Dreaming of a Tropical Birthday

Toni here with you today, celebrating my birthday with a bright and colorful tropical card.  Could it be a sneak of a certain challenge that starts this coming Wednesday? Maybe. LOL.

I started out with a sunset hued panel that I worked up using Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, and Wilted Violet on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I then stenciled Carta Bella Crab Crawl using Distress Blueprint Sketch. It's interesting how different the blue looks depending on the color beneath it, right? I then spattered the lot with water using my go-to Zig H2O Detail Watercolor Brush. 

Setting that aside to dry, I next sponged the Hero Arts Waves Stencil using Distress Oxide Broken China. The pigment blend shows up beautifully on that dark cardstock. I cut a narrow band of Kraft Cardstock, lightly sponged with Distress Ink Vintage Photo, to use as sand.

Next I diecut the HA Palm Tree from my watercolor crab panel, fluffed up the leaves a bit then glued it down onto the main panel. Some blingy Mark Richards 5mm and 3mm Gold Dots and a fun YNS sentiment diecut finishes off my card.

Hero Arts Waves Stencil	Carta Bella Crab Crawl Stencil	Distress Ink Mermaid Lagoon	Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade
Distress Ink Picked Raspberry	Distress Oxide Ink Broken China	Mark Richards 5mm Gold Dots	Mark Richards 3mm Gold Dots
Ranger Watercolor Paper	Ranger Round Ink Applicators	Ranger Round Ink Applicators Refills	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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