Watercolor stripes Bonanza Buddies birthday card

Here's a darling card that would be suitable for either a young boy or girl's birthday.  I created this card using the Bonanza Buddies stamp set and Bonanza dies and a watercoloring technique that I CASE'd from someone but I can't remember their name.  It is super easy and really is a technique that would work with any colors, but I felt it went well with the cute little Bonanza Buddies.  You can change up the card base color as well as the DSP to suit your own taste.  Here is the low-down on how I made this card:

List of Ingredients:

Stamps:  Bonanza Buddies

Ink:  Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock:  Granny Apple Green, Whisper White, Pool Party, Flirty Fl

amingo, Brights DSP

Accessories:  Bonanza Dies, All Dressed Up dies, Layering Ovals dies, Aqua painter, Stampin' Sponges or daubers, Tombow liquid adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Whisper White envelope

Dimensions:

Card base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2 ", scored at 2 1/4" on both ends – Granny Apple Green

Inside of card:  5 1/4" x 4"  - Whisper White

First layer:  5 1/4" x 1 7/8" – Flirty Flamingo

Second layer:  5 x 1 3/4" x 2 – Water color paper sponged with thick stripes of Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flamingo and Pool Party

Inside flaps:  5 1/4" x 1 7/8" – Flirty Flamingo DSP, pattern of choice

Scrap:  Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo, Granny Apple Green and Pool Party

Basic Instructions:

1.  Cut and fold card base.  Adhere Whisper White to middle of inside of card.  Adhere Flirty Flamingo DSP to both inside flaps.

2.  Sponge thick stripes of Flirty Flamingo, Pool Party and Granny Apple Green to a 5 x 3 1/2" piece of watercolor paper.  Using Aqua Painter, make thin stripes through the sponged ink.  Set aside to dry.

3.  Using scraps of cardstock, stamp all three Bonanza Buddies images in desired colors, including party hats and pompons.  Cut out using Bonanza dies.

4.  Cut varying sizes of ovals from the Layering Ovals dies to correspond to the sizes of the images used.  Adhere the layered ovals together using wet glue.  Adhere the animal images to the top oval using Stampin' Dimensionals except for the one you will adhere on the inside.  Attach this image to the oval shape with wet glue. 

5.  Cut out banners from the 3 different colors of cardstock, 2 of each shape.  Stamp sentiment in Smoky Slate or Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto scrap of Whisper White cardstock and cut out using label die from the Best Dressed dies.

6.  Adhere Flirty Flamingo layer to outside flaps on front of card.  Next, adhere the rainbow striped watercolored layer on top of the Flirty Flamingo layer.  Adhere the die cut images as desired to both flaps, leaving room in the center for the sentiment.  Adhere the sentiment to the left-sided panel in the center, using Stampin' Dimensionals on the left side only, leaving the right side with no adhesive so the card will open and close.

7.  Use the third animal layered oval to center bottom of the inside of the card.  Stamp sentiment on inside of card as desired.

8.  Stamp one of the animal images on the front left corner of the envelope.

If you would like to purchase the products used to create this card, please click on the picture below, which will bring you to my shopping page with a complete list of these items already checked and ready to add to your cart.  If you don't need or want all the products checked, just uncheck any of the items you don't wish to purchase. 

I hope you like this cute birthday card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Chris