Happy birthday Maya

Yesterday my baby girl turned 19! So far from a baby but you know what I mean!

I asked her for an inspiration starter for her birthday card and she said orange hibiscus!

I didn’t think I had any stamps that were hibiscus but then as I put away an old magazine stamp set I spotted a small stamp that looked just like a hibiscus! 🌺 perfect!

So this is what I ended up creating!

A 7×7 card on which I blended a circle through a clarity stamps stencil. I chose a soft green ink and then decided to use white die cuts for the tropical leaves rather than green – I just thought it gave a different look!

I decided to use the large birthday die with some gold foiled cardstock. I stacked it twice to give it some dimension though.

I then worked on the hibiscus flowers.

I stamped it three times and then watercoloured them with a mix of orange and pink colours and then heat embossed over the top.

I fussy cut them out and added them over the top of the white flower clusters with some foam tabs to raise them up.

I then added some peach coloured gems to finish up.

I really love how gentle and simple this was. I rarely do cards that look like this so it was nice to come up with something a little simpler!

And just like that her birthday has been and gone. We did have a lovely day celebrating with plenty of food and drink… scary to think the next birthday she turns 20!!! Gosh then I will feel old!