Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A Colorful Birthday Card

  Today’s card is a little time consuming, but I think the results are beautiful,  if I do say so myself.  I am still in an embossing mood from a few weeks ago. 

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  Ok, I guess you can’t really see the embossing in the photo, but it is there.  I really enjoyed the method process of this card, and a process it was.  I first stamped the background into White Daisy cardstock in Black ink.  I then used Close To My Hearts Ruby pigment ink with the flower stamp.  I really love the pigment inks from Close To My Heart and they come in every color. How cool is that!  I then used clear embossing powder over the pigment ink and used my heat gun to emboss the powder.  I did this separately for all three sizes of the flowers.  I then used Honey pigment ink for the centers of the flowers repeating the process of the embossing powder and heat gun. 

I used a Close To My Hearts spray pen(they come in a 3 pack) with  Ruby reinker and water following the directions that come with the bottle.  You can use more or less water depending on the degree of color you want.  I sprayed just the lightest of sprays onto the stamped paper.  It may be hard to see, but there are tiny little Ruby dots. 

  I stamped my sentiment in Black ink onto White Daisy cardstock and then layered it onto Ruby cardstock followed by Black cardstock.  I added three brads, and my card was finished.

All Supplies Close To My Heart:

paper:  Black, Ruby, and White Daisy cardstock

stamp(s): Banner Wishes, Noted Backgrounds(retired), and I Am(retired)

ink: Black(dye),  Ruby and Honey(pigment), and Ruby reinker

embellishments:  Black brads(retired) and clear detail embossing powder(retired)

tools:  spray pen

  Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon.

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