A couple of cards (and an awesome SALE)

Oh, my poor neglected blog! It’s been so hot here in NYC lately that I haven’t felt much like doing anything besides sitting in front of my fan. I am too cheap to run my A/C except when I have to bake. I do have a couple of cards to show you, though. You’ll notice that they are very minimalist in style, reflecting my desire to do as little as possible due to the weather.

First up is this Hop-py Birthday bunny, inspired by a card by Clare Pretzzia in the recent issue of Stamp It! Cards. I used the Chicken Girl Design set Birthday Wishes (exclusive to i {heart} papers), fussy-cutting the bunny and balloon and popping them up with foam dots. The bunny is colored with Copic markers, and the balloon is paper-pieced with a scrap from the Pixie paper pack by Memory Box. I split the greeting up on either side of the bunny. You can see that I just used some very simple layering for the card design.

Here’s some more simple layering. I truly need to keep better track of my inspirations; I know I got the idea of creating a cake out of words from somewhere, and I can’t remember where. The cake is made with the Birthday stamp (which I could have lined up a little better) from the Technique Tuesday set Swanky Sentiments, and the cake plate and candles are from the Mint Motif sets Cake Shoppe and Cake Shoppe, Too (both exclusive to i {heart} papers as well). Some Copic markers and Stickles finish it off. I scallop-punched the bottom of the main panel to mimic the scallops under the cake.

You’ll notice that all of the supplies I’ve mentioned are available from i {heart} papers. Kate has some of the BESTEST stuff around, and starting today, for a limited time, she’s making it especially rewarding for you to stash some of it away for yourself. She’s having a HUGE Pre-CHA clearance sale from July 11-21.

• 25% off your order of $50 or more!
• Coupon code: CHA2012DT
• Storewide sale! Paper, Copics & refills, stamps, ribbon, everything!
• And still, as always, free US shipping with your $60 order!

OK folks. Go do a little shopping, and keep COOL!