Pretty In Pink Birthday Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a mini birthday card created with the 4980-Birthday Circlet MTF Set! This set is fantastic and it's currently on Sale; Yay!!!

I followed the instructions included with the set and stamped all the images with black ink. This set includes coordinating dies to cut out the front and middle sections. There is just so much detail and I love how all the layers work together to create this colorful design!

To decorate the top panel more, I cut a piece of pink polka-dot pattern paper and added a scalloped frame. I also added several glitter enamel dots for extra sparkle and shine, so pretty!

The second layer has the main cake image with sun rays and balloons in the background. I could have left this panel plain white, but thought I would bring in a little more color by adding a soft pink paper. I also matched the top panel by using the same frame around the stamped image.

The last panel has the Happy Birthday greeting and a circular sentiment. All the gifts and confetti looks so festive and these bright colors are so cheerful!

Thank you for checking out my mini birthday card and I hope you are inspired to make a card using the fun  4980-Birthday Circlet MTF Set! 

Have a wonderful day!

Pencil Coloring & Gardening Circlet MTF by Carol Hintermeier

Hello Ai fans!  My card today features the beautiful Gardening Circlet MTF set.  I had so much fun coloring these sweet images with my pencils!

This card is very easy to create as the directions for the card size, where to fold and stamp, are all included on the back of the packaging.  First I stamped the images and used the dies to cut the openings in the first two panels.

I decided to use my Prismacolor Pencils to color these as the images are a bit on the small side.  Keeping your pencils very sharp at all times makes the coloring very easy!

I love this row of birds!  The illustration reminds me of the sweet Chickadees that visit our backyard bird feeders.  I did a web search of images of them to use as a guide for my coloring.  Note:  you do not need to use as many pencil colors as I did--I just wanted to do a lot of shading.  The list of the colors I used are at the end of this post.

I used a sentiment from the Exclusive Hydrangeas Set and stamped it with black ink.  I definitely used my MISTI to stamp this since I sure didn't want to mess it up after all of my coloring!  Haha!

I hope I've inspired you to give these sweet mini trifold sets a try!  I'm always thankful for you taking a moment to stop by and take a look.  Have a wonderful, crafty week!

Prismacolor pencils:

Chartreuse, Spring Green, Apple Green, Lime Peel, Prussian Green, Kelp Green, Olive Green,

Dark Green, Mahogany Red, Magenta, Process Red, Hot Pink, Diox. Purple Hue, Parma Violet, Lilac, Indigo Blue, Cerulean Blue, Light Cerulean Blue, Blue Slate, Sky Blue Light, Terra Cotta,

Burnt Ochre, Mineral Orange, Goldenrod, Jasmine, Yellow Ochre, Canary Yellow,

Dark Umber, Chocolate, Light Umber, Sandbar Brown, Ginger Root,

Cool Grey: 90%, 70%, 50%, 30%, 20%; Black