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Monday, March 9, 2015

Happy Birthday

When I watched this Layered Inking video by Jennifer McGuire, I knew I had to try it. I had a crafty play date on Saturday, so I brought what I needed and I made this:


I still can't believe I made that background. Lots of dauber action, but it's pretty easy. I used Simon Says Stamp Island Blue card stock with Unicorn White pigment ink and Simon's Island Blue dye ink with a Crafters Workshop stencil.

The toughest part for me was actually the sentiment. I wanted block letters instead of script, but that meant they were all separate, and I'd have to line them up. I know me pretty well, and I didn't trust myself to get them straight, so I die-cut the words out of the blue piece and just filled them in with white letters. The letters are actually three or four layers ... I just kept going, and going ...

I thought the card needed something vertical, so I added two thin strips of card stock on the left.

Then I stared at it a while. It was too linear and it needed something, but what? I wanted to put a bow or something on the top left, but my pal said that was too predictable, so she pulled out some star stickers and we played with that for a bit until we ended up with what you see here. I really like how it turned out!

I've got a few more cards from my play date that I'll share later.

Thanks for stopping by!





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9 comments:

  1. rcwidow (Linda)March 9, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    Love it. Need to try this technique!

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  2. rcwidow (Linda)March 9, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    Love it. Need to try this technique!

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  3. Princess Judy PalmerMarch 9, 2015 at 12:09 PM

    Wow! That background looks so dimensional. I really like how this card came out. The stars are the perfect finishing touch. Is predictable really all that bad though?

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  4. Wendy G.March 9, 2015 at 12:42 PM

    Your card looks fantastic. I must try this technique. Die cutting the letters was a stroke of genius! I am still chuckling over the "needed something linear" and "it was too linear" lines. :D

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  5. AnonymousMarch 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM

    This ended up being a very nice card. I'm going to have to look up Jennifer's video on this technique. I think the stars are a hit. Have a good day.

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  6. JackieMarch 9, 2015 at 5:24 PM

    That looks great! I had to read the description to know it wasn't embossed. I saw that video but haven't tried it yet.

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  7. FroggietalksMarch 9, 2015 at 9:31 PM

    This is very, very cool. I need to try this.. maybe tomorrow :)

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  8. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 12:38 AM

    This is awesome! Gotta try this technique, too! Speaking of happy birthday.....happy birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day! Sending hugs!

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  9. Cat CraigMarch 10, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    You rocked this one. It looks so dimensional! I will have to give it a try too, great for a one layer card I imagine. The stars are perfect and the whole card looks wonderful. --- Birthday---you had a birthday??? Well Happy Belated.

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I'd love to hear what you really think! :-)

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