Crafty Friend

Happy Sunday!

Boy is it a scorcher here in central NC! WHEW! 😓. Being outside today is NOT an option since we have a heat advisory, so trying to catch up on some posting and finishing up some crafty projects.  With that said, here is my first attempt at a slimline card.  I have to say it has to be one of my all time favorite cards I've ever made!

This card was specifically created for my fellow crafty friend, Bonnie Klass, for her birthday last week.  I wish I could have given it to her in person and we had gotten to craft together for her birthday, but --- pandemic.  So my hubs just dropped it on her doorstep, rang the bell and left.  

I first created the background using distress oxide inks by just swiping them randomly along the cardstock.  This was a technique from the Online Classes May Card Camp 2.  I just love how it turned out.  I had so much fun with this technique, I went a little overboard and created about 10 other backgrounds (another post coming) trying different colors and regular distress inks and other inks.

This background with the Distress Oxides I really love because it is soft but striking on a slimline panel cut with a stitched slimline die by Pinkfresh.

The crafty cup is by Studio Katia, the macaroons by Heffy Doodle and the paint palette, Paper Sweeties.  All were colored using Copics and Spectrum Noir alcohol pens. The "crafty" word die is and the stamped sentiments are both Catherine Pooler Designs stamped in Something Blue ink by Catherine Pooler Inks.  I added some Nuvo shimmer to the macaroon icing and the brush tips.  I finished off the card by stamping a Happy Birthday sentiment inside with a few other colored macaroons.

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Slimline Birthday Blessings!