Thursday, 17 April 2025

Blocked Birthday

  Welcome to my blog where today we have a new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.  Our sketch hostess this week is Judy Rozema and she came up with a fun sketch.  My first thought was the old-school retiform technique using masking and stamping, but that just sounded like too much work so I went with simple colour blocking - letting the gorgeous new Spellbinders cardstock do all the work.

 

After choosing my cardstock with the help of the Colour Cube, I cut it out and pieced it together to cover a card front.  I then ran it through my Betterpress with my new Alex Syberia plate to provide some subtle texture.  I didn't use any ink, just pressure.  I added some thin slivers of white cardstock to separate the colours and adhered it to a card base.


I then went hunting for a sentiment and found this already-foiled sentiment.  I like the boldness against the pastel cardstock background so decided to use it.  I finished with some enamel dots in the three cardstock colours.

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Products used:

Cardstock:  White, Black, Bellini, Waterfall, Seaside (Spellbinders)
Dies:  Abstract Background Press Plate (Alex Syberia), Happy Birthday Hot Foil (Waffle Flower)
Accessories:  Gold Hot Foil, Enamel Dots (Altenew)

Cheers
Karren



8 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Karren, the colors are gorgeous but this time you 'had me' at texture! [I've done the same with another of those ASD plates and loved it!]
Just fabulous!
=]

Lisa Elton said...

Love the texture you gave those panels! Terrific card, Karren!

Nora Noll said...

This is so pretty!! I am so glad that I came to your blog to see this. I love the texture, something I wasn't able to view on the FMS site. Your colors are fabulous!!

Jen Timko said...

Fantastic way to use the sketch!! Love the color blocking and all the extras like the texture and enamel dots.

Jen Brum said...

This is a gorgeous card Karren! That cardstock is fantastic! I love the embossing! That black sentiment looks fabulous! So beautiful!

Linda Callahan said...

Your colors are so pretty! Love the texture and that glam sentiment!

Amy O said...

Pretty colors and a pretty card! I love the bold sentiment paired with the soft colors.

Cécile RIBON said...

Perfect color choice and arrangement for a simple but super striking birthday card, Karren! No doubt, it's CAS perfection.