Hello! I’m back today with a birthday card that I made for my boss, in turquoise & aqua colors.

About three weeks ago, Tim Holtz shared his new release with Stampers Anonymous and Ranger Ink. The release included amazing new stamp sets, and of course I had to order three of them on the spot! 🤩🤩 My order has finally arrived last week, and I couldn’t wait to play with the new stamps and inks.

Luckily, it’s my boss’s birthday on Tuesday, so it was the perfect excuse to make a new birthday card!

Now, let’s talk a bit about how I made this card 🙂

I wanted the background to be in my boss’s favorite colors – turquoise, aqua, etc., cause it’s his birthday card. So, I first blended Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina and Broken China:

(Sorry for the messy background!! 😅 It was very late and I was too tired to clean up my desk)

Then, I stamped the target stamp from the Inquisitive stamp set a few times with white pigment ink. I stamped quite freely, to create an interesting pattern:

I used my heat gun to dry the background and the white ink completely, and then I stamped the large birthday greeting from the Bold Sayings stamp set with Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

To finish my card front, I trimmed it and added a black matting layer, and then adhered the panel to an A2 top-folding card.

I really like how the blended background turned out, this combination of distress oxide inks is certainly a new favorite!

Just for fun, I stamped one of the inquisitors and sayings from the Inquisitive stamp set on the inside of the card:

Isn’t it hilarious?! 😂😂 I really hope my boss will appreciate the joke…

I’m submitting this card to Simonsaysstamp Wednesday Challenge – Emboss It.

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Wishing you a great week! ❤️

– Michal