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Happy Anniversary Card with Distress Inks

Written by Kelli Cortes. Posted in Eye Candy (Projects)

Hello!  Kelli here today with a fun Distress Ink card to share with you.  I had to make an anniversary card for my parents and I thought it would be fun to do the entire thing with Distress Inks!

First I started with the multicolored background.  All the paper used was the Tim Holtz – Watercolor Paper.  I used the Ranger – Mini Ink Blending Tool and added the Distress Inks.  The colors I used were Scattered Straw, Evergreen Bough, and Shaded Lilac.  They were all the mini pads from Set 4.  After all the colors were added and blended together I took water and dripped it onto the surface.  This pulled and pushed the color away in those areas and made a really neat pattern.  I sped up the drying process by using my heat tool.

Normally when you make a background like this is can be a little overpowering because of all the bright colors.  My favorite way to tone down a background like this without totally covering it up is to use vellum over top.  I love how you can still see the background but it helps to mute it a little bit.  I used the biggest die from the Avery Elle – Dotted die set to cut out a piece of vellum.

I wanted to keep the flow of the watercolor paper and distress inks so I cut out a bunch of hearts using the Lawn Fawn – Hearts die set and added Spun Sugar from Set 4 and Picked Raspberry from Set 1.  The sentiment banner was cut out using a die from the Avery Elle – Dotted die set and was inked in Scattered Straw from Set 4 and Mustard Seed from Set 1 and sprinkled water on it the same way as the background.  The ‘HAPPY ANNIVERSARY’ was stamped using the Lawn Fawn – Milo’s ABCs stamp set and the ‘mom + dad!’ was stamped using the Lawn Fawn – Sally’s ABCs stamp set.  There was no and sign in the Sally’s ABCs set so I improvised and stamped the top part of the letter ‘t’.  Then I completed the horizontal line with my Memento – Tuxedo Black marker.  The little hearts were from the Milo’s ABCs set and stamped in Scattered Straw.

The little birds are from the Lawn Fawn – A Birdie Told Me stamp set and cut out using the coordinating A Birdie Told Me die set.  I watercolored them using Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac, Evergreen Bough, and Scattered Straw.

I adhered all the paper layers using the Crafter’s Companion – Adhesive Runner and dimensional foam adhesive.

I added some sequins from the Pretty Pink Posh – Lemon Drop, Sweetheart Mix, and Clear 4mm packs.  The larger sequins are from the Lawn Fawn – Hello Sunshine sequin pack.

To finish everything off I added some Wink of Stella Glitter Pen in Clear to the hearts that were popped up.  I also covered those hearts and the birds beaks and wings in Glossy Accents.  There’s a picture at the end of the post that shows the detail up close.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a great day!  🙂

Distress Ink Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad Birds 1 Distress Ink Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad Birds 2 Distress Ink Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad Birds 3

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Comments (3)

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    Yukari Y.

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    What an adorable card! Love the colorful background!

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  • Valerie

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    I love this card, Kelli! Amazing job with everything!

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    Monica Edwards

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    Absolutely stunning love it

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