Magenta Super Saturday: Happy Birthday with Distress Blending

Hi I'm over at the Magenta blog today, and you can see that post here.  I very much felt like making a happy card today. I've been feeling a bit down lately, and bright happy colors cheer me up.

I made the background of this card by blending Distress Inks through the wonderful Square Silhouette stencil designed by Nathalie. I love the uneven edges of the stencil design.

After blending the colors, I flicked a little water all over the square to get this speckled look.

I then stamped the whimsical Graceful Tri-Petals stamp in Versamark over the panel, and embossed in gold. I decided to add more color to the petals with color pencils, and it was so easy and fast to do.

I chose out some pencils and made a quick swatch of them to find colors that would go well with the blends.

At the end, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. I cut the panel out with my current favorite edger, the Crimped Frame Die from The Greetery, and added 3 enamel dots.

I love how the gold embossing made it look.

I hope you enjoy! Stay safe out there everyone!

Magenta Products Used:

TM277 Square Silhouette

0810.P Graceful Tri-Petals

07.1028.D Happy Birthday

Other Products Used:

Distress Ink: Mustard Seed,

Candied Apple, Speckled Egg

Prismacolor Pencils: PC925 Crimson Lake,

PC930 Magenta, PC1003 Spanish Orange,

PC1032 Pumpkin Orange, PC1079 Blue Violet Lake,

PC1025 Periwinkle, PC912 Apple Green

Versarmark Ink

The Greetery Crimped Frame Die

Versamark Ink

Brutus Monroe Gilded Embossing Powder

PTI Terracotta Tile Cardstock

Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80# & 110#