Wednesday, September 3, 2025

happy bday & alice, strange little girl

 Good morning! I'd like to enter the card below into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday - No Topping

AllSorts #831 - Anything Goes/Optional Birthdays

Color Dare #666

I used the ink smooshing technique with Distress Oxide inks in Scattered Straw, Ripe Persimmon, and Uncharted Mariner. I die cut the happy bday and the balloon, attaching with foam dimensional tape. 

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Next I have a card for the following challenges:

Retro Rubber #262





I stamped Alice from The Greeting Farm's Signature rubber stamp set (this one is from around 2008/2009) on Kraft cardstock with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and sponged the edges with black ink, then matted on a piece of DP. Papers are from Echo Park - sentiment stickers are from a Tim Holtz sticker book. Peace.

8 comments:

  1. I've got to try your smooching technique... beautiful and colorful background for a birthday celebration. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Dare.

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  2. A real Autumnal feel to the colour palette on your Allsorts entry, many thanks for joining us.

    B x

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  3. Love that fun, bold sentiment!!! It looks great against that fun background! Thanks for sharing at Color Dare!

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  4. What a fun technique. Makes a great background. Thanks for playing with the color dare.

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  5. Great technique and a beautiful background. The blue is not a close enough match to the green of our challenge. Please keep sharing your artwork as we love seeing what you create. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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    1. Oh darn - I used "uncharted mariner" and it looked closer to a greenish blue IRL but thank you for letting me know! :)

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  6. Great splattered background! Thank you for joining us at Color Dare.

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  7. Your ink smooshed BG came out wonderful! Fabulous card. Thanks for sharing at Color Dare.

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