Happy Birthday! (MIM #204)

I can't believe I'm participating in back to back Make It Monday videos! But I had to enter this one because I really like "smooshing" and have done it in the past a few times --- it's so easy and fun to do!! To learn about it, you can take a look at PTI's Make It Monday #204: Watercolor Smooshing.

For this card I used Hawaiian Shores and Spring Moss inks on my acetate, spritzed them with water and placed a piece of white cardstock on top. When I lifted it, I had pretty colors of blue, green and yellow, from where the blue and green mixed.

I placed the panel on a Hawaiian Shores cardstock card base, lining it up against the right side instead of centering it, to give it a different look. The banner is from the new Keep It Simple Frames collection - I cut off one end of it to make it smaller - and stamped the sentiment in black ink. It's placed on foam tape for dimension.

To add a little something else to the card, I placed 3 clear sequins at the top. I'm trying to follow that "rule of three" I keep reading about!

Card Details:

• Stamps:  PTI Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Birthday Classics: April
• Paper:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, White Stampers Select
• Ink:  PTI Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss; Memento Tuxedo Black
• Dies:  PTI Keep It Simple Frames
• Other:  Foam Tape; Pretty Pink Posh 6mm, 8mm Clear Sequins; Acetate
• Card Size:  4.25" x 5.5"