Today, I have a many candled birthday card. Some are die cut and some are stenciled, but they all shimmer in the light. There is also a faint gold balloon and star background on top. This is a good all around card that can go to just about anyone..guys, girls or kids. Easy to make a few ahead of time and not have to worry about it being too girly or too masculine. Also easy to customize by changing the colors.
A big congrats to Amy, the newest Featured Stamper FS940! She has a wonderful little growing gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout with the long vertical element on the left & narrow panel above, but I used different dies, colors & a stencil & stamp instead of watercolor. I also added a greeting & made mine a birthday card.
For the little candles across the bottom, I used a 2 part stencil & 4 shades of blue for the candles. Then I went over them w/ Brilliance pearlescent sky blue & mediterranean blue to give them some shimmer. The flame stencil was done w/ yellow & a little red then I went over it w/ galaxy gold & rocket red for shimmer. The long panel on top was stamped w/ galaxy gold. I like how it’s visible, but not overwhelming. Although there are several different candle dies, I used the same barber pole candle for all three. The solid backs were cut out of 3 colors & the striped toppers were cut out of metallic colors as were the flames. So the whole card has a nice shimmer but it’s not glaringly metallic.
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Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)
Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Birthday Balloons set, Watercolor Birthday Cake set (greeting) |
Paper: Staples 110# white, metallic shimmer gold, teal, pale blue, orange, teal |
Ink: Versaclair nocturne, Brilliance galaxy gold, rocket red, mediterranean blue, pearlescent sky blue, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #4, set #8 |
Accessories: Brass & Bliss/Rubbernecker Stamps: Dot Dash Rectangles, Candles w/ Layers, Narrow A2 Rectangles w/ Stitch dies, Detail Blending Brushes, Birthday Candles stencil, Misti |