Birthday Card | Avery Elle - Splash

Happy Summer!

 

This is the first time I have used this great stamp/die set from Avery Elle, "Splash", which was introduced last summer. It had been on my wish list for months and when they had a recent sale, I snatched it up! I also used a great generic linear stamp from MFT, Whimsical Waves Background. 

I heat embossed the wave background stamp with white powder onto a piece of 110# Neenah Solar White Card Stock and trimmed the image in half horizontally. I ink blended over the embossing with Distress Oxide Inks (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch) keeping the ink value very light; the panel was spritzed with shimmer spray and set aside. I stamped the Avery Elle images with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed them with clear powder; the images were then watercolored and die cut. I glued one additional die cut to each of the bathing beauties to give them a bit more dimension and added a bit of gloss to their shades with some black gel pen.

I cut two more small panels of white card stock and ink blended along the edges with the same distress oxide inks - one had a bit more Peacock Feathers and the other more Blueprint Sketch. I then dripped small droplets of water and spattered diluted inks onto the surfaces to give it a splashy watered effect; both panels were spritzed with shimmer mist. I cut a thin strip of the darker blue color and glued it directly to the bottom of a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of card stock. I trimmed the wave panel down to 2.5" in height and glued that 1/8" above the blue strip. The aqua panel was then glued into place at the top of the card and all of the excess was trimmed from behind using a craft knife. 

I heat embossed the sentiment with white powder to a piece of light aqua vellum and trimmed it down to size. The sentiment strip and die cut images were all glued into place and the card was finished with a sprinkling of assorted sequins from Lucy's Little Things. She always has the best selection of bling and if you order directly from her website, it's almost 40% lower in price when compared to several US-based retailers. She's in England so it takes just a bit longer to arrive (and there is a monetary currency conversion to consider) so I usually wait until the dollar goes up against the British Pound and then place my order - she always throws in a free item as well!

I have submitted this card in the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations - June 2018 - Show Us Your True Colors

Dies R Us Challenge #123 - Summertime

Tinker Dream - #78 Summer

Sweet Stampin' - Summer - June 2019

C.R.A.F.T. Challenges - #518 - Summer

Daring Cardmakers - Midsummer's Day

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - June /July 2019

Little Red Wagon - 6/2019 - Summer Fun

Thanks so much for joining me today!
Rachelle ♥