kids birthday cards

This Saturday I'm doing a kids' birthday cards stamp a stack. I've had requests for this class from moms whose kids get invited to lots of birthday parties and who therefore have a constant need for little people cards. I thought this was a great idea because it would give me a chance to design several different cards that I would have for the kid parties we get invited to. A total win-win for everyone.

I decided that the eyebrow guy from last night had to make the kid birthday card cut, and so I made two more cards using the same sketch (we'll be making 12 cards at the stamp-a-stack, using 4 different sketches).

The first card also uses the pick a petal set. This time a petal serves as a candle flame. What a neat idea, right? Not mine, of course. Someone else on SCS came up with this and I just CASEd the idea. I used bits of the jersey shore designer paper for the candles -- this, by the way, is a great way to use up your small designer paper leftovers -- and drew in the wicks with my black stampin' write marker. I added a bashful blue mat and attached the image to the card base, to which I previously attached a strip of brilliant blue and a strip of the jersey shore designer paper. The I just stamped the make a wish sentiment from "A Little Birthday Cheer" in basic black and the card was done. Fun and Cute!

For the next card I used the elephant from the Happy Heart Day stamp set. I inked him up with my basic black stampin' write markers so that I could omit the heart above his trunk and the words around him. Once the elephant was stamped, I added the presents from the Loads of Love Accessories set. I colored the image in using Stampin' Write markers and the colors form the Bali Breeze designer paper I knew I wanted to use as an accent on the card. I took an old olive card base, added a strip of taken with teal card stock and a strip of designer paper, then added a pumpkin pie mat to the main image and attached the image to the card base. I stamped the happy birthday sentiment form Eat Cake and the card was done.

In the process I learned that I really liked this sketch. Don't be surprised if you see it pop up again once in a while.