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Otterly Wobbley Birthday

Good Day!

I try to make my step-grandkids cards that are meaningful to them.  They're young and don't REALLY appreciate them for longer than, oh, 2 minutes maybe.  However, for me, it's about letting them know I see them, who they are right here and now.

One of my grandsons turned 8 this year.  He loves otters so I broke out this Stampin Up stamp set and got to work.  Scouring my stash of old unused Freshly Made Sketches, I chose design #FMS354.  His favorite color is orange so I also searched splitcoaststampers.com color challenges for a color combo that included orange, #CC983 was the "winner".  To add a bit of fun, I put the otter on an action wobble.  Those are so easy to use and really step-up a card, especially for kids and kids-at-heart like me.  😜  I used a polka dot stencil and embossing paste on white cardstock for the primary background with light blue cardstock as a neutral frame around that but the light blue doesn't really show well in the picture.  Then, I put all that on a piece of primarily orange DSP.

I think this turned out pretty adorable and he had fun with the wobbler until the next present came along.  SMH

Enjoy!


Card Recipe

Stamps: SU! Awesome Otters, Balloon Builder
Punches & Dies: 
Stencils:  SU! Basic Pattern Decorative Masks
Embossing folders: 
Paper: SU! Whisper White, Best Year Ever DSP (retired), light blue from stash
Paper Size: A2 5.5" x 4.25" card
Ink: SU! Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Basic Black, Ohuhu alcohol markers
Accessories: action wobbler
Techniques: stencil with embossing paste, images cut with Scan N Cut





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