Birthday Blog Skip, Hop & Dance

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I think Stella would be a fabulous guest at any party, so I used the Birthday Cake with a Stella in it image for my birthday card. I colored the image with Copic markers and added some fun sparkly embellishments to Stella and the cake. I inked lightly around the edges of the oval panel in soft pink ink so it would be less bright against my colorful background.

This striped paper panel was lying on my desk leftover from another project and it fit perfectly with the festive look and feel I was after here. I tied a piece of pink grosgrain ribbon around it before layering my matted image on. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position the “put your party hat on” sentiment on a circle punch (notice Stella’s candle “hat”?). I originally got this sentiment to go with another stamp, but when I was making this card I realized it would work perfectly with this image, too.

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Materials Used:
Birthday Cake with a Stella in it image and sentiment (Stamping Bella); Snow White Choice Cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); markers (Copic); Pink Pirouette and Tempting Turquoise Classic ink, Tempting Turquoise and Regal Rose cardstock, mat pack and paper piercing tool, Flower Fusion Too felt flower ,5/8” Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, 1 ¾” circle punch, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); patterned paper (Imaginisce); oval and scalloped oval dies (Nestabilities); 1 ½” circle punch (EK Success); turquoise brad (Making Memories); Yellow Stickles, Petal Pink Liquid Pearls (Ranger); Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Pink Shimmerz