To start, cut an A2 sized piece of Classic Crest Solar White and blend in some ink from the lower right corner. This is where we’re going to stamp the image; the ink helps give the flowers somewhere to “sit.”
I chose Green Hills (Hero Arts) to blend into the background because it’s a beautiful light color and won’t interfere with the colors for the columbine image (Whimsy Stamps). I stamped the flowers in Onyx Black (Memento) so I could color them with Copic markers.
To give the flowers a little extra sparkle, I painted over the darkest petals with a Wink of Stella Brush Pen in Violet.
To frame those lovely columbines, I trimmed 1/8” from the edges of the Classic Crest, then I used an A2 sized piece of Basis cardstock in Dark Purple to mat the card front.
To make the sentiment, I stamped the word “Wonderful” (You’re My Favorite, Whimsy Stamps) with embossing ink on a piece of Basis cardstock in Black, and heat embossed with fine white embossing powder (Ranger Industries).
It was too big a sentiment to leave as a strip, so I fussy-cut it out, adhered it to the card front with foam squares, and added “birthday wishes” on a skinny piece of cardstock just below it.
To finish up, I popped a few light green adhesive gems around the flowers, then attached the card front to an A2 card base with Scor-Tape.
If you'd like to try your hand at coloring, the smooth-surfaced, marker-friendly Classic Crest is on sale until the end of the month. Grab a package to test out your favorite coloring mediums!
Thanks so much for reading today!
❤️ Niki • cardstoq.com • @cardstoq (on Instagram, Pinterest & Twitter)
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