Birthday Flower Celebration Card

Lydia shows you how to make beautiful green and light blue birthday greeting card.

This card uses a coordinating kiwi and pale blue color scheme, with different types of solid and patterned card stock, ribbon, a silhouette stamp, and ink in those two colors. She teaches a technique to ink a stamp in two colors at once, using a water-based marker. Lydia also shows you a smudging technique to use on the edges of different elements of the card, to help them stand apart from each other. The final effect is a beautiful birthday greeting. For more of Lydia's projects, visit her blog:
www.understandblue.blogspot.com

I am a paper arts instructor in Austin, TX. I have a weekly instructional art show on local TV where I demonstrate making simple cards and gifts with rubber stamps and accessories, using a variety of techniques and graphic design principles.

I also do freelance graphic design and marketing and work full time as the Director of Market Development for a software company.

My work has been featured in OnStage Magazine and I was quoted in Martha Stewart's 15th anniversary edition of her magazine.

My paper arts blog is www.understandblue.blogspot.com

Lydia is so clever and artsy fun!

06/10/2009

~ ht1979

Love all of her lessons - making a card for someone adds such a personal touch, and Lydia walks you through exactly how to make one that's sure to wow the birthday girl (or boy). Awesome!

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