My Favorite Things - Wednesday Sketch Challenge 547

It's Wednesday and so there's a new Sketch Challenge over at My Favorite Things.   This is Challenge #547 which I hope you'll join in with for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher.   Here is my inspiration card followed by the actual sketch you'll be work with.

To create this card I first stamped a background panel using the Happy Birthday Background Stamp.  I sized this panel to be smaller than A2, backed it with a panel of white craft foam and then layered it over an A2 panel which in turn was applied to my card base.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from the newly release from the vault Birthday Bears  stamp set illustrated by Birdie Brown.  I used a light grey ink so that I could colour with my Copics in a no-line style.

Bear E43, E42, E41 and E40

Pinks R20, R30, R00 and R000

Greens G00, G000 and G0000

Yellows Y02, Y00 and Y0000

Shading W1 and W00

I used the Birthday Bears coordinating die-namics to die cut these images which I backed with foam tape and applied to the panel.

To follow the sketch I created 3 equal sized sentiment strips and I used the colour combinations above to make an ombré affect.   I then stamped the sentiments from Essential Sentiments using a second generation stamp and Gravel Gray Premium Dye Ink.   I wanted the stamping to be soft and distressed looking in keeping with the feel of the card.  These were backed with foam tape, aligned and applied.

Above is a zoomed in image of my finishing touches which included Stickles glitter on the party hat, gifts and candle flames and whilst it doesn't show here I also used Nuvo Crystal Glaze to make the icing on the cake lovely, glossy and dimensional.

Best of luck with your entries, I look forward to seeing what you create.  Happy crafty time!