This card has a little bit of stamping, die cutting, stenciling and water coloring. I don’t watercolor very often. It isn’t my normal medium for coloring but I have had a set of Zig watercolor pens for some time. My goal has been to use some of my older items this year so I brought them out for this card.

I first stamped my image on some watercolor paper and then began to watercolor the images. I added color with the Zig pens and then used a water brush to spread the color out. I added more color in some areas to create some shadows. I’m no expert in water coloring but was happy with my results. I cut some additional die cuts from white cardstock and added them to the back of the colored images.

For my background, I used a layering stencil to create a birthday background. This stencil creates a “wreath” with images around the outside and an open area in the middle. I moved the stencil around so that the “opening” was more towards one side since I had decided I would place my watercolor image off to the side.

When I was deciding where to place the watercolor piece I felt that it needed something to highlight the image better. It seemed to get lost when I just placed it on top of the background. I used two sequential dies to create a frame for my image.

I die cut the happy birthday from some blue mirror cardstock and the shadow for the “birthday” in some silver cardstock.

I adhered everything to my panel and then added a blue mat before adding it to my card base.

Here is one more look at my finished card.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Supplies Used:

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Birthday Wreath

Simon Says Stamp: Festive Balloons, Nested Domed Arches

Gina K: Master Layouts 1

Cardstock:

Gina K: Powder Blue

Memory Box: Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Inks Used:

Gina K: Powder Blue, Warm Cocoa, Lipstick Red, Blue Raspberry, Charcoal Brown, Lucky Clover, Lemon Drop, Sweet Mango, Tranquil Teal, Turquoise Sea, Grass Green, Red Hot, Tomato Soup, Blue Denim, Cherry Red, Wild Dandelion, Christmas Pine, Sea Glass

Simon Says Stamp: Galaxy Pawsitively ink

Zig: Clean Color Real Brush watercolors

atyou Spica Glitter Pens: Melon, Sky Blue, Olive, Red, Orange