and notepad holder for her featuring her special birthday image from Betty.

And a shot of the card closed.

These little calendars were featured on the Noor Design blog with a tut by Clarissa and I knew I wanted to make one as soon as I saw them but had to wait for something special.  And what could be more special than the birthday of a wonderful person?

I haven’t Steampunked in a while and it was fun to get out my metal embellies.  There aren’t too many layers on this project, on account of how it has to fold down, but there are still lots of elements.  As You Like It are asking what your favourite style is, so I guess from this you’d say my favourite style is fussy and I guess it is.  Don’t get me wrong, I do like a CAS card and when the image calls for it I’ll go CAS but I think I like my layers and my embellies too much to ever go completely CAS.

To soften up my metal embellies I added in some small flowers, another favourite of mine.  With my flowers I’m entering this over at the current challenge at Through the Purple Haze.  Flowers are also the theme at Creative Knockouts so I’m also entering my card there.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes BG32, BG49, 0

Lips R24, R46, R59

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N0, N1, N2, R22, R35, R46, R59, W6, W8, W10, 0, 100

Cake E44, E47, E49, G24, G40, G43

Gears & Clock E40, E41, E42, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Deckled Rectangles

Embellishments

Francheville ~ Hinge Clips

I Am Roses ~ Mini Variegated Black Brown Roses

Petaloo Penny Lane Collection ~ Forget Me Nots Antique Beige

Tim Holtz Idea-ology ~ Mini Gears & Sprocket Gears

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pinecone

BoBunny Weekend Market ~ Rulers

House of Paper Romanesque ~ White Champagne

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Licorice

Tiddly Inks Steampunk Papers ~ Gears 2 Paper & Grunge Text

Ribbons & Trims etc

Lace from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Lisa Steampunk Birthday

Challenges

As You Like It #47 ~ Favourite CAS or Fussy (and why)

Creative Knockouts #76 ~ Floral Delight

Through the Purple Haze #77 ~ Use some flowers

Thanks for stopping by!