Here's Errol (he looks like an Errol) doing a jig with a background of copper stars!
I've punched out the balloons using copper foil board (embossed before punching), a matt copper cardstock and glimmer paper. The happy birthday greeting is stamped on Basic White and cut out using the Tasteful Labels Dies - there's a die in that pack to suit just about every greeting! I cut the mat for the greeting by hand. The whole thing is adhered to a Night of Navy cardstock base. Don't forget to add a liner to dark cards so it's easy to write a message inside.
Happy Hump Day!
Karen
Warning....cuteness overload!
You really can use any Designer Series Paper with these happy little puffins. They work with all sorts of colours and patterns. The trick is to pick out complementary colours to fill in the images like the cake & fish in this card. The Pear Pizzazz colour in this spotty DSP doesn't make another appearance, but it is complemented so well in the blue card base and ribbon that it doesn't matter.
And in my second card, it's just a matter of picking the dominant colour in the DSP - in this case it's Calypso Coral. So I chose Pumpkin Pie to make a statement and really set off the Puffins with those cute little candles, which you'll notice I've coloured using the shades of the DSP . The speckled background ties it all together.
They are such lovely birthday cards for the littlies, don't you think?
Happy stamping :)
Karen
What do you think of this background paper? It's from Expressions in Ink. It's very soft and pretty, but those gold accents make it feel really special. I've layered it onto some Gold Foil Board.
The word 'love' is a die cut, it was from a kit, and I can't remember which one....hahahahaha! But the large heart is cut from Polished Pink cardstock using the Sunshine Wishes dies, long retired, and so pretty I can't part with them.
It seems that our happy little puffin goes with just about anything.
Tip - if you want to stamp a word precisely into a small area, stamp first, punch second. Like the ‘You’ in the small heart. That way you'll know that you've got perfect placement and that the punch is the right size for the stamp. Of course if you're doing a whole lot of the same stamp, then you could also use a Stamparatus. Well worth the investment if you like to mass produce cards.
Happy Monday!
Karen
Here's another card using the Party Puffins stamp set. This time I've used the Picture This die - I know I've said this before, but it's so lovely because you get the stitching on the outside of the circles adding a nice detail. I used the die on the DSP as well - it's more of the retired Birthday Memories. That way, the circles are the perfect size to pop up on dimensionals within the die cut frame.
The base card is Highland Heather. This card just feels jolly and bright to me! Perfect for a happy birthday, don't you think?
Happy crafting
Karen
This week I've been playing with the Party Puffins stamp set. Super cute, and lot's of options for some really fun cards in this set.
This card was partly a What's on the Desk project because the only thing I added was the stamped Puffin and the card base.
I had the scrap of DSP - it's retired now but I think it was called Birthday Memories. I bet lots of you have still got some of that paper....wink wink! Anyway, I layered it onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock because I already had the die cut star and the stripped banner. Then I stamped, coloured with markers and fussy cut the cutie pie puffin. I'm calling him Errol. He's popped up on dimensionals because that's how I like to do things. The greeting is stamped in black - I use Memento or Basic Black from SU. Add a couple of rhinestones for pizzazz and stick the whole lot onto a piece of Basic White cardstock (half a piece of A4, folded in half).
I've had a ball with this set this week, so check back tomorrow to see what's next!
Have a super weekend.
Karen
