Birthday Wishes

Supplies: 

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp: Love Garden Greetings (Inside: Honey Bee Birthday Wishes)

Paper: Gina K white, Hero Hues: Pitch Black

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron, VersaMark

Accessories: Copic Markers, Pickett Fence Blending Brushes, White Gel Pen, Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder, sequins, Simon Says Stamp: Love Garden Greetings Dies, Gina K Masking Magic (Inside: Stampin' Up Something Fancy Dies)

Hello Stampers!  It is Featured Stamper Sunday over at Splitcoaststampers.  Today's Featured Stamper is Barbara, and this is the card I selected to CASE.  

For my card I started by masking off the focal panel with Masking Magic which I cut 1/2 inch strips of.  Then I adhered this to the focal panel.  Next I stamped the heart floral image, and blended the sky and ground.  I really like how she flicked on some more color on her blended background.  I ended up using a drop of reinker and watering it down a bit, and flicking on the color with a paint brush.  While this dried I stamped, colored, and cut out the heart florals.  I adhered these to the card base with 1/8 inch glue dots.  To finish the florals I added a bit of white gel pen.  I felt like it still needed a little somethin' somethin', so I added some clear sequins.  For the sentiment I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut the sentiment and adhered it to the bottom of the focal panel.  For the inside of the card I stamped and die cut the sentiment, and added a black mat.  Then I stamped, die cut, and colored in some butterflies.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Terri