June 2019 - Joyful Stars Blog Hop and June Stamp of the Month - It's Your Day to Sparkle!

Welcome to the June 2019 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!  If you came here from the very talented Krista's blog, you've come to the right place!

For this blog hop, I was looking forward to using the cake image in the June Stamp of the Month,  It's Your Day to Sparkle.  However, sometimes the best laid plans prove to take a little different plan than intended.  After attempting a few different paths with the set, I gave up a after a couple of hours feeling that my mojo had left me.

A few days later, I was in the shower and knew what I wanted to try (somehow things always seem to come to me in the shower!) - no line coloring!  I've been wanting to try no line coloring since CTMH came out with Linen ink.  I knew the light color of the ink would be perfect for this technique since it is just light enough when stamped to see the image, yet also able to be covered with a coloring medium. 

As you can imagine, the bulk of the card was spent on the coloring.  I used Linen ink to stamp the cake onto a piece of White Daisy Cardstock.  Using alcohol markers, I colored the image, attempting to shade and highlight where it made sense to me.  Coloring this way is new to me, so please be easy on my coloring!  After trimming the piece down, I attached it to a Black Cardstock mat.

For the card base, I used a strip of the Mix-In Paper and attached it to the left side of a White Card Base.  I then cut a White Daisy Cardstock piece to size, embossed it using the Flower Garden Embossing Folder, and adhered it to the right of the card base.  Next, I adhered the stamped panel with some Thin Foam Tape to the card base.  Finally, I stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment onto a scrap of Black Cardstock and embossed it using Ranger White Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder.  This was also attached to the card base using Thin Foam Tape.  A few sequins from the Loose Sequins-Silver pack was the final touch.

If you're interested in the SOTM, please see the details below.  Or if you have questions/comments on how I made this card, please log something in my comments.  Now I'm sure you're ready to head off to see some more terrific artwork, so please head over to Debi's Blog!

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 - that's over 70% off retail!  When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.  Otherwise, you can purchase this set outright for $18.95.