Today is my daughter's 17th birthday and this is her card. I thought a 6x3 grid with one less box would be fun to represent the 17, as well as giving a place for the sentiment.
I used the new Essential Circles and Essentials Squares dies from Essentials by Ellen (available March 8!) as well as 18 of my Catherine Pooler mini-inks.
I used two different sizes of circles for some whimsy and then I pressed each one into an ink pad. I spritzed all of the dots with Avery Elle Clever Shimmer spray - this softens the colours and gives them a shimmery, vevety texture.
I did some math to figure out how big my panel needed to be and used my Ranger Work Art Stay-tion to line the squares up. The card ended up being 4 1.4 x 8 3/8 inches. Fortunately, Kate lives with me, so I don't need to find an envelope!
My original plan was to stamp the sentiment directly on the white panel, but I smudged it (of course it was exactly in THAT place! lol!) so I adjusted my plan a bit. And again before I was finally happy with it. (there's a video on my Instagram that shows a slightly earlier version of this card! LOL!)
And it was only when I completely finished the card that I realized it looks like a paint box!
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