Birthday Month

Another birthday card for another friend's birthday!  Between family and friends, late March and April is birthday time here!  I will also be sharing these cards over at Simon Says Wednesday challenge.

I began by stamping onto watercolor paper, the Stampin Up cheesecloth background stamp in versamark ink and then embossing in gold embossing powder.  Heather Telford shared this technique on her blog.

I then came back with various colors of color burst and spritzed with water until I achieved results that I liked.  I mounted the watercolor paper onto coordinating cardstock and then onto a white card base.  The sentiment is cut three times from matching cardstock and glued together so it has a raised appearance.  The sentiment is from Elizabeth Crafts.

Happy Birthday, Karen!

I created this special birthday card for my friend, Karen.  I will also be sharing this birthday card over at Simon Says Wednesday challenge since they are celebrating their 9th birthday.

This is a Stampin' Up die (set of three) which I cut from silver card stock.  The sparkly does not show up at all on the photo!  

The inside piece is Yupo paper on which I dropped various blue alcohol inks along with silver alcohol ink and let it swirl and work its magic on the plastic "paper".  The die is from Creative Expressions and also cut from silver card stock.  One of my favorite mediums is alcohol inks.  There are so many different techniques to play with this awesome ink!