Inky Paws Challenge #229 ~ Birthday Theme Challenge Reminder

Hello there crafty friend!

There's still time to play along with the Inky Paws Challenge #229 - Birthday Theme Challenge! You have until this coming Friday, August 16th to get your entries in for this fun challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #229 - Birthday Theme Challenge

Birthday cards are so fun to make! I had a blast mixing and matching stamps and dies for my card!

I really couldn't narrow down what I wanted to play with so I played with them all! First up is the adorable Farmer Newton Stamp Set. I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink {I use this same ink for all the stamps today} and colored him up with my Copic markers. So fun! I then stamped the Harvest Haul Stamp Set and colored it with my Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies for both stamp sets to die cut the images - Farmer Newton Die Set and Harvest Haul Die Set. I like to use washi tape to secure my dies... my plates for my Big Shot are old and they like to pop sometimes and move the die so securing it with washi tape seems to prevent that from happening.

Here's the list of the Copic markers I used for these two images:

Farmer Newton: R00, R20, C00, C1, C3

Hat: E33, E35, E39, YG11, YG63

Clothes: B91, B93, B95, B97, R20, R14, R46, Y15

Pitchfork: N0, N2, N4, N6, E33, E35, E39

Truck: R20, R14, YR27, R46, E33, E35, E39, N0, N2, N4, N6, C00, C1, B0000, B000, B00

Apples / Basket: YG21, YG11, G14, E30, E33, E35

Corn: YG11, YG63, Y11, Y15

Pumpkins: YR21, YR15, YR27, C00, C1, C3, E30, E33, E35

Blanket: Y11, Y15, YG11, YG63

I paired up the adorable kitty and truck with the awesome Farmyard 6x6 Paper Pad. So many fun patterns in these papers... it was hard to choose! I die cut the yellow paper using the scalloped die from the Frames & Flags Die Set. I wanted to also play with the new Basic Frames Die Set so I die cut the barn paper using the large banner die. The dies in the Basic Frames Die Set compliment the dies in the Frames & Flags Die Set so well... I love it! I didn't want to cover up my fun pattern papers so I die cut a circle of vellum card stock using a die from the Circles Frames Die Set.

All of my pattern papers are adhered to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up. I adhered the kitty to the truck and then adhered them to the vellum circle. I was then able to add glue just behind the farmer and truck to adhere the vellum circle to the card. This trick prevents any of the glue from showing through the vellum. The fun sentiment from the Farmer Newton Stamp Set was stamped with Candied Apple Distress Ink on a banner I die cut using a die from the Frames & Flags Die Set. It's popped up on the card with foam tape.

I often like to continue my design inside the card but sometimes I forget to take a photo. Luckily, I didn't forget this time! I stamped the three chickens from the Cluck Stamp Set and colored them up with my Copic markers. Aren't they just the cutest?! Love them! Of course, I colored them to look like our chickens. I actually went a little nuts with the Sakura White Gelly Roll pen and added some white to the black chickens head but it was too much so I stamped the head on a scrap of card stock. Colored it up again and then fussy cut it on the line. I colored up the edges of the fussy cutting using a Memento Tuxedo Black marker and then paper pieced the head after I die cut the chickens with the coordinating Cluck Die Set. In person there's a bit of dimension to the black chickens head, but I don't think you can really see it in the photo. I adhered a thin strip of pattern paper to the bottom of the card to ground the chickens. And then I stamped another sentiment... this time it's a sentiment from the Cluck Stamp Set. I just love how this card turned out! I hope you like it too!

Here's the list of the Copic markers I used for the chickens:

Left / Middle Chickens: R20, R14, R46, YR21, YR15, YR27, E30, E33, E35, E39

Right Chicken: R20, R14, R46, YR21, YR15, YR27, N0, N2, N4, N6

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project with a Birthday theme. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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