Patricia's Bellarific Birthday

Happy Bellarific Friday! This week's challenge was fun...the theme was Birthdays! Perfect...who doesn't need birthday cards all year long!

I started by inking Patricia Birthdaycake from Stamping Bella with Memento Tuxedo black and colouring her with copics. I cut her out with my new Octagon Nestabilities...what a fun shape and a nice change from circles and ovals. These aren't colours I would normally work with, but I really like how the image turned out. I gave her hair a bit of a reddish tinge to coordinate with her pretty orange dress. For the layout I used Jen's Sketch For You To Try from last weekend. 

The card base is rust with Dream Street Heartsong patterned papers sewn onto the base. I wrapped some blue ribbon around the card base. I had to put some cardstock on the inside of the card because it was looking a little ugly with the stitching and ribbons...ah, the perils of only one layer on the card base...LOL! For some bling I added 5mm Pumpkin Glitter Bella Dots all around the scallop octagon. I just love how the dots fit perfectly in the scallop. 

It's my friend Janet's birthday today, so after I made this card I popped it in the mail to her. Happy Birthday Janet!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen