Seize the Birthday: Sparkle & Shine

It's a Seize the Birthday Thursday! That means I got to make a birthday card! :D Seemed like such a change from Christmas cards and tags. Although not that big a change, since our new *topping* is... Sparkle & Shine! Before we begin, let us all take a moment to agree that sparkle and shine on cards is very hard to photograph. So imagine my card in real life: 

I tried foiling with transfer gel and my die cutting machine for the first time, and I may have a new addiction! This is done with a fireworks stencil and rainbow shattered glass foil. (I bought the foil after a storeowner told me it would work for hot foiling. It does not. So of course I had to get some transfer gel so the foil wouldn't go to waste. That's how we crafters think, right?) It worked so well and is so shiny in real life. It was hard to know exactly how to add a sentiment without taking away too much from the image, but the central banner sentiment seemed the best. A reasonably quick card to make with major impact! First time with the stencil, the gel and the foil, so off to Darnell's NBUS challenge this goes, as well as to the STAMPlorations stencil challenge. 

Beautiful inspiration from my Seize the Birthday teammates, and our continuing surprise party guest, Julie! Add some sparkle and shine (or not, we accept all birthday cards) to your life and play along! 

Supplies: Recollections black cardstock, Hero Arts Rocket Thanks stamp, Versamark ink, Wow detail white embossing powder, CUTplorations fireworks stencil, Thermoweb Transfer Gel Duo, iCraft Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco-foil, MFT Blueprints 29 banner die, foam tape