Happy Anniversary Card with Distress Inks
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! 🙂
Tags: Avery Elle, Crafters Companion, Distress Ink, Kelli, Lawn Fawn, Memento Ink, Pretty Pink Posh, Ranger, Tim Holtz, ZIG Wink of Stella
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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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