Epic Celebration – You’re Awesome

I have the pleasure of being invited to be Guest Designer with Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love (#8) for August.  As always, the theme includes Birthday, Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary and Sympathy (BEWAS) with an option.  This month the option is International Youth Day.

I opted to create a Teenage Birthday card with a Back-to-School twist.

Influences: Seize the Birthday (#310) use a favorite color and if you know me at all, you will know it is Green.  How wonderful that Cupcake Inspirations (#623) has selected Green & White.

Additionally, I chose the current sketch over at Inspired By (#347) and instead of back-to-school Lunch Bags, we have a pair of new Sneakers!

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Shy Shamrock cardstock.
  • The sentiment, You’re Awesome, from the retired Epic Celebrations stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder as was the other sentiment, Here’s to an Epic Celebration, onto a Shy Shamrock cardstock scrap.
• Postage Stamp Accent Mats: Basic White cardstock scraps punched out with the retired (1¼”) Postage Stamp Punch.
• Squares: Shy Shamrock Striped and Dotted patterned pieces of paper from the retired 2024/2026 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack punched out with the retired (1”) Square Punch.
• Focal image – Sneakers: Basic White cardstock scrap.
  • The Sneakers image, also from the Epic Celebrations stamp set, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with the Light Shy Shamrock Stampin’ Blends Marker and then fussy-cut with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with the Sneakers popped up with Dimensionals.  A fun card for a teenager!

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

I look forward to seeing what you create for Heart’s Quest Celebration of Love this month.

Need a card? Ask me and I can create one for you.  Want the supplies to create your own, let me know and I can help you with that too!

Like this card? Want to make one similar?
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