Squirrel Friend Birthday - Stampin' Up! Storybook Friends

   It's fitting that I'm sharing a birthday card today because I'm celebrating mine!  Though I have to say it being on a Monday and the Monday after the clock change is not ideal lol!  As if Mondays aren't bad enough right?  But this little squirrel makes me smile so maybe that's somewhat of a consolation!  I'm using the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge where they have us using a dark brown, light brown and blue.

  When I saw these colors I immediately thought of the cute critters in the Storybook Friends stamp set so I got to work.  The card base is Crumb Cake then I added a strip of Boho Blue DSP and edged it with a scrap piece of Early Espresso.

  The circles are all die cut with the Stylish Shapes dies.  The Early Espresso one is embossed with the Distressed Tile embossing folder.

  The squirrel is stamped in Memento black and then colored with Stampin' Blends before being die cut and popped on the Boho Blue circle.

  The sentiment is stamped along the DSP panel in Early Espresso.  I was please that I actually got it stamped straight!

 I was kind of envisioning this card for a guy so I didn't want to add a ribbon or bow so I settled on two Pecan Pie Ribboned Adhesive-Backed Dot for a tiny bit of shine.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Storybook Friends, Simply Said

Ink: Memento Black, Early Espresso

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, Ivory, Boho Blue light, Granny Apple Green light (flower), Lemon Lolly dark (flower)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Boho Blue, Basic White, 2023-2025 In Color DSP (retired)

Accessories: Storybook Friends dies, Stylish Shapes dies, dimensionals, Distressed Tile embossing folder, Ribboned Adhesive-Backed Dot