Hello crafty friends,

Hope you’re having a good week  🙂

Today’s card was created for my stepson’s upcoming birthday and I decided to use MFT sketch#396 for this card.

http://www.cardchallenges.com/2018/08/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-396.html

I love using sketches and color combos provided by many companies in the industry – they give me a wide variety of ideas that I normally wouldn’t come up with on my own.

To start I stamped, colored and cut the lion. Next I die cut the Happy Birthday circle sentiment from heavyweight cardstock and colored it with the same colors as the lion.

The patterned paper was cut with stitched rectangle die then I cut a smaller panel from kraft cardstock. I stamped the square pattern on kraft piece and cut the circle sentiment on the bottom right edge as I wanted to do an inlay with my sentiment.

I adhered the patterned paper to my card base then adhered the kraft piece. Once I had those two in place I added the circle shaker pouch to hold my sequins then adhered the circle sentiment and the lion image.

The sentiment on the bottom was stamped on a piece of tan cardstock, cut into a strip and adhered with foam tape.

To add more interest to my kraft panel I added liquid gems in coordinating color.

Supplies Used:  Stamps/Dies/Patterned Paper/Circle Pouch – My Favorite Things – Safari Friends, Happy Birthday Circle Frame, Stitched Rectangle STAX set A1, Sweet Sunshine 6×6 Paper pack, Circle Shaker Pouch; Cardstock – Michael’s Recollections 110lb, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Ink – Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts – Cup ‘o’ Joe; sequins, liquid gems, alcohol markers, craft foam, liquid glue