Beary Bubbly Birthday

There are so many cool techniques out there using reinkers in various ways! Here's another one I found that uses an every day household product - liquid dish soap. It makes a great background.

This will be messy, so do it over newspaper and don't wear good clothes! To make the background: mix 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap, 1 teaspoon of sugar and 1/2 cup of waterin a small mug or bowl. Stir them with a straw, then blow bubbles up to the top of your mug. I kept blowing for awhile so they were running over the side to make sure there were plenty. Then carefully add a few drops ofre-inker to your bubbles. Touch your cardstock to the bubbles so that they pop, the ink will stick to your cardstock in an interesting pattern. You will probably need to reblow the bubbles a few times to get the effect you want. Experiment with it, this was my second try. I used Real Red ink which made a really pretty, delicate pink background - not really appropriate for a little boy's birthday card.

Children grow up WAY to fast. My baby will be twenty on Tuesday (her older sisters would probably not appreciate it if I told you how old they are) and my grandson just turned four. This card is for Wyatt. In addition to the Not Quite Navy bubble backgound I used the masking technique to line up the balloons and added Crystal Effects after I colored them. Ingreients: Cardstock: Whisper White, YoYo Yellow, Real Red and Not Quite Navy. Ink: Basic Black classic and craft. Stamps: Beary Best Friends and Beary Best Wishes. Other: Black Stampin' Emboss Powder, Real Red brads, Not Quite Navy, Real Red, YoYo Yellow, Sahara Sand and River Rock Stampin' Write Markers.

I still need to come up with a fantabulous idea for cards for a few daughters' birthdays, think I'll look for some more reinker techniques. Stay tuned!