Glittery Eighteenth

Our neighbour Haley celebrated her eighteenth birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for her.  I'd liked how the twenty-first card I'd made for Ben had turned out so I went back to the Papeterie to get the Woodware 18th set of stamps too.  It's a great set of stamps to use if you just want to focus on the birthday or if you're not sure what the young person's particular interests are.

 

The 18 was stamped on to the positive lilac Little Swirls paper from Pink Petticoat using VersaMark ink and embossed using disco black embossing powder from Stampendous.  Once this had set then the eighteen was die cut using a square Spellbinders die and the inside of the numbers were filled with art glitter glue and lilac glitter.  It's ages since I've used this technique and I used to love watching Jane Nestorenko demonstrating it on Create and Craft.  After using it on Ben and Haley's card I'm beginning to wonder what Christmas stamps I could use it on.  A Woodware corner notch punch was used on each corner and a purple thread wrapped around the topper.  A few stray flecks of embossing powder had escaped and to camouflage this I spritzed over the topper with a lilac metallic marker from Crayola. 

 

The card was put together in three tiers with the two top tiers raised on foam pads.  On the bottom one there are layers of purple and silver mirri card and the positive silver Little Swirls patterned paper.  The corners of the patterned paper were either stitched or had corners added on top made from Happy Birthday paper printed from the Cuddly Buddly download A Patchwork of Papers Purple on to lilac parchment card from Southfield Stationers.  Unfortunately this card is now discontinued as it's one of my favourites.  

The second tier has a scalloped square cut from the negative lilac Little Swirls patterned paper. Layered on top of this is purple card, Happy Birthday paper and another layer of the negative lilac Little Swirls paper.  Corners of silver mirri card embossed with a Darice keys embossing folder were added to this layer.

The 18 topper layered on to purple and silver mirri card was the third layer.  My usual embellishments of ribbon and brads were used with the addition of two silver keys.

 

A double insert was made for the inside of the card using Little Swirls patterned paper for one layer and a message created on the computer for the second.

That's the last of the special celebrations cards for this month.  Just two birthday cards needed for next week.  This seems to have been an intense month of card making but all happy events.

Thanks for reading today

Liz xx

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge 39 - Use a Number
The Ribbon Girl May Colour Challenge - Lavender and Lilac
Gingerloft Challenge - Happy Birthday
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Embossing And Texture
Craft-Dee BowZ May Challenge - Make Your own Bow
Crafty Boots Challenge - Celebrations
Ribbon Carousel Challenge 81 - Celebrations
Crafts and Me Challenge 134 - Lots of Layers
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 54 - Squares
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 46 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Moving Along With The Times Challenge - Embossing
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge - Monochrome
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Monochrome 
Emerald Faerie Challenge - Ribbons 
Allsorts Challenge - Happy Birthday
Make It Monday - Anything Goes