Tie-dye Dragon Birthday

I love the way this card came out! It's so bright and cheerful and more classic rainbow color.

My first step was to use the round circle stamp to set up the shaker part of my card. I stamped using clear embossing ink and then used clear embossing powder. Simon Says Stamp's Sentimental Circle is such a fun set and I actually got it for a fantastic price at a garage sale! Definitely a good find.

After I had the Happy Birthday circle embossed I took my cute little dragons and little star stamp from Hero Arts's Dragons and Unicorns set and stamped them around the edge and once again used clear embossing powder and embossed the images.

Before I added the window or shaker element I used distress inks to create a "tie-dye" looking pattern. I started with yellow in the three corners and then worked my way around with the other colors. Blending the red and blue over red to get orange and green. I did use purple because the blended purple didn't have the dark pop of purple I was looking for.

I die cut out a circle for the shaker added a piece of plastic leftover from a scrapbooking purchase (As long as you are not using "big pieces" it works great! A couple of mists of water over the oxide inks and some mica spray and I was done with my cover. I waited for that step because I wanted to add the splatter to the shaker window. Add some dimensional adhesive and voila! I was SO happy with the outcome. If you have any questions feel free to message me on Instagram!