Circle Sayings – Happy Birthday

Welcome back! A bunch of ideas have been percolating in my brain as I pondered what to do with sets of colors, some open themes, a tool usage and various sketches. These were the ones I settled on.

Firstly, the colors: Facebook’s Colour INKspiration (#158); then the theme: TGIF (#456); thirdly using stencils for Just Us Girls (#712); and then the sketch: Atlantic Hearts (#561).

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
• Tri-Split Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) made up of three parts: Left – (4¼” x 5½”) Basic White cardstock; Right Top – (4” x 3½”) Pool Party Watercolor Wash patterned piece of paper from the On-Line Exclusive Delightful Floral Designer Series Paper pack; and Bottom Right – (3” x 3”) Dotted patterned piece of paper from the retired Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper pack.
  • Using a Blending Brush, the Square Trellis Stencil from the Foursquare Decorative Masks set and Pool Party ink, the Basic White cardstock was colored.
  • The resultant patterned paper was then cut on the diagonal at the (¾”) mark from the top to the bottom and trimmed to (5¼”).
  • The Dotted patterned paper was cut on the true diagonal.
  • All pieces were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.
• Focal Image Panel – Birthday Cake: (2¾” x 4¼”) Basic White cardstock.
  • Using three widths of Washi Tape, from my stash, (¼”), (½”) and (⅝”), the Cake Layers were created.
  • The cardstock was then colored with Petal Pink ink applied with a Blending Brush.
  • The colored piece was then die-cut with the (2½” x 3¾”) Scalloped Rectangle die from the Scalloped Contour Dies set.
  • The Washi Tape was removed.
  • Using the Medium-Tipped Water Painter Brush, Pool Party, Fresh Freesia and Blueberry Bushel inks, the Cake Layers were water-colored.
  • Once dry, I doodled the Cake Stand, defined the Cake Layers and added the Floral Detail using my Pentel Fine-Tipped Black Liquid Gel Pen.
  • Additional coloring was done using Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Cake Stand – Dark Petal Pink; Flowers – Light Pool Party, Fresh Freesia and Blueberry Bushel; and Leaves – Dark Pool Party.
  • A liberal application of Glitter from the Wink of Stella® Clear Brush was added to Cake Layers and the Flowers.  Looks really pretty but may not show so up too well in the photograph.
  • The sentiment, Happy Birthday, from the Circle Sayings stamp set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • The Focal Panel was added with Dimensionals.

A fun card to make!  Birthday cards are always a good staple to have on hand ready to go!

Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

Also sharing this card with Colorful Options (January) as the colors are similar and Krafty Chicks (#700) for their any occasion theme.

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