So in Love with Birthday Hogs and Kisses

I absolutely love this Birthday Farm Animals set from Simon Says Stamp designed by the talented Sandy Allnock.  I just had to order it (in fact, I mistaken ordered two to my mother's benefit).  When it came in the mail, I had to get inky.  I had been playing with copics that day but had switched to colored pencils and decided that the colored pencils would be perfect for this cute little hog. 

I picked out the pretty chevron type paper from the Pebbles Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad for this card and used the colors to help in my decision making for the balloon and hat.  I, of course, added a bit of Wink of Stella to the hat and the balloon and topped the balloon with Glossy Accents.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card to cut out my panel and finished the card off with some Doodlebug sequins in Swimming Pool.  In retrospect, I would have left of a lot of the sequins.

 

Happy Birthday Card Inspired by Our Change of Art

I'm back to share yet another card for last week's birthdays.  I had another co-worker's birthday to celebrate and I wanted something colorful for her, so when I saw this card by Jennifer Rzasa on Our Change of Art, I knew it would be the right choice.  I decided to use the Sunnyside 6x6 paper pad by Pebbles for this card because of the bright and pretty color palette.  I created the shape in the Silhouette software by drawing a square with curved edges and then placing smaller squares in opposite corners to form the peaks.  Then I welded it together and created a shadow for matting.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Then all I had to do was cut my seven shapes and seven mats, glue them together and adhere them to the card with pop dots.  I stamped the sentiment from the Inkadinkado Expressions and Frames set and it was done.  Fun and quick!