Birthday Magic

Beguiling young witch in Ravenclaw colours or Blue and Bronze casting a spell for a magical birthday.

Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Saturday: Birthday
Crafty Gals Corner: Birthday/Celebration
Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C348 Olymic Colours or Sport (Blue and Bronze)
Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes

Supplies

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Putting it Together

Which witch? One of my co-workers said her niece likes Harry Potter and has a birthday coming up. So, I told my coworker to ask her niece which House she was sorted into. My co-worker, who hasn't seen the movies or read the books, did ask her niece who laughed as she said Ravenclaw. When my co-worker told me, I showed her the WiKi on Ravenclaw. She said it describes her niece well but was still a bit befuddled by it all *laugh*

So, for my co-worker's niece, I made a birthday card in the Ravenclaw colours of blue and bronze using one of the sets from the June release of Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. 

I stamped Witch Willa both on to Canson watercolour card stock and typing paper to use as a mask. When I stamp to make a mask I often use a non-black colour, like red, to make it easy to see when the mask has shifted and for pictures.

After fussy cutting the image, I put removable adhesive on the back of the typing paper mask and laid it over the black stamped image on the watercolour cardstock. 

For a background detail, I cut another typing paper mask using a Tonic Studios Celtic Square die. 

I positioned the square to give a detail at the bottom of a wall/corner.

I pounced Tea Dye Distress Ink on the mask/stencil.

I then masked off the knotwork to sponge the floor with Tumbled Glass.

I reversed the masking to cover the knotwork and top part of the floor. I sponged a light coat of Tumbled Glass on to the walls. With a stencil I had created for an earlier project by die cutting a border several times on a piece of acetate, I pounced on Weathered Wood as a wall paper. The die indicates the shapes are blossoms but I think they look a bit more star-like.

Before taking off the stamped image's mask, it looks a bit goofy. 

Mask off, Willa is ready for painting.

And.. POOF! She's painted! I added tile lines and a wall like as well to give a bit of dimension.

I die cut Happy Birthday from bronze foiled paper and decided I wanted to use Stampin' Up Not Quite Navy card stock to back the image. I dry fit the card a couple ways to come up with a layout.

This idea stuck. I trimmed Willa and sponged the edges a bit darker with Tumbled Glass.

I liked the "Have a Magical" from the Teacup Fairy set but the "Day" was redundant with the "Birthday" die cut I wanted to use. So.. I cut the sentiment apart to stack the parts I wanted and leave off the "Day". I can always mount them together for future projects, as if they'd never been apart. This is a tip from Jennifer McGuire I have used a few times now. 

I stamped "Have a Magical" in white Picket Fence and embossed it with Wow White Pearl. I used the Xyron to add adhesive to the 'birthday" while adding the dot for the "i" with Multi-Medium Matte. Both the blue panel and the painted panel were adhered flat to the card base.

Three light blue gemstones finished the card.

Inside, I added another sentiment and the frog from the Witchin' Willa set.