Hello!! Welcome to my first post as a DT member of Seize the Birthday!!! There, its finally out – oh, I had such trouble keeping it in for so many days!! I am super happy to be a part of this amazing team, where I am debuting as a DT!!
Our Surprise Party Guest is Sherrie Koning, amazing crafter – you should go and check her out!! And here’s the theme for the latest Seize the Birthday Challenge – Lots of Leaves.
I was really inspired by this card by Keeway (Kiwi Concepts) – love the way she has created this dreamy card, and the colors just wow me!! And here’s what I made –
I started by blending in a green ombre using distress ink on a watercard panel. I then stamped the ferns from Lesia Zgharda Ferns stamp set and heat embossed them clear. I then added water on the entire panel using a flat paint brush, and picked off the color. This made the embossed areas slightly darker, and gave a beautiful effect.
I then trimmed this panel and foam mounted it on the card base. For the sentiment, I cut Paper Smooches Happy Birthday die to cut a piece from card stock and foam, adhered them to each other and then on the card. Finally I embellished them using clear rhinestones.
Hope you are inspired by my creation! You can get even more amazing inspiration from the rest of the Design Team! Remember, you can choose either to go with the theme, or with any creation, which has a birthday theme. Just have fun and play along!!
I am also submitting this card to the following challenges –
Addicted to Stamps #216: Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: October Mixed Media Challenge: Nature (I’ve used embossing, distress inks, watercoloring over distress inks, die cuts, rhinestones for embellishment)
And thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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Beautiful card! The background looks amazing! So striking! Congrats on you DT spot at Seize the Birthday! Looking forward to seeing more of your creations!
Sherrie K
Surprise Guest Desinger
Thank you so much Sherrie!!
Wow! This is beautiful, Ashwini. 🙂 I love it. Thanks for playing along at Happy Little Stampers’ Mixed Media Challenge.
Thank you Melissa!
Stunning card for your DT debut!😀 Congratulations! 🎉
Thank you so much!! ❤
Ashwini, first A BIG WELCOME to Seize the Birthday! So happy to have you here as a designer with us! Your card is amazing…I must try this technique, it gives stunning results! Yah for your spot here and am looking forward to being inspired myself by your talents!!
Thank you so so much, Colleen! I am super lucky to be in the team with such amazing ladies!!
Hi Ashwini, welcome to the Seize the Birthday DT. We are happy to have you with us. Love your creative card. Such a pretty layout and design. A great technique. Love the die cut sentiment too. I will have to try that with the foam, it gives it great dimension.
Thank you so much JoAnn! I am so happy to join you all!!
Gorgeous card, Ashwini! My congratulations on joining Seize the Birthday DT
Thank you so much Ksenija! 😀
Ashwini this is absolutely gorgeous! I love your background technique and pinned it as I’d love to try it myself one of these days. I’m so excited to be on DT with you!
Thank you so much Sandy! I am equally excited too!!
Congratulations Ashwini, bet it was hard keeping it secret!! Your debut card is absolutely stunning and love the green ombre effect too. Always wonderful to see you at ATSM!!
You bet it was difficult keeping it in!! 😀 Thank you so much Shona!
The green ombre tone on tone background looks awesome, Ashwini! Great technique! So happy to be with you as DT at STB :)!
Thank you so much TaeEun!! I am glad to be with you in the team too!!
Love, love this card, the leaves look brilliant. The colour is ohh so nice.
Thank you so much Aileen!
A big congratulations to you Ashwini, what a delightful debut card. I love all the greens here, and it looks fabulous, the challenge got an amazing and talented DT for themselves!
Thank you so much Rahmat!! 🙌
Wonderfully creative background! A big Welcome to the team at Seize the Birthday. I am looking forward to see more of your talent.
Thank you so much Barbara!!
This is absolutely stunning! Love the background and the white sentiment just pops! So glad to have you on the team!
Thank you so much Glenda!!
What a gorgeous inaugural card Ashwini! The colors are so bright and bold! Truly a lovely card and thrilled to have you with us at STB!
Thank you so much Nancy!!
Wonderful card – love that green ombre look. Welcome to the Team!
Oh how beautiful!! I can’t wait to give this technique a try : )
We are so happy to have you join our team Ashwini!! your cards are a wonderful addition!
Patti
Thank you so much Patti!! I am overjoyed!!
This is STUNNING Ashwini! I just love that background technique and the colours are beautiful 🙂
Thank you so much Jodene!! 🙂
Beautiful ombré card, Ashwini! I love those vibrant colours. Great to have you on the STB team with us 🙂
Amazing card, Ashwini! Love this technique, and I think you made it your own in this card!
Thank you so much Chris!! You flatter me!! 🙂
What a lovely project, Ashwini! Congrats on your DT spot. Thanks for joining us at ATSM.
x Asha
Thank you so much Asha!!
Congratulations on joining the team at STB, Ashwini … what a great addition you make! Your card is beautiful, soft, stylish and with a lovely touch of whimsy in the font of the sentiment! Anita 🙂
Thank you so much for your warm welcome Anita!! And for the lovely comments too! 🙂