Saturday, June 6, 2015

Tropical Birthday

Hero Arts has a great Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge this month so when I had a bit of time to get inky this morning I just had to join in on the fun.

With the card I made I (accidentally!) managed to cover two of the lines - circles, background stamp & watercolour and background stamp, birthday theme & die cutting.


Stamps (Hero Arts) - Tropical Background & Messages with Flourish
Die (Hero Arts) - Delicate Butterfly Fancy Die


I started by applying distress inks (spiced marmalade, worn lipstick & barn door) to the background stamp, spritzed with water and applied this to cream card. After the panel had dried I stamped the sentiment, die cut the opening and adhered some acetate at the back of the panel. The bright pink backing card for the shaker was also stamped with the same background stamp but because it was stamped in pink on pink it has left a very subtle pattern. After adding a mix of sequins and putting together the shaker panel I adhered it to a cream card base. My good friend Linda sent me the pretty butterfly - thanks again, Linda:)


I heat embossed the butterfly twice using enchanted gold embossing powder and used foam pads to attach it to the card.

My Mam is doggy sitting at the moment so this morning I brought Max, our hairy friend, for a ramble up the hill behind my Mam's house. Here are some photos I snapped along the way.





Enjoy your weekend!

6 comments:

Barb said...

Love your pics, Heather! And what a beautiful shaker card! Gorgeous colors!

Sue McRae said...

That is such a pretty background Heather, it goes perfectly with the Tropical stamp. Love the pics you took, those yellow flowering shrubs are beautiful!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love how your tropical bg turned out, Heather - such yummy colors! And I love how you embossed that butterfly I sent - you gave it a great home :) Such a pretty shaker with all the sequins too! And what memories those photos bring!! I didn't get to meet Max last year, maybe next time.

Cindy C. said...

Beautiful card and pics Heather! Thanks for sharing!

Dawn T said...

Gorgeous card. The colours are stunning, Your walk looks lovely.

Monika Reeck said...

thanks for sharing the great Photo...and love that adorable background on your shaker butterfly card
adorable sentiment too
love your style as I told you always :)

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