Blue Persuasion Twisted Easel Birthday Card

For the card front: Cut 4½"x9" Blue Persuasion light blue swirls paper (avoiding the flowers) and place it on the craft mat. Tape the stencil on top of the paper. Use a blender brush to apply Midnight ink over the stencil, inking heavily along the bottom, then lightening the pressure as you ink upward. Remove the stencil, trim the paper to 3¼"x8¼", and glue it to the center front.

Remove the Blue Persuasion “beautiful,” two blossoms, and the diamonds from the chipboard sheet. Use the blender brush to ink the flowers with Fuchsia and Damson Wine ink and the leaves with Pine Tree. Ink the diamonds with Ocean Blue, then lightly rub the Midnight ink pad over the diamonds. Paint all the chipboard pieces with Sparkle ink. Die cut two leaf branches from dark blue cardstock and paint Sparkle ink over them. Let the ink dry.

Glue the leaf branches to the front at the lower right as shown. Glue the diamonds near the lower left edge, then glue the flowers, overlapping them as shown. Remove the Blue Persuasion banner die-cut from the sheet and cut 2¾" off one end. Glue it to the front at the upper left, extending inward from the edge. Glue “beautiful” to the banner and place butterfly Dazzles™ as shown.