Spring Birthday Card

For this card I used an old die from Sizzix / Tim Holtz and a new one, Small Tattered Florals and Funky Nature.

The small flowers were cut first and then colored with distress ink and a waterbrush.
The bottom flowers were colored by smooshing Distress ink on the craftsheet and dipping some watercolor paper in the ink.

For the background I smooshed Distress Oxide ink on the glass side of my glassmat.
And dragged the paper through the ink. I added some texture by using crackle paste and a stencil.

Products used:
Ranger Watercolor paper
Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Gathered Twigs, Forest Moss, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Wild Honey, Crackling Campfire
Ranger Distress Oxide: Speckled Egg, Antique Linen
Ranger Distress Crackle paste
Sizzix dies: Small Tattered Florals, Funky Nature
Stampers Anonymous: stencil Flourish THS032, stamp Glorious Bouquet CMS325

CHEERS!

I wanted to make a cheerful birthday card with a summer vibe, so 
I choose the sizzix Tim Holtz die Happy Hour. A fun die with cocktails.

The glasses were made with vellum. The content of the glasses were made with mixed media paper and different colors of Distress ink. I glued the content down on the vellum glasses and covered it with Embossing ink and clear embossing powder to make it look more like glass. I did this several times to get a thick layer on top.

The fruit slices and umbrellas were also made with mixed media paper. I covered the back with double sided tape, to make it easier to stick the tiny parts down. The ice cubes are also made with vellum.

Then I made a bright blue background with some watercolor paper.
I used the Sizzix die Alphanumeric Bold to make the sentiment.

I cut it out and colored the letters blue and put them back in the negative.


Products used:
Ranger Watercolor paper
Ranger Distress Ink: Pine Needles, Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Crackling Campfire, Twisted Citron, Kitsch Flamingo, Aged Mahogany, Dusty Concord, Rustic Wilderness, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans
Sizzix dies: Alphanumeric Bold, Happy Hour

Enjoy the little things in life

First I made the background. I used watercolor paper and blended Distress ink Speckled Egg and Faded Jeans. Then I run it through my Big Shot with the 3D embossing folder Engraved. To lighten it I carefully rubbed some white wax on it.

The flowers were cut first and then colored with distress ink and a waterbrush.

Products used:
Ranger Watercolor paper
Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Rustic Wilderness, Forest Moss, Scattered Straw, Crackling Campfire, Dusty Concord, Aged Mahogany
Sizzix: 3D folder Engraved, Wildflower Stems #1, Wildflower Stems #2
Finnabair Matte Wax Old White

Live for the moments you cannot put into words

The background is a #8 Distress tag. I blended Distress Ink Speckled Egg in the middle of the tag. Around that I used Tea Dye, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso.

I used the stamps The Poinsettia and Spring Shadows from Tim Holtz and stamped some text and swirls on this background with Archival Ground Espresso and Vintage Photo. I also used embossing ink and Distress embossing glaze Speckled Egg.

I also put Distress embossing glaze Walnut Stain around the edge of the tag.

The inkwell and writing feather are from the Sizzix bigz die Writing Desk.
For the colors I used Distress Ink Hickory Smoke, Black Soot, Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso. On top I put some Distress Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy.

The quote is from the stamp Theories.

Products used:
Ranger Distress Tags #8
Ranger Distress Ink
Ranger Archival Ink
Ranger Distress Crackle Paint Clear Rock Candy
Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze
Stampers Anonymous stamp The Poinsettia CMS 426, Spring Shadows CMS393, Theories CMS 329
Sizzix: Bigz Writing Desk