Wooot – you look fabulous

Hey everybody, happy Sunday! I hope you’re having a good weekend! I’m delighted to share a birthday card for Keep It Simple! Yep, it’s our birthday! Be sure to check out our new KIS Birthday Club which debuted a couple days ago! By signing up you’ll get a 30% off coupon code to use on your birthday which is good for 45 days after your birthday! AND if you sign up by the end of August you’ll be entered into a drawing for a $25 shopping coupon! How cool is that?! Be sure to use my code LoveToScrap2 for 10% off your entire order!

I created this birthday card using the super adorable Buzzy Hands Happy New Year stamp. Yes, you read that right… a Happy New Year stamp. I was really thinking outside the box with this… some bright colors for those balloons, noise-maker and his hat (paired with sentiments from the Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments stamp set) were all I needed to turn this into a birthday card! A timeless argyle background using the KIS Stamps & Stencils really added to the fun! At first glance, this looks pretty plain but the image is actually multi-dimensional (four layers at the thickest point) and very cool! I love how it turned out!

I cut a standard A2 side-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock along with layering panels from Solar White and CutCardStock Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock. Using the KIS Argyle Stamps & Stencils with Ranger squeezed lemonade and mowed lawn distress inks, I created the background on the Solar White layering panel. I trimmed it and layered it on the black cardstock, then added a torn panel of CutCardStock Glama Natural Translucent Vellum to tone down the busy background.

I stamped the gnome on Solar White cardstock and used a Sharpie white paint pen to ‘white out’ the champagne glass and then made a copy of that image which I fussy cut. I stamped him three more times and used those stamped images to cut the pieces and parts from to layer him up with foam squares, coloring each layer as necessary. I stamped sentiments from the Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a vellum scrap, stamped again in Versamark, and then heat embossed them with Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder. I used Kat Scrappiness snow on the pom-pom on his hat and added a few Back To Basics Jade Enamel Dots which finished the card front.

I cut the inside panel from Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of yellow paper from the Back To Basics Lemon 12×12 Collection Pack and leftover strips of the argyle background and Black Licorice cardstock used on the front. I stamped two more sentiments from the same Birthday Sentiments stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black and Ranger mowed lawn inks, and layered the panel on Black Licorice cardstock.

Keep It Simple products used:
Bizzy Hands Happy New Year stamp set
KIS Argyle Stamps & Stencils
Back To Basics Birthday Sentiments stamp set
Back To Basics Lemon 12×12 Collection Pack
Back To Basics Jade Enamel Dots

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Other products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Neenah Classic Crest 80# Solar White cardstock, CutCardStock Glama Natural Translucent Vellum and Pop Tone Black Licorice cardstock
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (pad and marker), Sharpie white paint pen; Ranger squeezed lemonade and mowed lawn distress inks; Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends- IG2, GT1/2/3, BT7/8/9, TN1/2/4, OR1, CR7, FS6/7/8, DR1, LY3, DG3, LG5, LV3; Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen and Micron 08 Black pen
ACCESSORIES: Fiskars 12″ ProCision Rotary Bypass Paper Trimmer, Taylored Expressions Stick & Stamp Mat, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Milwaukee heat tool, Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder, Scrapbook.com Double-Sided Adhesive Foam Squares, Kat Scrappiness Artificial Snow

I hope you’ve loved seeing this project as much as I loved creating it and you’re inspired to get crafty! Be sure to check out ALL the fun goodies in the Keep It Simple online store! Save 10% on your entire order when you shop online using code LoveToScrap2 at checkout! There is no minimum purchase requirement and no usage limits, AND it combines with product, order, and shipping discounts! Is that cool, or what?! Be sure to Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for lots of crafty inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,