Seize the Birthday ~ A favorite technique

Hi Friends!  Welcome to another Seize the Birthday Challenge!

Ashwini is hosting this challenge and she asked us to use our favorite technique on our Birthday card!  It just so happened I was on a craft retreat with some friends the last 5 days and we did a lot with stencils.

This was just one of the techniques we did!  We of course first ink blended the stencil and then we ran it through the die cut to emboss the image.  It is hard to photograph, but in real life you can see all the indents and dimension!

The stencil was from a friend's stash and I do not have a name for it.

The sentiment is from Pinkfresh.

The image reminded me of hot air balloons or just fun balls!

I thought it was very festive and would be fun for a birthday card!

Our Special Party Guest is Lorraine, check out her amazing card along with the other team members for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Heart Hugs, friends!

SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY ~ USE A STENCIL

Our challenge this time is to use a stencil on our BIRTHDAY CARD for SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE!  Cathy chose our topping this time, and if you don't want to play along with the topping you are always welcome to make any kind of birthday card!

I went all out with my stencil challenge this time!

I used Pinkfresh Studios Slimline Diamond Builder Stencil for my background

Pinkfresh Studio:  Happy Blooms stamp, stencil & die!!

The Greetery:  sentiment:  Birthday Blooms

I really went bold this time, I am usually a bit more CAS with my cards, but I sure had fun playing with the diamond builder stencil and made quite a few backgrounds.  And I found it was fun to use even one color, just with a light hand to start and then get darker as you use each new stencil.  Very fun to experiment with different colors and using only one or two!

Please go check out the birthday card stencil ideas from the team and our Party Guest Carol whom you can find HERE!

See you in the gallery!

Heart Hugs, friends!