Tile Birthday Card
[Image ID] Photo of a Happy Birthday card, resting on a pair of shorts which inspired the design on the card. The colour scheme is blue, green and yellow. The Happy Birthday sentiment is in the centre of the card with three patterned rectangles above, and below, the sentiment. [description end]
The inspiration for this card came from an interesting source – the print on a pair of shorts. The tile-like print of the Cass Print Adele Shorts by Lucy And Yak reminded me of a die set with similar patterns, and that idea eventually led to this card. The photo below is a closeup of the pattern on the shorts without the card on top.
[Image ID] Close up photo of the pattern on the shorts. It is a mixture of blues, greens, and yellows like the card. Each coloured square has black outlines and designs resembling decorative ceramic tiles. [description end]
I started by applying splodges of ink in shades of blue, green, and yellow to a piece of white card. Once dry I die cut the six small panels from it. I die cut the happy birthday sentiment from a different piece of card on which I had ink blended the same inks to form a gradient effect. The background panel was ink blended with a grey ink.
Constructing the card was very simple, as I arranged the decorative panels in a line at the top and bottom, then added the sentiment in the middle. I did trim the sentiment down a little once I’d cut it, as the extra twirl didn’t fit the layout properly. Once everything was glued down I outlined the intricate panels with a black fineliner, and drew in a ‘drop shadow’ effect on one side of the sentiment.
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Card base: Kraft Card (300gsm)
Dies: Happy Birthday Modern Sentiment & Secret Affection Hexagon Box (I only used the small decorative panels) by Tonic Studios
Distress inks: Peacock feathers, Chipped Sapphire, Wild Honey, Lucky Clover, Crushed Olive, & Hickory Smoke
Black fineliner pen
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