Flower Power birthday card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Flower Power".

Flowers give me a lot of inspiration, to use them in my projects, but also because of their beautiful colors. For my card I used the Botanical Collage Paper. This is really beautiful on its own, but it's also fun to color it. This time I used Infusions to give the background a color as well as the botanical part. For the coloring I've used Matte Matte with the Infusions and a pencil.

 

Then I used MicroGlaze to apply a resist layer. Although I doubt whether it was necessary, since Matte Medium is also already resistant. Next time I'll try without it ... For the background I used 3 different colors of Infusions and let the colors flow together with water. After repeating this one more time, I also added some color with Infusions and a pencil in a few different places.

 

The card is reasonably dark of all the color which is perfect for adding some highlighting with a white pen. And because I've used MicroGlaze and Matte Medium, the white pen will stay white. I also used the Flickering Butterflies from the new Simon Says Stamp release.

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SUPPLIES:

Neenah Solar White Cardstock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology BOTANICAL Collage Paper th93705	Dina Wakley Gel Matte Medium	Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy LEMONCELLO Infusions Colored Stain CS04	Paper Artsy Black Currant Infusions
Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy FRANKLY SCARLET Infusions Colored Stain CS19	Paper Arrtsy Emerald Isle Infusions Colored Stain	Sakura WHITE GELLY ROLL Medium Point Pens Set	Tim Holtz Visual Artistry JUST SAYINGS Clear Stamp Set	MISTI stamping tool
Prima Marketing READ TO ME Finnabair Clear Stamp	Simon Says Stamp - Intense Black Premium Ink	Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops	MicroGlaze - All Purpose Paper Protector	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon BLACK SOOT
Simon Says Stamp FLICKERING BUTTERFLIES Wafer Dies s541 Fluttering By	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Black Marble	Simon Says Stamp CRAFT TACKY GLUE

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Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra