big birthday wishes

hi and welcome to my share for today.

a card for my brother in law, they have a beautiful and very large garden and i thought stripes from Lili of the valley would be perfect.

i have been experimenting with creating a scene on some my recent cards, and

on todays card there are a lot of pluses with the design and a lot of things to improve on.

i did however enjoy this process after the sucess of one of my christmas designs, the down side on todays card was my mask and especially the stamping block i had used for the trees i didn't get a clear image hence the sentiment covering the trees.

there are still lots of things to learn though.

i have used various background stamps that i bought recently from Lavinia stamps, also one of my tim holtz stencils and created some free hand flowers.

the whole design has been coloured with distress ink and all the stamped images i have used my memento ink expresso truffle as i love the vintage feel.

inks:

fade resistant dye ink: memento - expresso truffle

Tim Holtz:  distress ink

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, pumice stone, black soot, iced spruce, evergreen bough, chipped saphire, rusty hinge, stormy sky, weathered wood, festive berries, candied apple, lumberjack plaid

papers:

watercolour paper: langton hp - smooth

paper from my stash

linen card

7" x 7" base card

stamps:

LOTV: stripes

lavinia: fir tree stamp, forest scene stamp and a couple of flora stamps 

sentiment: stampingbella

miscellaneous:

double sided tape

where you can buy:

stamps: LOTV, lavinia

dies: on line stores and craft fairs

all it leaves me now to say is:

thanks for stopping by enjoy your day and

craft happy, Ann