Birthday Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!

Today I have a fun background technique for you to try, which includes blowing bubbles! 

To create this background you need to mix about a tablespoon of acrylic paint and dish soap in a shallow bowl. Add some water to thin out the paint mixture.  Take a straw and blow into the mixture to create bubbles.  The bubbles will come to a dome shape over the bowl, then you can tap your paper onto the bubbles. You can repeat this process to cover your paper.  

Once the background was dry, I used foam tape to adhere it to a white cardbase.

Next I die cut the Happy Octopus 3 times from white cardstock.  The waves and the octopus were sponged with Distress Ink.  

I glued one of the white circle frames to my card front and then adhered the waves and octopus.  Next I glued another white frame on top of the first one.  I adhered an acetate die cut circle to the back of the third frame and glued that on top of the others. 

I stamped and white heat embossed my sentiments on strips of black cardstock and adhered those to the front of my card.

To finish the card, I added some dew drops to add a little dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great weekend!

 

 

Comments

[Marilyn]

I just had to try this and what fun it was! I used KromeKote and now have 9 bubbly background pieces. Plus, the mixture with the dish soap was super easy to clean up.

[Judy Rowland]

Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Your pictures and description for creating the card is so appreciated and inspiring!! I can't wait to give this a try!! You ROCK!!