Oh Crab! - Stampin' Up! Ocean Friends

     The fabulous team at Seize the Birthday challenge is back with some more birthday card inspiration for you and they are letting me continue to join in the fun for January and February as a guest designer!  This time we are to use Kraft and Red as the colors for our card!

  I have to admit that these colors had me stumped for a bit as all I could think about was Valentine's Day but after I got that out of my system and got to thinking all things birthday and looking at my new Ocean Friends bundle there was only one way to go!

  This one was so fun to put together and I kept chuckling to myself (I'm easily amused!) the whole time.

  I started with a Crumb Cake (kraft) card base, then I used 2 more panels of Crumb Cake and tore the top edge off. Using a sponge I added Crumb Cake ink to darken the torn edge to make it look like a sandy beach.  I added some little pebbles in Crumb Cake to break up the sandy expanse.

  Next I used Basic White cardstock, the Alphabet a la Mode dies and foam adhesive sheets to make my "Oh Crab!"  and adhered them to the top of the card.

  Using some creative marker work I inked up the stamps to make 'it's your' and then used an ink pad to ink up only part of a 'happy birthday' sentiment. More dimensionals are used for the sentiment pieces.

  Finally comes the red part of my card, the crab!  He's a 2 step stamp with the outline in full strength Real Red and the fill stamp in stamped off once Real Red.  He's die cut and then added to the card front with more dimensionals.

  Finally I added the red enamel stars from my retired embellishment stash as everything else red that I had was way too Christmas-y for a birthday card!

  This was such a fun challenge and really made me get creative to bring my idea to life!  I can't wait to see your project in the Seize the Birthday gallery!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased or earned for free in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Ocean Friends, With You In Mind, Friendly Seagulls (SAB), Amazing Phrasing (retired)

Ink: Real Red, Crumb Cake, Memento Black, Basic Black Stampin' Write marker

Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic White

Accessories: Ocean Friends dies, Alphabet a la Mode dies, dimensionals, foam adhesive sheets, enamel stars (retired)