Monday 11 July 2016

Birthday bubbles

I haven't used this bubble border in a while and as I started to make this card it made me think that stampers may have been ahead of the wave - this is definitely something that's relaxing to colour in and most stampers were doing that long before the popularity of "adult" colouring books!

This is very simple - just stamped on white and coloured with blue/green Copics with the corner cut off along the line of the wave and mounted on a black card base. I did add some clear Wink of Stella over some of the bubbles for a touch of glitz.

I chose the sentiment stamp as I think the crisp, straight lines of the font are a great complement to the fluid lines of the border image.

Although I made this for a female friend's birthday, I think you could easily use this sort of design for a masculine card, too.

Stamps:
Bubble Border by Lost Coast Designs
Sentiment from Big Day Today by Waltzingmouse Stamps (retired, although worth keeping an eye on Gina K for re-releases these days!)


Ink:
Brilliance by Tsukineko (Graphite Black)

Paper: smooth white and black

Other:
Copic markers
Wink of Stella pen (clear)

Thanks for stopping by!

3 comments:

Kathy said...

Lovely. I love all the wavy patterns and bubbly in-fills! You are right about the simple font, it is the perfect compliment for all the curves and curls

Karen said...

This is just stunning Joanne! Its all so crisp! mmm...I have that stamp somewhere too x

Gez Butterworth said...

Beautiful card Joanne. Loving those bubbles ♥