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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
from Create & Inspire Flipbook
by Altenew
BY LAURA BASSEN
Instructions
1. Create a 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” landscape card base from white cardstock and set aside.
2. Onto a 4” x 5 1/2” piece of white cardstock stamp and white heat emboss the large image from Sketchy Cities America 2.
3. Ink blend over the image in an ombré effect. Do this by adding Emerald ink at the bottom, then Lagoon ink further up the image, then Volcano Lake a little further and then Mountain Mist further again.
4. Cut Happy Birthday die five times, four times from white cardstock and once from silver cardstock. Adhere these together with the silver die cut on the top.
5. Adhere a gray stripe patterned paper to the card base with glue tape.
6. Adhere the stamped and blended card layer to the card base with foam tape.
7. Adhere die cut sentiment into place.
8. Add gems for interest.
Cardstock
Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock
INKS & EMBOSSING
Crisp Dye Inks: Mountain Mist, Volcano Lake, Lagoon, Emerald
Embossing Ink
Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder
STAMPS & DIES
Sketchy Cities America
Happy Birthday Die
2 Stamp Set
