Sophie is 13

Good Morning everyone

My oldest niece Sophie has just turned 13 and these are the two cards i made for her

6x6" gate fold card.  I found this fab paper in a pad from the works, Sophie loves green & pink so ideal for her, i matted it onto a dotty green paper and then the card front.  I found a pink paper to match the tones and stamped the bear and cut out, i stamped her arms, nose & tail onto sage green paper, cut out and pieced onto the pink bear.  I stamped the flowers onto oatmeal paper, cut out & added to look like she is holding them.

I die cut a large white circle, smaller one from the sage green paper and a soft oatmeal colour, adhered together and glued in the centre of the card front, making sure to just add the glue on one side of the circle so the gatefold still opens.  I then added the bear on a wobbler.  I stamped a few stars and flowers from the stamp set, cut out and added around the bear.  Glitter glue added to the flower centres and stars for some sparkle - this 13 year old girl loves her sparkle 😁

The inside.  I used the same paper as the front on the inside of the gate panels.  For the middle i used a plain oatmeal paper so that the mice would stand out well.  I die cut the birthday sentiment from white and matted onto the pink i used for the bear and added a little star.

The 2 mice were stamped onto sage green paper and the belly, ears & tails onto the pink.  I added a little heart to one mouse and a little birdie on the nose of the 2nd one. 

The back of the card with a place to write the greeting where i matted circles from the same papers and stamped the sentiment.

Items Used:

aall&create stamp set #466 Quirky friends

12x12 paper pads from the works 'lovely flowers, Botanic & pastel basics'

Clearly besotted sentiment set

Birthday circle die

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

and card 2

another book fold - i was on a roll with these.  Ive used another aall&create stamp set too 

The 2nd card I made for her is another pop out book fold.  I made my card base from navy blue cardstock and layered on pastel papers.  I stamped the images, watercoloured with distress inks and cut out.  I layered up 2 fence panels, the barn and the pig in mud on the front.  I stamped sentiment from a paperartsy set, cut out and adhered to the front.

On the inside i added more of the pastel papers and the other 2 pigs from the stamp set

Items Used:

aall&create stamp set #287 'Dirty games'

Paperartsy JOFY stamp set 'JOFY 11'

12x12 paper pad from the works 'pastel basics'

Distress Inks - vintage photo, picked raspberry, wild honey, chipped sapphire, walnut stain 

She loved both cards so thats good.  Its get harder to keep coming up with ideas, especially as I make 2 for all their birthdays, one from my parents too.

Id love to enter the first card in the following:

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/challenge-291.html

https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/12/creative-inspiration-challenges-21.html

https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/2024/12/game-68-lovely-layers.html  - 2nd entry - layered up papers and die cuts

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/12/pinspirational-challenge-320-december.html

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2024/12/love-those-pretty-papers-december.html