One seed can start a garden, one candle can light a room, one step can begin a journey, one conversation can start a friendship, one smile from a handmade card can lift one's SPIRIT!

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Seize the Birthday ~ Hello Sunshine

Welcome friends to another Seize the Birthday Challenge.
The challenge is "SUNSHINE"  I guess you can interpret that any way you want and make a BIRTHDAY CARD FOR THIS CHALLENGE!

I used the sunshine stencil from Tim Holtz and blended three different yellow oxide inks, when it was dry, I laid the stencil back over it and used Golden glossy gel medium to achieve the awesome shine on this card!  It does take a bit longer to dry, but worth the wait!



I will look forward to seeing your card in the gallery!
Have fun with this sunshine!
And before you go, please welcome SUE who is our special party guest for the next two months!

Heart Hugs, friends!



17 comments:

Loll said...

This is such a happy card with that bright yellow sun, Colleen. Adding the clear gel made a huge difference. Great to see you playing with mixed media! :) xx

JoAnn said...

Love your sunshine card with the pretty colors and great sentiment.

Maria said...

What a creative birthday card! Love the bright shiny sunshine rays! Great design, so fun!

Bonnie said...

Beautiful, shiny sun rays, Col! Bright and happy!

Nancy said...

I just love your bright "Shiny" sunshine Colleen! Love the layout too!

Trina P. said...

Beautiful, Colleen. Love the shiny accent. xx

Cathy said...

Great card Colleen, the glaze over the inking added a gorgeous shine, it looks fantastic, Cathy x

Inkyfingers said...

What a happy card that brings a smile to my face, Colleen! Love how you created the centre of the sun and adding the gloss was an inspired idea.

Barbara said...

I was wondering how you got the glossy look to the sun rays. Really a great touch to make it special. I just glanced back at the other comments and it looks like we are all in agreement about the sun rays. Lol

Greta said...

I have that stencil & almost never use it, so love seeing your wonderfully inspiring card, Colleen! Absolutely love the glossy rays!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Love the shiny sun rays

Kara Lynne said...

Those sun rays really shine! Fabulous sun design and great sentiments, Colleen!

Helen Kalb said...

The shiny sun rays are gorgeous, very effective card!

TaeEun said...

This is a bright and cheery birthday card! Love the texture in the sun rays!

Nora Noll said...

This is so cute!! Love the rays and that great sentiment!

Lindsey said...

Such a clever way to get lots of shine for your SUNshine! I thought you must have the shiniest embossing paste ever. ;) Clean, graphic and beautiful!

Ashwini Rao said...

Brilliant way to bring out the sunshine! Love the yellows and the shine due to the glossy medium! Such a cheerful card!!