CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: A Simple Birthday Card from a Sketch

Hello everyone!! Happy Thursday!! Nora here from A Creative Touch with a simple birthday card I created by looking at my supplies in a different way.

Stamps: Little Huggables, Huggable Critters Set

Fri-Dies: Huggable Critters Set

Stencils: Curtis Stencil

I started out the design for this card from a sketch that I created. I most often start in my head with an actual design idea and go from there. On the sketch below, I knew I wanted to use a stencil in the center, surrounded by two square frames die cut from scraps.

I decided that I wanted to make this a birthday card and thought three balloons would look great in the center. I looked at my CAS-Fridays Fri-dies and found that one set of ovals from the Huggable Critters Set was the perfect size for the design of my card.

I die cut the oval from white cardstock and then used Distress Inks to blend color onto each one.

After blending, I adhered some twine onto the back of each one. I added glue to the twine and straightened it out, letting it dry.

While the twine was drying, I used the Curtis Stencil and the same three Distress Inks on my card front, only selecting a small portion for the blend.

Next I adhered the frames over the stenciled area on the card front.

I took the balloons and used foam adhesive to adhere them to the card. This gives them a bit of dimension and adds interest to a simple card design.

I then stamped a sentiment from the Little Huggables Stamp set. I altered the "Hoppy Birthday" to say "Happy Birthday." You can make small changes like this to get more use of your stamps.