Bella & Friends – Birthday

Indulge me…Stampin’ Through The Catalog featured Artisan Constanze Wirtz yesterday and we are invited to CASE (Copy and Selectively Edit) her card.

Constanze created a CAS (clean and simple) card, a favorite style of mine, featuring Animals, Die-Cut Framing, soft coloring and a ribbon.  These are my takeaways.

My design choices were influenced by: Farm Quest (#71) to add Dogs and/or Cats; Heart Quest (#73) to add Green and/or White Hearts; Seize The Birthday (#306) to use Frames; and Retro Rubber (#255) for the Color Palette and to celebrate beloved retired rubber.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (11” x 4¼” scored at 5½”) Basic White Thick cardstock.
• Frame: (4¼” x 4¼”) Smoky Slate cardstock die-cut with the largest Stitched Arch die from the Everyday Arches Dies set, an On-Line Exclusive product, finished size (3⅞” x 3⅞”).
• Focal Panel: (4” x 3”) Basic White cardstock.
  • Bella with her Bone, from the retired Bella & Friends stamp set (circa 2016), was stamped first with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  She was stamped again onto a Post-It-Note, trimmed out and used as a Mask.
  • With Bella covered, Pretty Kitty in her Flowerpot, from the retired Pretty Kitty stamp set (circa 2016), was also stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • The sentiment, they say it’s your birthday, from the retired Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set (circa 2019) was stamped with Lost Lagoon ink.
  • The scene was then colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Bella – Dark Smoky Slate; Bella’s Heart Collar – Dark Granny Apple Green; Pretty Kitty – Light Smoky Slate; Kitty’s Nose and Ears – Light Flirty Flamingo; Pot – Light Lost Lagoon; Flowers – Light Peach Pie, Dark Flirty Flamingo, Dark Calypso Coral; Leaves – Light Granny Apple Green; and Shadows – Light Pool Party.
  • The scene was then die-cut with the next sized down Stitched Arch die.  Finished size (3½” x 3”)
• A Ribbon Bow was tied around the Smoky Slate Frame using (14”) of retired White Crinkled Seam Binding, still in my stash.

A little glue, and all layers were adhered to the card base, completing the card.

A sweet little card with Bella offering up her Bone to Pretty Kitty as a birthday gift.

Thanks for spending even more of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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