Learn how to make your own unique birthday cards using Polkadoodles Zodiac Digital Stamps and celestial themed papers from Craft Sensations. I’m sharing all my best tips & tricks for colouring techniques, which materials to use and how to embellish your cards so that you can create your own handmade Zodiac cards.
Keep on reading and I’ll show you how to make your own handmade cards. I’m including ProMarker blends and all the craft stash and crafting techniques I’ve used.
Digital Stamping
I’ve used this Digital stamp from Polkadoodles, it’s part of their Zodiac Digital Craft collection.
I print my digital stamps onto Ultimate Graphic 160gsm paper. It’s bright white so my colours really pop and it’s super smooth surface makes blending easier.
I’ve coloured this little cutie with my Winsor & Newton BrushMarkers. Here’s the shade’s I’ve used:
ProMarker Brush Colours – Skin
ProMarker Brush Colours – Purple
ProMarker Brush Colours – Blue
ProMarker Brush Colours – Pink
Designer Papers
These Stars Shining Papers from Craft Sensations were the perfect match.
I get most of my papers from The Range because they are always such great value. I believe this pack was just a pound.
The papers are covered in lovely stary night patterns in soft shades of purple and blue, perfect for these feminine zodiac cards.
Die Cutting
My XCut Star Flourish dies were perfect for the zodiac theme of these cards.
I like to use distress inks to add a bit of colour around my images. I use a Blending Tool to sweep the ink onto the edges of my die cut shape. For this card I’ve used Stormy Sky.
Embellishments
I’ve embellished this card with tiny pearls.
Greeting
Choosing the greeting for this card was tricky. I couldn’t find anything along the lines of “Happy Birthday Scorpio”.
So I’ve used the Scorpio text that’s included with the Zodiac collection from Polkadoodles and a simple printed Happy Birthday that I composed using Canva.
I’m not sure if I’m totally happy with the result but it was the best I could come up with.
Take a Peak Inside
I think it’s such a shame to receive a beautifully decorated card only to open it and be faced with a blank page. So I use more of my designer papers to decorate the insides of my cards. I mostly use scraps leftover from the main design and a 10cm square of plain paper to write a nice message onto.
Products I’ve Used
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This handmade greeting card is availible to buy in my Etsy shop.
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Pin it Now, Craft it Later
I do hope you have enjoyed having a peak at my latest card making project. Please feel free to use my handmade cards to inspire your own creations, pin it to your Pinterest for later.
A Little Bit About Me . . .
Thank you so much for stopping by my little corner of the interweb. I’m Bridie, mum to two small humans, full time homemaker and full time craftaholic – which totally explains why I’m always short on time!
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Heart and Hearth Crafts 
Beautifully coloured and the papers you’ve used are perfect for your image.
Thanks for joining us at I Love Promarkers.
Helen x
DT
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what a sweet card. Love your colors. Thanks for sharing with us at PIP challenges.
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Beautiful creation! Thank you for sharing with us over at The Creative Crafters.
~ Sherry DT/Admin xx
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She’s a sweet little Scorpio girl and this is a lovely birthday card! Thanks for joining us and sharing your card at The Paper Funday Challenge.
Donna xx
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