Catch up cards 40-45

I've made a few card lately...here are some really bad photos for you lol.

This first card opens on a top fold and is black textured card. The card stock on top is shimmery. Whenever you work on shimmer card stock, you have to do a test first as the tones will be muted to some extent. I think I used basic grey (SU) and Red riding hood (SU) inks for this card. The ribbon was in a bulk pack of colours from spotlight. I made four copies of this card, one 'happy anniversary', two 'my friend' and one 'happy mother's day'. All stamps were Stampin' up!

I've shown you this card before. This time I used googly eyes for the owls (it was very cute) that I picked up in a mixed sized bag from The Reject Shop.

I was trying out my new chevron cutting plates in the big shot and made this card. The cutting plate has two different sizes so I created a thick and thin combination and attached it to the front of the card, trimmed both sides, rounded the tops and added a happy birthday banner. To cut the banner edge evenly, you can cut right up the middle of the strip, then from each corner, into that centre cut. The happy birthday stamp is from Paper Smooches and is my current favourite greeting set. If I was making it again, I'd be sure to move it further to the right so it wasn't covered by the button. The button came in a big jar from spotlight and bakers twine was purchased in N.Z. When I was finished, it looked...not complete? So I punched holes around the top of the card and quite like how it turned out. Note: if you want to post a card like this, the card has to be a slight bit skinnier or the banner has to stop right at the edge of the card (your choice).