Ultimately, I'm not sure I'm thrilled with how the card turned out but I'm all about rolling with it and not being quite so self critical - we can all use more self love, #amiright?
I used distress oxide inks which aren't quite as vibrant as regular distress inks and I think that's my issue but I still think my boss will like it! The outside and inside sentiment come from Mama Elephant Birthday Wishes (inside says: to a person that is charming, talented and witty, and reminds me a lot of myself. HILARIOUS!). I added a balloon from PTI's Birthday Balloons; everything on the cover was embossed in white before the colors were added. I also dropped on white ink, peacock feathers and twisted citron.
And of course, I decorated the envelope to match too; that might be my favorite part - HA!
The base panel was also created with watercolor paper and a couple different size paintbrushes just dipped in water, peacock feathers and twisted citron. I thought it would be fun to add some black accents to the thicker painted lines and then lines on the sentiment. I didn't worry too much about which lines were going which way on the sentiment, just thought it tied it all together nicely.