Happiest of Birthdays
I think I have managed to sneak this card into this week’s My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge at almost the very last minute! I have been working some other cards using this particular stamp set this past week, and I decided to use it again while it was on my table to create this card.
I stamped the Flowers in Bloom on watercolour cardstock and had fun painting them using Nuvo Shimmer Powders.
The colours I used are Cherry Bomb, Violet Brocade, Blue Blitz, Atlantis Burst. I squeezed a little powder into a watercolour palette pan, and picked up the colour with a wet paintbrush. A very easy way to watercolour!
I spritzed the panel with a little shimmer spray and some white gouache splatter.
The Sketch Challenge was set out with four panels to the bottom right of the card and a sentiment strip. Rather than colour four different images, I cut my panel into four – carefully removing a strip from the vertical centre and then horizontally on each of the resulting panels – all the while ensuring the image was not distorted. Many pencil marks and ruled lines on the back of this!
I die cut a further stitched rectangle to mount the pieces back together with foam tape for a little bit of gentle dimension.
The card base itself is Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock – it is a warm creamy colour and I find it matches very well in tone with the watercolour cardstock I use. You can also use Tim Holtz watercolour paper which is a much brighter white which matches with Neenah cardstock much better.
I felt the card base itself needed a little lift, so I white heat embossed a large background stamp, Flower Fields.
This gives the card a little interest without detracting from the focal image.
I heat embossed a sentiment, using Happiest of Birthdays from the More Essential Sentiments set and placed the strip towards the bottom right. A few wee Studio Katia pearls finishes off this pretty card.
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This is absolutely stunning and if this doesn’t get MFT’s attention I am not sure anything will! Thanks for messaging me back on FB! So much talent!
You are too kind! 😍
I agree with Nancy, this is Stunning. Love the colors and design. Great job with the sketch. TFS
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