Happy Tuesday! Today’s card celebrates the BIG event in our lives last weekend… our grandson turned TWO years old! I was faced with the challenge of making a card for him that was both creative and simple. I hope you like what I came up with!
I combined two fun stamp sets for this card- a cupcake by Gina K Designs and a dog by Anita Jeram. I knew I could add two candles to the cupcake but I wanted something simple with no coloring and I wanted a big number 2 on my card front! I went with a simple blue & green color scheme- doing my stamping with Prize Ribbon Distress Ink and my ink blending with Twisted Citron. My blending brush was a bit dirty (oops) so that’s why you see some color variation in the green part of my card!
I started by stamping the cupcake and dog on a panel of Cardstock that I cut 1/4″ smaller than my card front, spacing them so there was room on both sides and beneath the images. I used another piece of scrap Cardstock the same size and sketched a large 2 on it, then cut it out (trimming and adjusting it here and there until I was happy with it). I then placed it over the stamped images and used a bit of washi tape and some scraps of paper to roughly mask over the parts of the dog & cupcake that overlapped. I should have done a proper mask, using a post-it note, or even better a product like Masking Magic… but I improvised with what was on the table next to me 🙂
From there, I just gradually added color over the entire background with my blending brush. Once I was done, I lifted my masks to reveal my design! In order to add a bit more texture, I splattered some water across the design. I did forget that I had used water-based ink for my stamping as well… so as you can see, I got some splotches there too. I decided to embrace it and add some blue splatters too for a bit of a confetti vibe! A tiny bit of glitter on the candles was my finishing touch after adhering the panel to a blue card base.
I stamped a smaller pup from the set on the envelope to finish things off. It turned out to be a pretty fun design, if I don’t say so myself! The only thing I’d change is next time I would probably use a permanent ink for my stamping so it wouldn’t bleed with my spritzing 🙂
Wishing you a day full of inky fun!
Inky hugs,
Tara
