Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Happy Birthday!

Mornin' friends!

Le sob! Le weep! Le boo hoo! If you hadn't guessed from all that crying and carrying on, yes, I watched my recording of Sunday's episode of Downton. Bawling like a baby doesn't even begin to describe it. And I really shouldn't have watched it right before bed because there is nothing worse than waking up with puffy eyes the next morning. Seriously, how do you explain to people that a television show is the reason you look a mess without them thinking you must be crazy? ;)

Alrighty, since there isn't much I can do about my current appearance I might as well move on to today's card. I altered the new Puppy Love Mae from Some Odd Girl by trimming the puppy out of her hands and replacing it with a present found on the Gifty Gwen stamp set. This created a more generic looking birthday card which is what I was going for. All the papers are scraps and there really isn't much more to this card than that. Not a lot of embellishments and what not... but the bunting pattern was so busy that anything I tried adding just made it look completely cluttered. Sometimes less is more I guess. :)

Ok, lots to do today. 
Catch ya on the flip side!  
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- The Girls' Paperie, Basic Grey 
stamps- Some Odd Girl (Puppy Love Mae and Gifty Gwen), Simon Says Stamps (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Doodlebug gems
Tim Holtz tiny attacher
Sharpie white marker
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, R00, R20, BV31
hair- E40, E41, E42, E43, E44
eyes- YG93, G99, BG96, BG000, 0
dress/gift- Y11, Y13, Y17, RV10, RV11, RV13, R35, R37, R39, B000, B00, B02

17 comments:

chrilvian said...

oooo love it
what a great colors
woww

theCook said...

Beautiful! Would you perchance have taken some pictures during the making of the stamp alteration? It's always interesting !

Heidi Brawley said...

OMG this is Soooooo Super Cute!!! I love your coloring of Puppy Love Mae. Great altering once again!!! Beautiful papers too! Have an Awesome day doll!
hugs, Heidi & Brooke

Mette said...

Lol - Downton Abbey can be really teary. Hope you still looked your best this morning.
Gorgeous card tho - full of fun colours, papers and a fab image.

Hugs, Mette

gobeagirl said...

Amy this is such a cute card. I love it when you use the Odd Girl Stamps. I don't have any yet, but I think their adorable. :O) I am soooo glad I didn't spill about Downton Abbey. I just could not make Jerry understand why I was crying, so when I emailed you at the very last moment I thought I better not tell you why. lol..... So so sad. I just LOVED her. Have a great day. I off to work and hopefully filling better today. Hugs, Lisa

Sara I. said...

Amazing coloring and love how she turned out with the pressie! Adorable paper! xx

Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä said...

So fresh and pretty!

JennyKozar said...

so adorable!

Tress said...

Love the new "altered" image! So perfect for a birthday card!

scrapn_momof2 said...

Too cute Amy!! Love the banners and I've said this before, your coloring is amazing!

Tracy Campbell said...

Just adorable.
I clicked on the links, so thanks for the added info. :-)
Tracy

Anja said...
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Anja said...

This is really beautiful, Amy! Love how you've cropped the image and replaced the puppy with the present – perfectly done, because I wouldn't even noticed it! Fabulous coloring, too!
Hugs, Anja

PS: and I know too well what it looks like to wake up with puffy eyes because of watching one of those heart-shattering TV episodes the night before ;o)

Unknown said...

Wow love your card!!!! Delightful image and p[apers!!!!! Fabulous work!!!!!

Leanne said...

Ohhh love this one Amy!!! She pops right off the paper!!
Ahhh glad I don't watch that show I tear up enough watching the Lakers lose. :(
:)

Leanne said...

Ohhh love this one Amy!!! She pops right off the paper!!
Ahhh glad I don't watch that show I tear up enough watching the Lakers lose. :(
:)

Kimberli Sarsfield said...

Wow! wow! Wow! I LOVE her! The beautiful blond hair, green eyes with the soft pinks and yellows are gorgeous!