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Birthday Bash Blog Hop {March 2021}

33 Comments Blog Hop, Cards, Dies, Distress Inks, Distress Oxide, My Favorite Things, Ranger, tim holtz, Tuesday with Tara By

Welcome to our Scrap ‘N Stamp March 2021 BIRTHDAY BASH BLOG HOP!  We’re so glad you’re here to join us in celebrating the birthdays of both SNS & our bold boss lady, Raya!   Along with a link up of a bunch of fabulous birthday cards, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one reader who leaves us a comment and having a 10% off Birthday Sale on birthday related stamps & dies (cakes, candles, sentiments, etc).  The sale ends Monday at midnight EST.

Today I’m sharing a card that is fairly easy to put together for one of those last minute occasions… easy to customize for the recipient and assemble quickly.  The star of the show is my current fave birthday die, Birthday Wishes by MFT.  This pretty script works well with a variety of images and can also handle being the star of the show.  I wanted to play some more with Kitsch Flamingo, so I paired it with some yellows & oranges (including Crackling Campfire).

I cut the die from a glossy adhesive backed Cardstock, then used Distress Paint & a foam applicator to add some ombre shading over it.  Once it was dry, I adhered it to a circle I’d die cut from book print and inked around the edges with Kitsch Flamingo.  It didn’t stand out quite as well as I wanted it to, so I added a bit of shading with a black watercolor pencil, which I blended out with a spica glitter pen for a bit of extra shimmer.

For the background, I stamped a large floral design (Glorious Bouquet by Tim Holtz) in a couple shades of Distress Oxide Ink on Kraft (oxide ink & Kraft will forever be one of my favorite combos!) and mounted it on a peachy card base, which I also inked with Kitsch Flamingo.  I wanted a bit more depth, so I also splattered the entire background with Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide Spray.

I know my card is pretty simple, but I’ve seen some peeks and I think you’re going to be inspired by what you see next!  Here’s the full hop order:

Next up is your first look at our newest member of the design team, Lindsey!  We are so thrilled to have her join us and start sharing inspiration here on the SNS Blog!  Welcome to the team Lindsey!

Thanks for hopping with us!  Be sure to leave your comments & share some love- maybe you’ll win a $50 GC to go shopping with in the SNS online store!  Don’t forget to shop & save 10% on birthday treats this weekend too!

Inky hugs,

Tara

33 thoughts on “Birthday Bash Blog Hop {March 2021}”

  18. Patricia

    Tara, I love your card, I have only the distress oxide inks and have been ink blending backgrounds with them… thanks for the inspiration to try using them on kraft cardstock! Thanks for sharing.

  20. Carol

    Happy Birthday Raya and Scrap ‘n Stamp!
    Tara, your card is lovely and oh, how pretty the ink combinations for your star-of-the stage sentiment! The kraft + white + distress inks = soooo pretty!
    Thrilled that my friend Lindsey has joined the team; another stellar addition to this super talented group!
    ~carol

  32. Tara

    Hi Debra! A blog hop is where a group of bloggers has posts on the same theme (in this case- birthday cards!) and we provide links for you to ‘hop’ from one blog to the next! I hope you enjoyed this one!

  33. Carol Wortman

    Oh boy…. yes yes Happy Birthday to SNS and “the boss lady” that made me laugh!! These are beautiful, but I really love the book print! Never thought of that and I love it. Cake for everyone?? Many more!

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