Birthday Blessings

 Hello Stampers,

I wanted to play along with the red and aqua color challenge for the Color Hues blog. I love these colors together, but somehow don't use them together very often. After watching a recent Gina K YouTube video from last week with a fun technique, I decided to see what I could do with it and with the colors. You can find Gina's video here.

Using an older stamp and die set from Gina K Designs, this is what I came up with.

You will need some masking paper strips, I used Masking Magic strips, a stencil and blending brushes for this technique. It's a fun one, especially the reveal. The stencil I used had medium sized images, so if I were to use it again with this technique, I think I would space the strips a little further apart. Also, my original thought was to blend some of the aqua and red shades in the background, but after re-thinking, I decided to use several shade of aqua, from very light to very dark, and use the red as the accent on the lotus flower.

For the inside of my card I used another GKD Lotus set for the flower image, which is colored with R14 and R11 Copics and a greeting from one of Gina's mini stamp sets. The layers on the outside and the inside are cut with Master Layouts 2 dies.

Thanks for looking in, and have a great day!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Lovely Lotus stamp set with dies, Just Breath stamp set, Sweet Sentiments Mini stamp set all from Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering weight white, black onyx and sea glass card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Sea Glass, Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea, Blue Lagoon,Tranquil Teal, Black Onyx and Copic markers R14 and R11

Other: Gina K Designs Festive Stencil, Masking Magic Pre-cut Strips, Master Layouts 2 & 3 dies, blending brushes, Mermaid Tail sequins, Connect Glue, and pre-printed sentiment strip. Misti, Big Shot, Foam Tape