Happy Birthday ...

Good morning! I'm hosting the Great Impressions Blog today featuring the Elegant Butterflies (J119) sentiment and Happy Birthday (C340) stamps.


I used post it notes to mask both side of the panel (my photo only shows one side), and sponged a variety of dye inks with a dauber going from light to dark. Once the panel was complete I stamped the butterflies along with the sentiment in dark chocolate, and then sprayed a mist of water over the design using a Mini Mister bottle. Once the panel was dry, I used Scor-tape to adhere it to my cardbase and added the enamel dots.

I have a couple pictures showing how I created the panel on my card.

 

When spraying water on your design you need to be careful. If you hold the sprayer close to your design you can get a blob of water in one central location. I tested my sprayer on scrap cardstock close-up and arm-length away to see the coverage. I found that in order to get a "fine mist" I needed to hold my design arm length away.

Here's a closer look ...


If you haven't heard of Great Impressions Stamps make sure you hop on over to the Store to check them out. There are so many AWESOME stamps to play with, and all of the Accessories you need to create your projects with!!!

I hope you'll check out our Monthly Challenge, and if you use Great Impressions Stamps make sure you also link up to our Customer Gallery.

Challenges entered ...
 - Cards und More Challenge #140 ~ Clean & Simple
 - CAS on Sunday Challenge #66 ~ Splash
 - Inspirational Challenge #90 ~ Designer's Choice, One Layer
 - Less is More Challenge ~ Week 239, Lucky Dip (Sprays/Mists)

Until next time ... Enjoy!





Products not listed above ...
 - Cardstock: Papertry Ink White
 - Ink: Papertry Ink Fine Linen, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest and Dark Chocolate Dye Ink 
 - Other: Ranger Mini Mister, Simple Stories Sweater Weather Enamel Dots

Comments

Unknown said…
Very pretty card. Nice design.
Mynn xx said…
I LOVE this autumn color scheme, Ruza! I'm ready for fall! ;) LOVE this fabulous technique, too! HUGS! :) Mynn xx
Chrissie said…
What lovely delicate butterflies over your beautifully created panel!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"
Neets B said…
I love these warm colours and the gentle effect created from your misting.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Anita x
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Sazzle Dazzle said…
Beautiful colour choice, elegant butterflies, superb CAS design and brilliant spray / mist technique. Thanks so much for sharing and taking part.
Sarah xx
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Claudia said…
Hi Ruza

I love your CAS-Card. Great with the background stripe and the stamp of the butterflies is fantastic.

Thank you very much for joining us at the Cards und More Challenge.

Hugs Claudia