Celebrate!

I'm adding to my birthday card stash with this cheerful card created for Imagine Crafts with their Nocturne, Memento, VersaMark Dazzle, and Delicata inks. 

Here it is!

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink *

Love Letter Memento Dew Drop Ink

Tangelo Memento Dew Drop Ink

Dandelion Memento Dew Drop Ink

Bamboo Leaves Memento Dew Drop Ink

Bahamas Blue Memento Dew Drop Ink

Danube Blue Memento Dew Drop Ink

Lilac Posies Memento Dew Drop Ink

Grape Jelly Memento Dew Drop Ink

Frost Dazzle VersaMark Ink

Silvery Shimmer Delicata Ink

Golden Glitz Delicata  Ink

White MBoss

Sponge Daubers

Tear It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

I’m Fine Clear Stamp Set by Funky Fossil Designs

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Hefty Doodle *

Whatcha Saying? Clear Stamp Set by Hefty Doodle *

Sunshine Small Stencil by Darkroom Door *

Confetti Stencil by Newton’s Nook Designs

Sentiment Banner Die Set by Honey Bee Stamps

Whatcha Saying? Die Set by Heffy Doodle

Emerald, Leaf Green, Light Green, Yellow, Brilliant Yellow, and Butterscotch Le Plume II Markers by Marvy/Uchida

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Curved Craft Scissors by Fiskar’s

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform by Tonic Studios

Misti Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note:  Products with asterisks can be found at Topflight Stamps!

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use magnets to secure a  piece of white Bristol paper to the base of a stamping platform. 

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the bird stamp from the “I’m Fine”  image twice — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Heat set the stamped image panel.

Step 2:

Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it onto the image panel as a mask. 

Step 3:

Use low-tack tape to secure the Sunshine Small Stencil onto the stencil so that the “sun” is over the bird’s face. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Love Letters Memento ink over the mask and masked image onto the image panel (3A). 

Use a separate Sponge Dauber for each color to apply Tangelo, Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue, Danube Blue, Lilac Posies, and Grape Jelly Memento inks in rainbow order (ROYGBIV) counter-clockwise over the stencil onto the image panel (3B). Not all stenciling is shown. Remove stencil.

Step 4:

Use low-tack tape to secure the Confetti Stencil over the image panel. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink over the stencil and masked image onto the top left and bottom right of the image panel (3A). 

Use a separate Sponge Dauber to apply Golden Glitz Delicata ink over the stencil and masked image onto the top right and bottom left of the image panel (3B). 

Remove the stencil and heat set the image panel. Set aside.

Step 5:

Secure a piece of black cardstock to the base of a stamping platform. Place the “You’re the best” sentiment from the Whatcha Saying? Clear Stamp Set, the “Happy Birthday”, “Celebrate”, and “Happy Birthday” sentiments from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Sets facedown on the black cardstock. 

Press the platform’s lid onto the back of the stamps, lift the platform, ink the stamps with the VersaMark Dazzle ink, and stamp. Remove the black panel from the stamping platform.

Step 6:

Sprinkle White MBoss Powder onto the stamped sentiments, slide the the excess powder back into the bag, and heat set the sentiment. 

Step 7:

Use cutting dies to die-cut the sentiments. Trim the left side of the “celebrate” flag and the right side of the “happy birthday” flag. Use Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink to edge the trimmed sides. Heat set the ink. Put the sentiment die-cuts aside.

Step 8:

Use watercolor markers to color the bird’s eyes and beak. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the eyes and beak. (No photo, sorry!)

Step 9:

Trim the image panel to 3.75” x 5”. Use a Sponge Dauber to edge the top left and bottom right with Silvery Shimmer Delicata ink (9A). 

Use a separate Sponge Dauber to edge the top right and bottom left with Golden Glitz Delicata ink (9B). 

Step 10: 

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the image panel to a black panel cut to 4” x 5.25” and to adhere the matted image panel to a white A2 card.

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the sentiments to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!