Personalized Birthday Card with Kara

Every year I make a special, personalized card for the student I interpret for.  This year she'll be turning 17!  I wanted to make her a card that was still fun, but a little more grown up.  The Whimsy Alphabet was the perfect choice. Who doesn't love receiving something with their name on it?

 

 

I started by die cutting her name out of masking paper with the Whimsy Alphabet Dies.  Instead of lining up her name horizontally I thought it would be more interesting to stack the letters, in twos, vertically.  I adhered the die cut masks to a piece of white cardstock.  Using a bone folder, I burnished the masks to make sure they were adhered well and I would get a clean edge when the masks were removed. 

 

Using a mini ink blending tool and Shell Pink Pure Color Dye Ink, I applied color on top of the masked letters.  I tried to concentrate most of the color around the letters and let it gradually lighten as it got towards the edge of the cardstock panel.  Once I was happy with the amount of color I had applied, I let that layer of ink dry.  

Still leaving the masks in place I began stamping flowers from the Feathers & Florals stamp set.  I used the same Shell Pink for some, but also added in Little Piggy and Sweet Gelato.  I used black ink to add centers to the flowers.  Now the fun part, removing the masks!

I adhered a few die cut and stamped flowers on top to add a little dimension and draw the eye to her name.  I hope she likes this year's birthday card! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Feathers & Florals	Feathers & Florals Die	Whimsy Alpha Die	White Cardstock
Black Cardstock	Shell Pink Dye Ink	Little Piggy Dye Ink	Sweet Gelato Dye Ink
Black Dye Ink	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972	*Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER Dimensional Crafting 62-01022
Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper, 5x7, 12pk

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