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)
Very cute card welcome to Guesting 😀
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the direction you took with these colors. Such a fabulous card, Amanda. The background looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post about how you made this card. It is fun to do the unusual instead of the usual. As the colors for this challenge. I love the font of your alphabet letters and the fun crab. It all came together so well. Nice Job!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fabulous card! I love your creativity and I had a chuckle too:)
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun card, I love the sandy looking background, the torn edges look so good! Cute crab and fun font, perfect for the kraft and red theme, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and creative card. Love how reading how you designed it. Thanks for being our party guest at STB.
ReplyDeleteI love this design! Your beach looks so real and such a fun play on words. Thanks for guesting with us!!!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, this is such a cute little beach scene. Love the sand background and your sweet crab. Thanks for being our Party Guest at Seize the Birthday.
ReplyDeleteFun card, Amanda! I love the sentiment, and how you made the ripples in the sand. Great to have you as our guest at STB!
ReplyDeleteI see when you described the process that it would definitely have been fun to make. I love your idea of using the colors, especially the red crab. I love the sandy beach you've made too. Thank you so much for this fabulous inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic Amanda! Such a great sentiment along with perfect background for that awesome crab. So glad to have your joining us at Seize the Birthday.
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