Happy Birthday Wild Geranium Card

Lately I've been doing more experimenting with mixed media and having a lot of fun with it! For this card, I sprayed some Lindy's Starburst Magical Spray on an A2 kraft card base and embossed it with Altenew's Leaf Crown 3D embossing folder. Then I created a panel of watercolor paper that I added watercolors, ink smooshing, Lindy's Magicals, and some glitter paste through a stencil to. I adhered the panel to the card base and then stamped and die cut Altenew's Mini Delight: Wild Geranium flowers and leaves. I wanted the flowers to show up a little better on the blue background panel, so I die cut a black oval and stamped and heat embossed "happy birthday" on the oval and added my flowers to the side of the oval. The middle flower was adhered with foam tape to give it a little dimension, and the black oval was also adhered using foam tape. 

You can see just a bit of the Leaf Crown embossed area peeking up at the top and bottom of the blue panel. In hindsight, I should have chosen an embossing folder that covered the entire front of the A2 card base. 

Challenges I'm entering:

Double Trouble Paper Crafting (doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com): Thing 1: Pink Ticket: Birthday  Thing 3: Kraft cardstock Thing 2: Partnered with Colorful Options

Colorful Options: June 2024: Aqua (ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (5/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 6/5/24)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (5/5; ends 6/5/24)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Lots of texture (5/5; ends 6/3/24)

613 Avenue Create (avenue613.blogspot.com): ATG with an optional twist of For the Guys

We Love Stamping: Fabulous Florals (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Stamping Sensations: Moodboard or ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles (welove2create.blogspot.com): ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 6/16/24)

Allsorts challenge blog: Lots of layers (1/3; ends 6/7/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 6/14/24)

Crafty Catz (craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com): ATG with option to use a stencil (1/5; ends 6/13/24)

Art Impressions Blog: All That Glitters Challenge #379 Week #2 (artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com): All that Glitters (I used glitter paste through a stencil) (2/2; ends 6/5/24)

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Embossing Method and Why: I love all sorts of embossing techniques, but here I've used an embossing folder on the card base (most of which is covered by the blue panel in the center unfortunately) and white embossing powder with VersaFine ink for the sentiment. I really love the way white embossing powder looks on black card stock! So what's my favorite? It depends on the card 😂. I think I'll go with heat embossing as my favorite for this one! (2/3; ends 6/12/24)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (2/2; ends 6/10/24)