Birthday Delivery

Hello, Crafters.

Yesterday I used some of the die cuts I made from the the Birthday Memories Designer Series Paper (DSP) to create today's card! 

The only idea I had was that I wanted the little girl, who's protectively guarding her cake from the dog begging on the right-hand side, and the more snooty looking dog on the left-hand side! LOL!

These characters are just so unbelievably cute!

I started my card with a base of Old Olive Cardstock (CS), and a layer of Whisper White CS. 

My first thought was to create a garden scene and put the images at the front. I decided I didn't want the card front be so busy that the focal point was lost. 

I chose to use the beautiful Colour Theory Designer Series Paper (DSP) Stack. I absolutely love the crackle designs in this stack!

I debated whether to use the Dapper Blue design to represent the sky, or Olive Green to co-ordinate with the bottom section which represents grass. Co-ordination won the day!

I adhered a wide strip of the white background crackle paper the the top part of the Whisper White CS, and a narrower strip of the solid green background to the bottom part.

I wrapped a piece of the Old Olive 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon around the join of the two designs and adhered it at the back of the Whisper White CS.

I was very pleasantly surprised at how amazingly soft this ribbon is! When I first looked at it on the roll, I thought it looked quite thick and quite coarse - it's neither! 

The little girl and the standing dog images were die cuts from the DSP, but I wanted to put them on Dimensionals over the ribbon. 

I was concerned they would be too flexible to do this, so I adhered each of them to the stamped die cuts I shared with you on Saturday. 

This idea worked brilliantly, but I had a problem with the begging dog! I had fussy cut this image from the DSP as there isn't a die for it. 

To get round this, I cut roughly around another image of the begging dog on the DSP and adhered it to a piece of Whisper White CS. Then I fussy cut the dog and backing in one go!

My idea worked and I was able to adhere all three images in place using Dimensionals! 

I added the three balloons using Dimensionals, but I didn't add any backing to them. I felt that, because I had overlapped them, and I'd also used three Dimesionals, there was sufficient support already. 

I made three tiny bows using Linen Thread, and adhered one to each balloon using Tombow. Then I added a piece of string to each balloon, and adhered the ends behind the ribbon. 

Using Old Olive Ink, I stamped the Birthday GREETINGS sentiment from the Birthday Delivery Stamp Set towards the top right-hand corner. 

To decorate the inside of the card, I adhered a piece of Whisper White CS and adhered two fussy cut dogs, each playing with a balloon!

That's about it for today. Until tomorrow, happy crafting.

JanB.