Summer Birthday

Hi everyone, today I would like to share a birthday card I made for my husband’s aunt, whose birthday falls today.  As it is for a family member it’s A5 which is bigger than most of my makes.

I cut a piece of stamping card 18cm x 12cm, masked the edges with masking sheet, then created a blended ink rectangle using Distress Oxide which I spattered with water. When dry I removed the masking sheet and stamped the focal flower and bee in black, followed by various background stamping in 2nd generation pink and grey. I coloured the flower and bee with Zig pens topped with sparkle pen to add some sheen, then added some white Posca highlights. I edged the panel with black marker then matted onto blue and pink card stock and an A5 card blank. I stamped the typewriter sentiment onto separate card and cut out, then positioned it so I could gauge where to stamp a couple of teeny birds perched on it, stamped the birds then attached the sentiment. Finally I added some faux silver spatter to the background and Glossy Accents to the flower centre.

I also decorated the inside of the card with the same flower along with a slightly larger bird and a grungy sentiment by Visible Image.

Stamps: AALL & Create #924 Flower Trio, #531 Textured Florals, #756 Miniatures, #455 Seasons; Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE6 Branched Heart, TE30 Garden Elements; Pink Frog Typewriter Sentiments; Visible Image Birthday Wishes;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink (Broken China); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Morning Mist, Baby Pink); Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Spectrum Noir sparkle pen (clear); Posca pens (white, silver); Glossy Accents.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms #30 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)

Craft Rocket #126 - No Designer Paper

Crafts Galore Encore #136 - Anything Goes

Daisy Chain #97 - Birthday (3rd entry)

Let’s Craft and Create #220 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With the Times #179 - Birthday (3rd entry)

Outlawz Monday Greetings (June) - Any Greeting with a Floral Image (2nd entry)

Simon Says (Monday) - Spritz and/or Splatter

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Going Round In Circles

Try It On Tuesday - In the Garden (2nd entry)

Unicorn #110 - Not Square

Word Art Wednesday #704/705 - Anything Goes  (2nd entry)

Happy summer solstice everyone! The only negative aspect is that the days are only going to get shorter from now on!

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,