Welcome to week twelve of our Art With Heart 2024-25 Colour Creations blog hop!
This week we’re featuring Blueberry Bushel, a rich and clear deep blue from the Regals family. And as it my dad’s birthday this weekend I’ve made him a Blueberry Bushel birthday card.
My dad loves all things astronomical so I decided to give the northern lights technique a go. This is the colour combination I chose, although if you look at photos of the northern lights you’ll see that you can really use any combination of colours.
The northern lights technique is fun and easy to do. All you need is blending brushes, ink and cardstock.
Start from the bottom of the card and apply the ink in upward strokes working in order from the lightest colour to the darkest colour. Then go back over each colour to add depth and blend. I added the Blueberry Bushel last.
I used two of the tree stamps from the Forever Forest Stamp set (stamped in Memento ink) to create the forest silhouette at the base of the card.
I stamped the moon and stars image from the same stamp set in Versamark ink and heat embossed it in white.
The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is from the Country Birdhouse Stamp Set, also stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed in white. I chose this sentiment as it was long and narrow and I didn’t want to cover up any of the gorgeous northern lights.
This sentiment from the Gone Fishing stamp set was the perfect sentiment to use on the inside of my dad’s birthday card!
Now it’s time to hop in over to our next participant, the lovely Rachel Woollard – I can’t wait to see what Rachel has made this week!
If at any time you find a broken link, you can find the complete list of all participants below.
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
We’ll be back next Wednesday, 24th July, showcasing Boho Blue.
I hope you can join us then!
I love it! Your Northern lights card is so beautiful and those colours work so well together. This is such a fun technique to try out.
Your Northern Lights card is perfect for your astrological loving dad and a great way to feature Blueberry Bushel and show how well it goes with lots of colours.
A gorgeous and happy birthday card for you Dad. Cathy, I am sure he will love his card and the love that it comes with. Your Northern Lights blending is wonderful. xxx
What a great card Cathy and a fun technique! Love the colours. Your Dad is going to love it and I love the sentiment in the middle of the card.
Aww, what a lovely sentiment for the inside of the card. I’m sure that your dad will love it, especially knowing that you included one of his interests. The colours in the sky look amazing.
What a fun, northern lights card you’ve created for your dear dad, Cathy. Great bright colour choices with the white embossed stars and moon.
Great way to showcase this bright and vibrant blue, and how well it goes with lots of other colours, Cath. I love the white-embossed details, and am sure your Dad will just love his card!
Stunning card Cathy, beautiful blending of all those colours. I love the moon and the stars in the sky