Grand Dahlia Birthday

Hello everyone.  I am sharing a floral birthday card made for a crafty friend whose birthday was yesterday... hope it was awesome, my friend!  I used the gorgeous Grand Dahlia layering die set from Altenew (ALT) in her favourite colour red for her card. 

 

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The petal layers and leaves were die cut from white paper and ink blended with distress inks (DI).  When done, splattered them with diluted white gouache paint for some texture.  

DI used:

petals - Salwater Taffy, Lumberjack Plaid, Black Soot 

leaves - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn 

 

Next, embossed a Bristol panel with the Traces of Yesterday 3D embossing folder (EF).  Love how "timeless" (pun intended) and versatile this EF is!  Assembled the card ono a white card base then added a Happy Birthday foil greeting white tab from Memory Box to finish.  

Main products used for my card are linked below.  Please note compensated affiliate links are used in this post at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them.  I appreciate your support.  Thank you for stopping by. 

*products may be available at Simon Says Stamp*

Challenges

A Cut Above - AG Dies 2nd Anniversary  

Triple B - AG Birds, Blooms & Butterflies  (blooms) 

Beautiful Blossoms - AG Florals + optional Mood Board #43 

Can You Handle the Pressure - AG EF + twist of Stars and/or Stripes  

AAA Birthday - #87 For Girls 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - July 2026: Flowers 

Tic Tac Tac Toe - #297 Featured Designer Team O (left diagonal down - Friendship, Free, Embossing &  middle row across - Any Color, Free, Sentiment) 

Washi Tape Watercolor Birthday

Hello everyone.  Today I am sharing another birthday card I created for my crafty friend, Loll, whose birthday is today.  Happy birthday, Loll!  Hope you're having a fabulous day.  I had to use this uber adorable Critter Celebraton stamp set from Penny Black that she generously gifted to me at the retreat back in May.  And here's the card.

At the retreat, Darnell brought along washi tape she was less than thrilled with.  That was when Christine suggested covering it with white gesso.  Normally, stamping and watercoloring on washi tape would not work as the colours would just slide off.  Gesso primes the surface giving watercolours, or whatever medium, something to "grab" on to.  Christine has an informative post explaining different ways to use gesso HERE.

After the washi tape was primed with gesso, the image was stamped with black Archival ink.  Gesso  muted the design on the washi tape and gave a sepia look.  So I went with it and watercolored the images with brown Zig markers and a waterbrush.  Next, took a Kraft A2 size piece from my stash, die cut an Antique Frame window in the centre, then dry embossed it with a Sunburst embossing folder.  Heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder on brown cardstock.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish

So if you have ugly wash tape or pattern paper, don't throw it away.  Gesso it!  Thank you for visiting.    Enjoy your day.

Challenges:

Watercooler Wednesday - #2277 Michelle's All About Occasions

AAA Birthday - Game #2 Use Water Colours

Seize the Birthday - #168 Cover the Card (twisted)

SSS Wednesday - Anything Goes