Hi, crafty friends! I’m sharing a birthday card today. If you’ve followed Purple Onion Designs the last couple of years, you’re undoubtedly familiar with Tofu, the fluffy cat often central in Pei’s illustrations. This card features Tofu, along with a cute little friend for a celebration.
I stamped Tofu birthday wishes, masked off Tofu and the cute little chick and stamped HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the Outliners sentiment set. I even masked off the letters and did some inking over the Bursting backgrounds stencil from Concord & 9th for a subtle background.
I colored Tofu and the sentiment with Copics, adding a black dot of Sakura Glaze pen to the eyes once the coloring was complete. This creates a tiny bit of dimension, as well as a bit of shine.
I used a Quickie glue pen to create a burst from the flame, then sprinkled on Rock Candy distress glitter. This adds a tiny bit of sparkle and some subtle texture.
To finish off, I added a 5 mm pom pom from Cousin DIY to the top of the party hat.
I used lots of Copics for this one. I wasn’t quite happy with the color of the cupcake liner or the party hat, but it is what it is. The card is still cute!
I started by stamping the word happy from the Happy Birthday Words stamp set from Kristina Werner onto five different colors of cardstock from Concord & 9th. I used Lakefront, Parsley, Buttercup, Sorbet and Carnation. I heat embossed them all with white embossing powder from Ranger and stacked the letters for dimension, choosing a different color on top for each. This gives a bit of a rainbow look from the side.
I cut a white panel to 3 1/2 x 4 7/8″ and used the Balloon Party stencil from My Favorite Things to add ink blended balloons in the background. I used the same ink colors as my cardstock colors for the letters, and added a gradient on each of the balloons, concentrating the color on the base of the balloon, then fading as you go up the balloon. I adhered my letters staggered onto the stenciled background.
I stamped and white heat embossed the word birthday from the All the birthdays stamp set from Concord & 9th onto a scrap of Black cardstock. I added a few extra layers of cardstock behind it, before adhering it near the bottom of the pink Y.
I cut slivers of the same colors of cardstock to create some interest on the card base. I like the beveled edge you get from die cutting as apposed to using a trimmer, which is why I used one of the frames in the A2 Thin Frames die set from Kristina Werner for this. I put a scrap of each color cardstock along the sides of the die for a bit of selective die cutting. It was then super easy to butt the strips up against each other. I adhered the strips horizontally across the card base, added foam tape to my panel and adhered it in the center of the card.
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