Happy Birthday in Copper & Pink

I needed a special birthday card for a friend who was celebrating a milestone birthday.  I remembered seeing a spectacular card posted by a fellow demonstrator and knew I needed to put my own twist on it. I love how it turned out and I got to use what might turn out to be my new favorite accessory – the 1/4" Copper Trim.  That ribbon is just yummy, you can stretch and shape it, showing off the loose weave mesh.  Here it my masterpiece!

This card is very dimensional so hand delivery was in order.

The Happy Birthday Thinlit was used to cut the greeting from Copper Foil Paper, to make it pop a little more I put a Basic Black die cut behind it, offsetting it just a bit.

The flowers are punched from the new Daisy Punch.  I spritzed them with water and scrunched and pinched them til I got the effect I wanted.  I layered two together and used Gold Faceted Gems for the centers. Thanks to fellow demonstrator, Monica Gale from the UK, for her gorgeous card that inspired me.

I was lucky enough to meet the uber talented Monica at a Stampin' Up! Convention a few years ago.  We had each made earrings from SU embellishments.  We decided to swap earrings right then and there.  Here is a photo of us wearing each others earrings.  That is Monica on the left

Here are the other products I used:

Powder Pink Card Stock for the square card base, 5" square I believe

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

Shimmery White Card Stock for leaves cut from Seasonal Layers Thinlits

The twigs were also cut from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits, I used Basic Black Card Stock

Copper Metallic Thread was looped and tucked behind the flowers

I hope you have as much fun making this card as I did, but the real joy is giving it away!  You can order all the supplies from my online shop. Be sure to use my August host code, MPKNGB22, when placing your order.  No need to use it if your order is $150 or more as you qualify for free product without it! While you are there check out the Clearance Rack for some fun product on sale!

Thanks for looking!

Debbie

Pretty in Pink Happy Birthday

I was challenged to make a card using Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Blushing Bride & Watermelon Wonder.  Here is what I came up with.

The pink ink behind the word happy is Blushing Bride applied to the Very Vanilla layer with the sponge brayer.  It was actually the first time I'd used the brayer and I really liked it.

I cut "a bunch" of flower and leaf elements from the Botanical Builder Framelits using Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder Card Stock.  I cut the word "happy" from the Hello You Thinlits using Early Espresso Card Stock.  Used Tombow Adhesive to arrange the leaves, flowers and word.

I added some Rhinestones to the flower centers, stamped "birthday", from Number of Years, in Watermelon Wonder Ink then immediately sprinkled Clear Embossing powder on it and embossed it.  You have to be quick or the ink dries and won't emboss.

The base card is Very Vanilla with an Early Espresso layer between the base and top layer. This is a simple card that makes a big impact. I leave the edges of the flowers and leaves unglued to give more dimension to the cards, but it still mails nicely.

Thank you for looking!  All the products I used can be purchased through my Online Store.  If you order be certain to use the November Host Code XBXTGGM2 for orders less than $150 in product.  A $150 order qualifies for FREE product!

Debbie

Watercolor Flowers Birthday Card

Tying my hand at watercolor flowers – I have some work to do to perfect it, but for my first try I'm pleased!

It's just as simple as painting circles with ink and your Aqua Painter on Watercolor Paper.  I spritzed the whole piece of watercolor paper with water -- next time I won't do this and maybe I won't get the bleeding from one flower into another.  I want to do a video on this.

My inks were layers as follows – I started with Blushing Bride, while still wet I added Watermelon Wonder.  I used my heat tool at this point to dry the ink then added a drop of diluted Garden Green to the center.  Used my Heat Tool to dry the green then added Crushed Curry around the green.  The green bled into the yellow a bit so is a little washed out.  At this point I sprayed my fingers with water and flicked water onto the watercolor paper then once again dried it with my Heat Tool.  I love those little splotches.

Finally I used the Clear Wink of Stella to add shimmer to the Crushed Curry.  When all the ink was dry I used one of my favorite tools, the Embossing Buddy,  to wipe all over the center then embossed the Stylized Birthday greeting in black. 

To finish the card I layered the watercolor onto Basic Black then on to a half sheet of Watermelon Wonder.

Stampin' Tips:

I always us Fast Fuse when adhering Watercolor Paper.

Stampin' Up! currently does not sell black embossing powder.  What?  I know!  Here is a solution that works pretty well – ink your stamp very well with Versamark ink then stamp it onto the ink pad of your choice.  Occasionally doing this doesn't seem to affect the ink.

To watercolor I put a drop of refill ink in the lid of an open ink pad, adding water to dilute as needed, adding more ink as needed.  Alternately you can squeeze the ink pad to get ink onto the lid.  I wipe off the lid only if there is a lot of water left.

I hope I've inspired you to get out your inks and Aqua Painter and try this.

Debbie

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