Blogger Challenge: Week 84

The theme for this week’s blogger challenge is birthdays. I have had this cute Happy Chef set from The Greeting Farm since early this month and haven’t used it yet, so I pulled it out for this challenge.

I stamped the chef image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I ended up cutting the image out and attaching it to the Soft Sky mat behind it because my attempt to cut the image out with a Nestabililties rectangle die didn’t work so well. I kind of like how some of the image (the platter and the hat) extend beyond the border of the Soft Sky panel, so it worked out okay. The red rug for the chef is standing on was a last minute addition, made from half of an oval punched piece.

The rest of the card is pretty simple. The “happy birthday” sentiment is stamped in red on layered petite oval Nestabilities cutouts and attached to the card to overlap the image panel. I used a piece of red grid patterned paper to cover part of the bottom of the cardfront and added a trio of brads to match the rows of buttons on the chef’s jacket.

For more birthday themed inspiration, you can stop by to visit the rest of the challenge players. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right.

Materials Used:
Happy Chef stamp set (The Greeting Farm); white Pure Luxury cardstock (Gina K Designs); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic Ciao); Real Red Classic ink, Real Red, Soft Sky, and Pacific Point cardstock, Real Red Patterns designer paper, Real Red grosgrain ribbon, oval punch, silver brads, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); petite oval dies (Nestabilities)