Surprise Birthday Party for Suzy!

Today, we celebrate the birthday of that sassy red head, the Queen of Snark.... Miss Suzy from So Suzy Stamps!  There's a ton of fun on this blog hop, plus prizes.  I mean, who has a party and doesn't bring a gift, right?  

My card features the "Ordinary Days" sentiment, "Dot Splatter" for my fairy dust, wings from the the "Fairy with Flower" "Spire Sage", and several of Suzy's Ink bites.

I'm using lots of distress ink with my Ranger blender tool (on Strathmore 300 series water color paper), for my dark sky and used my water brush with So Suzy Angel Wings ink bites to give it a more cloudy appearance.

The yellow glow in the center is courtesy of more blending, but this time I'm using So Suzy Ink Bites in Sunflower Sue from the Autumn Equinox ink bites collection.  The bottom portion of my watercolor paper was blended with Ranger Cracked Pistachio.  I scrunched up a paper towel and dipped it into Suzy's Hunter Green ink bites, also from the Autumn Equinox collection, and dabbed it all along the bottom, before stamping with my Spire Sage foliage stamp.  My black inks are Memento.

For my wings and fairy dust, I stamped just the wings from the Fairy with Flower, heat embossed with Nuvo embossing powder on vellum and fussy cut, then glittered them up with Rangers Stickles Glitter Glue in Mercury Glass.  My wings are popped out with a very thin strip of adhesive along the bottom edge of the wings and I folded that edge inward so the wings would be raised.    I stamped the "Dot Splatter" stamp with So Suzy Angel Wings white pigment ink bites, them dabbed on more of the Stickles glitter glue, for my fairy dust.

Affiliate product links are listed below for your shopping convenience.  Be sure and visit each designer's blog and leave a comment to qualify for the prizes below.  Winner(s) will be announced on February 22, 2017.

●       $20 So Suzy Gift Certificate from justinehovey.com

●       Bunkie Bag from Simply Charming Everyday

●       Original MISTI from My Sweet Petunia

Blog Hop Order:

  Justine Hovey

   Kymona Tracey

  Josefine Fouarge

   Jennifer Loftfield

         Martha Lucia Gomez

Effie Cho

    Iliana Myska

   Steph Ackerman

    Giada Rigamonti

 Cornelia Wenokor

 Henriette van Mierlo

                                                  Terri Burson  (you are here)

 Olesya Kharkova

 Monica Taylor

 Janis Ford

 Ceal Pritchett

                            Lydia Fiedler

Purchase Ordinary Days, here.

Purchase Dot Splatter, here.



Purchase Fairy with Flower, here.

Purchase Angel Wings Ink Bites, here.



Purchase Spire Sage, here.



Purchase Autumn Equinox Ink Bites, here.




Purchase Nuvo embossing powder, here.





Thanks so much for shopping my affiliate links and purchasing quality products that I know you will love!  Terri







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Creating a Masked Fairy Card for Someone Special featuring So Suzy Stamps



It's the first of the month and time for some new inspiration from the So Suzy Stamps design team.  This month, our theme/technique focus is on Someone Special/Masking.  Although this is the month of love, I thought I would begin by making a birthday card for Someone Special, using the Ordinary Days sentiment and the Fairy with Flower.

I've also got a free Cricut Design Space file that you can use to create your own masking panel, along with a 1 minute technique video that showcases the masked fairy.  I used the same coloring technique for the masked border, using washi tape instead. So much fun!  Of course, you could go the simple route and grab a large mug and trace a circle, then cut it with a craft knife.  Simple is good, too!



I'm also showcasing my Misti so you can see how handy it is to create a partial image for my fairy.  You're going to love it!  I'd love it if you'd give a thumbs up on my video as well.

This design space file is free to use for Cricut Explore users:

https://us.cricut.com/design/#/canvas/52747472

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Visit the blog at So Suzy Stamps for more Design Team inspiration featuring the Masked technique.

Additional supplies:

So Suzy Stamps pigment ink "Angel Wings"

Doubleclick Skittles bubble embellishments

Ranger distress inks

CTMH Black archival ink

Neenah black cardstock

Bazzill A7 Card

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