Have a Magical day

I always make handmade cards for my loved ones on special occasions. Last week was my husband’s birthday and as usual, I was planning on making a card for him. When I saw the theme for the Male Room Challenge Blog, I was thrilled! I couldn’t believe my eyes😊 A Birthday Challenge theme, such a perfect coincidence! So, I decided to make this card for my husband. Among other things, there are two things my husband and I love the most – books and Harry Potter. We both have always been die-hard Harry Potter fans. No matter how busy our schedules were, we always made it a point to squeeze some time out and watch the movies with each other; first day first show most of the times! We have also read the books so many times that I have lost count. So, I thought a Harry Potter themed card will be perfect for his birthday.

The adorable digital stamp sets I used for this card are Bella Students and Magical Bella by Isabel Cristina and I had my eyes on them since the time I saw them on her page. To start with, I printed the images on a watercolour card stock. Then, I fussy cut them and coloured them using Zig Markers.

I took a 10.5 * 4.5 inches card stock and scored it at 3.5 inches and 7 inches to create a trifold card. I then cut three panels of 3.5 * 4.5 inches for the backgrounds. For the first panel, I masked the top part and started working on the wall for which I used the brick stencil from the Mini Stencil Set 3 by Tim Holtz along with Fired Brick Distress Ink. After that, I masked the wall and used Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink to colour the ground. Then, I used Ground Expresso Distress Ink with a Nuvo Blending Brush to create some texture on it. Once I was done, I used the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil by MFT along with Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink to create the sky. Then, I stuck the images I had fussy cut and coloured earlier on it. I first stuck the envelope image and then stuck the owl on it. After this, I stuck the Harry Potter image on the panel.

For the second panel, I masked the bottom part and used the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink to create the clouds in the sky. Then, I masked the sky and coloured the ground following the same process I did for the first panel. Once this was done, I stuck the Harry Potter image, followed by the caged owl image. After this, I stuck the two trunks and then stuck the hat on it. Finally, I stuck the broom.

I wanted the third panel to be a library-themed one because of our love for books. (We could literally live in a library😋) So, for this panel, I coloured the background using Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink. Then, I used the brick stencil and Tea Dye Distress Ink to colour the bricks. I love how different the oxides and distress inks are and yet how nicely they complement each other. For the ground, I used the Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. Since I wanted a library theme, I stuck the bookshelf in the background. To create some dimension, I stuck it at a distance. Then, I stuck the sentiment banner, Harry Potter, Hermione and Ron images on the panel.

Finally, I stuck all these panels on the cardstock.

I have listed the products used below. Thank you for visiting my Blog.

Supplies:

• Bella Students Digital Stamp by Isabel Cristina
• Magical Bella Digital Stamp by Isabel Cristina
• Mini Cloud Edges Stencil by My Favorite Things
• Mini Stencil Set 3 by Tim Holtz
• Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink
• Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink
• Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink
• Tea Dye Distress Ink
• Ground Expresso Distress Ink
• Hickory Smoke Distress Ink
• Fired Brick Distress Ink
• Blending Sponge
• Nuvo Blending Brush
• Grey cardstock
• White card stock

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