Did you know that by day I am website designer and so spend my days playing with fonts and graphic elements. I think that’s why stamp sets with strong fonts always appeal to me and why today I am sharing a cards with the Happiest of Birthdays stamp set for the Stamptastic Friends Blog Hop.
STEP 1 – Heat Emboss the sentiment
This stamp is my favourite one in my favourite set – large, great combination of fonts and the perfect sentiment. I stamped it in Versamark and then heat embossed with White emboss powder from the Basics range.
STEP 2 – Create a blended background for your card
I used 3 of the In Colour inks from 2021-2023 to create the blended background – Pale Papaya, Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia, for the basis of this birthday card. I start by adding the palest colour first and use the Blending brushes in a nice swirling action to create a smooth look. Then work way down the page going over the previous colour to blend them together.
STEP 3 – Decorate with candles and jewels
To add a finishing touch I stamped the 3 candles from the Party Puffins (another favourite stamp set … hope I’m allowed 2!) and stamped the 3 candles in memento before colouring in with the coordinating Stampin’ Blends. Finally, a flourish of In colour Jewels.
So now a question for you … what would be your favourite stamp set from the Annual Catalogue? I’d love to know.
I wonder what favourite stamp sets the rest of the Stamptastic Friends have picked?
Happy crafting and hasta luego,
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I’m always looking for card ideas for teenagers and this idea is just perfect Louise 🙂
It’s such a modern fresh look isn’t it. Thank you lovely x