Friday, 6 February 2026

Birthday Letter

Hi and welcome!  It's a long weekend here in New Zealand as it is our national holiday today, Waitangi Day.  I took some time to make a card for some challenges.  I'm so happy that MFT Stamps have started up their card challenges so I had to play along with the first challenge, which is a sketch.  Even though MFT Stamps has closed its shop doors, I will continue to use their products, partly because I have more MFT in my craft room than anything else, but also because I love their products.  

I am also playing along with the hearts die challenge at Just Us Girls, the birthday challenge at Krafty Chicks and the pink and red challenge at Color Hues


All the stamps and dies on this card are MFT Stamps.  I started by making the little envelope and letter and then I found an already coloured hand so had to incorporate that.  I adhered it all to a vellum pierced heart die and set it aside.  The pink background was stamped with the Romantic Script background stamp using pink ink.  

Onto a white card base, I embossed the bottom portion with the Subtle embossing folder and then added the pink panel.  I put some liquid glue behind the vellum where it wouldn't show and added that.


Finally I white heat embossed the sentiment and adhered that, making sure it covered up the edge of the hand so it wasn't floating in mid-air 😄.





Thanks for visiting!


Products used:

Stamps: Romantic Script, Mini Messages & More, Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark, Dusty Pink (Altenew)
Cardstock: White, Black, Vellum, Blush, Dahlia (Spellbinders), red scrap
Dies: Paper Goods, Crafty Hands, Pierced Heart Stax (MFT)
Accessories:  White EP, Copics, Subtle Embossing Folder (SU)

Cheers
Karren

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Edited to Add: This card got a shout out at Card Challenges (MFT) and Color Hues.



5 comments:

Julie B said...

Great take on the sketch Karren, the vellum heart gives such an airy feel and the hand is so realistic too. Thanks for being inspired by my choice of colours at Color Hues. :)

Karen said...

Fabulous card! You made the most of that sketch, and we're so happy to see it in the Color Hues gallery as well. Thanks for joining us!

Nancy said...

Love this card, Karren! The text background was a perfect choice being there is an envelope on your card. Happy to see this great card in our gallery at Color Hues! Thanks for playing along.

Sue VanDeVusse said...

This is beautiful with that soft, script background and vellum heart. I love that envelope with that oh so realistic hand pulling out the message. Thanks for playing along with us at JUGS!

Carol said...

This is such a pretty card withe the script background and the soft vellum heart! Love the little envelope, too. Your color makes the hand look so realistic! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Just Us Girls!