I'm also sharing with Darnell's NBUS challenge as this is the first outing for the main stamp and die set I used in today's card and joining in with the Anything Goes option of the Seize the Birthday challenge.
The newest little in our family is our great niece, and she is a cutie patootie! She turned two in mid-July and I had So.Much.Fun. making this card for her birthday!
I started out with Lawn Fawn's stamp and die set that came out last year for Stamptember at Simon Says Stamp. It has all the kitties and much of the other parts, but I also grabbed two older LF stamps from my collection to add the balloons, the cute bird, the hearts and one of the sentiment bubbles.
I decided on a color palette (other than the critters) of pink, aqua, yellow and lime green. I used my Copic markers to color everything, then out came the white gel pen to add some polka dots and stripes on the balloons and some of the packages.
I was trying to decide what type of scene to make with all these critters and thought it would be a fun design to use one of the postage collage A2 dies to create frames for little vignettes. I went with the A2 size, which is 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" and it was die cut 3 times and stacked for dimension.
Distress inks were softly blended on a panel of white for the background, which was trimmed down to the same size as the frame before adhering. Most of the images were popped up on foam squares. Before adding to the card base, I ink blended pink around the edges. Lastly, I added Glossy Accents to the balloons, Stickles to a couple of the party hat pompoms and lots of sparkle with a shimmer pen to many of the items.
Thanks so much for visiting! I encourage you to take a moment and head over to the Paper Players, where my amazing teammates have some super cute cards to inspire you. The challenge will remain open until Friday, August 7th at 3pm EDT. I hope to see your card in the gallery!
Stef
- Lawn Fawn/SSS Purrfect Birthday stamps and dies (no longer available but LF has oodles of similarly cute sets available).
- LF Happy Birthday Deer stamps and dies
- LF Hippo Birdie to You stamps and dies
- Waffle Flower Postage Collage A2 Block die
- Kitsch Flamingo, Twisted Citron and Salvaged Patina Distress Inks
- Stardust Stickles, Tonic Shimmer pen and Ranger Glossy Accents
- Copics - BG11, 13, RV 02, 04, Y00, 11, 15, YG05, 01, T1, 2, 3, 4, YR14, 16 18, Black
16 comments:
This card is beyond adorable, Stef! Those colors are absolutely perfect for a little girl and you've colored all the little elements so beautifully. I love the ink blended background and your frame, so cute. Have a wonderful week!
This is amazing!! I love the adorable little "scenes" you created on this card. I also love the shading behind each block.
What gorgeous vignettes! Child or adult - how could you not be entrances by the cute scenes and bright colours? You've absolutely done it 'for the little ones' in my book. :-)
This is adorable, so purr-fect for a little one!!
This is soooo cute! I love the softly blended background, and all those tiny diecut elements add so much to the design.
I should have added - thanks for playing along with us at Seize The Birthday!
Wowza! Your niece had better hold on to this work of art for future gazing!! It's a treasure, so much to look at and so fun and cute with the pastel colors and little animals! Adorable!
This is so, so cute Stef - I love it! The pretty colours and those little scenes in each window are truly a feast for the eyes - your great niece will I'm sure treasure it!
Stef, I so enjoyed having my eyes move from window to window to take in all the cute details. LOVE the pastel colors and how bright and cheerful this card is. Add this one to my long list of favorites of yours. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday, too!
Beautiful, delightful and very creative!
Your little great niece will love these images and the colors, Stef! You are such a pro and make each little piece look like it is prettier than store-bought. The whole postage scene is brilliantly laid out against the pretty blended backgrounds! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! Hugs, Darnell
This is such a fun and cheerful card! Great colouring and love the blended background. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday.
Stef, this card is as cute as can be! Your coloring is purrfect. The kitties are adorable. I am loving the scenes and the sentiments. This needs to be framed and kept as a treasured memento!
I've popped over from the NBUS Challenge to tell you how much I LOVE this card! We rescue kitties and this one is close to my heart! Thanks for sharing!
Stef, this card is just amazing! All the little kitties are so cute. The little windows each hold a special scene. The colors, coloring and blending are FANTASTIC!!!! I love it! Have a great weekend, My Friend!
Stef, cats and cake! It doesn't get any better than that for me, except when there are multiples of them in their own little windows! What a fabulous use of this fun set.
hugs
jaydee
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